The Egyptian revolution may be in for its greatest challenge yet. Last weekend saw
clashes between different groups of protesters, as one group sought to march on the Supreme Military Council. Now Salafists have promised to occupy Tahrir Square on Friday, seeking to turf out the
broad-based group of revolutionaries that have occupied the square for a number of weeks. Many people fear a bloodbath.
The military, meanwhile, is benefitting from a fracturing of the revolution. Some even see an explicit (if short-term) agreement between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists which will allow the military to push against the liberal Tahrir Square activists. If the Salafists put 100,000 on the square the military can claim an equivalence between the two sets of protesting groups and be seen to rule fairly.
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