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Port Said boosts youth and soccer demands for civilian rule in Egypt

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 04, 2012
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Tahrir protest in the wake of Port Said

By James M. Dorsey

A growing public sentiment that the brawl in which 74 people were killed in Port Said was deliberately provoked is putting new wind in the sails of militant soccer fan and youth groups who have been battling the military and security forces for much of the past year since the ousting of Egyptian P…

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