1.   Almost immediately, scores of helmeted riot policemen stormed into the mosque pavilion, lobbing stun grenades that exploded with a deafening roar and firing at the young Palestinians.

2.   As noon approached, the main street in the Suweileh neighborhood, an Islamist stronghold, was lined with nine armored personnel carriers with helmeted riot police.

3.   The government was prepared for noon prayers on Friday, sending hundreds of helmeted riot police with batons and rifles to the mosque.

4.   A huge cordon of helmeted riot policemen had a hard time separating them.

5.   Armed with plastic shields and batons, thousands of helmeted riot police stood guard outside the plants for possible clashes between the two sides.

6.   As demonstrators charged and helmeted riot police cowered behind shields, the federal parliament building, the state broadcasting center and police stations fell in quick succession.

7.   At Nis, hundreds of helmeted riot police toting submachine guns took up positions around the prison while hundreds of jeering inmates climbed to rooftops inside the compound.

8.   Dozens of helmeted riot police stood guard outside the station throughout the morning as lawyers and judges inside completed the paperwork to legally transfer the station to Ivcher.

9.   Dozens of helmeted riot guards with machine guns stood watch on every street corner.

10.   Dozens of helmeted riot police stood guard outside of the spacious white home with red Spanish tiling set back on a manicured lawn.