Vandals torch another 9 cars in Berlin in third night of arson attacks in a row

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Vandals torch another 9 cars in Berlin in third night of arson attacks in a row
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, August 18, 4:05 AM

BERLIN — Berlin police say vandals burned another nine cars overnight — the latest in a string of arson attacks in the German capital.

Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said on n-tv Thursday that authorities believe a single person or small group is behind the blazes and that more than 100 police personnel are involved in the investigation.

Nearly 40 cars have been set on fire in Berlin over the last three days and police are offering a €5,000 ($7,180) reward to anyone who helps them find the perpetrators.

In the past, arson attacks on luxury vehicles and SUVs in Berlin and Hamburg have been blamed on leftist extremists, but Neuendorf says the current attacks appear to be pure vandalism.



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[DontTreadOnMe]

1. So the anarchy has begun

How long until it crosses the Atlantic?

[No Elephants]

2. Quite a while, unless theTeabaggers ignite.

We on the left would be too worried about how the owner of the SUV would get the kids to school the next morning. We'd probably offer to drive the kids ourselves.

That would be a dead giveaway; and we'd be arrested.

Which is what the right in this country has always wanted to do with us anyway.

[AndyTiedye]

6. Cars are Not a Luxury Here, as They Are in Germany

Germany is a small, dense, mostly flat country with the best railroad system in the world.

Our country, not so much.

Americans love cars (and need them) way too much to want to burn them!

[Iterate]

7. Not So Fast: Transatlantic Car Ownership

Not So Fast: Transatlantic Car Ownership
http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/not-so-fast-transatlantic-car-ownership



And Germany is anything but flat. Illinois is flat. Germany is not flat.

Having said that, I am not in favor of burning other people's cars. I'm in favor of people burning their own cars, then finding the nearest corner to wait for a tram.

[AndyTiedye]

8. It Would be a Pretty Long Wait for a Tram. There Aren't Even Any Tracks for a Tram

There isn't any bus either. Even though ridership is increasing, transit agencies throughout the US are cutting back service due to lack of funds.

You want us all to move into the city? Good luck with that. The city is full. Someone else will have to move out if we move in.

[tabasco]

15. LOL. Nine cars in a city the size of Berlin is not anarchy.

It's a teen gang on a vandalism spree.

[No Elephants]

3. Don't you love how they knee jerk blamed the left?

[Blue_Tires]

4. Well to be fair the antics of RAF in the 70s run deep in a lot of German memories

[jberryhill]

9. The Royal Air Force?

Didn't they stop bombing Germany in the mid 40's?

[LeftishBrit]

11. Red Army Faction/ Rote Armee Fraktion

better known as Baader-Meinhof.

However, since they have not been active for over 30 years, and since Germany has some problems with neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists, as well as, like most countries, with apolitical hooligans, it seems strange to assume that this is the work of far-leftists.

[jberryhill]

12. Thanks

I never would have guessed that the Royal Air Force had a far-left faction.

Wow.

[bemildred]

5. I guess that's one way to stimulate demand. nt

[jberryhill]

10. Don't laugh - it is...

Your comment made me think I might have to re-think vandalism as an economic strategy.

After a hurricane blows through Florida, there are a lot of jobs.

[bemildred]

13. Well, I'm joking, but I'm quite serious too ...nt

[jberryhill]

14. You've really inspired me to think about this

Something along the lines of a "citizen's stimulus plan".

The slogan possibilities are endless:

"Too many Goths, not enough Vandals."

"Break Things"

[bemildred]

16. "Take back America!"

But that would be for looters.