state to get to tahrir square. that's how the situation looms and i have to say considering the violence that was unleashed in mid august and more than 1,000 people of course killed by security forces then, this crowd seems very determined, despite the fear of violence that they may meet. >> a very determined crowd with you there, you say, but those in tahrir square also very defiant. let's listen to what one of the pro government in tahrir square had to say about those marches toward the square. >> the protestors won't be able to reach here. we won't let anything defeat us. we are prepared to die defending egypt. >> let's bring back our correspondent over looking tahrir square now. there is a real fear of violence breaking out between those in the square right now and those marching toward it. what sort of precautions have the security forces taken to prevent violence from breaking out? >> there's a lot more security forces, from dawn, i was seeing them bring in extra backups and they set up with barriers all the

they are on tahrir street, but they scattered off tahrir street, and the security forces made it very difficult for them to regroup. they kept up the pressure firing the tear gas, and firing those live rounds into the air. >> elsewhere two operations on one continent. separate attacks in libya and somalia, aimed at al qaeda and al-shabab. >> travelling in asia, secretary john kerry said it will send a message to terrorists in north africa. >> i hope it makes clear that united states of america will not stop in its effort to hold those accountable in al qaeda or other terrorists organizations, you can run but you can't hide. we will continue to try to bring people to justice in an appropriate which, with hopes that these acts against everybody in the world will stop. >> in somalia a navy seal team launched an operation against a senior al-shabab leader in the city of barawe. peter greste is in mogadishu with the details. >> we don't have much information beyond what the u.s. acknowledged, and that is that they were involved with the attack on that beach house in barawe in the south of

glk but tahrir square painted a different picture. forming acenter of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 october war with israel. for hours crowds queued to get through security checks in the square. some had come with one purpose in mind. >> the anticoup people can't come here. we are willing to die and sacrifice ourselves. >> across egypt, it was oday marked by celebrations on one side and protests on the other. from suez to minya, south of cairo, violence scenes. reports suggest a number of dead and injured. october 6th is a day of military might in egypt, a day in which its people marked that are thanks for their its exingse but today,. >> don't you know that you are the light of our eyes? this is the truth, we don't forget. we learned in the army never to forget and we wirl never will never forget you are standing with us. >> emergency crews in italy recovered the bodies of 84 more people off the coast of lampedusa. over 100 more are thought to be missing. >>> italy's immigration minister has pledged to improve

the rivals have been called for in tahrir scare on sunday. it's an opportunity toe to advae political agendas. >>> one of our special correspondents who we are not naming for security reasons. on the line from cairo. wear about two to three thousand people beginning in this -- easily being in cairo since that violent military crack down on the -- it's the protests in the middle of august. this is a very determined that i had to say. it's in august. this crowd really will lay in store for them adding the perhaps an hor later in the march that they got close oh to tahrir square and that number increased to 5,000. they net fired in to the air to push the crowds back and for another couple hours, this constant pressure from the security forces that they fired tear gas in to the air and sent people scattering. also people injured as they ran away and down the al alleyways. >> was this a group that was also ready far fight. ouls going in to the conflict. they would force their way forward. i think they must have felt there would have been something

in most places a distance away from tahrir. the team they saw mostly were interesting because you had the army and the police not only working together but those two working with civilians. young guys who hate -- [ inaudible ] they were between these young angry guys and security forces. i wasn't expecting that level of coordination between those groups and they were all working to repel the brotherhood. >> why you think we continue to see this violence in egypt? is there any movement between these two sides? >> reporter: well, i think there's not any desire on earth side to comdesire on eitherside. you find on those voices who try to seek reconciliation or bring them together are ignored or shouted down. there was one very clear example of this in late september. a very prominent member of the muslim brotherhood. issued an arabic language apology to oh the nation. some of the mistakes they made when mohammed morsi was in power. he was rejected from both sides. brotherhood distanceed him from making that statement. the military

