Fire Rat: Earth Season: 3b

10 Aug ~~ 14 Aug

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. Dispossession. Beware of disease and of accidents of every description.
The Fulfilment:
South Africa: Cape Town: Muslim vigilantes organised into group called Pagad declare jihad against drug dealers in their midst. Vehicles torched. People beaten. One man killed. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
UK: Ulster: Catholics riot overnight, torching trucks. All quiet today as the Catholics march. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
Cyprus: Worst violence in years along the Green Line as Greek Cypriot motorcycle gang invades the No Man's Land. Turks shoot and one is killed. "Mob rule and swarms of all kinds."
Russia: Chechnya: Stalemate in Grozny as neither side advances against the other. Security minister Alexander Lebed met with rebel leaders tonight. This stalemate will continue until next weekend.
USA: Power outage in nine states affects millions of people. "Accidents of every description."
South Africa: Another night of violence. Police block mob of Muslim vigilantes from attacking home of known drug dealer. Nine people maimed by grenade thrown at police that lands in the crowd in error. "Mob rule. Beware ... of accidents of every description."
South Africa: Govt wants to impose a state of emergency declaration on the Western Cape.
Israel: PM Netanyahu lifts the ban on settlement expansion in the West Bank. Some 300 trailers to be added there. "Dispossession. The wealthy add to their wealth at the expense of the poor."
Bosnia: Serbs relent and permit NATO inspection of key military base. Karadzic and Mladic thought to be hiding there. All NATO troops on high alert after guards notice spies skulking about the camp perimeters. Interesting ....
Germany: Govt issues extradition request to Italy for Erich Priebke, the SS captain that Italy could not convict.
Canada: Alberta: CN freight train ploughs into 20 stationary grain cars abandoned on the track. Three men dead. "Accidents of every description."
Burundi: Junta govt preventing people from leaving the country on the last flights out. "The strong abuse the weak and call it heroism."
Iran: Govt launches two lawsuits against the USA, saying its new laws on trade with Iran are in breach of the 1981 treaty ending the hostage crisis. Very interesting ...
Indonesia: Govt to charge about ten activists with subversion in connection with recent riots in Jakarta. "The strong abuse the weak and call it heroism."

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