CAIRO (AP) — Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.
Egypt’s media prompts soccer fans’ anger toward Algeria
November 22, 2009
An Egyptian soccer fan standing through the sunroof of a vehicle waves the Egyptian flag and shouts in support as he passes through the area hit by overnight violence between Egyptian soccer fans and riot-police directed towards the Algerian embassy in the Zamalek area of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Egyptian president’s elder son called for a tough stand amid an escalating diplomatic row following the loss to Algeria in a World Cup qualification playoff, as angry soccer fans rioted.
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