Cheney protesters and police face-off

[helderheid]

Around 80 anti-war protesters chanting "Chain up Cheney, free David Hicks," are facing off with police who are blocking their path towards Sydney's Shangri-la Hotel, where US Vice President Dick Cheney was due to speak this morning.

One of those voicing their concern is 18-year-old Miles, who said he was protesting against the war in Iraq and the incarceration of David Hicks.

"But I'm here for all Australians' liberty, not just Hicks," he said.

" I'm not saying he should be let go, I'm just saying he deserves a fair trial."

A small group of Dick Cheney supporters also showed up and were engaged in a heated argument with protesters over war in Iraq.

They were carrying a $1200 professionally-made banner covered in American and Australian flags, with the words: "The world needs great men like Dick Cheney. We Love America."

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[AX10]

1. And of course the cops side with Cheney.

[geardaddy]

2. "The world needs great men like Dick Cheney. We Love America."

:puke:

[StrictlyRockers]

3. No kidding. El barfo. Austrailia can keep him then.

[anitar1]

4. Stake him out in the desert somewhere--far away. n/t

[Xipe Totec]

5. One coma away from a perfect headline:

Cheney, protesters and police face-off

[AndyTiedye]

6. The World Needs Men Like Dick Cheney...

...IN PRISON!

[sakabatou]

8. Absolutely

[bluedog]

7. Video of arrests being made

Video at

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21273633-601,00.html


.......and the "evil Cheney"

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5397778,00.jpg


No Iraq withdrawal: Cheney

February 23, 2007

US Vice-President Dick Cheney today warned that the US and Australia "simply cannot indulge" thoughts of withdrawing from Iraq before the job is done.
Video: Cheney praises alliance
Video: Protesters arrested
"The notion that free countries can turn our backs on what happens in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other possible safe haven for terrorists is an option we simply cannot indulge," Mr Cheney said in a speech in Sydney.

"The evil that appeared on 9/11 has returned many times since and we have learned that terrorist attacks - whether in New York, or London, or Madrid, or Casablanca, or Jakarta, or Bali - are not merely criminal acts by tiny bands of men."

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[tom_paine]

9. Wow, the cops in Australia look like human beings and not murderous Nazi cyborgs

Didn't focus groups and marketing analysis reveal to them that THIS is the most effective & frightening garb for a riot policeman?