Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq. – NYTimes.com

from Nicholas Kristof in Cairo

Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq. – NYTimes.com.

Pro-government thugs at Tahrir Square used clubs, machetes, swords and straight razors on Wednesday to try to crush Egypt’s democracy movement, but, for me, the most memorable moment of a sickening day was one of inspiration: watching two women stand up to a mob.