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February 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
But since then it has proved difficult to persuade even beat policemen to
return. As a sign of the sport’s nervousness, the Al-Ahly team was earlier
shown arriving in Port Said in a convoy of police trucks. Egyptian teams
have devoted fan bases known as Ultras in imitation of their European
equivalents, and the two sets of fans involved in last night’s violence have
a history of bad blood and have fought before.
The Ultras have also played a political role at the forefront of pro-democracy
protests. Activists were already speculating last night that some of the
thugs regularly hired by supporters of the old Mubarak regime might have
been involved in the violence.
The last major incident in Egypt took place before and after a World Cup
play-off game with Algeria, Egypt’s greatest rivals, when fans stoned the
visiting team’s bus, causing a major diplomatic incident.
The trouble began at the end of the game, which Al-Masry won 3-1. State
television showed dramatic scenes of fans storming on to the pitch, chasing
the Al-Ahly players and, as they escaped, the visiting fans.
An official from a local hospital said most of the dead had been crushed or
suffocated. “There are 11 deaths at my hospital,” Medhat
El-Esnawy, the manager of Port Said’s El-Amiry hospital said. “Two
other hospitals have 25 deaths. Three fans have also died in the stadium.”
However, some of the dead, who included ground security staff, are thought to
have suffered stab wounds. There were 1,000 injuries.
Commentators on the main football programme wept on air, one screaming at the
camera that the sport was not worth what had happened, while the former
player analysts sat with their heads in their hands. The Al-Ahly channel put
one of the club’s veteran players, Mohamed Abou-Treika, live on air from the
changing rooms.
“The security forces left us, they did not protect us,” he said. “One
fan has just died in the dressing room in front of me.
“This is not football. This is a war and people are dying in front of us.
There is no movement and no security and no ambulances.
“I call for the premier league to be cancelled. This is horrible
situation and today can never be forgotten.”
Another, Mohamed Barakat, a midfielder, said: “It is our fault because we
played that match. The authorities are afraid to cancel the league because
they just care about money, they do not care about the lives of people.”
The fire at the Cairo stadium was blamed on an electrical short circuit.
However, television pictures clearly showed fireworks being shot from the
stands in protest after the announcement that the game between Zamalek and
Ismaily was being called off.
The country’s newly elected parliament will hold an emergency session on
Thursday, while Samir Faher, head of the Egyptian Football Association,
announced the Premier League was being suspended. By then, the two main
clubs in Egypt’s second city Alexandria, Ittihad and Smouha, had already
announced they were withdrawing from the league, while several of the
Al-Ahly team vowed never to play again.
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