Egypt - army withdrawn... giving way to chaos...

The diabolical move by the current regime - removing the army from the street - giving a green light to complete chaos and street brawls propagated by the hired thugs..
It's the eight day of the upraising.  After the Mubarak's offer of very limited changes was refused by the protesters - the regime invites the street fights.  It's well known fact that the regime has a countless supply of thugs who could infiltrate any group of people and steer the street fights the way it's being propagated right now - as they did many times in the past.  The army has the orders to stand down and simply observe, many took refuge inside of their personnel carriers and tanks.
The government chose a sneaky, but completely transparent to the observer way to try to discredit the anti-government movement, and portray them only as 'opposition to the stability'.

The violence of the clashes in the Tahrir Square is very typical during the demonstrations in the previous years, but between the protesters and the riot-police, not among the groups of civilians.  A few hours earlier in Tahrir Square suddenly the protesters were charged by a huge group of the attackers on a horse back and camel back, riding through the group of protesters and flogging them left and right.
It also had a taste of the organized by the regime attack - there is a huge number of horse and camel mounted police, who just removed their uniforms and attacked the protesters.
It's also quite conveniently chosen moment for "pro-government" demonstration at the time when the most of the crowd dispersed and returned home in preparation for the Friday, organized action, which was supposed to lead the crowd toward the Presidential Palace.

As in the case of the looters in the previous days some of the "pro-government" attackers caught by the anti-government protesters were carrying the police ID cards.  Another indication of the regime crack-down on the opposition.

It's a serious reality check for the Egyptian population.  It puts the promises of the President Mubarak even less credible than before.  It proves that his apparatus of oppression and spewing false propaganda is still in it's high gear.  If Mubarak doesn't resign NOW, nothing is going to change in Egypt.

We can't let the democratic forces in Egypt being extinguished by the stubborn regime.   It's time for the American leadership to set the terms for removal of the compromised ruler immediately.