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Police clash with Rice protesters
Herald Sun ^
| 16 March 2006
Posted on 03/15/2006 8:42:21 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
POLICE have clashed with protesters at the front gates of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music ahead of a speech there by US Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice.
Anti-war activists were rallying against US involvement in Iraq as Dr Rice prepared to deliver a speech at the conservatorium. About 50 protesters gathered outside the building in Macquarie St and were met by police on foot, on horseback, and with dogs.
Police used the horses to push the protesters back, as a police helicopter hovered over the scene.
Police made no early arrests but had to go to the rescue of The Daily Telegraph columnist Piers Akerman, who was being jostled by protesters.
The Stop the War Coalition says Dr Rice is a "war criminal" and is not welcome in Australia.
Stop the War Coalition spokeswoman Anna Samson says the protest is one of many planned in the lead-up to the third anniversary of the "invasion and occupation" of Iraq on March 20.
Two Newcastle University students, Peter Gray, 25, and Naomi Hodgson, 23, were ejected during Dr Rice's speech.
Outside the conservatorium, Ms Hodgson said her friend stood up in the middle of the speech and yelled: "Condoleezza Rice, you're a war criminal".
She said he had showed the palms of his hands and said: "Iraqi blood is on your hands and you cannot wash it away".
Ms Hodgson said the pair had managed to yell the phrase several times before they were ejected by security guards.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; carbohydrates; chicago; commies; condi; condirice; demonstrators; doctorrice; pilaf; police; ratbags; rice; stopthewarcoalition; stwc; swc; sydney
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Bloody ratbags!!!
Release the hounds...
To: Aussie Dasher
What did their signs say? Down with Pilaf?
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:43:54 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
("Countdown" - A documentary about Keith Olbermann's dwindling IQ)
To: Aussie Dasher
Well, and here Ginsberg complained about one idiot on another thread.
What would she think if she had the reception more public figures like Rice gets?
Anarchist, communists and idiots uniting in stupidity against Democracy with Rice IMO, and they will fail!
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:46:17 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Aussie Dasher; Fred Nerks; Fair Go; naturalman1975
How amny of them are Bob Brown Greens or Latham Labor? I don't think Sydney has as many hard-lefties as Melbourne or Tasmania?
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:46:46 PM PST
by
NZerFromHK
(Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
To: Aussie Dasher
POLICE have clashed with protesters at the front gates of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music...It's that old Brahms-versus-Wagner thing. Condi is a skilled Brahms pianist, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some violence from the Wagner partisans.
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:47:44 PM PST
by
Publius
To: NZerFromHK
Most of them are probably Greens. Nobody admits to being Labor anymore, much less "Latham Labor".
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:48:11 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher; All
GOOD I hope Aussie cops go THE SHEILD smackdown on demonstraters LOL!
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:48:34 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: Publius
LOL! Yes, those Wagner fanatics can be scary...
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:49:03 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
These pathetic morons, what do they want ?
A world ruled by fundamentalist Islam?
The current coalition of countries is the only thing stopping that eventuality from occurring to human future history.
Such pansies should be ignored ,and if the won't shut up
a little tar and feathers would do nicely.
To: Aussie Dasher
Don't worry we have our share of idiots here in the states.
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:51:38 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Echo Talon
I'd noticed that. BTW, how are the Kennedys?
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:52:53 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Loud Mime
"SOY SAUCE KILLS!!!"
or something to that effect.
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:54:34 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Aussie Dasher
To: Stoat
To: Aussie Dasher
No wonder. The Greens are the only really repulsive elements in Australia (Democrats have gone down the ditch now). They better be careful with their slogans: mind you, Rice is black.
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:01:26 PM PST
by
NZerFromHK
(Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
To: Echo Talon
WOO HOOO! <<< adding to "archive of Condi pics shamelessly stolen from the internet"
:-)
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:01:26 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Echo Talon; Aussie Dasher; All
I could imagine Condi in Hallie Berry role in Die another day last James Bond movie LOL!
Somebody need photoshop John Howard PRONTO
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:16:57 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: NZerFromHK
There were only fifty of them - probably all pot smoking lefties.
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:32:16 PM PST
by
Fair Go
To: Aussie Dasher
Anyone have photos of the jobless freaks in handcuffs?
:-)
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:39:04 PM PST
by
Emmet Fitzhume
(They who attack Christians will forever live in anger, fear, worthlessness and depression.)
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