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Shocking Vid: Greek Rioters Firebomb Police; Beat Former Finance Minister Bloody

Greek Labor unions are once again rioting in the streets against austerity measures. Those riots have quickly turned violent. The video below shows one rioter firebombing a police officer, who is then engulfed in flames as people cheer, and an angry mob attacking the former finance minister until blood runs down his face:

Russia Today, which posted the video, describes the violence:

Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police across central Athens on Wednesday, smashing cars and hurling gasoline bombs during a nationwide labour protest against the government’s latest austerity measures. The former Development Minister Costis Hatzidakis was attacked by protesters outside a luxury hotel. He was escorted, bleeding from the scene as his attackers yelled “thieves” at him.

The Associated Press’s report on the riots below:

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protesters clashed with riot police across Athens on Wednesday, torching cars, hurling gasoline bombs and sending Christmas shoppers fleeing in panic during a general strike against the government’s latest austerity measures.

Police fired tear gas and flash grenades as the violence escalated outside parliament and spread to other parts of the capital.

Angry unions triggered the 24-hour strike to protest new labor reforms and pay cuts as Greece struggles to reshape its economy under conditions set by a euro110 billion ($146 billion) international bailout. The strike also grounded flights, closed factories, disrupted hospitals and shut down trains, ferries and buses across the country.

It was the seventh strike this year by unions appalled at a wave of austerity policies meant to pull Greece out of its worst financial crisis since World War II.

In Athens, youths wearing black masks and ski goggles used sledgehammers to smash paving stones and hurled the rubble at police. A post office near parliament briefly caught fire, forcing employees and bystanders to run for safety.

Christmas shoppers fled as rioters hurled petrol bombs wrapped in bundles of firecrackers, causing small explosions when they landed. Rioting youths torched several cars, overturned trash bins and vandalized storefronts, tossing Christmas decorations into the street.

At least 10 people were detained Wednesday and five were hurt, including a conservative politician who was beaten in the street by protesters. Two people were injured in Athens and three in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, where another anti-austerity protest turned violent.

Wednesday’s violence erupted after 20,000 protesters marched to parliament in Athens chanting “No sacrifice for the rich!”

Crippled by high budget deficits and a mountain of debt, Greece was saved from bankruptcy in May by an international rescue loan package. In return, the Socialist government slashed pensions and salaries, hiked taxes, raised retirement ages and eased restrictions on private sector layoffs.

Late Tuesday, the government won a key vote in parliament on new labor reforms that include deeper pay cuts, salary caps and involuntary staff transfers at state companies. The new law also reduces unions’ collective bargaining power in the private sector, allowing employers to substantially cut salaries.

Unions said Wednesday’s strike aimed to pressure the Socialists into slowing down the spending cuts they said were hurting average Greeks.

“There is huge participation in this strike … I believe it will put pressure on the government,” Stathis Anestis, deputy leader of Greece’s largest union, the GSEE, told The Associated Press. “We want the government to take back the latest labor law that will hurt workers’ rights.”

Journalists are also holding a 24-hour strike, causing blackouts for TV, radio and internet news, and newspapers will not be published on Thursday.

“Everything is horrible. Right now I am so mad,” said Katiana Vrosidou, a cleaning lady waiting in vain for a bus in downtown Athens to go to work.

All opposition parties opposed the reforms Tuesday, which left-wing parties claim will take labor relations “back to the Middle Ages.”

But Prime Minister George Papandreou’s Socialists insisted they needed to turn around loss-making public corporations while saving private sector jobs by allowing struggling businesses to cut costs.

Public transport workers held a 24-hour strike Tuesday, causing traffic jams across Athens as commuters carpooled and used taxis to get to work. Further transport strikes are planned for Thursday and Friday.

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Theodora Tongas, Costas Kantouris and Thanassis Stavrakis contributed to this report.

This story has been updated to include more information on the video.

