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The Egyptian Army has been accused of secretly arresting and torturing pro-democracy protesters in recent revolution demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

Human rights activists say Egyptian military has been involved in arrest and torture of hundreds and possibly thousands of protesters during the 17 days of revolution, The Guardian reported Wednesday.

The army has been accused of using methods such as electric shocks in what has been described as an organized campaign of intimidation.

This is while, Mubarak and his prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, have said there will be no security pursuit of pro-democracy activists.

Meanwhile, according to some reports, pro-government vigilantes arrested by the army have been shortly released during the past two weeks.

The military has claimed to be neutral in the ongoing revolution in crisis-hit Egypt.

The news comes at the time millions of protesters have come to the streets across Egypt on Thursday, although the army shoots live bullets at protesters.

"I do not think the army can do anything because we are not in hundreds or thousands, but in millions, and we have the support of other millions (inside and abroad) they can not suppress us," Bassam Fathy, an Egypt Revolution Youth Movement activist told Press TV in a phone interview Thursday.

"We have clear demands but so far the government has not implemented constructive reforms," Fathy added.

The army is deployed to suppress the revolution as the nation prepares for another planned million-man march by the opposition on Friday.

Security has been tight around government buildings, including the presidential palace, state television and the Ministry of Intelligence in the capital Cairo.

Tanks and armored vehicles line the streets around Cairo's Liberation Square, which has been the heart of the Egyptian revolution for the past two weeks.