Ethnic Violence Spreads in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia — The racial unrest that broke out in Sydney's beachside suburbs over the weekend has spread to two other large Australian cities, where people of Middle Eastern descent were assaulted by whites, police said Tuesday.

In New South Wales, where Sydney is located, lawmakers scheduled an emergency session of the state Parliament to consider legislation cracking down on the rioters who rampaged through the city's suburbs for two straight nights, the region's premier said.

Seven people were injured and 11 arrested after youths rioted in the suburbs Monday night, smashing the windows of stores, homes and parked cars. The youths appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent, leading police to believe the destruction was in response to racially fueled attacks on a Sydney beach a day earlier.

Calling the rioters "ratbags," New South Wales premier Morris Iemma said police would be given special "lockdown" powers to stop convoys from forming and driving into communities to carry out acts of retribution. He also said he would urge lawmakers to pass legislation toughening prison sentences for rioting offenses.

A few points on this :-

1) this was definately set off by the gang rapes over hte past year, the excuses given at trials (basically their culture made them do it), and the attack on the lifeguards.

The mob violence over the weekend was a racial backlash, not religious. Anyone looking like they were middle-eastern were being attacked. Note that most Lebanese (the main middle-eastern ethnicity in Australia) are Christians - it is likely most of the people attacked were innocent people (and Christians to boot) going about their daily lives who happened to be in the same place as the mob.
Most of the posts on FR from here seem to be totally for this voilence, which is a bit disturbing - this wasn't targetted against muslim lebanese gangs (who won't hit the same spot twice in a week), but against whoever looked like a "Leb". Were those beaten by the Anglo mob Christians? can't tell - this isn't reported at all, if even asked (the main focus is this is racial). Definately emergency services were attacked, and definately women. It's a bit hypocritical to on one hand criticise a culture for it's poor treatment of women while supporting beating up women on the streets going about normal business.

In so saying, it now is turning religious. I'm going to assume that most of the innocents and bystanders are lying low and it appears to be the Anglo-Aussies vs the Lebanese muslims (especially given last nights gathering outside a mosque). Additionally, the Australian (newspaper) makes an interesting clarification on Archbishop Pells statement on the Auburn Church - it's predominantly Lebanese.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17563466%255E601,00.html

At the end of the day I suspect the biggest group of victims here will be Lebnese Christians long run. With the media playing the race card in all coverage it's looking like "Aussies" vs "Lebs", however the Lebanese gangs are more anti-Christian, meaning Lebanese Christians are being attacked by both groups. It's only the australian article I've seen reporting Lebanese Christians being attacked - the FoxNews.com article certainly doesn't mention anything, and with the Australian being owned by Rupert Murdoch they should have the same access to information.

To collectively characterize Muslims and Middle Easterners as victims ignores the years of lawless and antisocial behavior on their part. The bottom line is that Islam and Arab culture completely incompatible with anything non Muslim.

The concept of nation is foreign to most middle easterners. They identify with and value personal, family, tribal and sect "honor" above all else. They do not seek integration into any western society. To them there can be no quid pro quo or tolerance. Western Judeo-Christian values are as alien to them as if to have come from another planet. The western ethos of equality, truth and justice are words to be manipulated for personal gain. In all things the end justifies the means.

Who ever coined the term "Islamo-facist" was incredibly perceptive. radical Islam must be dealt with the same way, and if necessary with the same means, as was the Nazi party for they have more in common than you would believe.

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