translated from culmine with anger, love and solidarity
24/08/2010 - Comrades, friends, brothers, family,
A week has passed since the aggressor of women, the honourable Attorney Peña's, media show, (an allusion to a domestic violence complaint concerning the Chilean Marini - NDT). These have been hard days, far from my family, seeing a science fiction show on TV legitimised by audiences who have only shown how inefficient, ridiculous and barely credible the justice of the rich is.
It all started Saturday, August 14, at 6.50 am. While I was sleeping with my companion and my little daughter I heard a noise that made me think of an earthquake. But no, they were agents of the GOPE that ... were searching the place where I live. It was all very violent, while they were beating, blocking and handcuffing my companion I and my little one had weapons turned on us. A lot of shouting, excited police told us: "quiet, collaborate ... don't move, don't talk ... don't make it difficult" ... in those long seconds I thought I might be killed by those wretches with the little one in my arms ... we didn't understand what it was about ... we asked them to calm down, to show us the search warrant, what were the accusations ...
There was no reason for all the fuss ... we asked them not to aim their weapons as I was with my baby ... we tried once blocked, to calm them down and get them to explain to us what was happening ... a cop appeared, like the others, armed to the teeth, asking me my name, when I tell them who I am he looks satisfied to know ... everything was very stupid, they knew perfectly well that I lived there, knew where I work, the places I frequent, I saw them, they were too obvious ... about two months ago an RP came asking for me to my in-laws' house (where I live) with the excuse that I was a 'victim of VIF', it was obvious that the persecution that had gone on for years had not ended, that strange visit was intended merely to confirm my address. I do not want to present myself as a victim, but nothing can explain the violence of pointing a gun against an 11 month old baby girl,this action is at best despicable and without justification. At 7:45 in comes the Captain ... the one who was in charge of the searches and arrests. Only then did things calm down a bit ... forensic police in white overalls shut themselves in the bedroom where I sleep with my family (a room which, like the rest of the house was searched more than 6 times) they took away books, the computer, our telephones and an infinite number of things that really I do not understand what function they could have in “Operacion SALAMANDRA”. While they were searching every room of the house they were filming us, taking photos ... the captain tells me that my arrest is part of the investigations carried out by the comedian Attorney Peña, the famous Bombas case, investigations going on for four years, with four successive prosecutors, with arrests that led nowhere, that rely exclusively on the declaration of a schizophrenic, narco-trafficker and woman beater called Gustavo Fuentes Aliaga, alias "El Grillo". The accusations against me are: "transport of explosives and illicit terrorist association".
Between 9:30 and 10 they transferred me to 33 ° commissariat where I am "genteelly" received by a high-ranking policeman (without identification) who shouting asks me my name and threatens me with: "Now you'll see that this is not a game" ... the situation started to get heavy when I see "my friends" there too ... the press ... the jubilant cops ... the truth is, the situation was too much ... they try to subject my hand to an examination for signs of explosives, but I refuse because there was no lawyer present ... the show went on, other reporters, other cops, other people ... We are moved (in that place we were already 10) to the control of the arrests. There both the prosecutor and the Ministry of the Interior appear as complainants, for a judge there is donna Alejandra Apablaza who not only did not take our concerns into account, but left the investigations open until Tuesday 17.
I am taken to the high security section of the CPF (central Female Penitentiary) of Santiago, isolated from the other prisoners. On Tuesday, at the hearing for the validation of the arrests, the Catholic church associated itself as a complainant, after the preparation of the police programme that Peña had prepared shows us the "evidence" with which we are accused of illicit terrorist association. Telephone conversations that say nothing compared to the usual calls you can have between friends, videos that can be found on the Internet (made from TV programmes), leaflets, posters ... all public things in anyone's possession. They say we are an illegal association that has an "informal, horizontal and democratic" structure. That the leaders are Pablo and Garza. All the others, we would have a horizontal position, without intermediate leaders or any other position. It is said that our goal is the elimination of capital, the bourgeoisie, the church and any kind of power ... all with only 300 Chilean pesos.
The picture of the body of Punky Mauri after the explosion was shown to us in a Machiavellian sadistic way... and so on without any logic but to arrest us, trying to close the space of solidarity with political prisoners, counter-cultural spaces ( some of them defined by the prosecutor as "power centres") and all that is against the government, the system and power. I always thought that with the rise to power of Piñera all those against the fascist government of the bosses would be struck, but I never imagined that this would happen with such stupid, vulgar tricks. In fact the evidence is so rude and crude that it would not surprise me if this letter was seen as another proof against me. There are many things in my head, there are many ideas, so much anger and so much love ... kidnapping is the word I have in mind, I am another who has been kidnapped ... they are keeping me away from my family and friends only for being what I am: one that is convinced of the idea, an ironclad solidarity, one that thinks, one that criticises ... actually, as I once read: "Solidarity is a powerful weapon" and it is obvious that they fear it. When I got to know the struggle I fell in love with her. You can speak of madness, but it is my beautiful madness ... I struggle for emancipation, I love freedom with my whole being, with all my strength ...
Now it remains only (for the time being) to send you much newen (strength in Mapuche language - NDT) thanking you for each one of the demonstrations of affection and support. I ask you to keep your eyes open, because it does not end here, that's obvious. A strong, close and fraternal embrace to each one of you.
ONLY THOSE WHO STRUGGLE LIVE, AND WE ARE MORE ALIVE THAN EVER!!! (I have heard this in these parts)
AKTIVE EFFEKTIVE SOLIDARITY!!! INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY!!!
Andrea Urzúa Cid
P.P S.E.A.S. C.P.F.
August 21, 2010
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Hlaing Bwe Township, Karen State - Two DKBA child soldiers desert
burma news international
25 /08/2010 - Two child soldiers [14 and 15 years] of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), who did not want to join the Border Guard Force (BGF), deserted to KNU’s brigade 7 on 22 August.
...
"We don’t want to be Burmese Army soldiers. Our battalion commander told us that we would be in the Burmese Army in the future. When he was going back to the rear camp, we escaped. We want to fight the Burmese Army."
Saw Khu Muu has been in DKBA four years but Saw Der Eh was in service for a year. They live in Htee Yar Thay Htar and Kamar Htar village.
"I live in Htee Yar Thay Htar village. When I was 10 and studying in the fifth standard (middle school), DKBA soldiers came to our school and forcibly recruited us. Three of us, me and another third standard student, were taken away. Our parents and school teachers didn't say anything because they were afraid. I attended basic military training for four months but I didn't go to the battle front," Saw Khu Muu said.
Likewise, Saw Der Eh told KIC, "I have never studied in a school. I worked in a paddy field. DKBA soldiers took me from my paddy field after they said that they needed soldiers to attack Mi Aye Pu camp. My dad and mom were afraid to say anything. I have been in DKBA for a year."
The child soldiers brought two AR assault rifles, 176 rounds of ammunition and seven magazines with them.
some background reading:
http://www.tbbc.org/idps/borderstates.htm#centralkaren
25 /08/2010 - Two child soldiers [14 and 15 years] of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), who did not want to join the Border Guard Force (BGF), deserted to KNU’s brigade 7 on 22 August.
...
"We don’t want to be Burmese Army soldiers. Our battalion commander told us that we would be in the Burmese Army in the future. When he was going back to the rear camp, we escaped. We want to fight the Burmese Army."
Saw Khu Muu has been in DKBA four years but Saw Der Eh was in service for a year. They live in Htee Yar Thay Htar and Kamar Htar village.
"I live in Htee Yar Thay Htar village. When I was 10 and studying in the fifth standard (middle school), DKBA soldiers came to our school and forcibly recruited us. Three of us, me and another third standard student, were taken away. Our parents and school teachers didn't say anything because they were afraid. I attended basic military training for four months but I didn't go to the battle front," Saw Khu Muu said.
Likewise, Saw Der Eh told KIC, "I have never studied in a school. I worked in a paddy field. DKBA soldiers took me from my paddy field after they said that they needed soldiers to attack Mi Aye Pu camp. My dad and mom were afraid to say anything. I have been in DKBA for a year."
The child soldiers brought two AR assault rifles, 176 rounds of ammunition and seven magazines with them.
some background reading:
http://www.tbbc.org/idps/borderstates.htm#centralkaren
Some angry news from Belgium
suie e cendres
Resistance against arrest
21/08/2010 - Brussels – In Molenbeek, a small riot occured between the police and youngsters. The police had arrested a man who was searched for and has to do one year of prison sentence. Around 50 people fropm the neigbourhood resisted the arrest by pushing the police. A security camera got destroyed and a police van lightly damaged. No one got hurt.
Minkcages opened
20/08/2010 - OTENHULLE/POEKE – Unknown persons opened the cages of 300 minks. The owner of the mink farm declared that he caught almost all the minks again because he had put a larger fence which was not destroyed.
Graffiti on court building
20/08/2010 - BRUSSELS – The police controlled a 20 year old man after he had written 'Faut niker het systeem' [Fuck the system] on the justice building. He tried to run, but got caught a bit later. He will recieve a bill.
200 car tires set on fire
19/08/2010 - CHARLEROI – 200 car tires are set on fire inside the fence of a garage. Firemen need two hours to put the fire down
Destruction in school
19/08/2010 - KEERBERGEN – Press reports destruction in school in Keerbergen. The last few months have seen an important rise of this kind in the region.
Policeman hit
19/08/2010 - ANDERLECHT – A driver, who wanted to escape a nightly control, has driven over a cop who got hurt. The car, driving without license plates was found a few streets further on, the driver escaped.
Riot in prison
19/08/2010 - LEUVEN – When during the night prison guards tried to put a prisoner in the isolation cell, he fought back and hurt two guards. The guards called the police for an intervention and a small riot followed where one cop got hurt. According to the prison director Henk Mortier the incident is to be minimized, but other sources speak about quite a heavy incident which proves again the ongoing unrest in the prison of Leuven.
Luxury car set on fire
19/08/2010 - ANTWERP – A Mercedes was set on fire and burned completely. Yet another luxury car burned in a series that is becoming larger and larger.
Guard taken hostage, attempted escape
18/08/2010 - LANTIN – Yassine Dibi, 24 years old, tried to escape from the prison of Lantin by taking hostage the director Steensens. However, guards managed to stop him. Yassine declared to the judiciary police he was trying to escape. Yassine has been condemned to 13 years of prison for armed robbery and another escape from the Justice Palace in Brussels a year ago, where a armed commando liberated Yassine and two other prisoners. For this escape, he was condemned to 3 years prison.
Fire destroys truck with new cars
18/08/2010 - HAZELDONK – A truck with seven brand new cars was completely destroyed by a fire, on a parking lot. Police privileges the possibility of an intentional arson.
Resistance against arrest
21/08/2010 - Brussels – In Molenbeek, a small riot occured between the police and youngsters. The police had arrested a man who was searched for and has to do one year of prison sentence. Around 50 people fropm the neigbourhood resisted the arrest by pushing the police. A security camera got destroyed and a police van lightly damaged. No one got hurt.
Minkcages opened
20/08/2010 - OTENHULLE/POEKE – Unknown persons opened the cages of 300 minks. The owner of the mink farm declared that he caught almost all the minks again because he had put a larger fence which was not destroyed.
Graffiti on court building
20/08/2010 - BRUSSELS – The police controlled a 20 year old man after he had written 'Faut niker het systeem' [Fuck the system] on the justice building. He tried to run, but got caught a bit later. He will recieve a bill.
200 car tires set on fire
19/08/2010 - CHARLEROI – 200 car tires are set on fire inside the fence of a garage. Firemen need two hours to put the fire down
Destruction in school
19/08/2010 - KEERBERGEN – Press reports destruction in school in Keerbergen. The last few months have seen an important rise of this kind in the region.
Policeman hit
19/08/2010 - ANDERLECHT – A driver, who wanted to escape a nightly control, has driven over a cop who got hurt. The car, driving without license plates was found a few streets further on, the driver escaped.
Riot in prison
19/08/2010 - LEUVEN – When during the night prison guards tried to put a prisoner in the isolation cell, he fought back and hurt two guards. The guards called the police for an intervention and a small riot followed where one cop got hurt. According to the prison director Henk Mortier the incident is to be minimized, but other sources speak about quite a heavy incident which proves again the ongoing unrest in the prison of Leuven.
Luxury car set on fire
19/08/2010 - ANTWERP – A Mercedes was set on fire and burned completely. Yet another luxury car burned in a series that is becoming larger and larger.
Guard taken hostage, attempted escape
18/08/2010 - LANTIN – Yassine Dibi, 24 years old, tried to escape from the prison of Lantin by taking hostage the director Steensens. However, guards managed to stop him. Yassine declared to the judiciary police he was trying to escape. Yassine has been condemned to 13 years of prison for armed robbery and another escape from the Justice Palace in Brussels a year ago, where a armed commando liberated Yassine and two other prisoners. For this escape, he was condemned to 3 years prison.
Fire destroys truck with new cars
18/08/2010 - HAZELDONK – A truck with seven brand new cars was completely destroyed by a fire, on a parking lot. Police privileges the possibility of an intentional arson.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Chile – Comunique from prison from Rodolfo el Garza Retamales
culmine
Chile - Communique from prison of Rodolfo Garza el Retamales
On 14 August, at 6:40am, my house was raided by police of the Dipolcar along with the Gope, in search of evidence and accusing me of being the leader of an illicit terrorist association, the warrant signed by the prosecutor investigating the 'caso bomba'.
