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HuckleB

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7. These folks may be related to last Spring...
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 09:16 PM
Feb 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/0201/Egypt-soccer-tragedy-claims-73-lives-and-fans-rumors-video

"Interesting will be the response of the Ultras Ahlawy, Ahly's hard-core supporters group. They and the supporters' clubs from a few other teams were deeply involved in organizing defenses at Tahrir Square during the uprising against Mubarak -- bringing organization, and know-how in dealing with the country's riot police. Though football fans, they seem to take as much delight in taunting and jeering at the police as they do in celebrating goals.

The Ultras occasionally flexed their muscles on the streets of Cairo since the revolutoin. The killing of an Ahly supporter by police after a match in September led to a mass show of strength by the Ultras, who marched on the Israeli embassy venting their fury and sacked the place."

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