 [Iran Press TV Latest] Greek police fired tear gas and arrested 200 people after clashes broke out at a march to honor a 1973 anti-junta student revolt in Athens.
| "No, no! Don't honour the anarchists!" |
The march began late in the afternoon on Tuesday at the Athens Polytechnic, where at least 44 people were killed in the 1973 student uprising.
| The held-back '68ers finally arose! |
Around 6,500 police were deployed across Athens for the annual march to the US embassy, which is often marred by clashes between anarchists and riot police.
| The US embassy? Oooookay... They want to practice their English? |
Students and adolescents were among the tens of thousands marching across the Greek capital, criticizing capitalism and NATO and calling for the legalization of undocumented migrants.
| Because legalizing the illegals will increase their own job opportunities in a down market. Clearly they don't teach basic logic in Greek schools nowadays. |
Uniformed soldiers and sailors from the Greek military trade union marched behind a banner which read: "No soldiers beyond our borders. Dissolve NATO."
| Greece still drafts her young men. This kind of stupidity is the result. |
The protestors also called for the withdrawal of all US troops from Greece and the dismissal of certain police personnel, calling them traitors, murderers, and torturers.
Three police officers were injured in the clashes.
Another demonstration in Greece's second city Thessaloniki also produced clashes between youths and riot police, while rival student groups clashed at the city's Aristotelio University before the march even began.
The student wing of the conservative New Democracy party said 10 of its members were hospitalized with bruises after being attacked by leftists.
| "Their hair is short and their clothes are clean. Git 'em, boys!" |
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