With the passing of hours, and after being beaten by police of the Dipolcar and officer Segis Sostomo of the RP 3239 of the 30th police station, I learned that even my parents' house has been subjected to raids, as well as three social centres and 12 houses of comrades in different municipalities between Santiago and Valparaiso, with the balance of 14 arrests, all accused of being part of an anarchist cell with two leaders, two financers and 10 operative members, all in the sinister imagination of the prosecutor Peña. Even before the formalization of the charges we males were transferred to C.A.S. maximum security prison and the women to Centro de Orientation Femenina, all placed in isolation.
Tuesday 17 a hearing took place to formalize the situation and there we were able to hear the evidence against us: phone tapping, photos, videos, examined clothing and a surprise.
This turned out to be a character known as El Grillo, who has collaborated and has offered himself to the prosecution as a witness, pointing in his confessions to some people -who have been arrested – who according to him are responsible for a number of acts of sabotage.
For those who do not know, this character was arrested Dec. 31, 2008 for attempting to murder his wife, Candelaria, today accused of illicit terrorist association. At the time of arrest Fuentes, alias el grillo [the cricket], told prosecutor Armendariz, that he, along with Candelaria and another three persons, had made and placed bombs and that he knew those who carried out the acts of sabotage, in an obvious attempt to clean his image and pass himself off as a major player in the social struggle.
At the hearing the hours passed, 15 in total, and we learned a vast amount of false prosecution arguments that contradicted themselves, provoking a smile from even the jailers throughout the media show. Despite the substantial amount of arguments presented by defense lawyers, who de-legitimized the prosecution evidence demonstrating the inconsistencies, the pressure of the Government through the Ministry of Interior could be felt.
In the end, 8 out of 14 of us remain in prison. Power has played all his cards and its sinister attorney-star could not be seen in a bad light in front of the public.
Now once again I find myself going along these corridors full of young people who fill the walls of the Chilean prisons, because it is for them that they were built to accommodate and conceal the social injustice, poverty and inequality of this system where the rich get richer and the poor content themselves with the crumbs that the bosses bestow on them.
From listening to the radio today to which I belong, I thank and appreciate the support they have given me since the first day of my arrest. You will be under fire, from here all my support and my strength. A kiss to each one of you ... to all the programs we hear, to the glorious people of La Victoria and its neighbours, a kiss to my son and all those who have shown solidarity with affection.
Chile - Communique from prison of Rodolfo Garza el Retamales
On 14 August, at 6:40am, my house was raided by police of the Dipolcar along with the Gope, in search of evidence and accusing me of being the leader of an illicit terrorist association, the warrant signed by the prosecutor investigating the 'caso bomba'.
With the passing of hours, and after being beaten by police of the Dipolcar and officer Segis Sostomo of the RP 3239 of the 30th police station, I learned that even my parents' house has been subjected to raids, as well as three social centres and 12 houses of comrades in different municipalities between Santiago and Valparaiso, with the balance of 14 arrests, all accused of being part of an anarchist cell with two leaders, two financers and 10 operative members, all in the sinister imagination of the prosecutor Peña. Even before the formalization of the charges we males were transferred to C.A.S. maximum security prison and the women to Centro de Orientation Femenina, all placed in isolation.
Tuesday 17 a hearing took place to formalize the situation and there we were able to hear the evidence against us: phone tapping, photos, videos, examined clothing and a surprise.
This turned out to be a character known as El Grillo, who has collaborated and has offered himself to the prosecution as a witness, pointing in his confessions to some people -who have been arrested – who according to him are responsible for a number of acts of sabotage.
For those who do not know, this character was arrested Dec. 31, 2008 for attempting to murder his wife, Candelaria, today accused of illicit terrorist association. At the time of arrest Fuentes, alias el grillo [the cricket], told prosecutor Armendariz, that he, along with Candelaria and another three persons, had made and placed bombs and that he knew those who carried out the acts of sabotage, in an obvious attempt to clean his image and pass himself off as a major player in the social struggle.
At the hearing the hours passed, 15 in total, and we learned a vast amount of false prosecution arguments that contradicted themselves, provoking a smile from even the jailers throughout the media show. Despite the substantial amount of arguments presented by defense lawyers, who de-legitimized the prosecution evidence demonstrating the inconsistencies, the pressure of the Government through the Ministry of Interior could be felt.
In the end, 8 out of 14 of us remain in prison. Power has played all his cards and its sinister attorney-star could not be seen in a bad light in front of the public.
Now once again I find myself going along these corridors full of young people who fill the walls of the Chilean prisons, because it is for them that they were built to accommodate and conceal the social injustice, poverty and inequality of this system where the rich get richer and the poor content themselves with the crumbs that the bosses bestow on them.
From listening to the radio today to which I belong, I thank and appreciate the support they have given me since the first day of my arrest. You will be under fire, from here all my support and my strength. A kiss to each one of you ... to all the programs we hear, to the glorious people of La Victoria and its neighbours, a kiss to my son and all those who have shown solidarity with affection.
Chile - list of comrades hostage of the state of Chile
culmine
from: acratas.com.ar
22/08/2010 - Here is the list of the 14 comrades, that were and are, held hostage by the Chilean state. Below is the condition they are in, where they are being held and respective charges against them. Comrades held hostage:
Rodolfo Retamales: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days for conspiracy.
Pablo Morales: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days for conspiracy
Felipe Guerra: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days .
Carlos Riveros: In “freedom” pero precautionary measures.
Vinicio Aguilera: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days.
Mónica Caballeros: Held in C.O.F. formalized custody of 180 days.
Andrea Urzúa: Held in C.O.F. formalized custody of 180 days.
Camilo Pérez: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Cristián Cancino: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Diego Morales: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Francisco Solar: Held in the C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days.
Omar Hermosilla: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days, for conspiracy.
Candelaria Cortez: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Iván Goldenberg: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
C.O.F.: Centro de Orientación Femenina
C.A.S.: Carcel de Alta Segurida
Precautionary Measures: Cannot leave the country, a ban on communicating with each other, sign weekly, prohibited from visiting prisoners or going to social centres and squats that were raided.
from: acratas.com.ar
22/08/2010 - Here is the list of the 14 comrades, that were and are, held hostage by the Chilean state. Below is the condition they are in, where they are being held and respective charges against them. Comrades held hostage:
Rodolfo Retamales: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days for conspiracy.
Pablo Morales: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days for conspiracy
Felipe Guerra: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days .
Carlos Riveros: In “freedom” pero precautionary measures.
Vinicio Aguilera: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days.
Mónica Caballeros: Held in C.O.F. formalized custody of 180 days.
Andrea Urzúa: Held in C.O.F. formalized custody of 180 days.
Camilo Pérez: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Cristián Cancino: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Diego Morales: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Francisco Solar: Held in the C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days.
Omar Hermosilla: Held in C.A.S. formalized custody of 180 days, for conspiracy.
Candelaria Cortez: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
Iván Goldenberg: In “freedom” but with precautionary measures.
C.O.F.: Centro de Orientación Femenina
C.A.S.: Carcel de Alta Segurida
Precautionary Measures: Cannot leave the country, a ban on communicating with each other, sign weekly, prohibited from visiting prisoners or going to social centres and squats that were raided.
19 year old Richard Ñegüey Pilquimán, one of the 19 Mapuche on trial for resistance to Lleu Lleu is dead.
culmine
Mapuche territory - paismapuche.org, August 22, 2010 - Richard Ñegüey Pilquimán only 19 years, died in his community, in Puerto Choque, Lleu Lleu. He apparently committed suicide. He was one of the 19 Mapuche on trial for resistance to Lleu Lleu, and was free but with restrictions.
The information was provided by the chief prosecutor of the Cañete Radio Bio Bio. Police said it "rejects the intervention of third parties."
Richard Ñegüey was accused of "illicit association to steal firewood” concerning the recuperation that his people were carrying out in the area of Puerto Choque, south of Lake Lleu Lleu.
Richard is the son of Peru Ñegüey Segundo, also indicted in the same trial.
What is strange is that out of the 19 accused, he was the one that risked the least years in prison. The sentence sought by the antimapuche prosecutor was 301 days in jail, and as Richard had no previous convictions, he could remain at liberty.
Accusations made by young people of Lleu Lleu, under threat of attorney Andres Cruz to defame the community and go on trial as protected witnesses should be held in consideration.
CHILEAN COURT AUTHORISED THE FORCE FEEDING OF THE MAPUCHE POLITICAL PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
very bad news...
The tribunal of Concepcion decided that the prison guards can forcefully feed the Mapuche prisoners that are on hunger strike. There are 8 mapuche in the prisons of El manzano and in Lebu. 44 days after the hunger strike started, dizziness, alteration of the dreams, collapsing and even loss of consciousness is affecting the mobilization of those on hunger strike.
read news and communiques: http://actforfreedomnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/freedom-to-all-mapuche-political.html
Monday, 23 August 2010
Germany - luxury cars continue to be torched
thevastminority
HUNDREDS of luxury cars are still being torched every year in Germany as part of a radical uprising against the capitalist system.
The latest reported incident saw an upmarket vehicle in Prenzlauer Berg set on fire on Wednesday this week, reports directactionde.ucrony.net
There is a website calling 'burning cars' (Brennende Autos) which plots arson attacks on a Google-powered map.
The featured area is centred around Berlin, but there are so many incident flags on the map that the city is obscured, apparently overwhelmed by the rampaging fires.
Warren County, MO - Fiery spree leaves cop cars in flames
socialrupture
Warrenton - Two young men aged 19 and 21 were each charged with first-degree burglary, stealing a motor vehicle and stealing over $500. Bond is set at $100,000.
The sheriff reports: At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the duo went to the parking lot behind the courthouse in Warrenton. They put a firework into the fuel filler tube of a Warren County sheriff's patrol car and lit it. But the fire didn't catch, and the pair ran off. They went to a nearby home and stole a can of gasoline. Then, they put a gas-soaked rag into the fuel tank of a patrol car and lit it.They ran to a nearby park and watched as firefighters put out the fire. The car was gutted. It was worth about $8,000, the sheriff said, and contained several thousand dollars' worth of police equipment.
After that, the pair broke into two homes and stole a truck. Hours later, at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, they put gasoline into a weed-killer pressure sprayer and sprayed gas onto three cars owned by the Warrenton Police Department. They lit the gas and watched as it burned out. They came back with more gasoline and charcoal lighter fluid. They started another fire on the police cars. An officer saw the fire and used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Only one police car was damaged.
A half-hour later, the men set the stolen truck on fire and drove it onto railroad tracks near the Highway 47 overpass in Warrenton.
Warrenton - Two young men aged 19 and 21 were each charged with first-degree burglary, stealing a motor vehicle and stealing over $500. Bond is set at $100,000.
The sheriff reports: At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the duo went to the parking lot behind the courthouse in Warrenton. They put a firework into the fuel filler tube of a Warren County sheriff's patrol car and lit it. But the fire didn't catch, and the pair ran off. They went to a nearby home and stole a can of gasoline. Then, they put a gas-soaked rag into the fuel tank of a patrol car and lit it.They ran to a nearby park and watched as firefighters put out the fire. The car was gutted. It was worth about $8,000, the sheriff said, and contained several thousand dollars' worth of police equipment.
After that, the pair broke into two homes and stole a truck. Hours later, at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, they put gasoline into a weed-killer pressure sprayer and sprayed gas onto three cars owned by the Warrenton Police Department. They lit the gas and watched as it burned out. They came back with more gasoline and charcoal lighter fluid. They started another fire on the police cars. An officer saw the fire and used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Only one police car was damaged.
A half-hour later, the men set the stolen truck on fire and drove it onto railroad tracks near the Highway 47 overpass in Warrenton.
Palaio Faliro, south of Athens - eight men pull out bars and escape from cop station cells
kathimerini
23/08/2010 - Two policemen stationed at the precinct of Palaio Faliro, south of Athens, were suspended yesterday after eight detainees escaped from their cells by pulling out the bars of their windows. Of the eight men, four Palestinians, two Afghans and an Algerian had been due for deportation. The eighth, a Pakistani, had been detained on drug dealing charges. Officers later traced two of the Palestinians. The two officers on duty at the time of the group escape have been charged with neglect
23/08/2010 - Two policemen stationed at the precinct of Palaio Faliro, south of Athens, were suspended yesterday after eight detainees escaped from their cells by pulling out the bars of their windows. Of the eight men, four Palestinians, two Afghans and an Algerian had been due for deportation. The eighth, a Pakistani, had been detained on drug dealing charges. Officers later traced two of the Palestinians. The two officers on duty at the time of the group escape have been charged with neglect
Agra, Uttar Pradesh - Angry farmers attack police and government officials
northindiatimes.com
August 17th, 2010 - Agra : At least two Uttar Pradesh government officials and at least half-a-dozen policemen were injured Tuesday when they were attacked in Agra district by farmers whose land was acquired for the Yamuna Expressway project, police said.
The injured included sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Etmadpur, Circle Officer, Etmadpur police station, and several jawans of the provincial armed constabulary.