some marched on tahrir square but on the surrounding streets security was tight. in places police used tear gas to control the crowds. against what they considered an illegitimate government. >> this killer, the streetsd are full of people, struggle against this killer. >> we are all the muslim people, all the egyptian people, one human, anti-government. >> but tahrir square painted a different picture. forming a center of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 october war with israel, secures checks into the square. some had come with one purpose in mind. anticoup protestors can't come over here because the egyptian people will protect egypt. >> celebrations on one side and protests on the other. from suez in the east to minia south of cairo, violent scenes. the report suggests a number of dead and injured. october the 6th is meant to be a celebration of egypt's military might. a day when its people marked their thanks for its achievements. but for these people, on the streets of cairo, that is the last thing on their minds. al jazeera, cairo. >> a

but they have no plans to stage a sit-in, but mayorly to walk to tahrir square. but now our producer tells us that it has returned to normal. >> is there a possibility that security forces may come back out on to the streets justs to ensure that peace is enforced? >> well, there is still a curfew in parts of egypt, including cairo. that curfew does not begin until midnight, but the security forces come out from the streets to make sure that the curfew is respecteed. we are building up to army day on sunday, 6th of october, where there is going to be a display of military hardware and the big procession through the tahrir square. this is a symbolic march. don't forget there are marchs all the time. in various parts of kay row and egypt. people begin marching in small groups, but this is symbolic simply because they manage to walk through tahrir square. >> thank you for updating us on that very short protest that occurred in egypt's tahrir square. >> now still ahead on the program for the first time the vatican is revealing details o. and bangladesh war crimes trib

that march made its way towards tahrir square. more joined it. perhaps 5,000 people. as got to 1.5-2km from tahrir square, they were met by the security forces, using vollies of tear gas and firing live rounds into the air pushed the protesters back and scattered them. they were on the main road, tar rear street, but scattered down the roads off tahrir streets and the security forces made it difficult for them to regroup. they kept up the pressure on them, firing the tear gas and the live rounds into the air. >> elsewhere two raids - one continent, both targetting accused terrorists. special forces launching separate attacks in libya and somalia - aimed at members al qaeda and al-shabab. secretary of state john kerry said it is sending a message to militants in north africa. >> we hope it makes clear that the united states of america will never stop in its efforts to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run, but you can't hide. we'll continually try to bring people to justice i

okay again. >> reporter: but tahrir square painted a different picture. forming a center of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 october war with israel. for hours the crowd tried to get through security checks in to the square. some come with one purpose in mind. >> translator: the anti-coup from oh testor protestors can'te because the egyptian protestors will protect egyptian. we are willing to die for our cause. >> reporter: one will protect on one side and protect to the other. from syria to the east to south of cairo, violence sieged. reports suggests a number of dead and injured. october 6th was meant to be a celebration of egyptian's military mark. a day when its people marked their thanks for its achievement. but to these people, on the streets of cairo, that is the last thing on their minds. al jazeera, cairo. >>> more city supporters including the muslim brotherhood called for more protests this week. demonstrations are to begin tuesday in cairo with major protest again at tahrir square this friday. now al jazeera spoke about th

. >> well, so far it's not shaping up at all certainly in the tahrir square. we expect to see a lot more coming in celebration of the anniversary of the war and the celebration but only a few have turned up so far. it doesn't make so sense. there will be prayers after 12:00 and we could see a lot more. it is not much of a celebration at all. i think it's at least for military it's much more than just another anniversary. for them they really want to see tense of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets the supporting the military. a way of legitizing really their role especially here in tahrir square which is an iconic place in the 2011 revolution. it's what you just -- they have called the frustrations across the country and saying it's also demonstrations in defense to cairo and saying that these demonstrations will be heading towards tahrir square. they hope the to make it in to the square to give the celebrations but it is called the extra forces to come and to try and frustrate that move toward the square. now, they have been warn

