by DrDebugDU » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:35 pm
<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050910/capt.xbft10609101930.northern_ireland_riots_xbft106.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>At least three police officers were wounded Saturday as Protestant extremists threw homemade grenades, gasoline bombs and other makeshift weapons in fury over a restricted Belfast parade.<br><br>Protestants clashed with police, British troops and Catholic crowds in several parts of Belfast after authorities blocked the Orange Order — the territory's major Protestant brotherhood — from parading past the hard-line Catholic end of the disputed Springfield Road.<br><br>On the nearby North Circular Road, three officers were reported injured by flames and shrapnel when Protestants hurled at least three homemade grenades, called "blast bombs," and gasoline-filled bottles at police lines.<br><br>Officers there took cover behind their armored vehicles after hearing bursts of automatic gunfire, although nobody was reported hit by bullets. Later, riot police equipped with body armor, shields and flame-retardant boiler suits repelled the attackers with British-style plastic bullets — blunt-nosed cylinders also known as baton rounds — and mobile water cannons.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_eu/nireland_riots">news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050910/ap_on_re_eu/nireland_riots</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>See also:<br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4233850.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4233850.stm</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>One of those endless civil wars which never seems to stop<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=drdebugdu>DrDebugDU</A> at: 9/10/05 5:36 pm<br></i>