Circle Officer Mahendra Singh was badly injured while tehsildar Pradeep Singh was hit on the head, forcing him to run for cover. He was later admitted to a nearby hospital after he began bleeding profusely, police said.
At least a dozen vehicles were smashed. The injured were been admitted to Agra emergency, a police officer said.
Police said Tuesday evening that farmers today ploughed the land in possession of the Expressway Authority and damaged the boundary wall of the company building the new highway to connect Greater Noida with Agra.
The agitated farmers of the Etmadpur area wanted parity in compensation rates with Noida and Aligarh farmers.
They told the police that they had collectively decided to go to any extent, as it was a matter of life and death for them.
When police tried to push them back from the expressway, the farmers turned violent and pelted stones. The violence, which started at 9 a.m., continued till 2 p.m.
Police also pelted stones after the mob refused to be pushed back. They also used batons and rubber bullets to disperse the mob. A large number of villagers reported injuries.
Reports said district administration officials were in Etmadpur area trying to persuade farmers to cool down and accept the state government’s terms promising enhanced compensation for the acquired land. But the farmers were adamant.
August 17th, 2010 - Agra : At least two Uttar Pradesh government officials and at least half-a-dozen policemen were injured Tuesday when they were attacked in Agra district by farmers whose land was acquired for the Yamuna Expressway project, police said.
The injured included sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Etmadpur, Circle Officer, Etmadpur police station, and several jawans of the provincial armed constabulary.
Circle Officer Mahendra Singh was badly injured while tehsildar Pradeep Singh was hit on the head, forcing him to run for cover. He was later admitted to a nearby hospital after he began bleeding profusely, police said.
At least a dozen vehicles were smashed. The injured were been admitted to Agra emergency, a police officer said.
Police said Tuesday evening that farmers today ploughed the land in possession of the Expressway Authority and damaged the boundary wall of the company building the new highway to connect Greater Noida with Agra.
The agitated farmers of the Etmadpur area wanted parity in compensation rates with Noida and Aligarh farmers.
They told the police that they had collectively decided to go to any extent, as it was a matter of life and death for them.
When police tried to push them back from the expressway, the farmers turned violent and pelted stones. The violence, which started at 9 a.m., continued till 2 p.m.
Police also pelted stones after the mob refused to be pushed back. They also used batons and rubber bullets to disperse the mob. A large number of villagers reported injuries.
Reports said district administration officials were in Etmadpur area trying to persuade farmers to cool down and accept the state government’s terms promising enhanced compensation for the acquired land. But the farmers were adamant.
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Bristol (UK) - Mitie Head Office Targetted
325nostate
13 August 2010 - “Mitie national headquarters in Emersons Green were visited. 43 windows smashed. Mitie bosses make money from the recession. They are parasites on councils, the public and their own workers who are exploited. To the Mitie workers we say our battle is not against you. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. We sympathise with the workers who were made redundant. To the Mitie bosses we say feeling nervous, under attack and unsure of the future? Welcome to Precarity.
There will be more visits.
Two Mitie vehicles were visited in Staple Hill and Lockleaze. Tyres punctured, windscreens smashed and bodywork damaged. This was done for the same reasons.”
13 August 2010 - “Mitie national headquarters in Emersons Green were visited. 43 windows smashed. Mitie bosses make money from the recession. They are parasites on councils, the public and their own workers who are exploited. To the Mitie workers we say our battle is not against you. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. We sympathise with the workers who were made redundant. To the Mitie bosses we say feeling nervous, under attack and unsure of the future? Welcome to Precarity.
There will be more visits.
Two Mitie vehicles were visited in Staple Hill and Lockleaze. Tyres punctured, windscreens smashed and bodywork damaged. This was done for the same reasons.”
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Azadi! Kashmiri women take to the streets
thevastminority
16/08/2010 - WOMEN are playing an incrasing frontline role in the Kashmiri people's struggle for freedom. Reports Soutik Biswas for the BBC: "Young and old, middle-class and poor, mostly dressed in floral tunics, they defy the armed forces, pelting stones at them, shouting slogans and singing anti-India songs. When night falls, some of them even lead protests with their children."Firdousi Farooq became involved after her 14-year-old son was murdered by Indian state forces who claimed the studious youngster was a "miscreant who was part of an unlawful assembly".
She said: "Why should I not protest? Why should I not pick up a stone? I am doing this in the honour of my martyred son. I am doing this for azadi (freedom) from subjugation and repression."
Adds Zaitun Khan, a young woman whose brother was murdered by state forces while on his way to work: "I will go and join the protests now. He never protested or threw a stone in his life. But he died. How many more men will have to die? I want to go out and protest and demand freedom. Freedom to live."
The report explains this is not the first time that women in Kashmir have come out in droves to protest, but their numbers and impact appear to be greater than ever before.
She said: "Why should I not protest? Why should I not pick up a stone? I am doing this in the honour of my martyred son. I am doing this for azadi (freedom) from subjugation and repression."
Adds Zaitun Khan, a young woman whose brother was murdered by state forces while on his way to work: "I will go and join the protests now. He never protested or threw a stone in his life. But he died. How many more men will have to die? I want to go out and protest and demand freedom. Freedom to live."
The report explains this is not the first time that women in Kashmir have come out in droves to protest, but their numbers and impact appear to be greater than ever before.
Santiago, Chile - 25 anarchists arrested before comrades appear in court
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SANTIAGO – At least 25 people were arrested on Tuesday before the first court appearance of 15 suspects in a series of bombings in Santiago and other cities in Chile, police said.
The protesters, the majority of them fellow anarchists, were arrested for damaging public property and disturbing the peace.
Fourteen of the suspected anarchists appearing at the hearing were arrested last weekend in operations in Santiago and Valparaiso that included searches of squatter settlements in the capital and residences. The 15th defendant is an anarchist already serving prison time for previous offenses.
The courthouse in Santiago was surrounded early in the day by three security rings manned by about 150 police officers equipped with water cannons and tear gas. The security perimeter was extended to a nearby Metro station, where a checkpoint was set up to check the identification of people using the facility.
The tight security for the hearing, allowing only one relative of each of the suspects to be present, as well as only one reporter from each news outlet, caused a delay of more than one hour in the start of the proceedings.
Special prosecutor Alejandro Peña, who is in charge of the case, ordered last Saturday’s operations after investigating the attacks for several months.
Physical evidence, such as traces of explosives on the skin and clothing of some of the defendants, links the suspects to the bombings, prosecutor Marcos Emilfort, who is working with Peña, said Tuesday.
Rodolfo Retamales and Pablo Morales, two former members of the leftist Grupo Lautaro that fought the 1973-1990 military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, are among the suspects in the case. Retamales and Morales spent more than 12 years in prison for crimes committed after the restoration of democracy. The press has identified the two men as the masterminds behind the series of bombings that killed one person, an anarchist who was carrying a bomb on a bicycle in Santiago last year. The bombings targeted banks, the offices of foreign companies, embassies, churches and police stations in Santiago and other cities. Retamales’s lawyer, Alberto Espinoza, criticized the extensive media coverage of his client, saying that it “weakens the right to a defense a lot.” EFE
SANTIAGO – At least 25 people were arrested on Tuesday before the first court appearance of 15 suspects in a series of bombings in Santiago and other cities in Chile, police said.
The protesters, the majority of them fellow anarchists, were arrested for damaging public property and disturbing the peace.
Fourteen of the suspected anarchists appearing at the hearing were arrested last weekend in operations in Santiago and Valparaiso that included searches of squatter settlements in the capital and residences. The 15th defendant is an anarchist already serving prison time for previous offenses.
The courthouse in Santiago was surrounded early in the day by three security rings manned by about 150 police officers equipped with water cannons and tear gas. The security perimeter was extended to a nearby Metro station, where a checkpoint was set up to check the identification of people using the facility.
The tight security for the hearing, allowing only one relative of each of the suspects to be present, as well as only one reporter from each news outlet, caused a delay of more than one hour in the start of the proceedings.
Special prosecutor Alejandro Peña, who is in charge of the case, ordered last Saturday’s operations after investigating the attacks for several months.
Physical evidence, such as traces of explosives on the skin and clothing of some of the defendants, links the suspects to the bombings, prosecutor Marcos Emilfort, who is working with Peña, said Tuesday.
Rodolfo Retamales and Pablo Morales, two former members of the leftist Grupo Lautaro that fought the 1973-1990 military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, are among the suspects in the case. Retamales and Morales spent more than 12 years in prison for crimes committed after the restoration of democracy. The press has identified the two men as the masterminds behind the series of bombings that killed one person, an anarchist who was carrying a bomb on a bicycle in Santiago last year. The bombings targeted banks, the offices of foreign companies, embassies, churches and police stations in Santiago and other cities. Retamales’s lawyer, Alberto Espinoza, criticized the extensive media coverage of his client, saying that it “weakens the right to a defense a lot.” EFE
Patras, Greece - desperate migrants try to hide on trucks waiting to board ferries
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18/08/2010 - Truck drivers clashed yesterday with illegal immigrants in the port of Patra, which has again become a hub for undocumented people seeking to stow away on passenger ferries heading for Italy.
Yesterday’s clashes were prompted by migrants trying to hide on trucks that were waiting to board ferries. Sources said that this sort of incident has been happening regularly lately. It is estimated that there are some 700 illegal immigrants currently living in Patra.
About 250 are Afghans who live in the northern part of the city, some 300 are Africans who live in the southern areas and the rest are North Africans who have found temporary shelter in old, abandoned buildings.
It has now become common for these migrants to stand outside bakeries or supermarkets in the hope of gleaning some scraps to eat. Some also rummage in trash dumpsters, as a decision by the Achaia Prefecture to provide the immigrants with one meal a day has yet to be acted upon.
18/08/2010 - Truck drivers clashed yesterday with illegal immigrants in the port of Patra, which has again become a hub for undocumented people seeking to stow away on passenger ferries heading for Italy.
Yesterday’s clashes were prompted by migrants trying to hide on trucks that were waiting to board ferries. Sources said that this sort of incident has been happening regularly lately. It is estimated that there are some 700 illegal immigrants currently living in Patra.
About 250 are Afghans who live in the northern part of the city, some 300 are Africans who live in the southern areas and the rest are North Africans who have found temporary shelter in old, abandoned buildings.
It has now become common for these migrants to stand outside bakeries or supermarkets in the hope of gleaning some scraps to eat. Some also rummage in trash dumpsters, as a decision by the Achaia Prefecture to provide the immigrants with one meal a day has yet to be acted upon.
Hundreds of villagers block highway in eastern Afghanistan to protest night raid by Nato and Afghan soldiers that left two people dead
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18/08/2010 - Hundreds of villagers have blocked a highway in eastern Afghanistan to protest a night raid by Nato and Afghan soldiers that left two people dead.
A statement from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said two “Taliban insurgents” were killed in the raid in a district near Jalalabad.
But villagers said the men were civilians; their protest temporarily closed the highway connecting Jalalabad to Pakistan on Wednesday.
“The Americans who killed these people should come and see whether it is civilians or insurgents they killed,” Mohammad Gul, one of the protesters, said. “We need an explanation from them.”
Many of the protesters chanted anti-American slogans, like “down with Obama” and “down with foreign forces,” during the hours-long protest.
Isaf said the men had been involved in roadside bomb attacks, and that Nato and Afghan soldiers were fired upon from “multiple directions” as they entered the compound.
A statement from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said two “Taliban insurgents” were killed in the raid in a district near Jalalabad.
But villagers said the men were civilians; their protest temporarily closed the highway connecting Jalalabad to Pakistan on Wednesday.
“The Americans who killed these people should come and see whether it is civilians or insurgents they killed,” Mohammad Gul, one of the protesters, said. “We need an explanation from them.”
Many of the protesters chanted anti-American slogans, like “down with Obama” and “down with foreign forces,” during the hours-long protest.
Isaf said the men had been involved in roadside bomb attacks, and that Nato and Afghan soldiers were fired upon from “multiple directions” as they entered the compound.
The protest mirrored a similar demonstration last week, when Nato and Afghan forces raided a house in Wardak province. Neighbours claimed the night raid killed three civilians, and hundreds of them took to the streets to protest the following afternoon.
Afghans have staged a number of similar protests in recent months: Villagers near Jalalabad burned tyres in May after a night raid killed at least nine people, and hundreds protested after Nato troops opened fire on a bus in Kandahar in April.
Afghans have staged a number of similar protests in recent months: Villagers near Jalalabad burned tyres in May after a night raid killed at least nine people, and hundreds protested after Nato troops opened fire on a bus in Kandahar in April.
Paris - An individual enters the courtyard of the Elysee palace in car - arrested and placed in psychiatric hospital
PARIS 19/8/2010 - A man driving a car managed to open the doors of the presidential palace. He was arrested and placed in a psychiatric hospital.
On the night of Sunday to Monday, a man tried to enter the courtyard of the Elysee by car. At the wheel of a Renault Clio, the man went to the main entrance to the Presidential Palace, 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, circa 4:00 am. In order to impersonate an official car, the motorist has activated a beacon perched on his dashboard. According to RTL, which revealed information, the officer on duty at the gate warned the military command responsible for greeting visitors and control of the palace, but no policeman came to verify the identity of the driver. A policeman who was in the courtyard activated the gate, and the security supposed to block the path of the vehicle was lowered. The motorist was able to easily park inside the courtyard. The Elysee denies this story and says he was immediately arrested by the Republican Guards at the gate and handed over to police.
