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Greek Opposition Leader Papandreou Blames Government for Riots
Voice of America ^
| December 14, 2008
| Nathan Morley
Posted on 12/15/2008 7:58:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv
In a VOA interview, opposition leader George Papandreou deplored the violence. "The types of problem, which Greece is facing right now are such that one could have expected that there would be a reaction from society and particularly from the youth," said George Papandreou. "Obviously what we are all shocked about is the violence, the extent of violence - but the fact there is a deeper crisis where the youth feel a deepening sense of inequality, social inequalities, lack of possible employment, a sense of injustice - a sense of corruption at the highest levels of government - these things have all put fuel to the fires of rage of the youth in Greece." ...Papandreou, who leads the opposition Socialists, said the primary concern of the people of Greece now was the return of the rule of law... Papandreou, who has called for new elections, said his focus would be on restoring confidence in government.
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KEYWORDS: greece; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; papandreou; rop; wot; youts
restoring confidence, returning to rule of law... sound like anyone you know?
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12/15/2008 7:58:11 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
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12/15/2008 7:58:40 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/15/2008 8:56:53 AM PST
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onedoug
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12/15/2008 9:18:56 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
No political opportunism there. /s
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12/15/2008 9:20:49 AM PST
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dfwgator
(I hate Illinois Marxists)
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12/15/2008 9:32:51 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Chanting Allahu Akbar, they wreak destruction in Athens From Associated Press: ATHENS, Greece -- Gangs of youths smashed their way through central Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities into the early hours Tuesday, torching stores, buildings and cars in a third day of mayhem after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.In the country's worst rioting in decades, dozens of shops, banks and luxury hotels had their windows smashed as youths fought running battles with riot police. Black smoke rose above the city center, mingling with clouds of tear gas. Broken glass littered the streets.Hundreds of high school and...
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Riots in Greece: The undercover news 09 Dec 2008 Ioannis Michaletos ...The culprits in the higher level are Islamic netowrks in the Middle East, hand-in-hand with corrupted Western officials that are selling their services for the highest bidder.... The anarchist-radical network of disoriented youth is very strong in Europe as the riots in 2005 showed where the radicals and the Muslims joined forces to damage Sarkozy's image to no avail. In France recently it was announced by the Ministry of Interior that French anarchists that were in contact with Greek and Italian counterparts, tried to sabotage the railway network (TGV...
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Muslim Riots in Spain, Denmark, Greece, UK… Reuters. Rioting immigrants set fire to ... Some five million of Spain's 45 million population are immigrants, ...
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How low will they go?? As low as laser blinding Greek Police: "A riot policeman is aimed at with a laser light pointer during riots outside the Athens Polytechnic. Small bands of Greek rioters hurling firebombs attacked an environment ministry building, shops and banks in Athens on Saturday during an eighth day of protests following the killing of a teenager by police." And that's not all: "A warning from Serb intelligence about the mobilization of an extremist Islamic organization in Greece has put the Greek authorities on high alert. Several days ago, Serb intelligence briefed a Serb parliamentary Committee that...
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A rising tide of (Muslims) migrants unsettles Athens By Niki Kitsantonis Published: October 2, 2008 ATHENS: About 80,000 migrants have traveled to Greece this year and decided to stay illegally, according to the authorities, who say the country can no longer handle the task of guarding the European Union's southeast flank. While initial problems with the flood of migrants from Africa and the Middle East who are desperate to enter Europe centered on the Aegean islands, migrants are now wreaking havoc in the capital. The historic center of Athens has been riven by several street battles in...
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The rioting began in Athens late on Saturday soon after the shooting in the central Exarchia district, where youths threw petrol bombs at police, burnt dozens of cars and smashed shop windows. It quickly spread to Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki and other towns in northern Greece. Cities on the holiday islands of Crete and Corfu also saw protests at the shooting, which prompted Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to offer his resignation. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose fragile government has been rocked by a series of scandals, rejected it, a ministry spokeswoman said.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's interior minister says the massive protest riots in cities across the country are "unacceptable" but insists that police are doing all they can to protect people's lives and property. Thousands of youths are rampaging through Athens, the northern city of Thessaloniki and several other cities in the third day of riots Monday after police shot and killed a teenager on Saturday.
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Christmas tree torched in Athens riots By Emma Alberici and Helena SmithPosted December 9, 2008 07:13:00Updated December 9, 2008 08:55:00 People flee from a burning Christmas Tree in Syntagma Square in Athens. (AFP: Aris Messinis) Video: Greek protests enter third day (ABC News) Related Story: Fresh rioting hits Greek cities Rioters have torched a large Christmas tree in central Athens at the end of a third day of violent demonstrations in Greece.The tree, in Syntagma Square, was set on fire amid riots in the Greek capital in protest over the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot by police...