Comments (170)

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  • conservativeone
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:38am

    Sorry, these people should have been shot on sight. They are threatening the lives of Law Enforcement. Politics are one things. These are polic officers.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:54am

      Police officers or not police officers, intentional life threatening actions are wrong and must be dealt with firmly.

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  • Mark Andrews
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:28am

    Tear gas and flash grenades won’t combat Molotov Cocktails. The instant a rioter lights a bomb, a sharpshooter should pop him in the head. The sight of a crumpling dead body suddenly engulfed in flames will give the rest of the malcontents something to think about.

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  • Dilbert is Real
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:24am

    What were the police “protecting” that is so important?

    Imagine the patience those cops must have. I’ll bet that if anyone shoots, he’ll lose his job.

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    • DixieGeek
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:39am

      They are protecting their lives! That is what is so important!

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:15am

    Look at the first cop that got fire bombed. Too funny. That dude was a hi steppin. Look at him throw his helmet off. This priceless.

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    • nptden
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:52am

      Not as funny as Kent State, when the ‘hippie’ dippy protesters where blown away. Greeks are known for “fire”, hope they bring out the flame-throwers and use them on these dorks, who think the world owes them a living.

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  • Papahall08
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:05am

    What a bunch of cowards. If I‘m one of those officers I’m dropping the thugs right where they stand so I still have the opportunity to go home and see my kids. Protect yourself, when someone turns you into a human steak-kabob, I‘d say it’s justified.

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  • Cuthalu
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:05am

    Freaking animals.

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    • nptden
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:15am

      No, just ‘run of the mill’ Marxist/Communists. You know the ‘Workers of the World Unite’ thing. There using them and students for ‘fodder’..to stoke things up. Nothing new. Just need a govt with balls, to take them down. When it happens here, watch and see what Barry does…will be very interesting. We‘ll see if he uses the ’military’, like they did for the Civil Rights down south. Doubt it. Barry is just a temporary ‘stooge’ and ‘puppet’. He knows it.. They know it. Hillary is in the wings…They both studied under Sol Alinsky.

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  • Blazing
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:03am

    If this violence is really about workers’ envy of the rich, they should realize the unions are the greatest barrier for those who are willing and able to achieve. However, I think it is violence just for violence. Foolish immature people have been influenced by those who want to seize power for themselves.

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:01am

    The police are libs also. This is funny, you have the police trying to stop the riot without weapons. Wow I’m sure the rioters are just trembling. This will play out a bit different here in the USA.

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    • GEETAR
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:17pm

      this crap is happening in europe now ,but its gonna come here too and beck and morris and orielly have all been trying to tell us that.when people get hungry they get desperate. Those folks dont know what ahead for them.were heading that way too.Crime is increasing ,forclosures,bank takeovers, beck is right obama wants to sociaize us fast.its gonna lead to war. im a peace loving man but i aint giving up my piece of the world i have worked for all my life until im dead. And i bet theres a lot more folks feeling the same. i never borrowed a penny off no chinese our goverment did. The way they rob us why are we borrowing money, we give them plenty.Our represenatives arent representing us any more.Our president is so arrogant he could care less about america, he,s on the NWO aggenda. We see where the European Union is getting those people.ithink were not protecting our border because we made a pact with Mexico to unionize. Ibelive Lou Dobbs who is a very honest man made it public.
      Maybe Jessie Ventura isnt as nuts as people think.

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  • blanco
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:01am

    Hey, TheBlaze, would you please turn off that “next story” zipping in every story? Just do it once and let us click it off and let it stay OFF! Anyone else annoyed by that?

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  • Sledgehammer
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:00am

    Hell, we have idiots like these ones just waiting for the right time here. I was invited to a meeting where this was the topic of the day!

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  • 14America
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:00am

    Of course hundreds of reasonable people stepped in to help this firefighter. /sarc off

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:59am

    The police need to shoot them! That’d stop it!

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  • norcalart
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:58am

    I can not believe the people of Greece are allowing this to happen. When the mob rules no one wins !

