Protests erupt across Egypt urging military leaders to step down

Thousands of demonstrators streamed into Tahrir Square while shock troops of young men and boys hustled down side streets toward the well-fortified Interior Ministry.

The pavement was littered with barbed wire, stones and ash fires.

Ambulances sped through crowds as more men, waving flags and splotching yeast on the faces to cut the sting of the gas, made another run toward barricades and black-clad riot police in front of the Interior Ministry.

Ambulances sped through crowds as more men, waving flags and splotching yeast on the faces to cut the sting of the gas, made another run toward barricades and black-clad riot police in front of the Interior Ministry.

Surge and retreat has become a dangerous dance of revolt, full of fury but unable, so far, to break the grip of the nation’s military leaders.

Other protesters, marching to the square from different parts of the city, called for ending the provocative surges toward the Interior Ministry.

“The solution is not here, it's political.

We need the interior minister to step down, a reconciliation government and the election of a president.”