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| Bar Attacked with Mechanical Digger |
| 2004-09-06 |
| Mechanical Diggers? Why do they...well, you know. A mechanical digger was smashed into a Catholic bar in a flashpoint district of Belfast on Friday in an attack local politicians blamed on Protestants. The church is running bars now? Windows were smashed and some structural damage done, police said, but no one was injured. A fire started but was quickly put out. The attack, in the Ardoyne area in the north of the city, took place shortly before 1 a.m. (midnight GMT). 1AM? Think...ummmmmmmmmm...alcohol might've played a factor here? "A number of people were inside the bar at the time but they managed to get out," a police spokeswoman said. "A large crowd had gathered outside but police restored calm with the assistance of local community representatives." C'mon, boyos. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here. Move it along, nothing to see here... The incident happened at one of north Belfast's so-called interface areas, where mutually hostile Catholic and Protestant communities live close to each other. Well, that'll cut down on those block parties. Former Belfast lord mayor Martin Morgan, of the moderate Catholic Social Democratic and Labor Party, blamed Protestant "loyalists" for the attack, which he described as "reckless with intent to murder.I have no doubt that the loyalist hooligans responsible for this attack set out to heighten tensions in the area between the two communities, and I am calling on people in my community to remain calm in the face of this aggression," he added. Or maybe somebody got trashed and decided to try and play mechanical digger driver? Think that might be a possibility, your lordship? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Hmmm, and yet Bono continues to travel the world nattering on about world peace. Hey Bono! Think globally, act locally! |
| Posted by: BH 2004-09-06 11:13:31 PM |
| #2 "Bigger than Ma's rear even? Is that even possible Pa?" |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-09-06 3:11:13 PM |
| #1 "Maureen, sweetheart, I'd never lie to ya, lass, it was THIS BIG and it was coming straight at us!" |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-09-06 2:11:24 AM |