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Posted on 12/13/2005 11:21:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
SHOTS were fired at teachers' cars, and parents and children were abused at a primary school Christmas carol service in Sydney, the Catholic Church has said.
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, said people at a service on Monday night at St Joseph the Worker Primary School in Auburn were abused by men of Middle Eastern appearance.
He said shots were also heard and staff yesterday morning found bullet holes in their cars.
No one was hurt.
Cardinal Pell says he is deeply concerned by the targeting of Christmas celebrations for students as young as five and the attack appears to have been motivated by religious intolerance.
Police said yesterday they were investigating the incident, which came on the second day of race-based violence that started with riots at Cronulla on Sunday.
Two damaged cars and cartridges found at the scene will be forensically examined.
Meanwhile, a surf carnival for Sydney's North Cronulla beach this Saturday has been cancelled amid fears that race riots will continue into the weekend.
Surf Life Saving NSW said a large-scale beach carnival had been postponed indefinitely after two days of tension on several city beaches.
Its chief executive, Phil Vanny, said the decision was unfortunate but necessary.
"Given the current levels of tension around Cronulla, the movement wholeheartedly supports the decision made by the branch," he said.
Mr Vanny said many members were worried about travelling to the Sutherland Shire following the outbreaks of violence.
He said the annual surf carnival, which usually attracts 1000 competitors, may be held at a later date.
Volunteers would work with police and the Government to "ensure that the current situation has as little impact on our members as possible".
More than 20 men were charged and dozens were injured after rioting at Cronulla on Sunday and Monday nights.
It would be very nice if we knew which countries to nuke, but we don't. Islamofascists are very widely disseminated, therefore we don't know where to nuke.
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Excuse me....MMEA's...
We certainly know where to start:
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Iran
Algeria
Indonesia
Malaysia
Yemen
Somalia
Syria
New laws end right to bail
Jonathan Porter
December 14, 2005
EMERGENCY laws removing the right of bail for those accused of rioting are to be pushed through parliament after it emerged that all 27 of those arrested during the first two days of mob violence in Sydney were back on the streets within hours.
The NSW parliament will be recalled tomorrow in the first stage in the fightback against gangs that have "declared war on our society".
Under laws to be enacted, which are similar to those passed for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, six people - the NSW Commissioner and his five deputies - would have the power to declare a lockdown zone to restore order.
Jail terms for rioting will be trebled, from five to 15 years.
And police will be given the power to confiscate the cars of those involved in rioting, and stop and search vehicles at roadblocks. They will also be free to demand the personal details of those in the cars.
Police will also be given the power to search houses and cars without warrants in areas "locked down".
On Sunday and Monday nights, convoys of up to 60 vehicles packed with ethnic Middle Eastern males attacked isolated groups of Caucasian men and women.
The laws, which NSW Premier Morris Iemma said he would finish drafting overnight, will remove the presumption of bail for people accused of rioting.
This follows a political storm sparked by the release of those arrested so far over the riots.
NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam said the fact those arrested were back on the streets within hours was "a joke".
"This violence is being led by 150 criminal thugs who are known to police," Mr Debnam said, pledging the Opposition's full support for the new laws.
"They have been arrested and charged many times but under the Government's revolving-door criminal justice system, they are out on the street."
The laws were necessary to battle ethnic Middle Eastern thugs who were ruining the city's international reputation after 48 hours of violence, Mr Iemma said yesterday, adding that he did not care how much the recall of parliament cost.
Mr Iemma, vowing to "take back the streets", said: "It's a case of these people having brought shame on our city. They've effectively declared war on our society, and we won't be found wanting in our response."
Deputy Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said yesterday NSW was in "preliminary discussions" with police in Queensland and Victoria to supplement the state's 14,500-strong force to combat the civil unrest.
But he said he had not yet begun discussions with the Australian Federal Police or the military to help restore order.
An extra 450 police officers split into flying squads were deployed across the battle-zone suburbs in Sydney's south and southwest last night.