it's part of their determination to try to get to tahrir square. we aware there are certain routes that were used yesterday on friday where the representatives tried to get across the bridge toward tahrir square and were forced back. so we are expecting to hear about the sort of route that is going to be taken and there is a suggestion, also, that we will hear more about who will be allowed on to tahrir square and in what kind of capacity. there will be some sort of parade there or military parade. it's not clear whether ordinary people will be allowed into tahrir square or not. >> that's the kind of issue that's being played out today. and looking from the vantage point that we have where remember at the moment, looking back, cairo looks normal today. there is no suggestion of what the events that took place yesterday nor indeed of what might happen tomorrow. there don't seem to be the armored personnel on the street and the barbed wire we saw yesterday. they can be brought back very quickly and put the in place quickly. >> thank you for joining u

tear gas and fired into the air to stop anticoup alliance supporters from disrupting celebrations at tahrir square. more than 50 people died and hundreds more were wounded. funerals have now been head for some of the dead from sunday's violence. it was the worst death toll on a single day in egypt for two

earlier police in cairo fought to stop protesters from entering tahrir square. police used tear gas against supporters of the deposed egyptian president morsi. they deployed tanks to block the protesters. 's military rulers were determined to prevent muslim brotherhood backers for reaching tahrir square. thousands of pro-government demonstrators had come to the square to rally behind the new government. are fighting against international terrorism now, and the man leading us to victory in that fight is the commander al- sisi. >> sunday is the national holiday, and usually a day of celebration, but the country is polarized. pro-morsi were banned from festivities and member rating the 1973 war. here to begin return to legitimacy because all of us went out to vote. el sisi says he is not bound by elections. >> the egyptian government is determined to quash the muslim brotherhood. all of its leaders are in jail and its funds confiscated, and the protests across egypt suggest the muslim brotherhood is not going down without a fight. >> for more on this, let's talk to

they scattered down the roads off tahrir square. the security forces made it difficult for them to regroup. they kept the pressure up on them, firing the tear gas and live rounds into the air... >> those are reports coming from our sister network al jazeera english concerning duelling images coming out of egypt. one showing peaceful demonstrations in tahir sqare, and elsewhere in the country clashes between pro-mohamed morsi supporters and government supporters. you can see the images coming out of egypt are disturbing once again. >> weapons inspectors started destroying syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. a u.n. spokesman would not identify where the first weapons were destroyed or what they were. inspectors from an organization in the netherlands has until the end of the month to disable syria's weapon facilities. syria is thought to have up to 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons stored around the country, syrian president bashar al-assad appears to be cooperating. >> iranian nuclear authorities arrested four people for trying to sa

some egyptians in t tahrir squae took a more conciliatory tone. >> they are part of the egyptian people so we can't throw everything at them. we can't keep saying the muslim brotherhood causes everything that happened. there are other things that happened and we never said it was the muslim brotherhood. >>> the second attack on the suez canal, several soldiers shot and killed by unidentified armed men. security here has been tightened after a group calling itself the alffa congregate,. >> t ensure that gloibl trade could continue to flow freely from the mediterranean to the red sea. over the last few months the egyptian authorities have launched the largest military crack down in the sinai peninsula in decades but it has focused on areas in the north like el arish and rafa. no one has claimed responsibility for these latest attacks further south. al jazeera cairo. >> and it has been another violent day in iraq, people saying 37 people killed there dozens more injured in a series of attacks in baghdad. the explosions are the latest in a series of violence. country turning owidespread sec

stretched late into sunday night, the worst in cairo where supporters of mohamed morsi marched on tahrir square. they were repelled with tear gas and live ammunition. the country usually comes together on the day, the 40t 40th affairs of egypt's war with israel. thousands of people filled the square. egypt's top military commander said the army will do anything to protect its people. >> do you think someone can break the relationship between us and the egyptian people? don't you know that you are the light of our eyes? this is the truth. we don't forget. we learned in the army never to forget, and we will never forget you standing with us and before anyone hurts you, we will die first and ensure you are never hurt. >> but supporters of morsi say egypt's military leader is leading a brutal crackdown in the name of an illegitimate government. >> we have to get this killer. the streets are full of people to get this killer and we will do our best. >> we are all the muslim people, all egyptian citizen people, we are all one human, ok? >> tensions high there. for an eyewitness account, we are

