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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 10:21 AM
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Are provocateurs at work at the IMF/World Bank meetng?
Excuse me for being paranoid, but....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303741,00.html

WASHINGTON — Several stores in Georgetown are boarding up their windows in anticipation of possible vandalism by protesters in town for the World Bank and IMF meetings.
One woman who worked in a Georgetown-area store has been injured after being hit in the head by a brick thrown by a protester through the window of an Abercrombie and Fitch store and a United Colors of Benetton store near the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, according to a report on MyFOXDC.com
A few dozen protesters gathered at Washington Circle where they planned to begin a march through Georgetown to send a message to what they call "a seat of excessive wealth and privilege."
Most of the stores are using large sheets of plywood to board of windows and doors. GAP, American Eagle, Urban Outfitters, Banana Republic and two cosmetic stores, plus Restoration Hardware. All are within a block or two of Wisconsin and 'M' streets in Georgetown.
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Dozens of tourists are hanging out in the area, watching the workers board up store windows and asking when the protesters will arrive.

..and how is it that Fox is pushing this?
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 10:32 AM
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1. They think it makes the protesters look bad, and hope the wealthy
will fight back. But all it really shows is the power of the protester.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 10:35 AM
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2. Like up in Canada??
SPP Agent Provocateur Cops Caught Red Handed Attempting To Incite Violence
Boots give away undercover cops as real protesters expose criminality



http://www.infowars.net/articles/august2007/220807Provocateurs_SPP.htm

Wouldn't the real surprise be if there weren't???
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 10:45 AM
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3. It's just an excuse for the 'authorities' to clamp down.
There seems to be a hard-core bunch who advocate violence at these meetings. It serves no purpose but to feed the martial law advocates.

My bet is that it's agent provocateurs again.
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