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I left Brussels a week too soon.
Turks Set Cars Alight in Brussels
From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2007-10-24 23:21
Tonight (Wednesday evening) heavy rioting erupted in Turkish quarters of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Several cars were torched and shops destroyed. Police forces were unable to restore law and order in the boroughs of Sint-Joost-ten-Node and Schaarbeek where since last Sunday the animosity among Turks is running high. Turkish flags are omnipresent. In some streets the Turkish crescent and star adorns almost every house.
The Turks’ anger was provoked by rising tension with Kurds along the Iraqi-Turkish border and by the debate in the American Congress about the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915. On Sunday night Turkish youths in Sint-Joost destroyed the pub of Peter Petrossian, an ethnic Armenian who had to flee for his life. Apparently, some Turks think that by attacking the Armenians in Brussels they can convince the world that the Turks never committed a genocide of the Armenians.
Tonight the youths attacked Kurdish shops. They also set fire to several cars.
Belgium’s Muslim population consists mainly of Moroccans and Turks. In the past rioting Muslim youths were mostly Moroccans. The Turkish community is controlled by the Turkish embassy. The latter used to restrain the Turkish population so as not to upset the Belgian authorities and thwart Turkey’s chances of EU admission. This policy seems to have changed recently. In Antwerp, too, Turkish youths demonstrated tonight.
The events in Brussels indicate that in admitting large numbers of immigrants Belgium has also imported the ethnic quarrels of the Middle East.
Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, Moroccan youths have been burning cars for more than a week now. Today a 15-year old Amsterdam schoolboy was stabbed by youths. The boy survived the attack but is seriously wounded. On 11 October a 16-year old Amsterdam boy was stabbed to death in school. On 4 September a similar incident occurred in the Belgian city of Ghent where a 14-year old Belgian boy fought for his life after being stabbed in the throat by two immigrant youths from his school.
2007-10-24 16:56:29 · 6 answers · asked by ferguson_mark@sbcglobal.net 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
There was a similar incident in Amsterdam after police had to shoot some Morrocan. They set a number of vehicles alight. You will only learn of these sorts of stories via the "mainstream media" in the U.S. when it involves some Americans. Fortunately, I've been a life-long listener to English language shortwave radio and can now also read several English language daily newspapers from throughout the world.
BTW, the anti-immigrant party in Switzerland (the Peoples Party) received 29% of the vote last Sunday in Swiss national elections. It is the highest percentage achieved by any Swiss party in any election since 1919. Expect similar results from the renamed "Flans Bloc" in Belgium and List Pim Fortuyn in the Netherlands in upcoming elections.
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2016-10-13 23:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by hammet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the SoCal fires might have something to do with it cuss i've seen anderson cooper, katie couric and brian williams reporting their shows from the fire areas. cnn, nbc and fox news are all talking about the fires. even espn and nfl network are talking about the fires because of the chargers. although what you're talking about could be in mainstream news, it just might be overshadowed by the fires. the first article on the link you provided is a story about the fires so that just says how big it is.
2007-10-24 18:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ruben R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I know the reason I haven't heard of it - I am in SoCal and all we get is fire news. It is important to know about - but I feel extremely disconnected from what is going on around the world and I HATE news channels!
2007-10-24 17:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by ShellyC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Us is allies with turkey and leaves that news out.
2007-10-25 20:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What are you trying to say. What your have written is not mainstream news. It has been going on for ages.
2007-10-24 18:59:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