true brings the latest from tahrir square. a few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes very fierce street battles erupted between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy three arab israeli war this and we also have rival protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square as you can see behind me some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of them for their sisi to be president and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square where they wanted to hold on to military protests they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting them as mother heads and those calling for mohamed morsi to be rei

square, and they were prevented from reaching tahrir square. it turned violent. we have reports of one person killed. we are an hour away from the start of curfew. based on previous behavior, i think it is safe to say that any brotherhood supporters that are out on the streets in another hour will be dealt with more harshly because they will be violating the curfew. >> is this a sign authorities are struggling to contain what is left of the pro-morsi movement? >> it is part of the back-and- forth chess match between the two sides. the brotherhood has reduced the number of protest, but they are picking their spots and making their presence felt. they are moving to a hit-and-run model of popping up in unexpected places. but what is really going to be happening is that this weekend is going to be an extended showdown between the two sides. it is a holiday weekend. sunday is a national holiday celebrating the 1973 war against israel. it is military-oriented. the brotherhood have artie announced t -- the brotherhood have announced that they will hav

the tahrir square was empty, no one inside of it, but outside there were all these clashes. we are hearing that even though we're three hours into curfew now, curfew at 7:00 local time on a friday, earlier time because of antagonism, but there are some clashes in different parts of the country. these are quiet demonstrations, so on the whole in central c.i.a. it's very quiet and very still. >> i've got one more for you. a video has recently surfaced showing egypt's general assisi talking about creating a red line for the press. what is the situation like in egypt right for journalists. >> reporter: it's been very bad. dozens of journalists have been arrested, and one of my colleagues six week agos they were detained six days before they were deported. we know there is real intimidation on the streets. heading east to here to the sinai and gaza, it's impossible to report in those areas. you just can't get out. there are too many check points that would detain you. but even in the center of cairo it's very difficult. there are check points everywhere, and certainly at curfew,

arab israeli war this and we also have rival protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square as you can see behind me some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of them for their sisi to be president mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square but they wanted to hold on to military protests they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting them as mother heads and those calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the science streets of what is essentially a residential middle class neighborhoods and security forces were joined by civilians who were throwing tear gas and also firing these protesters with birdshot but it's and i've had reports of mine i mean it's not that i can't confirm that there are a number of people here as on to here square and also the presidential palace

arab israeli war this and we also had rival protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square as you can see behind me this time people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of the sisi to be president however just a few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to march on this very square that they wanted to hold on to military protests they say they went against necessarily the institution of the army but they were against their generals who they want to see changed as they say they are really leading the country to destruction and targeting the most brotherhood and those calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated at the scene it was very chaotic the battles are spilling over into the science streets of what is essentially a residential middle class neighborhoods and security forces were joined by civilians who were throwing tear gas and also firing these protesters with birdshot but it's an

some trying to march at tahrir square. a symbol of existence from the revolution. security is tight in the surrounding areas. police use tear gas to control the crash. live ammunition was also in the air to drive people back. it's against what they consider to be an e li illegitimate government. >> the streets are full of people which struggle against this curl and we will do our best inshallah. >> we are all the muslim people. we are one human. some have come with one purpose in mind. >> the anti-coup protestors can't come here because the egyptian people this protect egyptian. we are willing to die and sacrifice ourselves. >> it was day marked by celebrations on one side and protest on the other. >> from the east, stacks of cairo, violent -- reports suggests a number oh of dead and injured. >> october 6th was a meant marked. a day when people have achievement. but for these people on the streets of cairo that is the last day on their mind. bashar al assad's regime appears to be oh operating with inspectors. it reports on a job of destroying syria's chemical ar sa

