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Libyan Soccer Fans Cheer Gaddafi Son in Tripoli

Libyan Soccer Fans Cheer Gaddafi Son in Tripoli

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 20, 2011
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Soccer fans in Libya, wracked by anti-government protests in which security forces have killed dozens, appear to be playing a very different role from their counterparts in Egypt and Tunisia.

If Libyan state-run television is to be believed, some 1,000 fans of Tripoli clubs Al Ahli and Al Ettihad gathered in the Libyan capital’s Green Square to cheer one…

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