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Soccer deaths renews spotlight on Egypt’s notorious security forces

Soccer deaths renews spotlight on Egypt’s notorious security forces

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Feb 15, 2015
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Soccer deaths renews spotlight on Egypt’s notorious security forces
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By James M. Dorsey

A stampede at a Cairo stadium earlier this month, much like a politically-loaded soccer brawl in the Suez Canal city of Port Said three years ago, is shining a spotlight on Egypt’s unreformed, unabashedly violent, and politically powerful police and security forces amid confusion over what precisely happened and how many fans died.

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