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Egypt’s army asserts authority after Mubarak steps down
Armed forces plans to issue orders intended to stifle further disruption and get country back to work
Having suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament on Sunday, moves welcomed by those who saw both institutions as perverted to Mubarak’s personal ends, the armed forces council was planning, a military source said, to issue orders intended to stifle further disruption and get the country back to work (Getty Images)
Traffic moves through Tahrir Square after army opens the thoroughfares and orders protesters’ encampments torn down (Getty Images)
Two days after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian army asserts control (Getty Images)
Egyptians stage a sit-in after the army orders demonstrators’ encampments torn down in Tahrir Square on February 13 (Getty Images)
Egyptian soldiers prevent a few hundred policemen demonstrating in support of Tahir Square’s protesters from approaching a checkpoint (Getty Images)
An Egyptian soldier answers a protester after the army orders demonstrators’ encampments torn down (Getty Images)
Egyptian policemen demonstrate for higher salaries in front of the Interior Ministry on February 13 (Getty Images)
Egyptian soldiers block pedestrians after opening Tahrir Square for traffic (Getty Images)
Egyptian policemen demonstrate at Cairo’s Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
A trash bin full of stones, used in the uprising, awaits disposal as families visit Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Protesters remove debris after the army orders their encampments closed in Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Volunteers clean Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Egyptian policemen demonstrate for higher salaries in front of the Interior Ministry (Getty Images)
An Egyptian soldier pulls down a makeshift tent in Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Egyptians protest after the army orders demonstrators’ encampments torn down in Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Egyptians protest after the army orders demonstrators’ encampments torn down in Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
Egyptian soldiers haul away makeshift tents in Tahrir Square (Getty Images)
