CAIRO (Reuters) - An attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo last week could set back political gains since Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising this year, as the ruling army council takes measures to tighten security around the country.
Protesters scaled the building where Israel occupies the top two floors, replacing the Israeli flag with Egypt's and seizing embassy documents from a storeroom on a lower floor before tossing them from a window to cheering crowds below.
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