Posted on 02/12/2012 6:04:45 PM PST by EBH
Legislation will allow country to cut debt; protesters set fire to 34 buildings; deputies expelled for opposing vote
The Greek parliament approved on Monday a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund and avoid a messy default.
The vote occurred after 100,000 demonstrators marched to the parliament and buildings were burned down in central Athens. Following the vote, black-masked protesters created a wall of fire with petrol bombs and set fire to cinemas, cafes, shops and banks.
Fifty police officers and at least 55 protesters were hospitalized. Forty-five suspected rioters were arrested; a further 40 were detained.
Following the vote to cut $4.35 billion — which means axing one in five civil service jobs and slashing the minimum wage by more than a fifth — violence spread to other Greek towns and cities, including on the holiday islands of Corfu and Crete.
"I've had it! I can't take it any more. There's no point in living in this country any more," said a man walking through his smashed and looted optician store.
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/johnny
Greece Signs Austerity Deal (2 yr Greek Sovereign Debt Yield Rises 601 Bps) – Kurt Russell Stars In “Escape From Athens”
Greece Signs Austerity Deal (2 yr Greek Sovereign Debt Yield Rises 601 Bps) – Kurt Russell Stars In “Escape From Athens”
/johnny
Socialist fools. I bet this does wonders for their tourism industry.
Some snipers backing up te riot police would be a good idea.Anyone with a fire bomb gets shot,same for anyone wearing a mask.
This is what happens when the socialists run out of other people’s money. It’s all part of the plan.
Greece is the ghost of Christmas future.
> “Some snipers backing up te riot police would be a good idea.Anyone with a fire bomb gets shot,same for anyone wearing a mask.”
Jeff Cooper once suggested how to handle these kind of riots. Police snipers with .22 Magnum target rifles. The person hit in the lungs (someone identified as a leader) would realize they immediately need medical help, but it would be less likely to cause a panicky stampede of the rest of them.
I like your thinking - but you left out hoodies!
/johnny
When the parasites’ food runs out, they become predators.
Coming too America all too soon...
The rioting is bad, but it's really mostly just the work of a bunch of anarchist. 100k apparently turned out, but the vast majority were just out for a day of fun at the beck and call of their unions.
If I had to guess, I'd say the government is happy to see the black bloc types make a mess of things. The austerity program isn't popular, and the one thing that makes it more palatable for average Greeks is if the opposition to it are violent crazies willing to burn the country down.
This is all just a show to keep kicking the can down the road anyway. Greece won't live up to it's obligations, but Europe can't bail them out if they don't make it at least somewhat painful - otherwise the other failed Eurostates will line up for their bag of cash. No one should have any sympathy for the Greeks. They did this to themselves.
Exactly.
The Greek socialists have run out of other people’s money to spend, and are BEGGING the rest of the EU to save them from themselves.
the sheeple were promised Unicorns, and by god, they want the unicorns they were promised, even if the KNOW unicorns do not exist.
My thoughts exactly. Just two or three immolated and the word would get around.
Actually the reports are the rioters are communists and anarchists...
I know ...not much difference here in America...
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