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21st November 2011, 18:40
Militant soccer fans bolstered this weekend the ranks of demonstrators in Cairos Tahrir Square demanding an end to military rule in a re-enactment of the protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February.
Like early this year, the ultras militant, highly politicised, violence-prone fan groups modelled on similar organizations in Serbia and Italy took the lead in confronting military police seeking to clear Tahrir Square. Within an hour of their arrival on late Saturday afternoon, police retreated from the square as battles continued for several hours on the side streets.
The Ultras are here. I know that because theyre the only ones facing the CSF (Egypts paramilitary Central Security Force) with force while singing their (anti-security police) hymns, tweeted a protester from Tahrir. The ultras are kicking the polices ass, tweeted another protester.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/20112011-ultras-bolster-protesters-in-battles-on-cairo%E2%80%99s-tahrir-square/
Like early this year, the ultras militant, highly politicised, violence-prone fan groups modelled on similar organizations in Serbia and Italy took the lead in confronting military police seeking to clear Tahrir Square. Within an hour of their arrival on late Saturday afternoon, police retreated from the square as battles continued for several hours on the side streets.
The Ultras are here. I know that because theyre the only ones facing the CSF (Egypts paramilitary Central Security Force) with force while singing their (anti-security police) hymns, tweeted a protester from Tahrir. The ultras are kicking the polices ass, tweeted another protester.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/20112011-ultras-bolster-protesters-in-battles-on-cairo%E2%80%99s-tahrir-square/