Fuel Protests Spread Across Europe
The body of a truck driver lies on the road after he was killed by a van while he manned a picket line at the entrance to a wholesale market during a strike over high fuel prices in Granada, Spain on June 10. Another lorry driver was killed on the same day in Portugal during a separate incident at a picket line near Lisbon. (AFP/Jose Luis Sanudo)
At least two people were killed during fuel protests that are spreading across Europe
The BBC reported
Two lorry drivers have been killed in fuel protests in Spain and Portugal as the hauliers' strike continues.Blood for Oil...
One was killed in the Spanish city of Granada when he was run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line.
The other driver died after reportedly trying to stop a lorry at a barricade near Alcanena, north of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, on Tuesday.
Spaniards are stockpiling fuel and food as hauliers blockade major cities in protest at rising diesel prices.
Regarding the death of the driver in Spain, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman told national radio: "We regret the death of this person and hope it makes everyone realise that no dispute is worth the death of anyone."
Emergency service workers take away the body of a truck driver who was killed by a van while he manned a picket line at the entrance to a wholesale market during a strike over high fuel prices in Granada, Spain on June 10. (AFP/Jose Luis Sanudo)
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evidently the entire industrialized world is suffering form AMERICA'S OIL CRISIS.. gah!!
Q: why doesn't the US Marxist Support Machine report the WORLDS GAS problem??
A: so they can blame BOOSH!!
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No dispute is worth the death of anyone. Surrender now, you are already defeated.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for the men who died and their families. Having said this, I'd be curious to know how many of these protesters reliably vote Socialist every election.
ReplyDeleteEuropean voters keep lying down with dogs, and then can't figure out why they wake up with fleas. So much for "Continental sophistication," huh?
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ReplyDeleteHow the oil crisis has hit the world [5/31/08]
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There will come a time and a price per barrel when the world looks at the US and wonders why we let the Democrats drive the world into recession for political gains.
ReplyDeleteThe enviro-wackos and the congress they control have made us very poor citizens of the world! First it's burning food for fuel and now it's selfishly restricting our oil.
Pushing the world to poverty really does seem to be their goal.
David
Protest all you want. I'm all for killing those who block roads.
ReplyDeleteDon't make your problems mine, you will not like how I solve them for you.