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Jan 09, 2014
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By James M. Dorsey

With multiple potential flashpoints coinciding, militant, street-battle hardened Egyptian soccer fans threaten to align stadia alongside the country’s universities as battle grounds against the armed forces and the military-backed government.

The soccer support groups known as ultras have warned that they would disrupt Egypt’s newly rev…

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