On the night of Sunday to Monday, a man tried to enter the courtyard of the Elysee by car. At the wheel of a Renault Clio, the man went to the main entrance to the Presidential Palace, 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, circa 4:00 am. In order to impersonate an official car, the motorist has activated a beacon perched on his dashboard. According to RTL, which revealed information, the officer on duty at the gate warned the military command responsible for greeting visitors and control of the palace, but no policeman came to verify the identity of the driver. A policeman who was in the courtyard activated the gate, and the security supposed to block the path of the vehicle was lowered. The motorist was able to easily park inside the courtyard. The Elysee denies this story and says he was immediately arrested by the Republican Guards at the gate and handed over to police.
Naushero Feroze - Sindh flood victims battle with batons upon complaining
samaa
17/08/2010 - The government has not done enough to help the homeless flood victims of Naushero Feroze. When they tried to complain, they been brutally charged with batons. The same situation developed upon the departure of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif from Sukkur, SAMAA reported on Tuesday.
According to details, after hearing about the arrival of Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, the flood victims of Naushero Feroze reached near the Dadu-Moro Bridge, but for security reasons the administration did not allow them to go ahead.The flood victims tried to move ahead and after failing they started to protest aginst the restriction on their movement. The administration initially showered them with kicks and punches and later on thrashed them with batons.
Consequently, many sustained injuries.
Syed Zafar Ali Shah (MNA) has strongly condemned the baton charge and said that there was no reason to torture those who are already suffering from various troubles.
After Nawaz Sharif's departure from Degree College Relief Camp in Sukkur, there was unrest during the distribution of aid items. The police started a baton charge to control the flood victims. Consequently, many women and children sustained injuries; an old lady fainted.
According to the flood victims, without any planning the administration started to distribute aid items and all the deserving flood victims with cards were being ignored. Things were being distributed among the chosen known people which caused unrest and the situation got out of control.
Vitoria, Basque Countries - containers burned by hooded group
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BILBAO, 19/08/2010 - The wave of attacks, street violence that began eleven days ago in Maruri and Ondarroa continued Tuesday in the capital of Alava with the burning of two containers by half a dozen hooded people.
For the police, the recent riots represent a qualitative leap in the campaign of street violence triggered this month and, according to sources, show that there is a reorganization within the ranks of the radicals, especially after the police exerted pressure for months had seriously hampered, or directly prevented many of their movements.
The riots took place in Vitoria at 21.45 hours in the neighbourhood of Zaramaga. In Mendoza six people with their faces hidden approached two containers in the street and set fire to them. They fled in a hurry and disappeared into the adjacent side streets.
The attack marks a difference from those that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in Azkoitia, or last week in Zarautz, where street violence activists came to burn thirty garbage containers while the town celebrated its party (up to now it has been customary for the radical environment to provoke incidents that time). In Vitoria, however, there were celebrations and it has been shown that the attackers were perfectly covered up. Police experts say the fact that it was half a dozen hooded people is already a sign of a more organized decision to commit a higher level of street violence. Moreover, the continuit, there have now been six attacks of street violence since August 8, making the police believe that there is some kind of slogan at the base of carrying out this wave of unrest. Nor is it considered a coincidence that two large parties at the San Fermin in Pamplona and Vitoria passed without any disturbances, and that the escalation has occurred in recent days. According to some analysts of the security forces, it is still early to know which factors are behind this activation of street violence, but they are certain that there is a reorganization of the structures among radicals responsible for coordinating and controlling the attacks
Thessaloniki, Greece - Firebomb attack at Turkish Consulate
kathimerini
13/08/2010 - A predawn firebomb attack on the Turkish Consulate in Thessaloniki yesterday prompted contact between diplomats in Athens and Ankara, although authorities in the northern Greek city insisted that the Molotov cocktails were thrown at the police guards rather than at the building itself.
Police sources said that three men wearing motorcycle helmets approached the consulate, located on Aghiou Dimitriou Street in the city center, at about 4 a.m. From a distance, they started swearing at the two policemen who were standing guard outside the building. One of the three assailants allegedly shouted: “Pigs, we are going to burn you,” before two firebombs were thrown. One Molotov cocktail landed a few meters from the guards’ sentry post and set fire to a climbing ivy on the outer wall of the consulate; the other exploded in midair. Nobody was injured and no arrests were made.
Authorities are treating it as just another of the many firebomb attacks that take place in the northern city. Nevertheless, due to the sensitive nature of the matter, the Greek government was quick to condemn the incident “absolutely and categorically.”
13/08/2010 - A predawn firebomb attack on the Turkish Consulate in Thessaloniki yesterday prompted contact between diplomats in Athens and Ankara, although authorities in the northern Greek city insisted that the Molotov cocktails were thrown at the police guards rather than at the building itself.
Police sources said that three men wearing motorcycle helmets approached the consulate, located on Aghiou Dimitriou Street in the city center, at about 4 a.m. From a distance, they started swearing at the two policemen who were standing guard outside the building. One of the three assailants allegedly shouted: “Pigs, we are going to burn you,” before two firebombs were thrown. One Molotov cocktail landed a few meters from the guards’ sentry post and set fire to a climbing ivy on the outer wall of the consulate; the other exploded in midair. Nobody was injured and no arrests were made.
Authorities are treating it as just another of the many firebomb attacks that take place in the northern city. Nevertheless, due to the sensitive nature of the matter, the Greek government was quick to condemn the incident “absolutely and categorically.”
Madrid - Police Academy and a Benetton store attacked in solidarity with the Mapuche prisoners
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Last night the Benetton store (the company that in collaboration with the Chilean State steals land from the Mapuche people, and exploits them as cheap labor, confining them in kind of concentration camps) in calle Fuencarral, in Madrid was attacked again. The door was destroyed by a large stone and the inscription: "Here we exploit the Mapuche people" left at the secene. A police academy near Atocha was also attacked, this time the window of the entrance door was smashed with a hammer. The words: "Solidarity with the Mapuche people" and "animal killer".
For the defence of the earth, for the defence of all animals.
Solidarity with the Mapuche prisoners on hunger strike.
For the destruction of the means of production.
We have nothing to self-manage (and even less stupid celebrations of consumption).
Last night the Benetton store (the company that in collaboration with the Chilean State steals land from the Mapuche people, and exploits them as cheap labor, confining them in kind of concentration camps) in calle Fuencarral, in Madrid was attacked again. The door was destroyed by a large stone and the inscription: "Here we exploit the Mapuche people" left at the secene. A police academy near Atocha was also attacked, this time the window of the entrance door was smashed with a hammer. The words: "Solidarity with the Mapuche people" and "animal killer".
For the defence of the earth, for the defence of all animals.
Solidarity with the Mapuche prisoners on hunger strike.
For the destruction of the means of production.
We have nothing to self-manage (and even less stupid celebrations of consumption).
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Milan, Italy - Revolt on the roofs of via Corelli detention centre. One escape.
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16 2008 2010 - The roofs of Cie via Corelli in Milan have been the scene of a real revolt. The balance is 6 detainees and 5 policemen wounded and an Algerian immigrant who managed to escape and is now untraceable.
The clashes took place last night where 18 immigrants, 17 of them North Africans, climbed on the roofs of Cie Via Corelli Milano, causing unrest in order to break out.
Which was successful for one Algerian, who has since 'disappeared'.
The uprising caused damage, in particular some windows were destroyed. Six policemen were bruised, as well as 5 immigrants, three of whom were injured jumping from the roof to escape. All have been sued for damage and resisting a public officer.
16 2008 2010 - The roofs of Cie via Corelli in Milan have been the scene of a real revolt. The balance is 6 detainees and 5 policemen wounded and an Algerian immigrant who managed to escape and is now untraceable.
The clashes took place last night where 18 immigrants, 17 of them North Africans, climbed on the roofs of Cie Via Corelli Milano, causing unrest in order to break out.
Which was successful for one Algerian, who has since 'disappeared'.
The uprising caused damage, in particular some windows were destroyed. Six policemen were bruised, as well as 5 immigrants, three of whom were injured jumping from the roof to escape. All have been sued for damage and resisting a public officer.
Repressive strike in Chile. Solidarity now!
culmine
Agents of the BIPE (Police of Investigation) and the ERTA (equivalent to the SWAT) on the other side agents of the GOPE (Especial forces of the Normal Police), LABOCAR (CSI) and the department of intelligence of the police and a series of helicopters and police cars was the armoury used by the police for the 17 raids, in Santiago and Valparaiso, at dawn on Saturday August 14. Among the 17 houses were 3 Squats and Social Centres, the squats being La Crota Bike Punk and the Squat Social Centre and the Sacco and Vanzetti Library in downtown Santiago and the Autonomous Social Centre Johny Cariqueo in the Pudahuel municipality. Two houses were raided in Valparaiso. The excuse for this police operation lies in the “Bomb Case”, and 23 of the attacks with explosives registered in Santiago, which according to the police version would have direct links with the arrested.The first raid was in the squat La Crota Bike Punk by the GOPE where the result was 6 companions arrested. Of the six held three were kidnapped, a female comrade with an arrest warrant and for the other two the police invented traces of TNT on their hands. Then was the turn of the SSC and the Sacco and Vanzetti Library, by the ERTA and the BIPE, wheothey took out the metalic grid of the window with a police car. The agents also carried out shootings with rubber bullets, hitting the body of two companions. From this space were arrested 5 companions one of whom remain kidnapped.
At the same time the Libertarian Library Johnny Cariqueo was raided in the Pudahuel municipality, in this space the police breaking in smashing access doors and no one was arrested. The police also raided 14 houses, 12 in Santiago and 2 in Valparaiso.
With a total of 17 raids realized by the defenders of order and 14 companions kidnapped.
Formalization of the hostages.
This Saturday around 16:00 pm the companions where brought before the 11º Santiago Court Guarantee where the southern prosecution request extended their detention until next Tuesday, 17 August, where they would be charged with "installation of explosive or incendiary devices and terrorist conspiracy" (law made by Pinochet), a request which the Ministry of Interior would also make, risking 20 years. During the hearing, once again the circus nature of the Chilean courts was demonstrated. Judge Lidia Bruna agreed to each and every one of the requests of the Prosecutor and the Ministry of Interior (press presence, extending the period of detention for three days, isolation of the companions among themselves and from the outside, and also the order to bring the police collaborator Gustavo Fuentes "El Grillo" to the audience next tuesday, to formalize with the rest of the alleged members of this "terrorist conspiracy." The vultures of the bourgeois press were all in the courtroom and fired their flashes once the judge gave the signal for the guards to bring in the companions.
The arguments of the defence were heard and denied one after another. The judge had everything ready for each resolution automatically read it with her voice of old bitch from a paper on her desk. When they ask to a companion if they had anything to say in relation to detention, he said he had been repeatedly been threatened with death, and she responds “that’s all?”. Neither did the story about the destruction of particular houses of the companions seem to attract much attention. The Prosecution justify the injuries cause by the police to a companion of the Sacco and Vanzetti (a rubber bullet his head and he was kicked on the nose) in the fact he would have been looking out of a window of the building throwing things and destroying evidence, thing that the companion denied this version immediately calling it “Imaginative”, was reprimanded for showing disrespect to the prosecutors. So beating and threatening people with death and unnecessarily smashing into houses is part of the norm that judges uphold, but any questioning of the repressive apparatus cannot take place in this circus. This lady continued with the same attitude when the defense counsel talked about an "orchestration" between the different media to blame our comrades.
When it became clear that the show was already coming to an end on Tuesday at 9:00pm, they began to hear the cheers of support, very welcomed by the spirits of our companions. Banners spread outside the courtroom, songs of support were sung ("Free the prisoners to fight"), the expression of the old fascist lady was that of disgust and horror, some bodyguards immediately surrounded the prosecutor Alejandro Peña.
After wrangling between those who went to support our comrades with two types of police dogs (police and press), the fascist judge made another for the 14 comrades to be taken inside and then, from the cells area, came a contingent of furious policemen armed with sticks and shields, that flew over the benches of defendants and lawyers with the clear intention of beating up friends and relatives of the detainees.
Of course, the bourgeois press has noted that all the comrades who came to support, well as the accused, attacked the press and other guardians of the capitalist order, but the truth is that the aggression came from the guards, while police and journalists beat many people savagely, and outside the enclosure were joined by riot police launching a manhunt that was not intended to arrest anyone but to punish directly. The companion Luisa Vergara had a traumatic brain injury, the mother of one of the detainees had minor injuries caused by a fucking journalist, and luckily most of the windows of this temple of shit (the court) were destroyed to be used against the officers.
