Fire Rat: Earth Season: 1b

13 Jly ~~ 16 Jly

Piracy. Rape and pillage. Looting. Mob rule and swarms of all kinds. The strong abuse the weak and call it heroism. The wealthy add to their wealth at the expense of the poor. Beware of disease and of accidents of every description.
The Fulfilment:
UK: Ulster: Worst riots in more than 20 yrs all over the province and even the IRA is calling for calm. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
Bosnia: American woman working for the US embassy is shot and wounded when her car is ambushed. "Piracy. ... The strong abuse the weak and call it heroism."
Israel: Orthodox Jews riot on Jerusalem roads they want closed for the Sabbath. PM is threatened with a vote of non-confidence. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
Oman: Persian Gulf leaders plus Syria meet to discuss growing threat of Iran to regional peace.
Cuba: Exiles hold memorial service on flotilla just outside the territorial limit.
UK: Ulster: Car bomb flattens hotel in the village of Enniskillen overnight. Several hurt but no deaths. "The strong abuse the weak and call it heroism."
Bosnia: US Envoy Richard Holbrooke hauled out of retirement and sent in to try to get Mladic and Karadzic hauled out of Bosnia. And we all wish him luck!
Canada: Toronto: Indy car race through the streets of Toronto ends in major tragedy when a car flips and disintegrates in highway underpass. Driver killed instantly along with a track official. "Beware of disease and of accidents of every description."
USA: Newspaper figures out that grocery coupon fraud is siphoning $100 million/yr out of the US economy and into int'l terrorism. "Piracy. Rape and pillage. Looting."
USA: Bloodbath on stockmarkets knocks 3% out of the NYSE. Parallelled in other markets around the world. "The wealthy add to their wealth at the expense of the poor."
United Nations: New study and report released today (15 Jly) says 1.6 billion people poorer now than 10yrs ago, while 358 billionaires own more than the combined incomes of nations housing 45% of world's total population. "The wealthy add to their wealth at the expense of the poor."
Belgium: Military aircraft carrying military cadet brass band ploughs into field -- 32 dead. Worst peacetime military accident ever experienced in Belgium. "Beware of disease and of accidents of every description."
France: Nelson Mandela visits, seeking investment money.
Russia: Yeltsin abruptly cancels meeting with Al Gore, citing health problems. Meeting goes ahead the next day.
India: Two stampedes at separate religious festivals kill 60 people: 40 in temple at Ujjain and 21 women and children on a bridge over the Ganges. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
Pakistan: Govt agrees to crack down on child labour by raiding places known to employ them.
Ukraine: PM Lazarenko escapes assassination by bomb planted down manhole along route to Kiev airport. Car totalled, but he's okay.
Japan: Sakai: Food poisoning epidemic spreading to thousands of children. Some dying. Doctors at a losss what to do or how to stop it. "Beware of disease and of accidents of every description."

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