Police presence grows on streets of Cairo as protests loom

Cairo, Egypt - Police have increased their presence in the streets of the Egyptian capital on Friday as the country's largest opposition bloc still requires protests.

Truck full of riot police were patrolling in Cairo before the scheduled start of the prayer on Friday evening. The Muslim Brotherhood - Egypt's main opposition party, the group - called on his followers to demonstrate after the weekly prayers, the first time in the latest wave of unrest that the group told supporters in the streets.

Hours before what is expected to massive protests against the government, the Internet has become black in some parts of Egypt early Friday. Some SMS and mobile services to be blocked.

Servers Provider Egypt main internet was down Friday morning, according to several services that verifies if the servers used by some websites are active.

Servers for the sites of the Egyptian government and the U.S. embassy in Cairo seems to be declining. But at least one ISP, Noor was still working.

"We monitor the situation closely and are aware that communication services, including social media, has been prevented," the U.S. State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said Thursday. "We continue to urge the Egyptian authorities to show restraint and allow peaceful demonstrations to happen."

The popular morning show on Egyptian satellite station with the state reviews are required to leave state officials and a strengthening of dialogue between the authorities and arrested the demonstrators. The network has pictures of the damage and reported that 90 people were injured in protests on Thursday, Suez.

Egyptian Interior Ministry said Thursday that the protests would be allowed on Friday, but some of the Egyptians were going door to door in Cairo, where neighbors are invited to attend.

Authorities have arrested a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood early Friday morning, keynote speaker at the party, held Issam al-Aryan, according to a relative.

Police arrived at the house of al-Aryan in Cairo at 02:30 local time, said his son-in-law.

Opposition leader, Mohamed ElBaaradei, arrived in Cairo on Thursday and said he planned to take part in protests on Friday.