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| Clashes in Russian City As Tension Rises |
| 2008-01-26 |
| Protesters angry with the leadership of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia clashed with riot police Saturday, throwing rocks and firebombs the day after the government started a major security operation. Police responded by firing live rounds over the heads of some of the 300 protesters who tried to gather in the central square of Ingushetia's main city, Nazran; heavily armed riot police blocked side streets. No injuries were reported, but dozens of people were believed to have been detained, and with the North Caucasus region already tense, the situation threatened to spiral out of control. Protesters — many of whom appeared to be young men — set fire to a nearby hotel and the building of a local newspaper that the opposition has criticized for praising authorities. Some of the protesters threw rocks and incendiary devices at police, who fired shots into the air before moving into the crowd, beating people severely and hauling them into waiting police vans. An Associated Press reporter saw at least half a dozen people forcibly detained, including four journalists, and dozens more people were believed arrested. Police did not give the exact number held. "Everyone even indirectly involved in organizing this protest will be severely punished," regional Interior Minister Musa Medov told The Associated Press. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 "As for those muzzies, fire-bombs around here would probably result in a lot of small-caliber pistol fire and a bunch of dead and burning muzzies". From your lips to God's ear , Old Pat. |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-01-26 14:09 |
| #5 Mark: my local "koffee klatch" come armed to the teeth, and are currently more worried about unlimited Latin American immigrtion than muzzies. The threat's a lot closer. As for those muzzies, fire-bombs around here would probably result in a lot of small-caliber pistol fire and a bunch of dead and burning muzzies. Defense begins at home, and reaches as far as it's necessary. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-01-26 13:45 |
| #4 When the liberal members of your local coffee clatch insist that continued muslim immigration into western society poses no threat to established society, you might want to point out to them this most recent example of the abject inability of muslims to resist their separtist inclination and to peacefully co-exist with the "other". Not that it will do any good or convence them, but point it out just the same. |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-01-26 11:06 |
| #3 I dunno, tw - ever been to Maybe they have firebombs lying around the streets along with the rocks. (It's a cultural thing, don'tcha know.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 10:25 |
| #2 Rocks are one thing, but to me firebombs imply planning. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-01-26 10:21 |
| #1 The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslim and speak the Ingush language, which has a very high degree of mutual intelligibility with neighboring Chechen. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-26 09:28 |