Riot police take up positions behind flames from a petrol bomb during clashes with protesters in Athens on Thursday. (John Kolesidis/Reuters)Greece Rocked By Riots As Up To 60,000 People Take To Streets To Protest Against Government -- The Daily Mail
Street clashes broke out between rioting youths and police in central Athens today as tens of thousands demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government.
Hundreds of masked and hooded youths punched and kicked motorcycle police, knocking several off their bikes, as police responded with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades.
The violence spread after the end of the march to a nearby square, where police faced off with stone-throwing anarchists and suffocating clouds of tear gas sent patrons scurrying from open-air cafes.
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Timeline: Greece's economic crisis -- Reuters
My Comment: For Greece .... after years of hopeless debt financing .... the chickens have come home to roost.
1 comment:
i was wondering if we would see this reaction from the Greek people.
sadly, if things devolve here in the US i bet we could see the same reaction.
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