Egyptian pro-democracy protesters are calling for the formation of a civilian government as the threat of a military coup by the country's army looms.

Egyptian pro-democracy protesters are calling for the formation of a civilian government as the threat of a military coup by the country's army looms.

"We want a civilian government, not a military rule," pro-democracy protesters chanted in Egypt on Thursday.

It comes on the 17th day of protests against Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Earlier Thursday, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition group, said he feared that the Egyptian military was staging a coup.

"It looks like a military coup ... I feel worry and anxiety," Essam al-Erian told Reuters.

"The problem is not with the president, it is with the regime."

His remarks come as Muslim Brotherhood cited presidential sources as saying that Mubarak has left Egypt.

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