Can somebody tell me what GSF and IMC stand for. Thanks Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 09:22:00 +0100 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Peoples_War] Genoa: Horrific raid on GSF and IMC Genoa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Horrific raid on GSF and IMC Genoa : Report > by IMCista 6:29am Sun Jul 22 '01 (Modified on 9:51am Sun Jul 22 '01) > > > Report from the IMC tonight. > > Tonight the carabineraie raided the IMC as many people already have > probably seen on the newswire already. As we saw it the carabineraie > started by pulling up about 2-300m up the road in initially around > four to five vans. They got out and started to jog down the street in > riot gear and batons. People saw them and started to enter both > building - the main GSF building and the school. > > The school had been a safe space for people to sleep and chill for a > few days. In the school there were a diverse bunch of people. As the > convergence center was quite close, many people came to get > information on the counter conference and the solidarity marches and > also to use computers. Many people who slept in the school were > participants from the marches, a group of pacifists from Zaragoza had > come to the school to sleep just fifteen minutes before the arrived, > (as it was the only really "safe" space to sleep) and ended up with > eight hospitalised and more detained by the carabineraie. > > The carabineraie, having reached the school and the GSF building > started to arbitrarily beat people with the batons as people > scrabbled to get inside either building. The door were closed on the > GSF building but they entered from, not the main door, but one which > was not secured at the side - not secured as this was just not > expected. > > I can only tell from what happened now from the IMC as I was there > working. The IMC tried to calm people down as the carabineraie came > in and demanded that all of us stand spread-eagle against the wall > for about 30 minutes whilst the people wandered in and out of the > rooms a bit listlessly, looking for anything incriminating - as if. > They then moved everyone into one area and everyone had to sit down > for another twenty minutes or so. > > What they found and took was some of the equipment like mini disks > videos and disks and searched many peoples bags. They also took some > salad knives from the kitchen and a couple of gas masks. Later after > it was all over they said to the press that they saw quite a lot of > black clothes inside the rooms, well excuse me. > > Apparently opposite the police took all available passports and > wallets and diaries from peoples bags. > > The carabineraie tried to take one of the IMC people but another > journalist with G8 accreditation stepped in although he was pushed > back the carabineraie left the other guy alone. > > They finally left when a women MP who was in the building came to our > floor and had powers to make to carabineraie leave - due to the fact > that we were an international group and also journo/press. The police > left, but we discovered that the people on the other floors of the > GSF building had had freedom to roam after only being held on the > floor for a short time. Also the GSF Lawyers office was ransacked and > the computers destroyed, hard drives taken and the phones smashed - > so much for the law. The computers conatined all of the info relating > to legal aid etc over the last few days. The carabineraie obviously > had their purpose here - one mission being to search the IMC floor to > find something to discredit the IMC media movement. > > After they left people immediately checked their gear and recorded > what was taken, and then the keypads started burning. > > Then we discovered the fucking mass beatings next door where people > were already sleeping and others had been eating and talking, many > IMC people stayed outside to somberly record the devastation and > support those in shock and disbelief at what had just occurred. Tears > and shouts of "assinos" followed the police who for another half an > hour or so were still blocking off exits. Many people outside had > been chanting "let them free" whilst we were up against the wall and > the school was being emptied with stretcher after stretcher of young > men and women being carried out. > > The story from across the street in the school was that when police > arrived they grabbed the first people they could outside and beat > them heavily - one of the first to be beaten was a uk reporter who > was smashed repeatedly by a group of them - one held him by his neck > while the others beat him with clubs - unconscious he was left in the > street in a pool of blood (later when we were allowed out of the > building the blood had been cleaned off the pavement). Their > intention was clear then from the start. > > Inside the building when police entered many people inside raised > their hands but the police just started smashing windows. One group > then ran to the third floor and managed to escape out of an upper > window and down scaffolding (the building is a bit of a building site > under repair) - they were lucky. The others inside were beaten > everywhere but from the long stream of stretchers came out of the > building they were obviously trying to injure people as seriously as > possible - at least five were brought out unconscious. > > Later after more arrests in the street the police and fleet of > ambulances departed, leaving us access to the building. Inside the > sight was sickening. There was thick dark blood all up the walls, > over the floor and at the bottom of stairs. It looked like several > people had been beaten while on the ground from the blood patters low > down on the walls. The scene was horrible. Even the ambulance staff > were obviously shocked. > > The night is long and will not end to day. This is a sad day for > democracy. > > As to the "weapons" they found in the school, the place was as we > said earlier was under repair, a small section blocked off and > littered with pipes and building materials etc Like us they too had > knives (and forks!) for cooking and eating. > > The local media and other reports have said police where there > searching for weapons or drugs. No, it is obvious why they were here. > The testimonies of people in both buildings, the blood on the street > and inside the school and the number seriously injured in this so > called search tells the true story. No doubt many things will be said > about this horrific evening here at the GSF building, but whatever > happens, Indymedia will continue to report the truth. > > > ~~~ > "Without a Peoples Army the people have nothing" > Mao > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Peoples_War > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > _________________________________________________ > > KOMINFORM > P.O. 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