NewsNovember 18, 2001
Thousands deride U.S. in Greece
ATHENS, Greece -- Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators Saturday following a march on the U.S. Embassy to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that helped bring down Greece's military rulers. Anarchist demonstrators hurled stones and wooden clubs at hundreds of police officers standing outside the embassy in Athens. Police responded with tear gas. No one was injured authorities said...
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece -- Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators Saturday following a march on the U.S. Embassy to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that helped bring down Greece's military rulers.
Anarchist demonstrators hurled stones and wooden clubs at hundreds of police officers standing outside the embassy in Athens. Police responded with tear gas. No one was injured authorities said.
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About 10,000 people took part in the annual march held to honor students killed in a 1973 revolt that helped bring down a military dictatorship the following year.
Demonstrators also burned an American flag and chanted slogans against the U.S.-military action in Afghanistan. "We're not with Bush or the Taliban, we want peace in Afghanistan," one group shouted.
The trouble was started by anarchist youths -- who don't belong to any particular protest group and have no group allegiance -- after the rally ended peacefully.
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