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Egypt’s Military Council Apologizes, Wrath Covers Truce

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In its latest attempt to appease hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protesters who have taken to the streets demanding that the generals immediately step down, Egypt's' military council apologized Thursday for the deaths of dozens of pro-democracy protesters and vowed to prosecute those responsible.

Police and protesters also agreed to a truce negotiated by Clerics after five days of fierce street battles that have left nearly 40 dead.

However, the military's apology left many of the protesters unmoved.
The streets where the battles took place were almost entirely covered by debris, soot, abandoned shoes and scores of the surgical masks used by the protesters to fend off the police's tear gas.

The military statement came two days after Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the military council that assumed control of the country after Mubarak stepped down, promised in a televised address to hold a presidential election in the first half of next year.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, as the military's ruling body is known, promised to do everything possible to stop the repeat of the deadly events.

The truce came into force around 6 a.m. It was negotiated by Muslim clerics at the site.

Protesters formed a series of human chains on the side streets to prevent anybody from violating the truce or approaching flashpoint areas close to the police lines.

The Health Ministry raised its nationwide death toll since Saturday to 37.

Tantawi brought forward the presidential election to the first six months of next year, but his offer and other conciliatory measures, including the release of more than 300 people detained in the protests, have been rejected by the throngs in Tahrir Square.

Despite the tenuous truce, thousands chanted Thursday "we are not leaving, he leaves," referring to Tantawi.

Others chanted: "Go away marshal, Egypt will not be ruled by a field marshal."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org