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...and Lord Kitchener, and who invented the modern-day concentration camp,
where they starved Boer women and children.
In other words, The Backbone of Civilization
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From: Rick Rozoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 7:33 PM
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["It's going to take quite a while to repair relations
between the British military and the local population"
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw...Relations could be
'repaired' immediately if you took your NATOite
imperialist arses out of Cyprus - RR]
Wednesday, 4 July, 2001, 18:28 GMT 19:28 Britain on
Cyprus alert
Rioters caused £120,000 of damage on [Less than a
fifth the price of a cruise missile] Tuesday night.
Greek Cypriots have continued their demonstrations
outside the island's British base at Akrotiri,
following violent clashes on Tuesday night.
But this time the protest was peaceful, with several
hundred people gathering in opposition to the
construction of radio masts at the base.
About 40 police officers were injured in Tuesday's
violence, when cars and buildings were set on fire.
[The same amount of Yugoslav or Iraqi civilians torn
to pieces in a typical British or American bombing
raid, no?]
But the British police presence this time was low key,
and a senior police officer welcomed the peaceful
nature of the latest protest.
["These satanic antennae will kill children and
destroy the environment. I have done my duty and have
no regrets"
Marios Matsakis (I couldn't think of a better
adjective; the one thing Khomeini got right.)]
A deputy from Nicosia's parliament, Marios Matsakis,
who was arrested for leading the protest on Monday,
was also present on Wednesday.
He defended his actions: "These satanic antennae will
kill children and destroy the environment. I have done
my duty and have no regrets."
Condemnation
Earlier UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the
violence as "completely unacceptable" and said every
effort had been made to assure the Cypriots that
radiation from the masts posed no risk. [The Man of
Straw is deeply offended. Morally offended. The very
day an Irish teenager was gunned down by a pro-London
Loyalist death squad. Radiation poses no risk. Isn't
this the same claim that the UK and US made to the
thousands of Bosnian Serbians dying of leukemia?]
The trouble flared following Mr Matsakis' arrest for
trying to break into the Akrotiri base.
Protesters burst into a nearby British police station
where he was being held, demanding his release.
Riot troops
Troops in riot gear confronted the crowd of protesters
and fired tear gas in clashes which lasted all Tuesday
evening. {British riot troops would be better deployed
in Belfast, Burnley and Oldham - if they could be
trusted not to make the situations even worse.]
Forty police officers were injured during the trouble
A British military spokesman called the protests "one
of the most violent and abhorrent acts of lawlessness
ever seen in Cyprus". [The most abhorrent act in Cyrus
is the very presence of British colonial occupation
forces.]
Protesters say the six low-frequency masts to be built
near UK bases by 2003 will emit radiation that could
seriously harm local residents, especially children.
They are also concerned about possible effects on
migratory birds.
British authorities deny there is any risk to health,
and say the antennae are needed for the UK military's
global communications network.
There are about 3,500 British soldiers based in
Cyprus. [Kick the imperialist occupiers out!]
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