Also, several journalists were beaten and their cameras damaged. No companion was arrested but many were beaten by the agents. Once outside the courts the companions found out that the SSC and Library Sacco and Vanzetti was being closed by a joint operation by the two police deparments. During the afternoon, the building had been guarded by a truck from the PDI (Police Of Investigation), whose occupants at first denied entry to a group of companions, but later agreed to let them in and take some things, warning that there was an order not to let the building be reoccupied. Hours later, at about 18:30, police hentered the squat and were carrying out work to close all access. The Library and all the other things that were not seized (this time they took little in the raid) remained sequestered there. The police did not exhibit any eviction order or anything, and said it was orders of the prosecutor. They also said the squat would be recovered by their legitimate owners, the ISP (Internal Revenue Service). A quick operation that took them by surprise yielded a number of books that were put to safety, sparking a short police chase in the area without anyone being arrested.The Kidnapped Companions are:
-Pablo Morales: Ex-Lautarista (A military political organization that operates in Chile at the end of the dictatorship and the beginning of democracy). Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Rodolfo Retamales: Ex-Lautarista. Arrested at his house in Santiago. Also was raided their parent’s house.-Omar Hermosilla: Ex-Lautarista. Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Andrea Urzùa: In 2008 the police say that and Marcelo Villarroel (companions in trail for a bank robbery) were held. Arrested at his house in Santiago-Felipe Guerra: Arrested in SSC and Library Sacco and Vanzetti. Also was raided his mother’s house. The companion was injured by agents of the ERTA.-Cristian Cancino: He was arrested in the squat “La Idea” after the death of Mauricio Morales (comrade killed by his own bomb on May 22, 2009), where the police charged him with almost 500 grams of black gunpowder. Cristian decided to assume his guilt in a short trail to get out of jail.-Carlos Riveros: Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Camilo Perez: Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Ivan Goldenberg: Arrested at his house in Valparaiso. Police say the gun that Mauricio Morales was carryingat the time of his death, was owned by the grandfather of Ivan.-Candelaria Cortès-Monroy: Arrested at his house in Santiago. Candelaria in 2008 was stabbed by Gustavo Fuentes aka "El Grillo" who was his partner and who is accused of placing bombs.-Francisco Solar: Arrested at his house in Valparaiso.-Monica Caballero: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”.-Diego Morales: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”. The police invented that Diego has in his hands traces of TNT.-Vinicio Aguilera: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”. The police inveted that Vinicio also has in his hands traces of TNT.
All male companions are in the high security prison and female comrades in Women's Counseling Center.
Immediate Solidarity with our comrades kidnapped by Power!
The “terrorist conspiracy” exists only in the head of the prosecutor Peña!
More info, pictures and video: (In Spanish) http://hommodolars.org/web/spip.php?article3395
At the same time the Libertarian Library Johnny Cariqueo was raided in the Pudahuel municipality, in this space the police breaking in smashing access doors and no one was arrested. The police also raided 14 houses, 12 in Santiago and 2 in Valparaiso.
With a total of 17 raids realized by the defenders of order and 14 companions kidnapped.
Formalization of the hostages.
This Saturday around 16:00 pm the companions where brought before the 11º Santiago Court Guarantee where the southern prosecution request extended their detention until next Tuesday, 17 August, where they would be charged with "installation of explosive or incendiary devices and terrorist conspiracy" (law made by Pinochet), a request which the Ministry of Interior would also make, risking 20 years. During the hearing, once again the circus nature of the Chilean courts was demonstrated. Judge Lidia Bruna agreed to each and every one of the requests of the Prosecutor and the Ministry of Interior (press presence, extending the period of detention for three days, isolation of the companions among themselves and from the outside, and also the order to bring the police collaborator Gustavo Fuentes "El Grillo" to the audience next tuesday, to formalize with the rest of the alleged members of this "terrorist conspiracy." The vultures of the bourgeois press were all in the courtroom and fired their flashes once the judge gave the signal for the guards to bring in the companions.
The arguments of the defence were heard and denied one after another. The judge had everything ready for each resolution automatically read it with her voice of old bitch from a paper on her desk. When they ask to a companion if they had anything to say in relation to detention, he said he had been repeatedly been threatened with death, and she responds “that’s all?”. Neither did the story about the destruction of particular houses of the companions seem to attract much attention. The Prosecution justify the injuries cause by the police to a companion of the Sacco and Vanzetti (a rubber bullet his head and he was kicked on the nose) in the fact he would have been looking out of a window of the building throwing things and destroying evidence, thing that the companion denied this version immediately calling it “Imaginative”, was reprimanded for showing disrespect to the prosecutors. So beating and threatening people with death and unnecessarily smashing into houses is part of the norm that judges uphold, but any questioning of the repressive apparatus cannot take place in this circus. This lady continued with the same attitude when the defense counsel talked about an "orchestration" between the different media to blame our comrades.
When it became clear that the show was already coming to an end on Tuesday at 9:00pm, they began to hear the cheers of support, very welcomed by the spirits of our companions. Banners spread outside the courtroom, songs of support were sung ("Free the prisoners to fight"), the expression of the old fascist lady was that of disgust and horror, some bodyguards immediately surrounded the prosecutor Alejandro Peña.
After wrangling between those who went to support our comrades with two types of police dogs (police and press), the fascist judge made another for the 14 comrades to be taken inside and then, from the cells area, came a contingent of furious policemen armed with sticks and shields, that flew over the benches of defendants and lawyers with the clear intention of beating up friends and relatives of the detainees.
Of course, the bourgeois press has noted that all the comrades who came to support, well as the accused, attacked the press and other guardians of the capitalist order, but the truth is that the aggression came from the guards, while police and journalists beat many people savagely, and outside the enclosure were joined by riot police launching a manhunt that was not intended to arrest anyone but to punish directly. The companion Luisa Vergara had a traumatic brain injury, the mother of one of the detainees had minor injuries caused by a fucking journalist, and luckily most of the windows of this temple of shit (the court) were destroyed to be used against the officers.
Also, several journalists were beaten and their cameras damaged. No companion was arrested but many were beaten by the agents. Once outside the courts the companions found out that the SSC and Library Sacco and Vanzetti was being closed by a joint operation by the two police deparments. During the afternoon, the building had been guarded by a truck from the PDI (Police Of Investigation), whose occupants at first denied entry to a group of companions, but later agreed to let them in and take some things, warning that there was an order not to let the building be reoccupied. Hours later, at about 18:30, police hentered the squat and were carrying out work to close all access. The Library and all the other things that were not seized (this time they took little in the raid) remained sequestered there. The police did not exhibit any eviction order or anything, and said it was orders of the prosecutor. They also said the squat would be recovered by their legitimate owners, the ISP (Internal Revenue Service). A quick operation that took them by surprise yielded a number of books that were put to safety, sparking a short police chase in the area without anyone being arrested.The Kidnapped Companions are:
-Pablo Morales: Ex-Lautarista (A military political organization that operates in Chile at the end of the dictatorship and the beginning of democracy). Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Rodolfo Retamales: Ex-Lautarista. Arrested at his house in Santiago. Also was raided their parent’s house.-Omar Hermosilla: Ex-Lautarista. Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Andrea Urzùa: In 2008 the police say that and Marcelo Villarroel (companions in trail for a bank robbery) were held. Arrested at his house in Santiago-Felipe Guerra: Arrested in SSC and Library Sacco and Vanzetti. Also was raided his mother’s house. The companion was injured by agents of the ERTA.-Cristian Cancino: He was arrested in the squat “La Idea” after the death of Mauricio Morales (comrade killed by his own bomb on May 22, 2009), where the police charged him with almost 500 grams of black gunpowder. Cristian decided to assume his guilt in a short trail to get out of jail.-Carlos Riveros: Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Camilo Perez: Arrested at his house in Santiago.-Ivan Goldenberg: Arrested at his house in Valparaiso. Police say the gun that Mauricio Morales was carryingat the time of his death, was owned by the grandfather of Ivan.-Candelaria Cortès-Monroy: Arrested at his house in Santiago. Candelaria in 2008 was stabbed by Gustavo Fuentes aka "El Grillo" who was his partner and who is accused of placing bombs.-Francisco Solar: Arrested at his house in Valparaiso.-Monica Caballero: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”.-Diego Morales: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”. The police invented that Diego has in his hands traces of TNT.-Vinicio Aguilera: Arrested at the squat “La Crota”. The police inveted that Vinicio also has in his hands traces of TNT.
All male companions are in the high security prison and female comrades in Women's Counseling Center.
Immediate Solidarity with our comrades kidnapped by Power!
The “terrorist conspiracy” exists only in the head of the prosecutor Peña!
More info, pictures and video: (In Spanish) http://hommodolars.org/web/spip.php?article3395
Monday, 16 August 2010
ANTI-ANARCHIST REPRESSION IN CHILE. Immediate freedom to the 14!!!
culmine
16 August 2010 - As was foreseeable and had been widely preannounced by the Chilean media, on August 14 a great round-up of anti-authoritarians and anarchists took place in Chile. Various social centres were raided and written material confiscated. 14 comrades were arrested. According to the Chilean media, investigations concerning over 100 explosive and arson attacks in Chile also concern European citizens, in particolar some Italians. Culmine, given the urgency of spreading information and communiques about the arrests, will publish material in Spanish and translate it into English as soon as possible. Given the seriousness of the attack on the Chilean anarchist movement, Culmine are available right away to spread solidarity initiatives for the arrested comrades struck by the repression.
a strong embrace to the Chilean comrades
Immediate freedom to the 14!!!
Culmine
Some of those arrested
Pablo Morales Furiman
Rodolfo Retamales Leiva
Omar Hermosilla Marín
Andrea Urzúa Cid
Felipe Guerra Guajardo
Cristian Cancino Carrasco
Carlos Riveros Luttgue
Camilo Pérez Tamayo
Iván Goldenberg González
Candelaria Cortés-Monroy Infante
Francisco Solar Domínguez
Mónica Caballero Sepúlveda
It is not known who the other two comrades are.
We are in contact with our brothers, hopefully everything will work out for the best
Death to the police
http://www.youtube.com/user/CaboMoyano
from the Chilean media, Santiago Times (read with care)
Raids Lead To Arrest Of 14 Alleged Members Of Chilean Anarchist Group
Monday, 16 August 2010 00:52
Police say financing likely came from Italy, Greece, Mexico and Argentina.
Police on Saturday led simultaneous raids that resulted in the arrests of 14 people suspected of belonging to a Chilean anarchist group accused of more than 100 bombings.
“Operation Salamander” culminated with 200 special forces troops and police raiding 17 homes in Santiago and two in Valparaíso over the weekend. Those arrested are accused of being involved in bombings and other suspicious activities that have affected banks, businesses, police stations, hotels, churches and gymnasiums, according to Metropolitan District Attorney Alejandro Peña, who was in charge of the operation.
“The arrest warrants are for the crime of terrorist conspiracy and placing explosive devices to produce fear in the population,” Peña said at a press conference after the arrests were made.Police have divided the organization into two subgroups. The first, they say, was responsible for planning, giving orders and delivering explosives.
Those arrested from this side include Andrea Urzua, who was also arrested with explosives in Neuquén, Argentina, in 2008.
Another member of this part of the organization apprehended Saturday is Rodolfo Retamales Leiva. Police accused Leiva of leading the anarchist network. He was arrested at his home near the center of Santiago. Leiva in turn accused the police of beating him during the raid. His attorney, Alberto Espinoza, said Leiva was innocent and was being linked with the organization only because of his past.
Leiva, known as “The Heron,” has a history of activism. He became a member of the Lautaro Youth Movement in 1989 while studying at Universidad Central, and in the early 1990s, he was involved in robberies and planting explosives. In 1992, he was arrested in connection with the murder of three detectives guarding the house of former Metropolitan Region Gov. Luis Pareto. In 1994 he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the crime, but he was given early parole in 2004.His parent’s house was also raided, where his mother’s computer was seized. Leiva's mother, Maria Cecilia Leiva, was agriculture undersecretary under the government of former President Michelle Bachelet. Neither of his parents is under investigation.
The other subgroup of the anarchist organization described by the police is said to be in charge of operational aspects. Members of this division planted the bombs, they say. Seven of the people arrested are linked to this group.
The police also reported information regarding the group’s financial activities. Accounts at a Chilean bank were frozen and closed off from transfers. The manager of the funds, Óscar Omar Hermosilla, was arrested Saturday, as was Carlos Riveros Luttge, accused of financing the group.
Using an informant, police discovered international transfers to the account. Through the Cayman Islands, at least two deposits were made from Europe by Italian citizen Matteo Rossi. Rossi had visited Chile in 2008 and had contacted Riveros. Prosecutors say that a few years ago, the group was probably receiving money from countries such as Italy, Greece, Mexico and Argentina. The money was used for making explosives, finding houses for squatters and expenses of the group’s leaders.
A Santiago court requested that the detainees be held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison. Surveillance has also been increased on other suspects, in case any further attacks are planned in light of Saturday’s raid.
Police say the investigation has lasted four years. The operation was conducted with the help of analyzing networks, forming contacts, wiretapping and monitoring houses.
Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter became involved in the operation in recent days and was briefed on the operation at a meeting with the prosecutor.
“There is no doubt that to bomb any country that claims to be modern and developed is a terrible crime,” Hinzpeter said. “And therefore, the government as plaintiff will apply the highest possible sanctions under the rule of law.”