square, i mean mubarak from tahrir square all of a sudden and were willing to give the benefit of the doubt morsi decided that that was not turning out the way they wanted to. and they said 's going to be back in the streets. and when the army saw them in the streets they said we have to do something. >> look, the army intervention in 2011 when the people were demonstrating against mubarak and 2013 when they were doing it against morsi, was of course an exceptional circumstances. but in both cases it responded to the people. they did not take it. in the second case. >> without the people they would not have -- >> they couldn't have. and frankly, the liberal intellectuals and the youth were the ones asking the army to intervene. >> rose: but has it been necessary to go out and arrest all the muslim brotherhood leadership and put them in jail. we don't know where morsi is is that the way an interim government ought to behave. >> no, you have to be a bit more on point here. they, those arrested have been accused of criminal agos. in other words, either violence or insightment to violence

fighting was between security forces and people who support ousted president mohamed morsi, marching on tahrir square. >>> outrage in libya, after u.s. navy seals captured abu al-libby is held in an undisclosed location. the raid in somalia was not as successful. seals went after but failed to get the leader of the al qaeda linked group, al shabaab. >>> a powerful typhoon, bringing heavy rain and widespread power outages. more than half a million people evacuated ahead of that storm. those are the headlines. fault lines is next. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. consider this. unconventional wisdom. >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012, in a body bag. >> it took more than

the original plan to march to tahrir square, and egypt has been in crisis for the past 100 days after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the elected president's rule of law. his former defense minister was ready to capitalize on the growing unrest. >> i ask that next friday all honest and trustworthy egyptians must come out. but why come out? they come out to give me the mandate and order that i can confront violence and terrorism. >> reporter: provoking the muslim brotherhood to take to the streets as it's leaders were rounded up. what happened next divided the country further. a crackdown killed over thousand in violence. >> when they began to kill people and began to kill in this group we were a unified. we're talking about justice. >> reporter: on october 6th the anniversary of the 1973 war with israel this division, in tahrir square supporters of a new government out on the streets protests against the coup. another 57 are killed. >> the president has been clear we're not are the to continue with business as usual and we're not proceeding with the delivery of certain mili

. >>> this is tahrir square at the capitol of cairo it's been 40 years since egyptian force had a surprise attack on israel. our special correspondent who we're not naming for security reasons is live on the line now from cairo. so, if you can bring us u up-to-date with what the plans are with what's happening currently in cairo. that was call by the interim president on television on saturday saying he would take to the square across the country to celebrate the anniversary of the october war and we, by now, egypt time is -- in past years where the both team are in charge. they have been put off with the idea that might happen again today. that might be the case. they are mounting and dozens of different parties across central cairo or planning to converge on the square. now, we do understand there's heavy security presence across the capitol and that is going to be very much large because the forces will be in charge of that not happening. he said that anybody that is protecting against today will be regarded offalen countries and they will be dealt with very clearly. but at the moment w

we saw in cairo during the arab spring at the tahrir square, and cairo just off of tahrir square, alle glorious of king tut's tomb, and people with incredible museums. this is hurting all these countries and their tourism in the future. >> yes, exactly. it is caused by unrest, and we might be talking about a different type of destruction. in this case, always a mark that those people are providing for. this is awareness for the international community. >> if the market is dead or at least tightened maybe there is less of an incentive for people to do this type of thing. syria's economy used to be 12% tourism. now we don't know what will happen. it's really the world cultural heritage, the place where western civilization was born. >> it's theirs and it's ours. >> thank you both. the show may be over but the conversation continues on our website at www.aljazeera.co www.aljazeera.com/consider this or our facebook and google plus pages. you cans will go to twitter aj consider this. see you next time . >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. it's mo

i've never seen tahrir this empty. i can't believe there's nobody here. >> to find out, we had to leave cairo. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. >> share your story on tv and online. >> in washington, the relationship between the us government and those responsible for the post-coup killings in egypt appears - on the surface - to be strained. >> we couldn't speak to anyone from the egyptian government when we were in cairo, but they're out in force here in dc, trying to rebuild the relationship. and it seems to be working. at conferences like this one, the discussions are about how the us can work with the new military-backed government. and egypt's representatives in the us don't seem overly worried... >> ambassador tawfik do you think us military assistance to egypt is going to be cut? >> well, i mean, currently the whole assistance is being reviewed by both sides, the united states and egypt. the objective of this review is to revisit how

