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Thread: Breaking : 25 killed after football match in Egypt

  1. 1st February 2012, 08:29 PM #11
    Seanie Lemass
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    The SR will have to be on his best game to blame this on 'the gah'.
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  3. 1st February 2012, 08:30 PM #12
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    There's already a thread on this. If Astral sees another one he'll have a calf!!!!!
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    [FONT="Book Antiqua"][/FONT] I started one thread, it was quoted in the New York Times
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  4. 1st February 2012, 08:37 PM #13
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    missed the original thread, sorry. Looked around for one and saw nowt.
    We need to radically change every system that has enabled the wholesale destruction of the Irish landscape, rural and urban. There is no time for incremental step by step measures. The systems have failed utterly and the only hope for a real recovery requires the rule book to be torn up completely.
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  5. 1st February 2012, 08:40 PM #14
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    Al Jazeera now saying it could be more than 100 dead.
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  6. 1st February 2012, 08:41 PM #15
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    Will the SR be calling for a global ban on soccer?
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  7. 1st February 2012, 08:41 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by alonso View Post
    missed the original thread, sorry. Looked around for one and saw nowt.
    I think one trigger for the violence is plain and simply the rivalry that exists between opposing fans.
    Sad but possibly true.
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  8. 1st February 2012, 08:42 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by alonso View Post
    73 dead in violence at Egyptian football match - RT News

    There's video footage there too. It's not clear exactly what happened from the clip, it must've been the crush that did the damage. Horrifying stuff for Egypt and horrifying for Africa which is in the middle of the Cup of Nations at the moment. Is this violence merely a reflection on the ongoing social disorder post Arab-Spring, or just a tragedy.Parallels with Heysel
    will be drawn for obvious reasons.
    Port Said, the home team, had unexpectedly beaten Al-Ahly 3-1 and their fans invaded the pitch to celebrate. Cue outbreak of chaos. Al-Ahly fans have a reputation for fanaticism.

    Since the revolution, there's been a security vacuum at matches, apparently. There was always the possibility of trouble but the army and police could keep a lid on it.
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  9. 1st February 2012, 08:44 PM #18
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    Indeed. Heysel was hardly a manifestation of any underlying sociological or political malfunction. The game just attracts that sort of animal apparently.
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  10. 1st February 2012, 08:51 PM #19
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    Seanie this thread is about neither The_SR nor GAA. I'm presuming your "animal" comment is not meant in any offensive way and is meant quite literally. This story is tragic and not a reason for any nonsense
    We need to radically change every system that has enabled the wholesale destruction of the Irish landscape, rural and urban. There is no time for incremental step by step measures. The systems have failed utterly and the only hope for a real recovery requires the rule book to be torn up completely.
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  11. 3rd February 2012, 07:11 AM #20
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    Violence continued last night in Egypt.
    In the city of Suez, two demonstrators were killed.

    www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16863190
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