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Ardoyne Rioters Tried To Kill (Updated)
by beano 
on 13 Jul 2005 at 20:35. Categories: Northern Ireland, PSNI, Sinn Fein, Orange Order / Other Marches The riots in Ardoyne last night were not just an orchestrated attempt to express intolerance at a display of Orange culture, nor an example of a community's complete inability to abide by normal standards of decency. The PSNI today said that republican rioters were clearly and deliberately trying to take lives. One of the police officers attending the scene was seriously injured and has had to undergo surgery.
Nine "devices" were thrown at the police, six of which exploded. Over 100 police officers were injured, but only 2 were treated in hospital. The trouble started after the Orange parade had passed and nationalist 'protestors' started attacking police. Petrol bombs and three blast bombs, as well as bottles and bricks, were thrown at the police during the disturbances.
This was all after the police had earlier allowed 15 protestors to stand on a bridge overlooking the morning parade with a protest banner. Are the scenes in Ardoyne at night the resultof trying to accommodate republican 'protestors'? I hope this is taken into account the next time republican groups from Ardoyne want to 'protest'.
"Beleaguered Nationalists of North Belfast"(explanation)
It gets better though. The poor protestors might have been hurt! The scumbags rioting at Ardoyne were hurling lethal weapons at the good men and women of the PSNI who dared to try and uphold basic order - and the lowlifes have the cheek to complain when the police break out the water cannon "too early". Gerry Adams said that by dousing the 'protestors' in water cannon they "took control away from the 'stewards'". What ballocks, if the stewards had any control there shouldn't be petrol bombs and blast bombs being thrown at police in the first place!
The police officers' lives are in serious danger, and we're supposed to feel sorry for those lowlife scum trying to kill them - just because the police break out a few plastic batton rounds (for the first time in three years)? Not only this, but these were the new baton rounds introduced because they carry a reduced risk of causing serious or fatal injuries. One would assume they're a lot less lethal than a blast bomb anyway.
"We've used water cannon and various other tactics, and we retain the right to use whatever tactics are necessary when we're faced with a lethal threat"
Superintendent Gary White, PSNI
Elsewhere...
52 petrol bombs were also thrown at police officers in Londonderry early on Wednesday morning, injuring 7 police officers.
Follow up:
On A Tangent Or Two
As a Northern Ireland supporter, I've enough experience of how these things work to understand that the scumbags attacking the police with bricks and bottles (captured nicely on on BBC Newsline video footage), wearing their Republic of Ireland tops, are conclusive proof that everyone who has ever worn a Republic top is a stark raving criminal. Of course that's not true - yet one wanker singing sectarian songs in a pub where there were Northern Ireland supporters, is evidence enough to condemn thousands of ordinary supporters as bigots. Alas, I digress...
The BBC give a nice obligatory background on the 12th July and the Orange Order for any non-NI based readers. "The Twelfth of July Orange Order parades mark the victory of the Protestant Prince William of Orange over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690." Of course it's a simple Protestant over Catholic victory. No mention that it was a victory for Parliamentary Monarchy over the Divine Right of Kings. King James wasn't fighting for "Human Rights for Catholics," he was fighting for an absolute right to rule the country how we wanted without answering to anyone. Deliberate ommission or just not important?
Update 22:55 13/07/05
Just saw on UTV news - the 9 blast bombs, 6 of which exploded, contained nails, bolts and 1p pieces. Once the blast bombs were thrown, the police felt they had no choice but to fire the new plastic baton rounds or "attenuating energy projectile".
The Royal Black Preceptory parade today passed off peacefully.
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I don't know what it costs to have the security forces at such incidents, but I assume it's several thousand pounds at least. Such a waste of money when people around the world are starving, homeless etc. Perhaps these "protestors" should think of this next time they pop 50p into a Trocaire box.
I personally welcomed the removal of the words "Royal" and "Ulster" from the designation of the police, and I think that the renaming as the "Police Service of Northern Ireland" was exactly the right thing to do. It conveyed a sense of neutrality and moving on. I wish the Republicans would see the shift of emphasis when they organise their violent protests, and recognise that police can only react against what they are presented with.
On the other hand, there's no doubt that there are/were some bad fuckers in CID, Special Branch and MI5 - along with some carefully chosen uniformed bad fuckers. By this I do mean seriously anti-catholic bad fuckers.
As I've said elsewhere, I'm not a huge fan of the Orange walks, but I absolutely defend their right to, er, take it up the Queen's Highway.
Don't like the Orangemen? Just ignore them. Simple. Go and do something with the kids instead.
I've said before I'm not a big Orange Order fan myself. For a start it's a very religious organisation and if asked about my religion I'd have to say Atheist (or if it's someone from Belfast, a Protestant Atheist). Blind adherence to religious dogma kind of scares me but that's an argument for another day.
I used to cringe when it came near marching season because it always made 'us' (unionists) look horrendous in the world media. I was in Canada once or twice over the twelfth during the late 90s - the worst years of Drumcree and it really was big bad Orangemen.
To be honest, it's only this year I've actually come to the conclusion that those I'd presumed 'a bit fanatical' with conspiracy theories about Sinn Fein/IRA supporters out to deliberately cause trouble were actually closer to the mark than I thought.
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