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Egyptian military’s loss of popularity brings ultras in from the cold

Egyptian military’s loss of popularity brings ultras in from the cold

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May 05, 2012
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Cairo's Al Abbasiya battlefield (Source: MSNBC)

By James M. Dorsey

It took Egypt’s military brass less than six months to first isolate street-battle hardened soccer fans, the country’s most militant opponents of military rule, and then restore their waning popularity amid mushrooming protests demanding an immediate return of the armed forces to their bar…

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