. >>> egyptian security forces prevented protesters from gathering in tahrir square on saturday. the coup toppled mohamed morsi on july 3rd. >>> rescuers have resumed their search for are victims, vessel packed with over 500 african migrants capsized. sunny gallego reports from lampedusa. >> the people of the island held a vigil for those whose journey came to a tragic end. many of the dead are still trapped in the wreckage after bad weather prevented rescue workers from pulling out bodies from the wreckage of the boat. the footage showed the aftermath. >>> bodies lay in the hangar of the island's air base. behind these gates are those who are considered lucky enough to reach lampedusa. a basic structure so crowd they'd many of the people are forced to sleep in the open air, many are from syria. one who didn't want to be identified described his experience reaching here by boat. >> there is no room for your legs, you can't stand up, you can't sit down. a huge amount of people, okay? next to each other. but we were about more than 400 people. >> the stretch russ journey on unsafe

tear gas and fired into the air to stop anticoup alliance supporters from disrupting celebrations at tahrir square. more than 50 people died and hundreds more were wounded. funerals have now been head for some of the dead from sunday's violence. it was the worst death toll on a single day in egypt for two months. al jazeera, cairo. >> now to israel and what police say was the largest funeral procession, rabbi ivadia yousef, founded the ultraorthodox shas party. stephanie decker explains. >> it was their only chance for a final going. and so hundreds of thousands of predominantly sephardic jews, police say the funeral procession was the largest in israeli history. the announcement of the 93-year-old rabbi's death earlier monday was complete with an outpouring of grief. >> a feeling is like a father has just died and left us orphans without a tutor and without someone leading us. >> israel's leadership came to pay their respects for a man viewed as the rabbi for all jewish people. the rabbi was credited giving a voice to israel's sephardic jews who had previously been sidelines and made an im

. -- at tahrir square. few kilometers away from where i am standing, and in other locations across the capital, there were very bloody scenes. common morsi supporters attempted to march on this very square. it wanted to hold anti-military protests. they say they were not against the institution of the army, but they were against the generals. they want to see change as they say they are leading the country to destruction and calling for mohamed morsi to be reinstated. the battles are spilling over into the side streets. residential and middle-class neighborhoods. civilians were throwing tear gas and firing at these protesters with bird shot bullets. reports of other ammunition, though i cannot confirm that. the interior ministry said at least 200 muslim brotherhood sympathizers have been arrested in mass roundups around the country as the death toll continues to rise. there are a number of people here and at the presidential palace who are celebrating what is continued -- what is considered one of the great

they tried to interrupt a prompt pro-military event in cairo's tahrir square. security forces used tear gas to keep them away. then fighting and gunfire broke out. a similar scene played out in other cities. health ministry officials say 51 people died and 375 were injured across the country. it's the most violent day since mid-august when security forces cracked down on brotherhood supporters. egypt's interim government has detained more than 400 demonstrators. brotherhood leaders are calling for more protests. >>> thousands of residents are still waiting to go home. vast tracts of land are still waiting to be restored. and more than half of fishing ports on the pacific coast must be rebuilt. people in northeastern japan still face challenges following the 2011 disaster, but step by step, they're moving forward. see their stories every wednesday on "the road ahead" right here on "newsline." >>> after the fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, dairy farmers over a wide area had to suspend operations or even shut them down. their pastureland had been contaminated b