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  • GEW
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:54am

    so sad,

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  • AriBenTZion
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:54am

    Has anybody ever noticed that these types of violent protests never occur in certain countries? Like Cuba, Saudi Arabia, China, Iran? Why is that?

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:29am

      Respectfully, you are incorrect. Protests do happen in the countries you mentioned. Most recently, Iran. I lived in Kuwait for two years and they had similar riots from the workforce which was something like 80+% expatriates. Just because we are not hearing about them does not mean they are not happening. These governments have more power to shut down media outlets so the rest of the world remains in the dark. But, recall how the Iranian people rioted over the results of their last election and though media was shut down citizens utilized social internet sites like twitter and facebook to get the news and images out.

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    • wtd
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:32am

      You’re kidding, right?
      Cuba=Che/Fidel Castro revolution
      Saudi Arabia=The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam’s Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
      Iran=Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
      Watch the documentary video “Innocents Betrayed”
      Part 1 http://tinyurl.com/2fgknlq
      Part 2 http://tinyurl.com/2bxu4zq
      Part 3 http://tinyurl.com/2d3qovo
      Part 4 http://tinyurl.com/2c2r79x
      Part 5 http://tinyurl.com/28hzfbk
      Part 6 http://tinyurl.com/2789clw

      Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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    • AriBenTZion
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:51am

      BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?,

      Countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and Cuba will crack down and eviscerate any dissention by its citizens.

      About a year ago, a Cuban citizen was seen on video publicly criticizing the Cuban economy. This man has since disappeared and no one knows about his where about.

      If someone came out publicly in Iran suggesting that the lilliputian, Ahmadinejad be removed from power or that the ruling mullahs be replaced, this person would be put on endangered species list.

      These countries don’t allow incongruous opinions or acts and that is a fact which cannot be denied.

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:28pm

      ARIBENTZION

      Again, you are not completely accurate. While I agree that in countries under a totalitarian regime citizens have an excellent chance of “going missing” if they speak out against their government, it is not accurate to say that the people do not rise up and riots never happen. Your first example of the citizen in Cuba- that was one person. One person does not constitute a riot. In Iran you had several people demonstrating in the streets after the reelection of Ah-mad-in-jihad. Recall the signs that the citizens carried were in English, not Arabic. This was a total slap in the face of Iranian leaders for its own people to reach out to the West in this way. Obviously, the people took the mentality “our lives be damned.” the world must know we disagree with our leaders. I agree, in countries such as this, citizens protest at great peril. But, the risks are not always a determent from speaking out.

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    • AriBenTZion
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:55pm

      BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?,

      I believe the official language of Iran is Persian and not Arabic but I get your point.

      The protests that we saw in Iran were for the most part peaceful, non-violent. We also saw that the Iranian government was able to quickly quench and crush the opposition. You’ll notice that we have not seen any more protests of any kind in Iran.

      On the other hand, the protests taking place in Greece is almost always violent. The Greek government seems to be impotent in its ability to put a stop to these types of protests. That’s the difference.

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:13pm

      ARIBENTZION

      Thanks for pointing that out, the language is indeed Persian, otherwise known as Farsi. It looks a lot like Arabic though. I agree with you to a point, but even the Iranian riots got violent. If I recall there were a couple of deaths. We have not heard about any deaths being reported so far in Italy. But you are correct, once the level of violence reaches the point that civilians are killed, that’s usually enough to curb it. I think, also, it depends on what the fight is for. At least in my mind, taking to the streets (in a violent manner) for taxation or corrupt elections is not enough to bring a revolution. However, if the government had gotten so out of control to the point that there were massive food shortages, well, that’s a whole other animal. I would be in the streets too if I was unprepared and my family was starving. But, that won’t be me. I don’t care what people say or think about me because I am preparing. I have no desire to rely on the government. By that same token, I have no intention of turning people away either, if they are unprepared and need help, I will do my best to do so.

