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“She emphasized our condemnation of the violence that occurred today and the responsibility of the government to hold fully accountable those who did it,” said Philip J. Crowley, the State Department spokesman.

Crowley said the U.S. doesn’t know who is behind attacks on protesters in Cairo. “Whoever they are, there needs to be accountability here,” Crowley said. “This was clearly an attempt at intimidating the demonstrators.”

Supporters of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak clashed in central Cairo today with demonstrators who were demanding an immediate end to the 30-year tenure of the leader, who said yesterday he planned to stay in office until elections, due in September.