Bloomberg: Spain Hires Cruise Liner to House Police in Rebel Catalonia
Spain has discreetly hired ferries to be moored in the Port of Barcelona as temporary housing for possibly thousands of police specially deployed to keep order in rebel Catalonia and help suppress an illegal independence referendum.
The country’s interior ministry asked Catalan port authorities to provide a berth for one ship until Oct. 3 -- two days after the planned vote -- saying it was a matter of state, a spokeswoman for the port said by phone Wednesday. The vessel, known as “Rhapsody,” docked in the city about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, she said.
The aim is to amass more than 16,000 riot police and other security officers by the Oct. 1 referendum, El Correo newspaper reported on its website. That would exceed the number of Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, who serve both the Catalan and central governments.
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Update: To Prevent Rebellion, Spain Docks Cruise Ship Housing 16,000 Riot Police In Barcelona Port (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: The Catalon independence referendum is still on .... Catalan leader says will proceed with Oct. 1 independence referendum (Reuters).
Update #2: It looks like Madrid will need to find alternative housing for their police force .... Boats of Spanish military police blocked by Catalan ports as unrest grows (The Telegraph).
2 comments:
The Catalonians were on the verge of being invaded by Daffy Duck and Wile E. Cyote. The Moby Dada ferry hired by the Spanish government to house thousands of police officers has hundred foot tall Looney Tune (TM) cartoon characters painted across its port and starboard flanks. Which sums up the Spanish government's approach to the referendum pretty accurately.
Anon,
LOL
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