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  • Bearded_One
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:54am

    Not to excuse the rioters in any way, but nations that embrace socialism with all its “free” handouts to citizens will have to brace for such angry mobs when they finally run out of money and have to cut out the freebies.

    Wake up you leaders of America (or is it Amerika?)! I fear that it rioting will come to our streets as in Athens, Paris, London, etc.

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    • Citizen
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:11am

      here in america we have guns, and if people rioted like that or started to get out of control and burn cops. you would see people start to shoot rioters.

      most of these rioters are young kids who dont really understand the world, as soon as a couple got shot they would simmer down, they have the stomach for small time hooliganism but not the stomach for war.

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    • BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:16am

      I was going to say the same thing. And not to condone, in any way, what that Fl. man did yesterday at the school board, but I would say it has already started. If at just a small level. He said, you fired my wife, we are broke, and our benefits are gone.

      Socialism does not work, has never worked, and won’t work here. I do not know how far into the future this scenario is for us but if we embrace socialism it will be in our future that is for sure. The government will “try” and make everyone a dependent of the state. Once you are dependent, you will have no way to help yourself- violence will seem the only recourse. Once we see this level of fear the government will have the right to enact martial law, at which point they can disarm the public, confiscate food supplies, and even suspend impending elections. This will only exacerbate the situation and increase the number of those willing to fight in the streets.

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    • psst
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:02am

      Wake up your leaders?
      You don’t think the marxists in the dem party knows this will eventually happen here.
      Hell, they know their spending cannot go on forever and once they cannot print or borrow anymore this will be the result.
      Hell. Hussein, Reid and Pelosi(also many of their comrades in the dem party) are working overtime to bring this to fruition.
      Martial law. Government crackdown. Freedoms gone.We are already along this line. We are already being told what not to eat or drink. We must lose our freedoms for our own good.
      Some think our military won’t stand for that.(government crackdown)I’m not so sure.

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  • TexasCommonSense
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:52am

    “Greek Labor unions”. Is anyone surprised?

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    • Waterlilly
      Posted on December 16, 2010 at 6:39am

      Dear friend, it is not just the unions, it is the people and we haven’t started yet. Greece is like a volcano right now, because people are sick and tired of what politicians do to them, us. Why don’t they give out what was the ammount they spent for their family and what is the ammount we get payed, if we get payed that is, per month? Our monthly payment is half an hour shopping to them, and half an hour is just for window shopping. Again, ask the people that have to make it with peanuts and still survive. Have a wonderful day,my friend.

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  • LeslieAnn
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:51am

    Firebombs? Really? And no guns drawn?? Roll some tanks in and secure the city. Oh, and try to assign enough police to be effective so they don’t get murdered in the street b/c they are out numbered 100 to one. Pathetic display of how barbaric these greedy human parasites are.

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  • dablooz
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:49am

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. This text has been with us since Moses, you’d think people would get the drift by now.

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  • fobama
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:47am

    Gotta love Socialism!

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    • psst
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:30am

      Socialism is the farm team for communism.

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    • nptden
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:22am

      Didn’t you hear…now it has morphed into ‘social democracy’, New World Order. LOL Love how these ‘literati’, air heads use the language. Well what the hell most of them never worked. they all used the Educational system, grants, books, etc.etc. Of course it‘s all for our ’kids’…lol..

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  • GeauxAlready
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:47am

    An M-60 and 1 can of ammo. I’m just saying………….

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:55am

      It would create jobs too, cleaning up the punk’s dead bodies.

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:10am

      Look at all the open roof tops. Wouldn’t it be fun (this is twisted to think about) but what the hell, to bunk up with something as simple as a HM-R with a sweet scope and every time one of the goons raises his hand with a bomb, punch him with it? Problem solved now go back to mommy and daddy.

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:00am

      Civilians have arms too.

      They haven’t raised them yet.

      These cops are only getting rocks and molorovs.

      Wait until the civilians start shooting….

