Egyptian ultras emerge as powerful political force

Ultras protest this weekend
By James M. Dorsey
Egypt’s militant soccer fans, one of the country’s largest civic groups, have emerged from a week of street agitation politically strengthened as they seek to chart a course in the post-Mubarak era.
The highly politicized, well-organized and street battle-hardened fans led by supporters of crowned Cairo club A…
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