16 August 2010 - As was foreseeable and had been widely preannounced by the Chilean media, on August 14 a great round-up of anti-authoritarians and anarchists took place in Chile. Various social centres were raided and written material confiscated. 14 comrades were arrested. According to the Chilean media, investigations concerning over 100 explosive and arson attacks in Chile also concern European citizens, in particolar some Italians. Culmine, given the urgency of spreading information and communiques about the arrests, will publish material in Spanish and translate it into English as soon as possible. Given the seriousness of the attack on the Chilean anarchist movement, Culmine are available right away to spread solidarity initiatives for the arrested comrades struck by the repression.
a strong embrace to the Chilean comrades
Immediate freedom to the 14!!!
Culmine
Some of those arrested
Pablo Morales Furiman
Rodolfo Retamales Leiva
Omar Hermosilla Marín
Andrea Urzúa Cid
Felipe Guerra Guajardo
Cristian Cancino Carrasco
Carlos Riveros Luttgue
Camilo Pérez Tamayo
Iván Goldenberg González
Candelaria Cortés-Monroy Infante
Francisco Solar Domínguez
Mónica Caballero Sepúlveda
It is not known who the other two comrades are.
We are in contact with our brothers, hopefully everything will work out for the best
Death to the police
http://www.youtube.com/user/CaboMoyano
from the Chilean media, Santiago Times (read with care)
Raids Lead To Arrest Of 14 Alleged Members Of Chilean Anarchist Group
Monday, 16 August 2010 00:52
Police say financing likely came from Italy, Greece, Mexico and Argentina.
Police on Saturday led simultaneous raids that resulted in the arrests of 14 people suspected of belonging to a Chilean anarchist group accused of more than 100 bombings.
“Operation Salamander” culminated with 200 special forces troops and police raiding 17 homes in Santiago and two in Valparaíso over the weekend. Those arrested are accused of being involved in bombings and other suspicious activities that have affected banks, businesses, police stations, hotels, churches and gymnasiums, according to Metropolitan District Attorney Alejandro Peña, who was in charge of the operation.
“The arrest warrants are for the crime of terrorist conspiracy and placing explosive devices to produce fear in the population,” Peña said at a press conference after the arrests were made.Police have divided the organization into two subgroups. The first, they say, was responsible for planning, giving orders and delivering explosives.
Those arrested from this side include Andrea Urzua, who was also arrested with explosives in Neuquén, Argentina, in 2008.
Another member of this part of the organization apprehended Saturday is Rodolfo Retamales Leiva. Police accused Leiva of leading the anarchist network. He was arrested at his home near the center of Santiago. Leiva in turn accused the police of beating him during the raid. His attorney, Alberto Espinoza, said Leiva was innocent and was being linked with the organization only because of his past.
Leiva, known as “The Heron,” has a history of activism. He became a member of the Lautaro Youth Movement in 1989 while studying at Universidad Central, and in the early 1990s, he was involved in robberies and planting explosives. In 1992, he was arrested in connection with the murder of three detectives guarding the house of former Metropolitan Region Gov. Luis Pareto. In 1994 he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the crime, but he was given early parole in 2004.His parent’s house was also raided, where his mother’s computer was seized. Leiva's mother, Maria Cecilia Leiva, was agriculture undersecretary under the government of former President Michelle Bachelet. Neither of his parents is under investigation.
The other subgroup of the anarchist organization described by the police is said to be in charge of operational aspects. Members of this division planted the bombs, they say. Seven of the people arrested are linked to this group.
The police also reported information regarding the group’s financial activities. Accounts at a Chilean bank were frozen and closed off from transfers. The manager of the funds, Óscar Omar Hermosilla, was arrested Saturday, as was Carlos Riveros Luttge, accused of financing the group.
Using an informant, police discovered international transfers to the account. Through the Cayman Islands, at least two deposits were made from Europe by Italian citizen Matteo Rossi. Rossi had visited Chile in 2008 and had contacted Riveros. Prosecutors say that a few years ago, the group was probably receiving money from countries such as Italy, Greece, Mexico and Argentina. The money was used for making explosives, finding houses for squatters and expenses of the group’s leaders.
A Santiago court requested that the detainees be held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison. Surveillance has also been increased on other suspects, in case any further attacks are planned in light of Saturday’s raid.
Police say the investigation has lasted four years. The operation was conducted with the help of analyzing networks, forming contacts, wiretapping and monitoring houses.
Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter became involved in the operation in recent days and was briefed on the operation at a meeting with the prosecutor.
“There is no doubt that to bomb any country that claims to be modern and developed is a terrible crime,” Hinzpeter said. “And therefore, the government as plaintiff will apply the highest possible sanctions under the rule of law.”
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Three Afghans wounded in Parwan riot
bagram media centre
August 15 – Three Afghans were wounded today during a riot in the Pul-e-Sayad village of Bagram District, Parwan.
The injured were part of a crowd of rioters who were throwing baseball size and larger rocks at U.S. forces escorting a local contractor to an Afghan Ministry of Defense base. After numerous attempts were made to stop the rock throwing, in which servicemembers were injured, six shots were fired by a coalition soldier in self defense.
An ISAF offer of medical assistance to treat the wounded was declined by the riot leader. The condition of the victims is unknown.
A land ownership dispute between the MoD and a local villager is believed to be the cause of the rioting.
August 15 – Three Afghans were wounded today during a riot in the Pul-e-Sayad village of Bagram District, Parwan.
The injured were part of a crowd of rioters who were throwing baseball size and larger rocks at U.S. forces escorting a local contractor to an Afghan Ministry of Defense base. After numerous attempts were made to stop the rock throwing, in which servicemembers were injured, six shots were fired by a coalition soldier in self defense.
An ISAF offer of medical assistance to treat the wounded was declined by the riot leader. The condition of the victims is unknown.
A land ownership dispute between the MoD and a local villager is believed to be the cause of the rioting.
Saturday, 14 August 2010
DHAKA, Bangladesh - 5,000 attack power station and police
signalfire
12 August 2010 - Thousands of Bangladeshis angry over frequent electricity outages lobbed stones at a power station and clashed with riot police Wednesday in a town outside the capital Dhaka, leaving at least 50 people injured, police said.
Police responded with batons and tear gas to beat back about 5,000 protesters, many of them armed with iron rods and stones, in Narayanganj town outside Dhaka, local police officer Akhtar Hossain said. Protesters also blocked traffic and smashed vehicles, and threw stones at the power station, but caused no major damage to the facility.
Several policemen were among the injured, Hossain said. Similar violence was reported in more than 10 other towns across this power-starved South Asian nation on Tuesday, but there was no reports of any injuries. Bangladesh has a daily shortfall of about 2,000 megawatts of electricity because of aging power plants, resulting in frequent outages.
The government says private companies will build at least more than 20 plants to produce nearly 2,400 megawatts of electricity by the end of next year. “The power supply will improve a lot when we will have the new plants in place,” said Abul Kalam Azad, a top official at the government’s power ministry. Narayanganj, the site of the latest power-related violence, is an industrial hub.
Residents say they get electricity for scarcely six hours a day and have to depend on makeshift power generators.
Police responded with batons and tear gas to beat back about 5,000 protesters, many of them armed with iron rods and stones, in Narayanganj town outside Dhaka, local police officer Akhtar Hossain said. Protesters also blocked traffic and smashed vehicles, and threw stones at the power station, but caused no major damage to the facility.
Several policemen were among the injured, Hossain said. Similar violence was reported in more than 10 other towns across this power-starved South Asian nation on Tuesday, but there was no reports of any injuries. Bangladesh has a daily shortfall of about 2,000 megawatts of electricity because of aging power plants, resulting in frequent outages.
The government says private companies will build at least more than 20 plants to produce nearly 2,400 megawatts of electricity by the end of next year. “The power supply will improve a lot when we will have the new plants in place,” said Abul Kalam Azad, a top official at the government’s power ministry. Narayanganj, the site of the latest power-related violence, is an industrial hub.
Residents say they get electricity for scarcely six hours a day and have to depend on makeshift power generators.
GRIMBERGEN, Belgium - Psychiatric asylum cells burned
suie e cendres
1/08/2010- A man who declared he didn't want any psychiatric treatment, put fire to his cell, damaging also other cells and a part of the building of the Psychiatric Institution in Grimbergen near Brusssels.
The fire caused considerable damage.
1/08/2010- A man who declared he didn't want any psychiatric treatment, put fire to his cell, damaging also other cells and a part of the building of the Psychiatric Institution in Grimbergen near Brusssels.
The fire caused considerable damage.
Tukwila, WA - Bikers cause cop to crash, taunt him after wreck
socialrupture
13 August 2010 - A State Patrol trooper was pinned in his car, dazed and bleeding profusely from a neck injury after a rollover accident, but the first people who stopped by the side of the road didn't help.
Instead, two motorcyclists, who were part of a group the trooper had been chasing before he crashed, clapped and laughed at him Tuesday evening on Interstate 5 in Tukwila, the State Patrol says."Seeing a cop down was hysterical to them. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw," said Trooper Cliff Pratt, State Patrol spokesman.
"They didn't know whether he was going to live or die and they didn't care. That's what makes it so hard to swallow."
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The State Patrol offered this account of the incident:At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Salyer spotted a group of about 10 motorcyclists on sports bikes racing over the interchange between southbound Interstate 405 and northbound Interstate 5 at speeds of more than 100 mph.He attempted to pull them over, but they refused to stop. Salyer narrowed in on the pack's leader, trying to get identifying information from the motorcycle. As he did, two other bikers in the group cut him off, forcing him to swerve and slam on his brakes. Salyer lost control of his patrol car on the ramp from I-5 to northbound state Highway 599, struck the guardrail and rolled several times before ending up in a ditch. As he lay pinned in his wrecked car, at least two of the motorcycle riders pulled up to within 30 feet of his car, got off their bikes and began clapping and laughing. They rode off as other motorists began pulling up to the scene.
Salyer was treated for a concussion, head and neck lacerations and bumps and bruises, the State Patrol said.
According to State Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Christina Martin, witnesses told police that there may have been as many as 60 to 70 riders in the group and that the two that taunted the trooper may have been behind his patrol car during the pursuit, she said.
13 August 2010 - A State Patrol trooper was pinned in his car, dazed and bleeding profusely from a neck injury after a rollover accident, but the first people who stopped by the side of the road didn't help.
Instead, two motorcyclists, who were part of a group the trooper had been chasing before he crashed, clapped and laughed at him Tuesday evening on Interstate 5 in Tukwila, the State Patrol says."Seeing a cop down was hysterical to them. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw," said Trooper Cliff Pratt, State Patrol spokesman.
"They didn't know whether he was going to live or die and they didn't care. That's what makes it so hard to swallow."
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The State Patrol offered this account of the incident:At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Salyer spotted a group of about 10 motorcyclists on sports bikes racing over the interchange between southbound Interstate 405 and northbound Interstate 5 at speeds of more than 100 mph.He attempted to pull them over, but they refused to stop. Salyer narrowed in on the pack's leader, trying to get identifying information from the motorcycle. As he did, two other bikers in the group cut him off, forcing him to swerve and slam on his brakes. Salyer lost control of his patrol car on the ramp from I-5 to northbound state Highway 599, struck the guardrail and rolled several times before ending up in a ditch. As he lay pinned in his wrecked car, at least two of the motorcycle riders pulled up to within 30 feet of his car, got off their bikes and began clapping and laughing. They rode off as other motorists began pulling up to the scene.
Salyer was treated for a concussion, head and neck lacerations and bumps and bruises, the State Patrol said.
According to State Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Christina Martin, witnesses told police that there may have been as many as 60 to 70 riders in the group and that the two that taunted the trooper may have been behind his patrol car during the pursuit, she said.
Bristol - biggest security firm not untouchable
the evening of 11/08/10 g4s were greeted with the hate of fun loving people
No sigh no more!, g4s plaque was removed & taken away, the intercom was left from the wall by 5ft of wire at the red front door 10,portland sq , st paul's, so where were the biggest security firm when hit at home? can't protect themselves? , would you trust them with inmates or your property? , The growth of the security industry is an indication that the natives are growing restless
bristol domestic exstemist cell
Guangzhou, S. China - hundreds of residents clash with police against demolition of slum area ahead of Asian Games
Reuters
13 08 2010 – Hundreds of residents in southern China clashed with police when authorities in Guangzhou started demolishing a slum area ahead of the Asian Games in November, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Authorities have gone to great lengths to ensure a showcase Asian Games – China and Asia’s largest sporting event after the Beijing Olympics in 2008 — giving the city a massive facelift, demolishing homes, stifling protests and tightening immigration curbs for some foreigners including a lively community of African and Middle Eastern traders.
In the latest standoff, hundreds of riot police descended on Xian village in the Tianhe district in eastern Guangzhou, demanding residents of the gritty area move out.
Hundreds of angry residents refused to move, however, throwing rocks at the police until they retaliated with tear gas. Witnesses said many were beaten, the South China Morning Post reported, with around 20 people reportedly injured.
« We’ll defend ourselves till we die, » the newspaper quoted some residents as shouting during the standoff.
« Police were beating anybody who happened to be near, » a witness was quoted as saying. « I saw this young man badly beaten. He was seriously wounded. »
Numerous protests by residents against demolition over the past year have fallen on deaf ears. « They accused local officials of colluding with developers by selling their land below the market price. They also refused to move because they were trying to fight for more compensation, » the paper reported.
