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Shoes thrown at Downing Street
hindu.com ^ | 01/03/09 | Hasan Suroor

Posted on 01/03/2009 2:37:57 PM PST by TornadoAlley3

Mark of protest: Hundreds of shoes seen on the road along the Whitehall as police guard the entrance to Downing Street in London on Saturday.

LONDON: Shoes were flung at Downing Street on Saturday by angry protesters calling for more active British intervention to bring an end to Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

There were scuffles and angry exchanges as the police tried to control the crowd.

An estimated 10,000 people, including a number of high-profile political figures and celebrities, marched through central London raising slogans against Israeli attacks and carrying placards saying “End the siege of Gaza” and “Freedom for Palestine”.

They also called for a boycott of Israeli goods.

As they walked past the heavily-guarded Downing Street, some started throwing shoes and sandals at the Prime Minister’s residence as a mark of protest against what they described as the British government’s reluctance to condemn Israel.

Later, a rally was held at Trafalgar Square.

The march, part of nationwide protests, was organised by more than 30 groups, including the British Muslim Initiative and the Stop the War Coalition. Among those who took part was prominent Jewish comedian Alexei Sayle. He said Israel’s response to rocket-firing by Hamas was “massively disproportionate” and urged Israel to “stop killing people, stop killing children”.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barbarians; downingstreet; gaza; gordonbrown; islam; israel; leftists; muslims; paidprotesters; shoes; sympathizers; unholyalliance
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1 posted on 01/03/2009 2:37:58 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

lock and load, mates.


2 posted on 01/03/2009 2:38:21 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

The shoe manufacturers will be making a mint off this new fad!


3 posted on 01/03/2009 2:40:22 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (The "new" Camelot?? Jackie "O" is spinning in her grave....)
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To: TornadoAlley3

these shoes should be gathered up , loaded into choppers and air dropped on the next set of pro-Pal demonstrations that develop


4 posted on 01/03/2009 2:40:37 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse
A demonstrator throws a shoe near the Downing Street residence of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza at Trafalgar Square in London January 3, 2009.
5 posted on 01/03/2009 2:41:25 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
lock and load, mates.

Whats left to lock & load in the UK?

6 posted on 01/03/2009 2:41:47 PM PST by Spirochete
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To: TornadoAlley3

“throw shoes, not grenades?”


7 posted on 01/03/2009 2:42:06 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Look at his fingers.


8 posted on 01/03/2009 2:42:29 PM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light!)
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To: Spirochete
Whats left to lock & load in the UK?

shoes?

9 posted on 01/03/2009 2:42:49 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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10 posted on 01/03/2009 2:43:01 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/01/mystery-who-dum.html


11 posted on 01/03/2009 2:43:05 PM PST by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: SolidWood

look at the brave shutterbug, doing it just like they rehearsed.


12 posted on 01/03/2009 2:43:31 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

sounds like there is something afoot.


13 posted on 01/03/2009 2:43:44 PM PST by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: SolidWood

looks like Obama’s sign:)


14 posted on 01/03/2009 2:44:36 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Too bad that, in London, throwing shoes just doesn’t mean so much. What a STUPID culture.


15 posted on 01/03/2009 2:45:20 PM PST by bboop (obama, little o, not a Real God)
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To: TornadoAlley3

And of course the giddy reporter on the street, prepared for his “scoop”.


16 posted on 01/03/2009 2:46:08 PM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

May I suggest a response? Find a mosque and throw panties at it.


17 posted on 01/03/2009 2:46:21 PM PST by Reaganesque (BCS - The "C" is silent)
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To: Reaganesque

No! thats a waste. save panties and throw pigs feet.


18 posted on 01/03/2009 2:47:37 PM PST by omega4179 (Bush Abandoned Ramos and Compean)
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To: TornadoAlley3

19 posted on 01/03/2009 2:48:04 PM PST by mowowie
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4093219/Thousands-throw-shoes-at-Downing-Street-in-protest-against-Israeli-action-in-Gaza.html

more here


20 posted on 01/03/2009 2:48:08 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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