Spain's wogbashing unleashed..... iQue barbaridad!
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler reports from Madrid
"Local immigrant community has asked for protection"
Tuesday, 8 February, 2000, 15:30 GMT
Spain struggles with race riots
Protesters blocked streets with burning barricades
Riot police in Spain have again clashed with hundreds of protesters on the third consecutive day of violence directed against immigrants from North Africa.
The local immigrant community has asked the authorities for protection after rioting left their property ransacked and their cars overturned.
Clouds of smoke wafted over the south-eastern Spanish region of Almeria as a plastic recycling factory, set alight by anti-immigrant protestors, burnt to the ground.[...]
news.bbc.co.uk
As an ironical footnote, tell me why the Spaniards don't direct their wrath at ETA's outrageous terrorist attacks:
January 24, 2000
A Million Protesters in Spain Denounce Terrorism's Return
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
MADRID, Jan. 23 -- A million people marched here today in a protest against the Basque separatist group E.T.A., government officials said, two days after the government blamed the rebels for a bombing that killed an army officer and appeared to reignite separatist violence after a lull of 18 months.
Prime Minister Jos‚ Mar¡a Aznar and three former prime ministers led the long march that capped a weekend of demonstrations nationwide after two car bombings on Friday in Madrid. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The weekend protests almost uniformly scorned the rebels, underscoring the popular anger and fear touched off by the resumption of terrorism, apparently by the Basque group. But a pro-rebel march attracted 10,000 people on Saturday in the Basque city of Pamplona.
The government blames the rebels for causing 800 deaths in their 31-year struggle for Basque independence. Mr. Aznar said today that the fight against the rebels "will be difficult, tough and long." [snip]
nytimes.com
Why such a double standard?? |