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:18am

      In Greece? What arms? Small but compact poodles?

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    • RedPillPatriot
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:49pm

      I understand the frustration watching the cops get fire bombed, but you have to consider how close this is to erupting into war. If the cops start shooting, all hell breaks loose and there is civil war! The cops are actually doing an excellent job, but some water cannons would have been very helpful, and why do I not even see any guns??

      I do agree war is coming. First in Europe and then most likely here as well, unless things change very soon. Riots are coming, they will start like this too and then it will most likely escalate. The bastards in Washington still will not listen to us, they are still passing 2000 page bills no-one has read. My advice, by stock in tar, feathers, and pitchforks!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:46am

    Well, the Unions have created ANGRY MOBS everywhere they go. Coming to a neighborhood near YOU soon. UGH.

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  • akim
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:46am

    WHEN IT HAPPENS HERE, CITY GOVERNMENTS WILL DISARM THEIR POLICE TOO.

    Communism is communism no matter what side of the ocean its on.

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    • GEW
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:57am

      Not so sure about that. Remember we in America, are not and never will be like Euro’s and that is something that the progressives are miscalculating.

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    • psst
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:27am

      @ GEW.
      Don‘t bet that this can’t happen here.
      The dependency masses and the Unions now make up a large % of this country.
      Union bosses are part and parcel of the World marxist Union Worker’s Party.
      Union workers of the World unite.
      In 20 or so years, the dependency masses will outnumber the taxpayers. The unions funds the marxist dem party.
      Most union workers knows their bosses are marxists. But what da hey, those marxist bosses brings them their bacon.That’s all they care about.
      When the bacon finally runs out, they will join w/ the dependency masses and burn the country down.
      The old USSR is gone. But communism is far from dead.(See Hussein,Reid & Pelosi for confirmation)
      At the heights of the communist power in the USSR, there were still more communists here in America than were in the Soviet Union.
      There are even more now.
      Many American communist will tell you that communism failed in the USSR because the communists there did not know how to do communism right.American communists say they know how to do communism right.
      Communism is just one tentacle in in the manifesto of the NWO/OWG masters who resides in the shadows.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:22am

      I would not be surprised. Did you notice that the AP article was trying very hard not to be too critical of the union protesters?? The Progressive media will try to rationalize any extremist violence from the Left. Can you imagine what the reporting would have been like if this type of upheaval was caused by a Tea Party group?? Look at how they portray anyone who holds up a pro-life sign outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion mill….the time is soon coming for us to look out for our own….

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    • nptden
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:49am

      Forget the WORD- Communism… the ideas have morphed and been re-named…into ‘social democracy’, ‘social justice’, ‘new world order’, ‘globalism’….bottom line is they rule the roost. They use all these wonderful key words and phrases to rally their troops and the ‘brain-washed young’: ‘gay rights, civil rights, women’s rights, Diversity’…..They have flipped and used our own Constitution against us…they have already indoctrinated generations of American kids, molding their minds to their ideals calling it American…Many are unwitting to the fact they are Marxist/Mao/Communists. Others are bent on destroying this country.

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:07pm

      AKIM,

      The Government may “TRY” to disarm the Police, but here in Texas that will open a whole new can of really NASTY worms for them. Nobody here is going to sit around and let the sh#t heads run amok for long. There is quite bit more to actually “DisArming” some folks than others.

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  • akim
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:44am

    THE POLICE ARE IN MORTAL DANGER AND ARE NOT SHOOTING BACK.

    Why? This is an insurrection. What will it take to make the cops whant to defend themselves? Did the government take away their guns. Greek pro-freedom malitia must form to help defend the police and their own nation.

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 3:23pm

      Tell me about it. They were a pathetic bunch huddlingthere doing nothing while firebombs, eggs and rocks rained down on them. This is a perfect illustration of how the enemies of the USA view us now.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:41am

    When some nut job is coming at you with something burning, it’s time to open fire. Come on Greece allow your police to defend themselves.

