Posted on 05/05/2010 6:29:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Police sirens and the smell of tear gas filled the streets around Greece's parliament building Wednesday after protests against government spending cuts turned violent, then deadly.
Three people died and four others were trapped when a fire bomb hit a bank in central Athens, the Greek fire brigade told CNN. The victims, two women and a man, were bank employees, they said.
Bins and cars were set on fire around the city. Two public buildings were on fire and a fire truck was ablaze near the Temple of Zeus, the fire brigade said.
Riot police in helmets and shields kept back protesters who threw bottles, sticks, and rocks. Booms pierced the air every time the police fired canisters of tear gas at the crowds.
A mass of protesters made it onto the steps in front of the Greek parliament building early in the afternoon before riot police pushed them back.
Members of the parliamentary economic committee are inside the building reviewing a package of austerity measures to contain Greece's spiraling debt. The measures are highly unpopular in Greece and the protesters on the steps demanded that the lawmakers come outside and face them.
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It will never go that far now, NATO is in the North Balkan area and the Turks are watching the South. No country dares to start a war now, they will cease to exist.
could this be a central bank war?
Obama and the WH don’t seem to be able to figure out how underpants function.
They may not not USA massive quantities but it is known to be there. Turkey almost started a war by attempting to start a well with an oil exploration ship.
Either ignorance or hypocrisy to blame the banks for the current economic failure.
Good analogy.
In this scenario, Germany, France and Britain would be the three most economically productive states.
The PIGS states (Spain, Portugal etc) would be like a collapsing California twinned with Detroit and Chicago, and run by the NJ Teachers Union.
The British state would have one advantage over the others in this benighted political hodge-podge. Having their own currency backed by their own faith and credit they can devalue/revalue it to suit themselves. Whereas the Euro is a one-size-fits-all currency backed (in reality) only by the faith and credit of the increasingly annoyed Germans.
Ties with the US and NATO have caused Greece nothing but grief and destruction for this loyal ally.
Iran means nothing — no matter how loudly the crass puppet nut job shouts-—that's for lamestream media consumption and the idjuts who lap it up.
AS for ties with Russia—— yes! China—less yes!
No one did a thing about the thugs taking over the lobbies of two NYC banks.
Good point - perhaps I've misjudged the people in the big blue cities. I know that if they tried to get violent in, say, Chattanooga, TN or Kinnesaw, GA, there's be some shooting FROM the good guys. I guess the folks in New York and certain blue cities in CA have been sufficiently wussified that they won't protect their own.
I don’t understand Greek. What does “gimmegimmegimmegimmegimme” mean?
Off to work I owe I owe......
LOL! So true. :-)
Britain is probably thanking their lucky stars they didn't join the EMU, a receipt for disaster. LOL!
You described the EU to the 'T', which is why it was destined to fail from the start.
And they all hate each other. Not even just country to country but region to region.
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