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Egyptian ultras emerge as powerful political force

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Sep 10, 2012
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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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