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Reuters. 5 October 2002. Anti-US protestors clash with Greek police on Iraq. RETHYMNO -- Demonstrators protesting against a possible U.S. strike on Iraq clashed with police on Saturday a few hundred metres (yards) away from a meeting by European Union defence ministers on the Greek island of Crete. Police said the clashes erupted when about 300 leftists and self-styled anarchists carrying anti-war banners tried to break through a police checkpoint blocking access to a hotel in the seaside town of Rethymno, where the informal EU ministerial meeting was taking place. "Don't bomb Iraq," read many of the banners, written in eight different languages. Police said one man was slightly hurt in the clashes but there were no arrests. Hundreds of Greek police, armed with batons and wearing gas masks, had lined up along the main road outside the seaside town to prevent the rally from reaching the ministerial meeting. Police agreed to allow three protestors through to deliver a protest letter against the war to Greek defence officials. The rest of the demonstrators ignored calls to disperse and moved forward towards the police line, shouting, "No more blood for oil." The protesters hurled stones, glass bottles and wooden sticks at police, slightly injuring a cameraman, as police fought them back with batons. "The EU will not get rid of us that easily. See you at the summit in Thessaloniki," one protester said, referring to the northern Greek city hosting the EU summit in spring 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
