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Police Violence at Sydney Anti-Cheney Carnival |
| by Elliot K - Perth Indymedia |
2007-02-22 8:42 PM +0900 |
Thursday, February 22, 2007: 10 arrested by violent thugs as Cheney protesters gather in Sydney
According to ABC News, ten people have been arrested in Sydney during the War Criminal Welcoming Party for US Vice-President and chronic warmonger Dick Cheney. About 250 people were protesting peacefully against the Iraq war and the treatment of David Hicks when they decided to march... |
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Terry Collins had refused to allow a march on the grounds that it would cause unacceptable disruptions to people and traffic in the central business district. However the march did not go very far, as there were dozens of police at Town Hall. Police lined up two-deep to stop the protesters getting to George Street.
A heavy-handed police presence, including officers mounted on horseback, ringed the protesters in an attempt to disrupt the demonstration, some of whom also squabbled with the peaceful citizens. According to the ABC ten people were arrested.
Cheney will be the most senior American visitor to Australia since President George W. Bush addressed the joint houses of parliament in Canberra in 2003. On Saturday, Cheney will talk to Prime Minister John Howard on the US Administration's decision to send a new "surge" of 21,000 combat troops to Iraq.
Cheney, 66, will also meet the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Kevin Rudd, who has pledged to withdraw Australia's 550 combat forces from Iraq. "This war in Iraq represents the single greatest failure of Australian national security policy since Vietnam," Rudd said late on Wednesday.
Cheney's visit comes at an awkward time for Howard, who has slumped to his lowest opinion poll rating in six years, fuelled in part by public opposition towards the war in Iraq and anger over the fate of Australian drifter and former kangaroo hunter from Adelaide, David Hicks, who was captured in Afghanistan with the Taliban in 2001 and handed over to US soldiers. Hicks who has been jailed in Guantanamo Bay for over five years without charge or trial.
A recent opinion poll revealed that nearly 70 percent of Australians either want an immediate pullout from Iraq or at the very least for the government to set a date for troop withdrawal.
Last week, the government agreed to host a ground station for a US military satellite communications system on a remote stretch of desert coastline in Western Australia.
"We think it is time for Howard to say enough's enough to the man who more than anyone is responsible for creating the Iraq disaster on the basis of distorted intelligence and inflated dreams of remaking the Middle East," declared The Sydney Morning Herald in an editorial on Thursday this week.
There will be a protest Friday outside the five-star Shangri-La Hotel, where Cheney will give a speech on US-Australian relations. |
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| by Me |
2007-02-23 7:22 AM +0900 |
These are PNAC protest rules. That means attacks by barbarians and gladiators.
We need shields and swords!
That's a joke son!
The police should be ashamed of themselves.
Why are police using violence against unarmed people?
A very deep and sincear question for the Lib/Lab PNAC voters and the powers that be and claim to be teaching the population how to be non violent.
Leaders should lead by example not teach others how to use violence!
Don't vote for thugs!
Ps) Thanx Elliot K Sydney thanks you from the heart! Posted world-wide.
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Traffic disruption |
| by Elf |
2007-02-23 9:02 AM +0900 |
Traffic disruption??
You can't march because of traffic disruption!! Please - credible lies only.
Cheney's motercade from the airport had traffic banked up on both sides of the bridge.
All animals are equal but it still appears that some animals are more equal than others.
xx
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THANK YOU! |
| by The World |
2007-02-23 10:23 AM +0900 |
The world thanks you for protesting against Cheney !
kevin, (Chicago)
ps. the Sydney protests is the leading story on Google's news front page.
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| by Ken |
2007-02-23 9:14 PM +0900 |
i was there on the front lines of the protest. it was just a show of police brutality. we shouted "we have the right to demonstrate" and started to march, the police got violent. bastards.
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Violence... |
| by net.paw |
2007-02-23 10:34 PM +0900 |
... I wonder if at some stage that violence against the current regime here in Australia the UK and the US will be warrented ? Do we stand back forever and allow them to continuosly take away all the freedoms we once had. At what time do we say enough is enough. With the US now allowing martial law in their country what will we do when they finally bring down the clamps due to some "terrorist" activity ?
Sorry I don't mean that I condone violence in any way. I can't stand it. It just seems to me that we are being directed down a path that will lead to a world where we no longer have the freedom to speak out about anything.
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Bloody Foreigners |
| by The Carrier of Fruit |
2007-02-24 8:27 PM +0900 |
I am a 42 yo male, live in Perth WA, a father of 2 [read ordinary Australian].I posted this on http://hotelwomb.com
Dick Cheney has come to Sydney. They have blocked off part of the city. Authorities banned a protest march, security arrangements never seen in this country.
OK. My take on this - Every Australian should be alarmed at this. First of all, if this controversial foreign national is such a security risk, then why was he allowed to come to this country and have the safety of Australians compromised. Then have us pick up the tab.
The changed the law at the request of a foreign government, so Cheney's goons can carry weapons.
We like our gun laws here. We prefer that no one has a gun. [I hear dick in his cartman voice saying "screw you guys"] But in our current role as the US's bitch who should be surprised.[AMERICANS - please do not read this as me not liking you, I love you, I think you guys are cool. It's just the extrememists like Dick I have a hard time with].
moving on..
Taking away the right to march on a street! What the FUCK!! I don't know where to start with this one.
Is this Zimbab-fuckin-we? What about those things like freedom of movement and freedom of speech, aren't we fighting in Afghanistan for those things. Or are they only for right-wing corrput war-mongers.
and..
What benefit is there to this place to have 'the architect of the Iraq war' here? [I could suggest that while Dick is here, he should take Johnny H on a hunting trip, but that jokes been done to death].
in closing...
I consider myself more Austroyan than all the tools who drape themselves in 'our version' of the english flag, and this is against everything this country is supposed to represent, and we all should be worried about where we are heading.
[cue: fade in World Party's 'Ship of fools']
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request for info |
| by nicola p |
2007-02-26 3:32 PM +0900 |
Hi there,
I am trying to compile information regarding recent police tactics, silencing of dissent, the snatches at G8, details of police intervention at the cheney march etc etc
I work for greens senator rachel siewert and can be contacted on nicola.paris@aph.gov.au
Ken - please contact me if you feel happy to pass on any info
Other people - if anyone has links to any good articles or personal information in this regard please let me know.
Cheers
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