interesting....
This is an interesting site I just came across offering translations of Middle Eastern News etc, LinkTV.org. This clip shows Egyptians clashing with the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo among other reports from the region.
News............
28 minutes ago
do you have wireless cyberware in your brain or something, so that wherever you go and do, you have constant access to the infosphere?
I am a cat.
I am losing track of all the competing groups in Egypt (the smaller ones). Just today I learned there is a group of "hard-core soccer fans" called the "ultras". I am not sure if they political aspirations or not. We need a guide book to the different groups.
*chuckle* Oh, a Child of Bast; that explains all the chaos on this blog carnival of yours.
Cats are always watching, always aware....
Excerpt from NYT story:
Groups of ultras organized around rival clubs began appearing in Egypt within the past decade. Although rival fans often clashed, all shared a common culture of obscene chants, special firecrackers and instruments, and a violent hatred of the police who usually try to control them. Some paint vulgar insults to the police on walls around Cairo.
In the year since the uprising against Mr. Mubarak, the ultras have increasingly found that political demonstrations are good for practicing their second favorite sport, fighting with police officers. They played an especially pivotal role in the defense of Tahrir Square against Mubarak supporters in the so-called Battle of the Camels a year ago Thursday. They also led an attack on the Israeli Embassy that grew out of a demonstration in September.
Increasingly politicized, they have recently expanded their repertory to include chants demanding the end of military rule, calling for the death of Field Marshal Tantawi or making lewd insults about the mothers of the ruling generals.
In the aftermath of the deaths in Port Said, the rival groups of ultras around Cairo’s two most popular teams, Al Ahly and Zamalek, marched together in a rare moment of solidarity, with each of their banners on the same pole as an Egyptian flag.
At first some of their chants denounced the Port Said fans. But as the march progressed they sang mostly about the ruling generals. “Ultras Al Ahly will execute Tantawi,” they chanted, and “They killed the free ultras because they took the side of the revolutionaries.”
And as they crossed Tahrir Square toward the Interior Ministry, their chants grew more aggressive: “We either avenge them or die like them.”
By nightfall, thousands of ultras filled the downtown district around the ministry, drumming, chanting and eventually setting garbage and tires on fire. Some of those present said they were not soccer fans but activists who had come out in political solidarity against the ruling military council, which they also blamed for allowing the violence.
Notice all the so called "whiskers" cats have and those inner eyelids? All communications, surveillance and data gathering equipment.
Yes I heard about the Ultra's as well it is getting difficult to follow all the players.
Soccer hooliganism with a political purpose.
what she said;)
Don't unjack yourself Blaz
No worry's I'm hard wired;)
Vancouver Canuck fans?
Heh;)
I SO appreciate your bringing this to my attention! I've subscribed in iTunes.
Glad to be of help.
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