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Once the backbone of Middle Eastern protests, ultras are down but not out

Once the backbone of Middle Eastern protests, ultras are down but not out

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Mar 02, 2019
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By James M. Dorsey

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Ali Issa Ahmad, a British football fan, who was lingering earlier this year in jail in the United Arab Emirates for wearing a Qatari soccer jersey during the 2019 Asian Cup that Qatar state won.

Mr. Ahmad who potentially could have been…

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