Widely circulated video footage shows army vehicles mowing protesters down; it is alarming that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is conducting the investigation into the incident.
"Kazeboon" has become the anthem of the Military Liars campaign, a grass roots initiative that holds public screenings of videos showing army and police violence against protesters.
The raid came after unprecedented criticism of the army for the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and WikiLeaks disclosures that showed army complicity with the CIA drone programme.
Reading this autobiography, with its fond recollections of band shows, army chums and variety bills featuring the Man with the Xylophonic Head, it is hard not to agree that things are indeed very different since Sykes's day.
Police nowhere to be seen #PortSaid http://t.co/F6seK3sOHq — Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) 8 Mar 13 Military secure #PortSaid security directorate day ahead of contentious verdict on football massacre http://t.co/Z1lJpZycTV — Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) 8 Mar 13 Ahram Online posted video to YouTube that shows army vehicles driving through a cheering crowd in Port Said.
The report showed army troops firing intensively as they moved into heavily damaged streets.
Thousands gathered in high-profile locations including Tahrir Square - the focal point of the 18-day 2011 popular revolt - many waving Egyptian flags and banners showing army chief Gen Sisi.
(This sort of stuff happens here. A video circulating on YouTube shows army trucks dropping off a crowd of guys not wearing uniforms).
Casting an eye into a grim, Romain Gavras-created future world controlled by a vacant, emotionless autocrat, its cinematic shots show an army of devoted followers who bow and salute as if they were a robotic army.
The government claims advances but Houthi videos posted on YouTube show captured army tanks and soldiers.
