Fresh riots erupt in Greek cities

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:48

Protesters again attack buildings in Athens and other cities, after a night of rioting triggered by the police shooting dead a youth.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7770086.stm



Now that is traditional...

ronaldo


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 20:42

Very Traditional

negativenick


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 21:14

what are these people on ?





Nick

Coachie



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 21:55

it was bad enough in Crete in June this year when they held a protest outside our hotel nr Chania.Apparently they were unhappy about the government saying they had to pay for there University fees,and as it happened the Education Minister and his cronies were staying there.It got nasty after one of the protesters hurled a brick at the riot police and all hell broke loose.Tear gas ,water cannon dogs you name itthe police had it.I am not surprised at what has happened inAthens after a youth was shot dead for throwing stones at a police car.Two police officers have been arrested for the shooting...

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
08/12/2008 20:52

Evening news says the rioting is getting worse in Athens and other cities and looters armed with baseball bats are controlling several city centers.

Littlenige



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Message Posted:
08/12/2008 20:54

thug has petrol bomb in hand ignighted and ready to throw cop shoots hug bomb not thrown lives saved arrest cop......................







yea only in the Eu..

newlad



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Message Posted:
08/12/2008 20:54

Sounds like Hull on a Saturday night lol

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 20:22

Unrest still continuing with petrol bombs being thrown again in Athens tonite and Greece considering imposing martial law.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 20:24

Ah, is that what Louis Theroux said?

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 20:32

No... Richard Baker 8-)

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 20:41

Nothing new in Greece, dear Brits. 2500 years ago they only lacked bombs and baseball bats. The riots in and between the Greek city-states like Sparta, Athens etc are well documented. Tip: read Nietzsche about Euripides.

dodger



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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 20:44

Did they arrest the person(s) concerned for the shooting,

Paul.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 21:38

Its probably the Turks masquerading as Greeks causing all the trouble ?

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 21:45

News report said two Greek coppers arrested

MUSIN M


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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 23:13

from the cctv pictures i recognised two of the guys throwing petrol bombs



little nige and newlad .



well i think it was them lol



musin

Groucho



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Message Posted:
10/12/2008 23:25

Isn't lager throwing more like it?

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
11/12/2008 00:15

Beware Greeks bearing gifts.



Lem

dodger



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Message Posted:
11/12/2008 00:28

Musin,

Mess 15 Cant have been Newlad he is doing a stretch in Strangeways.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
11/12/2008 00:38

Dodge, I heard it was his brother that did it......must have mistaken identity

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
11/12/2008 22:12

Still at it in five greek cities today with "sympathy" riots in Spain ,Italy and Denmark....!! can you believe it??

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
11/12/2008 23:59

article in yesterdays paper



The smouldering centre of Athens yesterday provided the latest evidence of a propensity to political violence tht has charchterised the Greeks since Homeric times.

Watching the hooded hordes setting light to public buildings. It was hard not to to agree with Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, who wrote famously that the "Greeks, the most humane men of ancient times, have a trait of cruelty, a tigerish lust to annihilate....that must strike fear in to our hearts throughout their whole history and mythology"

Ironically, it is this consciousness of having been once a great civilisation that lingers in the public mind and erupts in paroysms of frustration. The fatal shooting of a teenager merely provided the spark for the latest outbreak. ever since independence in 1829, the Greeks have been torn between trying to recreate the glories of classical Athens and having to accept a minor position in a Western-dominated world.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 00:03

You only need to read the anti-Turkish and other racist vitriol on the Greek dominated boards to know why troubles lie ahead... they have a football hooligan mentality for all to see...

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 00:04

part 2 of msge 21



They have a love - hate relationship with the West; a slavish adherence to Western music, films and fashions, offset by a hatred of Western policies.



The trait of tsambouka - a hooliganish readiness to fight - has been valued in the Greek male world for 3,000 years. Perhaps it was no accident that last month, when a newspaper offered free copies of the film 300, about the bloody battle of Thermopylae, the issue was sold out in less than two hours

Groucho



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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 00:37

ILC



There could be other reasons for that... have you seen the film.. outrageously camp so it is... ;¬)

Turbo


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 01:07

ILC, maybe youre thinking of the "other" version..."meet the Spartans"

there is a really fun game involved at this site, you can make your self a spartan or the queen warrior or slave girl etc. and send it to all. A LOT OF FUN.

http://www.meetthespartansdvd.com/ (then got to Spartanize yourself) enjoy.

Turbo


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 01:17

Try clicking on Carmen has a crush on you,, very clever...

reproman


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 01:21

I know i have started another thread regarding these riots...but they are turning out to be quite serious.



If they persist and even get worse, how does this effect Greece's Euro membership?



Surly a country that has lost control of its people, fails to comply with EU membership.



Repro

Turbo


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 01:41

Try clicking on Carmen has a crush on you,, very clever...

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 07:54

Msg 3...too many vine leaves

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 11:49

msge 24



Good point Gavin



msge 25



you know some funny sites Turbo. By the way I cracked up at the Penis festival

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 19:03

A GROUP of around 100 hooded demonstrators wrought havoc at the centre of Limassol on Wednesday night, as what started as a peaceful demonstration escalated into a stoning of Limassol Police headquarters.



A group of youths gathered at Grigori Afexendiou Square on Anexartisias Street on Wednesday night and started passing out leaflets condemning police violence and referring to the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a police officer in Greece. Although the demonstration was initially peaceful, it caught the attention of local authorities and police......

The demonstrators headed to police headquarters, where they started swearing at officers, throwing stones and pieces of wood. The group also used red paint to write slogans all over state buildings along Gladstone street.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
12/12/2008 19:04

msge 31



taken from cyprus mail

RedSnapper


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Message Posted:
14/12/2008 09:22

Still rioting in Athens last night with petrol bombs and tear gas flying between the sides, Eight days and nights so far../

frontalman



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Message Posted:
14/12/2008 11:40

Greeks are the babies of Europe, have taken for years from EU without putting anything back, now things have gone pear-shaped they're throwing their rattles out of the pram!

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
14/12/2008 12:02

http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=10557676

Groucho



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Message Posted:
14/12/2008 22:05

Agreement reached on federal crimes -- terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering and such...



Just so they know who's getting the kickbacks? ;¬)



I know it's not right to spread rumours but couldn't resist this one...

Groucho



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Message Posted:
19/12/2008 00:41

Fresh riots hit Greek capital



Hundreds of youths have once more brought parts of central Athens to a standstill amid violent clashes with riot police which lasted into the night.



Demonstrators charged at riot police outside parliament, throwing fire bombs. Police responded with volleys of tear gas.

phylray



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Message Posted:
19/12/2008 02:39

And they have the gaul to call Turks the Barbarians!

Read your history. This is against a democratically elected

government.