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Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday, in an explosion of rage triggered by the police shooting of a teenager that has unleashed the most violent riots in a quarter century. The nightly scenes of burning street barricades, looted stores and overturned cars have threatened to topple the country's increasingly unpopular conservative government, which faces mounting calls for Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to resign. Police fired tear gas at protesters Tuesday following the funeral of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was laid to rest in an Athens burial attended by about 6,000 people. The rioting...
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ATHENS, Greece (Dec. 9) - Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday, in an explosion of rage triggered by the police shooting of a teenager that has unleashed the most violent riots in a quarter century.
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Greece slipped deeper into turmoil, with a fifth day of clashes between youths and police, plus a general strike, as two police officers were charged in connection with the killing of a teenager that sparked the unrest. Despite a vow by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to restore order, demonstrators battled security forces outside the Greek parliament as the nationwide work stoppage halted flights in and out of Greece and closed banks, schools and some hospital services.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Authorities say a hoard of 4,500-year-old copper weapons recovered off a northern beach is the largest of its kind ever found in Greece. A Culture Ministry statement says the discovery includes at least 110 ax and hammer heads, but several more should be extracted from compacted masses of corroded metal. The ministry says they were probably buried at a time of unrest or war. The hoard would have represented a fortune at the time.
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HOODED youths firebombed a police station next to the Exarchia district where locals held a silent vigil for a teenager who was killed a week ago. Police fired tear gas and were in hot pursuit of a group of about 100 youths who had congregated there - with similar numbers in Thessaloniki also vandalising a gymnasium before holing up in university premises. The fresh outbreak of hostilities ...
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The Fall of Athens The Greek government loses the battle of ideas, and then it loses control. When Greece's conservative New Democracy party came to power in March 2004 it promised three things: to "reinvent" the state, to eliminate corruption and to initiate much-needed educational reform. Four years later, the situation remains unchanged: The state is still a tool for bestowing benefits and favors, corruption in the public sector is still rampant, and all attempts at educational reform have quickly fizzled out.
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The "masked ones", as they are known, hold informal assemblies each day, where everyone has a chance to discuss where this "revolution" is headed. They even debate whether it is a revolution. "It is a social riot," said another gate guard, "and it's still going on. We don't know yet where it will lead."
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12/15/2008 9:39:34 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: dfwgator
No, none. I’m sure he’s just got the best interests of Greece in mind. ;’)
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12/15/2008 9:41:34 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: onedoug
"...islamism...." Nope, nothing to do with the jihadist here. Its a domestic issue and those who are doing the bulk of the rioting are ethnic Greeks. Such demonstrations have been held on a regular bases across the country for almost two years now in opposition to the government's plan to amend Greece's constitution. Last year more then half the school year in Greece was lost because of riots, demonstrations and students taken over schools and unviresities. Greek anarchists, students, unionists and party activists because of public anger over government economic policy and reforms in the academic fields. On Thursday and Friday(12/4/08 & 12/5/08) the Nurses Unions in Greece went on strike, those strikes led to Saturday night's riots, those riots had the police out in force to stop them and it was during those riots that the kid was accidently killed by a police officer. This killing set off more riots 'in the name of the kid who was killed' said some, but in reality its over their discontent with the government trying to make economic and academic changes in the country, as well as hooligans taken advantage of the situation to riot for basically nothing. This is why you are seeing so many students, they are against the reforms that the Greek government wants to make in the universities. Unfortunately this kind of rioting is common thru out Europe thanks to their socialistic culture that is a breeding ground for anti-capitalist leftists, anarchists and hooligans, mostly youths and students are involved behind the riots and more of then not they come from wealthy familes. The kid who was killed went to one of the most expensive and private schools in Greece.
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posted on
12/15/2008 6:47:22 PM PST
by
apro
To: dfwgator; All
There isn’t any in Europe given its socialistic culture. These riots have nothing to do with the muzzies. Such riots are common through out Europe. The ones in Greese now are over the public discontent with the reforms the government wants to make in the country’s economic and academic sections.
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posted on
12/15/2008 6:53:22 PM PST
by
apro
To: apro
Very interesting. Thanks so much. In a way, I can almost see it happening here.
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12/16/2008 7:24:25 AM PST
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onedoug
To: onedoug
You’re welcome....God I hope it doesn’t ever happen here but who knows what awaits us now that the Democr aps are in office.
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12/16/2008 5:30:29 PM PST
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apro
To: Albanese
One of the reasons Greece is in debt is because illegal immigrants from Albania have ransacked the country and the PC EU Police won’t let the Greeks kick their rear ends out.
The most unpleasant fact about Greece is that they have to deal with the Stupid Shiptars in the region.
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posted on
12/18/2008 1:00:16 PM PST
by
eleni121
(EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
To: SunkenCiv
No doubt about it ——the islamists are running the freak show in the streets from behind the scenes...financing etc.
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12/18/2008 1:02:00 PM PST
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eleni121
(EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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I have a feeling it’s going to get worse before it gets — even worse.
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12/20/2008 9:44:31 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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