13 08 2010 – Hundreds of residents in southern China clashed with police when authorities in Guangzhou started demolishing a slum area ahead of the Asian Games in November, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Authorities have gone to great lengths to ensure a showcase Asian Games – China and Asia’s largest sporting event after the Beijing Olympics in 2008 — giving the city a massive facelift, demolishing homes, stifling protests and tightening immigration curbs for some foreigners including a lively community of African and Middle Eastern traders.
In the latest standoff, hundreds of riot police descended on Xian village in the Tianhe district in eastern Guangzhou, demanding residents of the gritty area move out.
Hundreds of angry residents refused to move, however, throwing rocks at the police until they retaliated with tear gas. Witnesses said many were beaten, the South China Morning Post reported, with around 20 people reportedly injured.
« We’ll defend ourselves till we die, » the newspaper quoted some residents as shouting during the standoff.
« Police were beating anybody who happened to be near, » a witness was quoted as saying. « I saw this young man badly beaten. He was seriously wounded. »
Numerous protests by residents against demolition over the past year have fallen on deaf ears. « They accused local officials of colluding with developers by selling their land below the market price. They also refused to move because they were trying to fight for more compensation, » the paper reported.
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Limassol, Cyprus - rocket propelled grenade and explosives disappear from army camp
cyprus mail
12 August 2010 - THE NATIONAL Guard was in the spotlight again when, after a routine check at an army camp, it was discovered that a rocket propelled grenade was missing from the depot.This would not have made the news if it had not been preceded, a few weeks earlier, by the theft of 172kg of explosives from a Limassol army camp. The loss of a single grenade would have been investigated internally by the National Guard without the police being called in and extensive publicity being given to the matter.
‘It’s not the first time army munitions were stolen’ Defence Minister says
12/08/10
DEFENCE MINISTER Costas Papacostas charged yesterday that the theft of munitions from the army was not a new phenomenon and that other administrations had swept such incidents under the carpet. Papacostas was responding to opposition criticism that the National Guard was facing a slackening off and disorganisation in light of the theft of some 170 kilos of plastic explosives from an army depot in Limassol and a missing anti-tank rocket propelled grenade from a camp near Nicosia. Police have since recovered 80 kilos of the ordnance.The chairman of the House Defence Committee, EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday the recent incidents suggested a slackening off of vigilance and discipline in the armed forces...
12 August 2010 - THE NATIONAL Guard was in the spotlight again when, after a routine check at an army camp, it was discovered that a rocket propelled grenade was missing from the depot.This would not have made the news if it had not been preceded, a few weeks earlier, by the theft of 172kg of explosives from a Limassol army camp. The loss of a single grenade would have been investigated internally by the National Guard without the police being called in and extensive publicity being given to the matter.
‘It’s not the first time army munitions were stolen’ Defence Minister says
12/08/10
DEFENCE MINISTER Costas Papacostas charged yesterday that the theft of munitions from the army was not a new phenomenon and that other administrations had swept such incidents under the carpet. Papacostas was responding to opposition criticism that the National Guard was facing a slackening off and disorganisation in light of the theft of some 170 kilos of plastic explosives from an army depot in Limassol and a missing anti-tank rocket propelled grenade from a camp near Nicosia. Police have since recovered 80 kilos of the ordnance.The chairman of the House Defence Committee, EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday the recent incidents suggested a slackening off of vigilance and discipline in the armed forces...
Atlanta, Georgia - 30,000 people in need of housing turn up at shopping centre
bbc us
12 August - Some 30,000 people lined up outside a local shopping centre in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday in the hope of receiving public housing assistance.
The authorities were unprepared for the throng, which was unruly at times. Amid sweltering conditions, 62 people were hurt and 20 needed hospital care.
Only 455 rent assistance vouchers and 200 public housing spaces were on offer - while 13,000 applications were taken.
Some had lined up since Sunday for the possibility of discounted rent.
It was the first time in eight years that the housing authority in East Point, a municipality in south-west Atlanta, had accepted applications for public housing and rent subsidies, known as Section 8 vouchers.
People are desperate. They are really willing to do whatever it takes to get into housing”End Quote Associate Professor James Fraser Vanderbilt University
Authorities estimate it will be six months before any vacancies become available for the small number of successful applicants.
Most of the 16 other local housing authorities in Atlanta have closed their waiting lists. But Section 8 vouchers are portable, so people flocked from across the city for a chance to receive housing aid.
Atlanta is an economically polarized city: it has the fastest growing number of millionaires in the US but also has the third-highest proportion of people living below 50% of the poverty line.
The authorities were unprepared for the throng, which was unruly at times. Amid sweltering conditions, 62 people were hurt and 20 needed hospital care.
Only 455 rent assistance vouchers and 200 public housing spaces were on offer - while 13,000 applications were taken.
Some had lined up since Sunday for the possibility of discounted rent.
It was the first time in eight years that the housing authority in East Point, a municipality in south-west Atlanta, had accepted applications for public housing and rent subsidies, known as Section 8 vouchers.
People are desperate. They are really willing to do whatever it takes to get into housing”End Quote Associate Professor James Fraser Vanderbilt University
Authorities estimate it will be six months before any vacancies become available for the small number of successful applicants.
Most of the 16 other local housing authorities in Atlanta have closed their waiting lists. But Section 8 vouchers are portable, so people flocked from across the city for a chance to receive housing aid.
Atlanta is an economically polarized city: it has the fastest growing number of millionaires in the US but also has the third-highest proportion of people living below 50% of the poverty line.
Private security and riot police called in to psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
12 August 2010 - Police in riot gear in psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.
The revelation was made in a disturbing new report which revealed that hundreds of psychiatric nurses have been forced to retire because of growing violence, stress and staff cuts.
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The report also revealed that hospitals were forced to call in gardai in riot gear to deal with violent disturbances. However, it declined to say where [and why!]these incidents happened.
Private security firms were employed in Ennis; at St Ita's in Portrane; St Brendan's on Rathdown Road in Dublin and at Naas hospitals.
In Tallaght, an elderly patient was stabbed and there were 51 assaults on staff working in St Brendan's in the first half of the year.
Gardai in riot gear have been called to acute and secure facilities. In Ennis, one patient is guarded around the clock.
Last week, a patient set fire to a unit in Tallaght Hospital, leaving two nurses with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh said.
There has been an overall 20pc increase in suicides, up from 424 in 2008 to 527 last year, which is putting mental-health services under severe pressure.
A total of 11,966 people attended accident and emergency units because of self-harm. Some 2,500 of these had attempted self-harm previously.
12 August 2010 - Police in riot gear in psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.
The revelation was made in a disturbing new report which revealed that hundreds of psychiatric nurses have been forced to retire because of growing violence, stress and staff cuts.
...
The report also revealed that hospitals were forced to call in gardai in riot gear to deal with violent disturbances. However, it declined to say where [and why!]these incidents happened.
Private security firms were employed in Ennis; at St Ita's in Portrane; St Brendan's on Rathdown Road in Dublin and at Naas hospitals.
In Tallaght, an elderly patient was stabbed and there were 51 assaults on staff working in St Brendan's in the first half of the year.
Gardai in riot gear have been called to acute and secure facilities. In Ennis, one patient is guarded around the clock.
Last week, a patient set fire to a unit in Tallaght Hospital, leaving two nurses with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh said.
There has been an overall 20pc increase in suicides, up from 424 in 2008 to 527 last year, which is putting mental-health services under severe pressure.
A total of 11,966 people attended accident and emergency units because of self-harm. Some 2,500 of these had attempted self-harm previously.
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Chittagong, Bangladesh - University closed after 8 days of violent clashes over rise in fees
timesofindia
August 3, 2010 - The authorities yesterday closed Chittagong University till September 16 following a series of violent clashes between agitating students and police that left over 50 students and 20 policemen injured.
Police detained around 50 students during clashes in the morning and held 200 more after raiding three male dormitories in the afternoon.
The CU syndicate in an hour-long meeting that started around 3:00pm took the decision of closing the university in the wake of the violent situation, said CU Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Abu Yusuf.
Male students were asked to vacate their dormitories by 6:00pm yesterday and female students by 10:00am today, he said.
Earlier in the morning, over 1,500 students brought out a procession from Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) building around 10.00am to continue their protest for the eighth consecutive day to press home their three-point demand including cancellation of fee-hike.
As police intercepted the procession near Arts Faculty the agitating students were locked in a clash with them.
At least 15 students, including a journalist were injured as police charged batons on the demonstrating students.
The aggrieved students in different groups then went on the rampage at CUCSU building and different faculty buildings protesting the police attack.
The clash took a violent turn when police lobbed tear shells and fired rubber bullets on them near Arts Faculty around 11:00pm prompting the students to retaliate with stones and brickbats.
Police hurled tear shells and fired rubber bullets to disperse another group of agitating students near Shaheed Minar around 12:00 noon.
The law enforcers also fired rubber bullets and teargas shells inside Shamsunnahar Hall where the students took shelter as police went on a counter offensive.
Protesting the police attack, around 1,000 female students from Shamsunnahar and Pritilata Halls brought out a procession around 1:30pm. As the procession reached near Shaheed Minar, police charged batons to disperse them injuring around 50 female students.
Prosenjit, a student, claimed that at least 200 students were injured in yesterday’s series of clashes and many of them were rubber bullet-hit.
The situation came under control at about 3:00pm as the students started leaving the campus.
Officer-in-Charge Mohiuddin Selim of Hathazari Police Station said around 250 rounds of rubber bullets were fired and over 60 tear-gas canisters were lobbed to bring the situation under control.
At least 20 policemen including him and ASP of Hathazari circle Babul Akhter were injured by stones thrown at them, the OC said adding that they detained around 50 students from different spots of the campus during the clash.
Police raided Shahjalal Hall, Shah Amanat Hall and Suhrawardi Hall around 4:00pm and picked over 200 students from there, he added.
Nancy, France - 'long distance runner' runs free
cette semaine
An arrest warrant has been issued against a prisoner of Maxéville Correctional Centre, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), who benefited from a temporary release to participate in a foot race he never finished, according to a judicial source.
The fugitive, aged 48, had obtained a permit to attend a foot race of 10 km,last Sunday, the "Strides of Longemer" (Vosges), which he turned up to.
"But he never crossed the finishing line," said Deputy Attorney of Nancy Nativel Philip, who recalled that the prisoner had already received four permits in the past without incident.
The fugitive, a native of Besançon, was serving a sentence of 6 years imprisonment for fraud since November 2007.
An arrest warrant has been issued against a prisoner of Maxéville Correctional Centre, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), who benefited from a temporary release to participate in a foot race he never finished, according to a judicial source.
The fugitive, aged 48, had obtained a permit to attend a foot race of 10 km,last Sunday, the "Strides of Longemer" (Vosges), which he turned up to.
"But he never crossed the finishing line," said Deputy Attorney of Nancy Nativel Philip, who recalled that the prisoner had already received four permits in the past without incident.
The fugitive, a native of Besançon, was serving a sentence of 6 years imprisonment for fraud since November 2007.
Cusco, Peru - Strikes against Camisea exports paralyze district
LivinginPeru
The province of La Convencion, in Cusco region, remains paralyzed today due to a general protest against Camisea gas exports, regional officials said.
The protests, which began last Tuesday, have concentrated specially in Quillabamba, provincial capital of 60,000 residents, and neighboring Echarate, with a population of 30,000.
"The strike has escalated after the arrest of 17 people during the weekend in the district of Echarate" told AFP Jose Quinonez, an official of the province of La Convencion, from Quillabamba, about 1,200 km southeast of Lima.
Quillabamba and Echarate roads are blocked sticks and stones, and public transport services are not working either.
"People have gone out to the streets to protests against gas exports," said Quinones.
The Peruvian government had declared the state of emergency during 60 days in the district of Echarate, aiming to restore public after some clashes,
The state of emergency bans rallies and the right of assembly, among other issues.
Peru began to export gas to Mexico since last June amid protests of the Andean south eastern population, and during a hot national debate on the possibility that the domestic market becomes affected by these exports, since Camisea is the only gas source in Peru.
Additionally, there are complaints that the gas is exported to a lower price than the ones paid by local industry and consumers.
Neuquén, Argentina - Shots fired at police station
Liberación Total/thisisourjob
July 27, 2010 - Unknown gunmen opened fire at the 20th Precinct in the Parque Industrial neighborhood at around midnight on Thursday. The police officers on duty heard the shots and went outside, managing to glimpse a group of people making their escape some 100 meters away. Patrols immediately began in the vicinity and along the attackers’ escape route, where more shots were heard. Seven bullets hit an exterior wall of the police station, but none of the shots penetrated the cement wall or wounded anyone. Police have been unable to make any arrests.
Communiqué:
Neuquén; July 22, 2010
Today, July 22, in the early morning, the Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit paid a visit to the monkeys at the Parque Industrial police station and sprayed their shack with gunfire to wake them up, since no one was on duty at the door, surely due to the cold. We would also like to tell the members of the Bomb Squad that they will continue to receive our little packages, and that one of these days one of them will be for real and will make them pay for the crimes they commit as the system’s mercenaries.
To the eternally corrupt Cutral Có functionary José Cotter: Watch out. The people’s justice will find you sooner than later.