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    • RightWrite
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:52am

      Coming to an American city near you: Thank you, Lefties!

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:55am

      Absolutely!

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    • Sledgehammer
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:58am

      Not to mention, all the dead beats that would no longer be on the govt. dole. Hell if they (the rioters) did it long enough, the Greeks could balance their budgets.

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    • FIREDUDE
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:01am

      GONZO YOU STOLE THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If they just start unloading on these ******** they will stop everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:04am

      Look, I’m as anti-Authoritarian as they come when the authoritarianism is unjust.

      In the case of firebombing a cop for trying to stop anarchy and rioting in the streets?

      Sorry. I don’t “progress” that far. The Greek police need to put the hammer down. This has gotten to be too much.

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    • wtd
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:12am

      Gonzo states: When some nut job is coming at you with something burning, it’s time to open fire. Come on Greece allow your police to defend themselves.

      +100

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:19am

      I am glad to see they are free to Video in Greece, not like US or UK
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbQUltNOqo8&feature=related
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMDW4Fszj2U&feature=related
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHMnFDdZY0c&feature=related
      how many cameras are filming the slaves in every city around the
      US and UK ? TSA/COPS/CIA even private corps have access to every hair on
      your head.

      tower7femacamp  
    • Rogue
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:27am

      agreed Gonzo – they should authorize live fire. That crowd of panzies would have dispersed very quickly had a couple of those throwing fire bombs been shot.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:42am

      This direction seems to be set hard into the West’s rudder. That’s intentional. Greece, England, Italy, France. We’re on the schedule too, probably the last though.

      Maybe it‘s time we started considering opting out and quietly forming a Galt’s Gulch in some remote unconnected place, folks. Let the leech class wither from lack of victims.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:46am

      Lock and load America, thanks to our Traitor and Chief and all his evil buddies, there will soon be war in this country.

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:47am

      YAAAAY!! TORCH those NAZIS!

      Nice molotov, I couldn’t have done better on GTA…

      V-MAN MACE  
    • nptden
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:49am

      Police should have flame-throwers and give them a dose of their own medicine….Commies love martyrs, lets give them some.. This is only the beginning…Look what’s happening on our own border, they just killed a cop…and Barrys gang says we can‘t even ask someone for their ID’s. It’s coming here, another brainwashed progressive generation, for social rights who don’t give a damn about their free rides on the system.. And guess who’s at the top of our govt, the ‘hip-dips‘ of the 60’s who where suits and ties now. The same group that shanghaied our School System, and brainwashes these idiots….

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    • dotherightthing4
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:57am

      Agree totally. That’s all these folks understand. They obviously don’t understand, “we’re out of money!”
      Decades ago, unions were useful in protecting workers from being abused. Now unions have become the abusers. They have become extortionists and thugs.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:03am

      free sheep now !

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:58am

      The real reason for the riot
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFkeVFgPhU&feature=related

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    • clearwaterpro
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:00pm

      My thoughts exactly. I scrolled down to the comment section to say that it’s almost comical watching armed policemen cowering in a circle, while anarchists try to kill them. Then I saw your comment. In the non-politically correct world, the police would be kicking ass and taking names.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:02pm

      notice the triangles on the cops helmets
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshdJZruH_0&feature=channel

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    • C.C.D.
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:52pm

      I’m placing 5:1 odds this is LA by September 2011. Any takers?

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    • urrybr
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:10pm

      Exactly . . . a couple of MA-2′s would calm that riot down in a hurry!

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    • wheredoesthemoneylead
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:40pm

      Unions? Soros? all the money leads back to the Swiss Private Banking system! They should become transparent in banking and government! UBS and GE CEO’s are meeting with Obama today, The Swiss!

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 3:15pm

      Shoot them.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 3:58pm

      Here’s the solution to this problem.. ARREST UNION LEADERS lock them up for inciting riots.. Watch things cool down quick..

