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Old 02-21-08, 05:43 PM   #4
Konovalov
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Originally Posted by DeepIron
And I understand from reading the news articles, the bulk of the protesters were peaceful.
Yep, that is the impression that I also had. Reports account for around a crowd of 150,000 to 200,000 peaceful protestors while the number was put at 1,000 who violently attacked and set fire to the US Embassy. So yes, a minority only being violent and participating in disgraceful behaviour.

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Originally Posted by DeepIron
My point being, why is it the US Embassies that seem to always be the targets for "letting off steam" as you say...
Because they are an easy target and always have been I guess.

Sadly now I have just heard on the TV news that a badly charred body has been found in the US embassy.

The more I look at this the more I become convinced that the Serbian authorities let this happen.
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