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BY NICHOLE CARTMELL

ANCHORE CANDICE AVILES

Cairo has been the center for protests since uproar over an anti-Islam film began last Tuesday. But now some say the thousands protesting near the U.S. Embassy were there for other reasons. Here’s CNN .

“Many it turns out were being paid to protest. That news comes from Egypt’s prime minister. Paying people to protest is fairly common in Egypt.”

According to the BBC — the prime minister said of those arrested Saturday, 400 confessed to receiving money. Egyptian authorities are now investigating who issued the money.

And some are not surprised by the news. In a discussion on Ahram Online, one commenter believes the culprit should receive capital punishment for the wrongdoing.

"There are invisible hands trying to sabotage and undermine our [rapprochement] with the West. Those evil forces of darkness should be flushed out for our nation to move forward and catch up with 21st century."

But life is getting back to normal in Egypt. CNN reports the violence has subsided since police were able to push demonstrators away from the U.S. Embassy and Tahrir Square.