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    • americaisbleeding
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 4:09pm

      I agree TXPILOT. We vote and rally and these lying two faced SOBs always end up turning their back on us and implementing more spending, regulation and control. I do not believe our problems will be solved through the usual process (Congress). It is too late. War will come and it will be up to us, the people who are prepared, to take the country back by force and set it right again if that can even be done now. Thomas Jefferson was not joking when he said there should be a revolution every fifty years. We have let it get out of hand and these monsters will not give up power. We must take it back. So, yes, it is time to lock and load and get ready. The lefties will start the violence but we will finish it.

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    • NoDaDAZone
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:01pm

      Communists, Socialists and Anarchists. They live to take and destroy This is the culmination of 100 years of Progressive-DADA

      See Marc Rubin’s Viral Video : “DADA – The Enemy of Liberty”: http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu Part 1 has the strategy for combating these enemies of freedom in the public arena.

      DOJ, DHS, FBI and other agencies have viewed truth telling expose.This video is the WIKILEAKS ON THE LEFT. Believe it.

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    • America First
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:44pm

      Interesting how these thugs have to wear masks to cover themselves so they can’t be identified.
      Weaklings. Spineless.

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    • WVdad
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:04pm

      Heres the solution, police, join the riot, let the polititians answer themselves for there crimes, to the people

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    • McClarinJ
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:45pm

      Do I trust the media’s reporting? What if a majority of the demonstrators were just Greek taxpayers were were livid at the EU’s bailout of fat cats for which the taxpayers would be stuck with the bill? I‘m not saying it’s so, but if it was, would we hear about it? I figure chances are good that if the media are reporting it as they are, they may be trying to get me to react in a certain way. I hate being used.

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    • capngp
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:06pm

      No need to shoot the rioters. Have the police not heard of flamethrowers? How brave might a rioter be if faced with a flamethrower dripping napalm? Fire with fire I say.

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    • Aither
      Posted on December 16, 2010 at 4:51am

      Has anyone seen the comments left on Youtube to this? Frightening, very frightening. This is how the left act, it happened in the 60‘s and 70’s and it’s happening today. Now that that the true violent protesters show themselves, where is all the media that attacked the Tea Party claiming to condemn these actions? Where are you Fringe Media!?

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    • Waterlilly
      Posted on December 16, 2010 at 6:26am

      Allow me to introduce my self. I am a simple Greek woman. And i really want to answer to all those that se parts of reality and keep on bad mouthing us. Before people do so, PLEASE, ask the people, is this true what you just saw or heard? Then, get answers FROM THE PEOPLE and not the ones that get the big money and express opinions, wich will be accepted a respected. We, the people, are sad for the policemen, but what you do not know as it seems, is that even they are on strike. They are not allowed to have what they are supposed to have. Their salaries are not good even to buy half of what they need to make it through the month. And we are all like this,here in Greece. As far for the minister, i dare you to find ONE simple person that didn’t said ” what? just him???” . As they never touched their payments or extras, yet, they asked us to live with 540 euros per month and be happy, the moment that the lowest payment was 680 euros and not even close to cover a family’s needs.
      Thank you for your time. And, please, when it comes to what happens to a country, ask those who live or try to live there and not accept what the media feed everyone. Have a wonderful day.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on December 16, 2010 at 10:24am

      The cops may be able to get of a couple dozen rounds but how does that stop 10,000 attackers? Also the next time the protesters will bring guns. The austerity measures were enacted to back loans that cover the bond holders of Greek debt. The citizens of Greece are being asked to sacrifice their living standards to keep the bond holders from taking losses. When you purchase bonds there used to be a chance that you would take a loss. Not so these days. If the bonds make money you keep it. If they lose money the government takes the loss and keeps you whole passing the bill to it’s tax payers and in the case of Greece, Italy and Ireland, raising taxes and cutting benefits. With Greece and the other PIIGS think TARP times 100. You don‘t believe we’d be in the streets here if our goivernment did that to us?

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