There are a lot of anecdotal tales coming from Tunisia of the Army arresting the police and security service personnel, for looting and other things. This purports to be video of the Army arresting a police chief (I can't vouch for the captioning):
The police and other security services outnumber the Army, but it looks like the Army is calling the shots.
And this one I think is from Friday morning. I'm pretty sure that's the Interior Ministry on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a symbol as fearsome to some Tunisians as the Bastille was, and crowds that would have been shot down not long before are shouting "Dégage, Dégage, Dégage!" I think something like "Get out!" conveys the meaning, though the tone suggests an expletive (as in "Get the &%#@ Out Right Now!) might be useful to translate the precise tone.
And he did.
And yes, it's in French, and that's a discussion we have to stop and have pretty soon about language in the Maghreb, as also suggested by this accurate, but English, comment that appeared on The Guardian's website:
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