GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Energized protesters press for 'freedom,' revel in making history

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: CNN

28January2011 11:53pmEST

GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Cairo, Egypt -- "Freedom!"
That word, yelled out in Arabic, reverberated Friday along the banks of the Nile River in Cairo -- as well as in the port city of Alexandria, near the canal in Suez, and other pockets of Egypt. Many demonstrators voicing their desire for a new government and new political future remained on the streets well into Saturday morning, defying a curfew and revelling in a historic day in a nation whose history dates back millennia. (read full report)