Algerian stadiums: hotbeds of anti-government protest

By James M. Dorsey
Mass anti-government protests have for now fizzled out on the streets of Algerians towns and cities but are alive and kicking in the country’s soccer stadiums where football fans regularly take on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the military and the Islamists.
"Being in a crowd makes us forget our fears. We know that the police can’t do…