Burn the monkeys’ hovels
Burn the remains of the system
—Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit
—Luciano Arruga Brigade
July 27, 2010 - Unknown gunmen opened fire at the 20th Precinct in the Parque Industrial neighborhood at around midnight on Thursday. The police officers on duty heard the shots and went outside, managing to glimpse a group of people making their escape some 100 meters away. Patrols immediately began in the vicinity and along the attackers’ escape route, where more shots were heard. Seven bullets hit an exterior wall of the police station, but none of the shots penetrated the cement wall or wounded anyone. Police have been unable to make any arrests.
Communiqué:
Neuquén; July 22, 2010
Today, July 22, in the early morning, the Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit paid a visit to the monkeys at the Parque Industrial police station and sprayed their shack with gunfire to wake them up, since no one was on duty at the door, surely due to the cold. We would also like to tell the members of the Bomb Squad that they will continue to receive our little packages, and that one of these days one of them will be for real and will make them pay for the crimes they commit as the system’s mercenaries.
To the eternally corrupt Cutral Có functionary José Cotter: Watch out. The people’s justice will find you sooner than later.
Burn the monkeys’ hovels
Burn the remains of the system
—Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit
—Luciano Arruga Brigade
Buenos Aires - home made bomb damages bank in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires
culmine
A home made bomb exploded tonight in front of the ATM area of a bank branch in the barrio of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires. The explosion did not cause casualties, but did some serious damage.
The blast occurred at 1:45 in front of the branch of Banco Santander Río, on Avenida Triunvirato.
The explosion, that didn't cause any victims, destroyed the facade of the branch, the walls and an ATM.
Houthalen, Belgium - Another two car transporters set on fire
suie e cendres
27/07/2010 - HOUTHALEN - Yet another two trucks loaded with brand new cars, this time from Mazda, were put on fire during the night, parked on a parking lot next to the highway going to Holland. The two trucks and the new cars were completely destroyed. The Federation of Transport Companies fears a contamination of this kind of arson.
LIEGE - Police are speaking about a wave of burning cars, fearing a contamination in the areas. In Saint-Nicolas, five vehicles were put on fire (some luxury cars and a van of a shop). When a day later police claimed to have arrested a suspect, another two cars (a BMW and a Renault Twingo) were put on fire.
Two days later in a nearby area, another four cars were burned on different spots. The last weeks, more cars suffered arson in the region of Liège.
Around 250 to 300 vehicules are burned each year in Belgium
BRUSSELS - Federal police say every year about 250 to 300 vehicles get burned. In 2007, the number was 253; in 2008, the estimation was 245 but in 2009, the amount increased to 305. This year, already 139 vehicules suffered arson. Police fear this year will therefore be hotter than the others and say that the arson doesn't only concern cars, but also vans.
27/07/2010 - HOUTHALEN - Yet another two trucks loaded with brand new cars, this time from Mazda, were put on fire during the night, parked on a parking lot next to the highway going to Holland. The two trucks and the new cars were completely destroyed. The Federation of Transport Companies fears a contamination of this kind of arson.
LIEGE - Police are speaking about a wave of burning cars, fearing a contamination in the areas. In Saint-Nicolas, five vehicles were put on fire (some luxury cars and a van of a shop). When a day later police claimed to have arrested a suspect, another two cars (a BMW and a Renault Twingo) were put on fire.
Two days later in a nearby area, another four cars were burned on different spots. The last weeks, more cars suffered arson in the region of Liège.
Around 250 to 300 vehicules are burned each year in Belgium
BRUSSELS - Federal police say every year about 250 to 300 vehicles get burned. In 2007, the number was 253; in 2008, the estimation was 245 but in 2009, the amount increased to 305. This year, already 139 vehicules suffered arson. Police fear this year will therefore be hotter than the others and say that the arson doesn't only concern cars, but also vans.
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Rioting in Kabul after US embassy car kills four civilians
signalfire
The Afghan capital is on high alert after rioting sparked by the death of four civilians when a US embassy vehicle crashed into their car. There are fears of a repeat of the city-wide riots that struck Kabul in 2006.
Police fired shots into the air in a bid to disperse an angry mob that torched two embassy vehicles and threw stones at police and Nato soldiers who rushed to the scene near the centre of Kabul’s diplomatic quarter.
Sayed Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, the head of Kabul’s crime investigation department, said six Afghan civilians were involved in the accident and four died. The US embassy said the vehicle had been carrying four US contractors who “co-operated immediately with local Afghan security forces after the incident”.
A western official said two embassy vehicles went to the scene to rescue the contractors but after one of the rescue cars got stuck on a central embankment everyone was forced to get into a single car.
The stranded rescue vehicle and the original car were left at the scene and torched by the rioters.
According to local news agency Pajhwok, despite efforts to cordon off the area an angry crowd of hundreds of civilians soon appeared chanting slogans against foreign troops and Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.
Witnesses said several Afghan police were wounded after being hit by stones thrown by protesters in an area close to a US military base and a few minutes’ walk from the main gate of the US embassy.
It is one of the most serious outbreaks of public anger in the capital since 2006 when Kabul was struck by hours of rioting after a US military convoy ploughed into a group of pedestrians. Buildings run by foreign aid charities were ransacked and torched during that unrest.
Brest, France - Two policemen stoned during a control
letelegramme
August 1, 2010 08:50 - Late Friday evening, a routine police checkpoint on two young people of Brest degenerated into clashes. Around 10:50 p.m., police officers patrolling the Boulevard of Europe, nearly Pontanézen Brest, saw two young men circulating without helmets on a motorcycle. The driver of the latter then tried to get rid of a small amount of grass. In the check that followed, it also appeared that he had no permit. But it was his passenger in possession of a prohibited weapon (a telescopic baton), that gave trouble to the police.
During the control operation, he actually had time to use his cell phone to call for rescue by some of his nearby acquaintances. Suddenly the three police officers saw a dozen then about fifteen, masked and hooded individuals arrive on the scene, who violently attacked them and threw stones. Only with the arrival of reinforcements did the police manage to remove the two youths under control, the others then making off into the countryside.
During the confrontation, two policemen were injured by stones. The most severely affected had have seven stitches and was prescribed four days of ITT. His colleague, meanwhile, received a work stoppage of two days. Two police vehicles were also damaged by stone throwing. Aged 18, the driver did not participate in acts of violence that occurred on the Boulevard de l'Europe. Charged with possession of cannabis and failure to helmet and motorcycle licence, he was quickly released. However, his passenger, a juvenile aged 17 who was already the subject of proceedings for judicial review, was remanded in custody before being brought to the court, late yesterday afternoon. A judicial investigation was opened against him, including rebellion and incitement to rebellion, violence against upholders of public authority, causing injuries, damage to vehicles and possession of a prohibited weapon. Prosecutors had not decided last night to his eventual placement in custody.
August 1, 2010 08:50 - Late Friday evening, a routine police checkpoint on two young people of Brest degenerated into clashes. Around 10:50 p.m., police officers patrolling the Boulevard of Europe, nearly Pontanézen Brest, saw two young men circulating without helmets on a motorcycle. The driver of the latter then tried to get rid of a small amount of grass. In the check that followed, it also appeared that he had no permit. But it was his passenger in possession of a prohibited weapon (a telescopic baton), that gave trouble to the police.
During the control operation, he actually had time to use his cell phone to call for rescue by some of his nearby acquaintances. Suddenly the three police officers saw a dozen then about fifteen, masked and hooded individuals arrive on the scene, who violently attacked them and threw stones. Only with the arrival of reinforcements did the police manage to remove the two youths under control, the others then making off into the countryside.
During the confrontation, two policemen were injured by stones. The most severely affected had have seven stitches and was prescribed four days of ITT. His colleague, meanwhile, received a work stoppage of two days. Two police vehicles were also damaged by stone throwing. Aged 18, the driver did not participate in acts of violence that occurred on the Boulevard de l'Europe. Charged with possession of cannabis and failure to helmet and motorcycle licence, he was quickly released. However, his passenger, a juvenile aged 17 who was already the subject of proceedings for judicial review, was remanded in custody before being brought to the court, late yesterday afternoon. A judicial investigation was opened against him, including rebellion and incitement to rebellion, violence against upholders of public authority, causing injuries, damage to vehicles and possession of a prohibited weapon. Prosecutors had not decided last night to his eventual placement in custody.
Bari, Italy - revolt and escape from detention centre
repubblica
Eighteen arrests, six hospitalied, thirteen wounded. The balance of one night's guerrilla at the Identification and Expulsion Centre in the San Paolo quarter of Bari. Shortly after midnight fifty immigrants climbed on to the roof of the structure and started throwing stones against the police personnel on duty at the centre. A violent uprising organized in every detail: with bars removed from the fences, foreigners ravaged two state police cars, three housing modules and set fire to some mattresses. The guests [read prisoners], mostly North Africans, some with their faces covered, then launched themselves into space beyond the first ring of walls. Six of them were able to climb over the five metre high fence outside into the countryside and have fled the area. Six others fell to the ground resulting in several fractures to the legs and pelvis and were taken to the emergency room of General Hospital and St. Pauls, one of them is hospitalized with serious head injuries, the other five were injured but curable within 5 to 35 days.
In an attempt to quell the revolt eleven of the military regiment of San Marco and two policemen were wounded: minor injuries with prognosis ranging from 3 to 15 days.
Eighteen extra-communitarians, including thirteen Tunisians, four Moroccans and a Palestinian were taken in handcuffs to police headquarters in Bari, where they are under arrest because they are considered responsible for the crimes of destruction, looting followed by fire, resistance, violence and injury to officials.
Kashmir - the revolt spreads as six young protestors killed in two days
AFP
August 01, 2010 - ANOTHER protester has been killed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shakes the region.
So far, Indian security forces have been accused of killing 23 Kashmiri civilians – many of them in their teens or 20s – in less than two months.
The latest casualty, a 30-year-old man, was killed yesterday when security forces opened fire at rock-throwing protesters in northern Baramulla town, a police officer said, asking not to be named.
Earlier, a young man was killed in the neighbouring Naidkhai village when “security forces opened fire as a group of protesters tried to attack a police camp”, he said.
Several other demonstrators were injured, one of them seriously, in yesterday’s firing incident in Naidkhai village, the officer told AFP.
The latest round of police firing happened in northern Kashmir as authorities struggled to subdue protesters defying a strict curfew that was imposed on all major towns in the Kashmir valley yesterday.
In Sopore, protesters set fire to a railway station, smashing windows and breaking furniture, and hurling stones, another police officer said.
Security forces fired shots to disperse the protesters, injuring four people, the officer said, asking not to be named.
In neighbouring Kreeri town, demonstrators torched a counter-insurgency police camp and threw stones at a security patrol, prompting security forces to fire in self-defence, injuring two women and one man, he said.
“The condition of one injured woman is critical,” the officer told AFP.
In Pampore, demonstrators set ablaze two Indian Air Force vehicles but police fired tear gas and warning shots and were able to rescue the occupants, police said.
Srinagar, Indian Kashmir’s summer capital, which was also under curfew, looked deserted as troops armed with rifles and batons patrolled the streets.
Mexico - FLT/ELF sabotage in Los Dinamos forest
culmine
On the night of July 28 we made a bonfire with the property of destroyers of the earth.
Inside the forest Los Dinamos, Magdalena Contreras in the Federal District, there is a project of urban expansion. This project, still at an early stage, consists of deep wells that would take water from the river to allow the expansion of the city and anthropocentrist progress.
For this reason we in the FLT / ELF claim responsibility for the following sabotage:
- We threw stones, bricks and rubble in the pits so that the river water doesn't go through their pipelines.
- We have written claims on to building materials and resources, such as: "Stop urban sprawl," "Out civilization from the wild environment" and "Frente de Liberación de la Tierra".
- We burned 3 machines with incendiary devices, or rather two excavators and a small machine that removes debris. The first device was placed in the smaller vehicle, close to the pedals. The second bomb was placed in the cab of the second one, after breaking the window with stones. The last device was placed on the third vehicle on top of the cables.
We fled into the night without a trace. The damages consist of thousands of Mexican pesos. We want to emphasize that we did this in defense of the land that is being destroyed day by day egocentrism and authoritarianism; to every wilderness and semi-wild there will be hundreds of devehicles and properties destroyed and rendered useless. Let it be a lesson for the exploiters of the earth!
Action dedicated to the warrior for animal liberation in the United States Walter Bond, who was arrested recently for 3 fires against companies engaged in the exploitation of animals. Action dedicated also to the Leo in Italy, and to Adrian and Abraham.
Frente de Liberación de la Tierra / Earth Liberation Front
Odessa - (AU) Anarchic resistance claim burning of car belonging to 'leader of Union of Anarchists of Ukraine'
from actforfreedomnow!
At "Project 161" (anti-fascist site) came the following letter: AS takes responsibility for setting fire to a car brand Hummer leader of the Union of Anarchists of Ukraine Vadim Black. With this action we would like to express our protest against the party of rats, which are hiding behind lofty ideals of anarchism, just to make money.While our friends are being killed and thrown into jail because of their fighting, men like Vadim earn this much money. The money is watered with the blood of our comrades. Bourgeois, AU is watching you. Do we! Do it better than us! "
Anarchic resistance
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