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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 06:38 PM
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Three officers shot during riots in Belfast
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Source: BBC

Three police officers have been shot during violence in north Belfast on the eve of the annual Twelfth parades.

The officers, one a woman, were injured by a masked man firing a shotgun at North Queen Street. One male officer remains in hospital with an arm wound.

A total of 27 officers were injured during disturbances - 14 in the New Lodge area of north Belfast and 13 at Broadway in west Belfast.

About 200 people threw petrol bombs, stones and bottles at Broadway.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/10599544.stm
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  -Three officers shot during riots in Belfast bemildred  Jul-12-10 06:38 PM   #0 
  - The Orange Order parades are a tired remnant of an ugly era  riderinthestorm   Jul-12-10 07:18 PM   #1 
  - Irish Teabaggers.  Itchinjim   Jul-12-10 07:32 PM   #2 
  - Yep - it's sad how little of the blame for the violence in NI is put on the Orangemen/loyalists  WildEyedLiberal   Jul-12-10 07:32 PM   #3 
     - It's really no different than if the Klan marched through Selma or Memphis every year.  Itchinjim   Jul-12-10 07:41 PM   #4 
     - No, it's no different at all.  WildEyedLiberal   Jul-12-10 07:48 PM   #6 
     - But it's an old tradition  murdoch   Jul-12-10 09:37 PM   #7 
  - The Orange Parades are disgusting  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 07:47 PM   #5 
 

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