July 8 target date for youth, Muslim Brotherhood

Arab Spring shooting for mid-summer confrontations downtown as elections loom

Cairo – Analysts are predicting the Egyptian military will field a candidate for president amid rising street clashes in Tahrir Square.

July 8 is reportedly the target date for the youth movement that occupied the streets calling for the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in January and February. Muslim Brotherhood spokesmen have promised not to run a candidate for president in the upcoming elections.