Once again everything is focusing on downtown Cairo. The other areas of Cairo are quiet so far. And at the moment I do not think that the incidents this night will cause any sectarian strife. Many rumors are flooding the streets and at the moment nobody can say who started the fight. Each involved party blames the other and the government blames a mysterious “third party” without defining it.
In the end it will support the military to extend the state of emergency and to keep the power. And most western states as well as Israel will support this supposingly because it might also help to stabilize the region; In a shortterm thinking construct. And we have to keep in mind that Mubarak also was from the military and that he guaranteed peace with Israel. Free and open elections could bring a government, which maybe could cancel all peace treatys with Israel. And this is something, many states are afraid of. Also democracy has to stick to the rules of the big game.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011101072623285752.html
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/503553
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/23749/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-general-prosecution-starts-investigating-Mas.aspx