have happened under the cover of darkness, during political wrote -- protest entire year square -- tahrir square. two terrified women were rescued here, but activists say there were 46 mob assaulted that night. >> these were pictures taken from the demonstration -- one to rescueo this freelance journalist when she was taking pictures in the square last january. >> all of a sudden i found myself inside a very huge circle of men who were attacking every inch of my body. i thought i was going to die. i thought i was going to die because they were very aggressive, and actually at a certain point i think i fainted because one of them was trying to strangle me with the scarf that was around my neck. >> is there a climate of impunity? thet is encouraging all of molesters to go because they can get away with it. molesters may feel encouraged by ultra conservative clerics -- arabic]aking in beenis tv channel has now shut down, but plenty here are ready to lame the victim. -- blame the victim. this woman discovered this at a police station. she works with another group who try to protect women. she

we saw bastien in cairo during the arab spring during the protest of tahrir square. that's where king tuts's tomb are and people broke in in to that incredible museum. this is hurting all these countries and their tourism in the future. >> exactly. it's been almost entirely looted looted. i think we might be talking about a different type of destruction. in each case, it's a market that they are providing for and for the international community can come to i think. >> if the market is dead or tightened maybe there will be less of an incentive for people to do this thing. syria's economy used to be 12% tourism. we appreciate you joining us tonight and bringing attention to an important issue as the world's cultural heritage. place where western civilsation was born. >> it is. thank you both. >> "consider this" will be right on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight.

security forces fired tear gas at tahrir square to prevent protesters from marching on the iconic square. those are your headlines. if you would like the headlines of any of our stories that we're following here on al jazeera you're welcome to go to our website at www.aljazeera.com. there it is. that's the news for now. more news next hour. inside story m is next. >> at the heart of the political stalemate in washington are the lives of people out out of work and making the best of it. plus, the unique take on the capitol shutdown four days on. [♪ singing ] >> you're watching insid "inside story" from washington. >> hello, outside of the halls of congress and the washington beltway the lives of so many americans have been up turned due to the government shou shut. more importantly, people, not just hundreds of thousands of people on furloughs are angry, halted and angry waiting for something. they may be waiting for a long time. we'll talk to two. former members of congress that is and congress that was when compromise was key to getting things done. but first the ripple affects and the

brotherhood supporters were killed in clashes with security forces as protesters were trying to reach tahrir square in central cairo. in early 2011, a tunisian man set himself on fire to protest the way authorities had treated him. the event triggered a massive demonstrations and sent shockwaves through most of the arab world. he won a half years later, some arab leaders have been forced to step down -- two and a half years later, some arab leaders have been forced to step down but some still in power. our reporter went to jordan where the arab spring seems to have been stopped in its tracks. >> two and a half years after it began the arab spring may have found his final resting place in jordan. even though some locals are still clinging to revolutionary ideals. [man shouting in] >> on lurker -- onlookers seem unfazed. a few hundred islamists and liberals walk hand-in-hand at this friday rally to demand reforms, not regime change. they come carefully close to local red lines without ever crossing them in the hashemite kingdom where people have not openly called for the ruling monarch to quit

th supporters of morsi clashing near tahrir square. supporters of egypt's military have been celebrating there. police firing into the air, throwing tear gas to push back the pro-morsi marches. 28 people at least have been killed. egypt celebrating the 1973 war as a victory, even though it ended with israel eventually pushing back the egyptian army and surrounding it. >>> united nations inspectors now beginning the process of destroying syria's chemical weapons stockpile. they're also racing to meet a november 1st deadline for eliminating syria's capability to manufacture any more of those weapons. today is the fifth day of an advanced team of inspectors visiting chemical posts all over the country. reportedly, the first day that is involving the actual disabling of the machinery. the disarmament mission stemming from an opposition attack on suburbs in damascus. the u.n. determining serine gas was used them, at least 1,400 people, including hundreds of children, were killed in that attack. >>> new developments in that horrifying case o