No - . let's not pretend we have seen the like of this before; not since the blitz and the streets were even more dangerous than that. People were under seige. I have lived through all the years of racial struggles; read what I have told you, and multiply by 100, you won't cover it. 20,000 unanswered emergency calls to police in one night. People under siege in their homes, workers under siege where they work, trying to lock themselves in. Restaurants attacked with customers inside. Stations under siege. All city centres looted and wrecked. Thousands of jobs and job opportunties up in smoke. Men ordered to strip on the street, to be robbed of their jeans and trainers. Guys lying injured on the pavement picked up and robbed and left. Street- fulls of cars wrecked or burnt. Guys run down and killed on the pavement.
You have no idea, those previous immigrant mostly isolated spats have never compared with this nationwide concerted attack by raiding gangs of up to 300 descending en masse again and again, never standing still en masse , changing targets like locusts, spreading fire as they moved. Absolutely unconcerned about police, challenging them.
Breaking into houses terrorising residents. Smashing down the windows of Notting Hill restaurants and robbing tourists of their cash and jewelry at their tables. As one American lady said " the most expensive meal i ever had".
Your list were standing confrontations and protests gone wrong.
Come and join us in the Olympic run-up. Enjoy.
Well don't worry about it Madman Imadinnerjacket is going to get the UN on to it.
Ahmadinejad urges UN to react on Britain riot
By Nasser Karimi
Associated Press / August 10, 2011
TEHRAN, Iran—Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday urged the U.N. Security Council to take action over the rioting in Britain, arguing it was hypocritical in its reaction to such events.
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Ahmadinejad, whose government is under international sanction for its controversial nuclear program and has been condemned by the Western countries such as Britain for its handling of protests and dissent, also called on British officials to listen to the demands of their people.
"The U.N. is silent. Human rights bodies are silent," Ahmadinejad said on state radio following a Cabinet meeting. "If one percent of this happens in countries that oppose the West, they scream until they are hoarse."
"Why is the Security Council silent?" he said, also questioning its willingness to take action directed at one of its five veto-wielding permanent members.
Iran's nuclear file has been a fixture before the council, where the United States, Britain, China, Russia and France hold permanent seats. The other 10 spots rotate between other U.N. member states, and the council is the only body within the United Nations that can authorize any punitive measure, including military action, on countries.
Tehran is under several rounds of sanctions for its disputed nuclear program -- one which the United States and its allies believe is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Iran disputes that claim, saying the program is for peaceful purposes only, such as generating electricity.
Ahmadinejad's comments appear to be a direct jab at Britain, which supported the opposition movement during postelection turmoil in 2009.
Iranian opposition members say scores were killed in heavy crackdowns by government forces and militia allied to Ahmadinejad, while hundreds more were either wounded or carted off to prison. The government has said 30 people were killed in the protests.
The unrest in Britain began Saturday after an initially peaceful protest over a police shooting in a London neighborhood turned violent. It has since spread to other cities in the country.
Iranian state media has seized on the rioting as an opportunity for payback, dubbing the violence there a "civil war." Hardline lawmakers have urged London to allow an Iranian human rights delegation to monitor the situation in the country.
In comments directed at Britain's leadership, including Prime Minister David Cameron, Ahmadinejad said the officials should "stand by their own people."
"They should change their attitude, change their management and deal with their own people instead of intervening in others' affairs," he said, referring to Britain's role in Afghanistan, Iraq and its participation in the NATO airstrikes on Libya.
"They were claiming that they are a role model and advocator of freedom, human rights and democracy, but what behavior do they apply in dealing with their own people," said Ahmadinejad.
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