There were just 100 extra police in the trouble zones on Monday night.
The flying-squad tactics were necessary to combat the guerilla-like "hit-and-run" tactics of the gangs of Middle Eastern descent, Mr Scipione said.
"Police are actually dealing with a new phenomenon to some extent as opposed to last Sunday, so we're applying new tactics," he said.
Mr Scipione said there could never be "a policeman on every corner", but the patrols would be "rapidly mobile". He added that NSW had "longstanding arrangements" with other states and there had been "preliminary discussions" about receiving extra help if required.
"We have had other states supporting us, if there is an operational need," he said.
Asked how many millions police would be paid in overtime, Mr Scipione said: "There is a lot of money involved for this, but there are more important issues involved and that is keeping this city safe."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17563472%255E601,00.html
(But I do wish everyone would stop calling the muslim Lebanese who are the culprits 'men of middle eastern appearance'. Australia has a number of Lebanese Christians who are a true asset to this Country.)
ping
While a great deal of the world does realize that Islam is the problem for the most part the GOP & especially President Bush are clueless.
This is beginning to looked a planned pattern of terrorism.
The war on Christmas has been invaded by terroristic intents, people. Its time that we took our cries to Congress and helped them push the new Christmas Protection Act they are rumored to be working on.
If anyone knows more about the CPA, can you please post the author of the bill so we all know where to start?
I wouldn't bet on it. The politicians tend to view the folks that elect them to office as just so many knuckle dragging mouth breathing peasants.
The political class will do everything that they can to 1. keep the beat down of the muslims from happening & 2.portray anyone who wants a firearm to defend themselves from the bloody minded jihadis that are getting excuses made for them by the politicians as murderous neanderthals who are out to overthrow the government.
You can bet money on it.
Post 13, Ceewrighter wrote "Looks Middle Eastern. Smells Middle Eastern. Let's see if it runs Middle Eastern, too."
That sort of attitude is not helping.
Check out http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17563466%255E601,00.html
A primarily Lebanese Catholic church was attacked. Are you advocating attacking them because they look Middle Eastern??
Target perps, not races.
When will the West stop all allowing to them immigrate to Western countries? I they are expelled from America, Europe, etc the Western democracies wouldn't have this imported problem.
End "multiculturalism" now!
"End 'multiculturalism' now!"
I just finished a Cultural Anthropology class at the university here. The book used was so anti-American and anti-capitalistic that it is nauseating. Several times, I had to voice my dissenting opinion during lecture, even at the risk of inciting "down-grading". Here is the link to the website for the book we used in the class, last chapter outline. Essentailly, the entire thrust of the books was that all of the worlds problems have been and are now being caused by Western civilization, particilarly Christians.
I don't know if you will be able to connect with this link if you aren't registered with the publisher but you may.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072832258/student_view0/chapter17/chapter_outline.html
there will be "no secomd place finishers"..
Pope Urban's Speech (1095 AD) :
The word spread and when the day came, the crowd, which included many laymen, was too large for the cathedral. So the speech was moved outside. The papal throne was set on a platform in an empty field outside the city walls, and the crowd assembled there.
Urban was, by all reports, a powerful and gifted speaker, and he brought all his rhetorical skills to bear. His speech is recorded in at least four sources; I will give a conglomerate summary here.
The noble race of the Franks must aid their co-religionists in the East. The infidel Turks are advancing into the heart of eastern Christendom (which they were: Byzantines had lost Asia Minor at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071; these were the Seljuk Turks - new converts to Islam and full of militant zeal).
Christians are being oppressed and attacked; the holy places are being defiled; and Jerusalem itself is groaning under the Saracen yoke. The Holy Sepulchre is in Muslim hands. The West must march in defense of the Holy Land. All should go, rich and poor alike. God himself will lead them, for they will be doing His work. There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die here they are poor and miserable sinners - there they will be rich and happy, true allies of God. Let them march next summer. God wills it! (deus vult)
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