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To: SilentZ who wrote (251090)	9/12/2005 8:57:51 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572095

Protestants Riot in N. Ireland for 3rd Day Tuesday September 13, 2005 12:31 AM By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press Writer BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP)-Crowds of Protestant hard-liners blocked key roads in Belfast and rioted for a third straight night Monday in a long-building explosion of frustration at Northern Ireland's peace process. At least 50 officers were wounded over the weekend when extremists fought riot police and British troops in the worst Protestant violence in a decade. The British governor and the territory's police chief said two outlawed Protestant paramilitary groups mounted machine-gun and grenade attacks on police. The rampage followed British authorities' refusal Saturday to permit the Orange Order, Northern Ireland's major Protestant brotherhood, to parade as it usually does each year along the boundary of Catholic west Belfast. continued.......... guardian.co.uk 5273698,00.html It used to be the Catholics rioting; now its the Protestants. ********************************************************** The Times Gaza looters settle old scores** by Stephen Farrell and Ian MacKinnon As the last Israeli tanks depart the settlements are ravaged ABANDONED and vulnerable without the Israeli arsenal that had sustained them for decades, the Gaza settlements took only minutes to ransack. Pillars of fire lit up the night sky even before the last Israeli tanks rolled out before dawn yesterday, as thousands of Palestinians swarmed into the forsaken settlements and youths set fire to synagogues and other symbols of the hated occupation. The end of a 38-year era had begun. High on triumphalism and bravado, militants planted the flags of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah atop the buildings, singing Allahu akbar (God is greatest). continued............ timesonline.co.uk How can people so poor be so stupid? Why burn buildings when you need to them? Stupid is as stupid does. ted