Five firefighters were among the 11 dead, who also included four members of the Greek Cypriot National Guard and two sailors, CNA said. State television said at least 12 people were killed.
A wildfire got a bit to close to some containers of Gunpowder seized from an Iranian Shipment that was headed to Syria Back in 2009.
98 containers contained Gun Powder.
AFP
ZYGI, Cyprus — Huge blasts in a seized Iranian weapons cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in the south of the Mediterranean island killed at least 11 people on Monday, state media said.
The force of the explosions blew out virtually every window in the nearby fishing village of Zygi, whose seafront restaurants are popular with the many tourists who frequent the resort island, an AFP correspondent reported.
The island's largest power station at Vassiliko right next to the base was virtually levelled by the blast, causing widespread power cuts that are likely to last for months.
Three of its four main buildings were virtually levelled along the generator's two main fuel tanks, the correspondent said...
National Guard chief Petros Tsaliklides told public radio that the blasts struck among containers of Iranian munitions seized from Cypriot-flagged vessel M/V Monchegorsk in 2009.
It was intercepted in the eastern Mediterranean en route to Syria in January that year and, after repeated searches, its cargo was eventually seized...
"There were 98 containers of gunpowder. Two of them (caught) fire and huge explosions occurred," a police spokesman told CNA news agency.
Monday, July 11, 2011
At least 11 killed in blast at Cyprus naval base
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Mob in Athens abuses Muslims celebrating Eid
Awww , to bad !
Maybe Muslims are just not wanted in Greece,
Could that be why so many Muslims immigrate there?
Dawn.com
ATHENS: Dozens of far-right activists and local residents threw eggs and taunted hundreds of Muslim immigrants as they gathered to pray in a central square for Eidul Azha surrounded by a protective cordon of riot police.
Greece, which has become the main immigrant gateway to the European Union, has a growing Muslim community and tensions between locals and incomers have run high in some Athens areas such as Attiki square, the scene of Tuesday’s incident.
Athens’ Muslim community is without an official mosque and prayers are usually held at cultural centres or community halls or private apartments around the city. The Muslim community in Greece is estimated at about 1 million, in a country where most people are Greek Orthodox Christians.
While the Muslims prayed, some locals shouted obscenities from their balconies and waved Greek flags. Leaflets that depicted pigs were scattered across the square.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Greek police fire teargas at protesters in Athens
President Obama should pay a little attention to what is going on in Greece .
If these protests are happening in a small country , because the Government feels like it's citizens are helpless to help themselves , and it is up to them to wipe their ass's with social benefit programs that can not sustain themselves ,
What the Hell is going to happen here ?
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas on Thursday to disperse about 50 demonstrators in central Athens after clashes broke out during protests against government austerity measures, a police official said.
Left-wing groups and communist trade unions rallied in the Greek capital a day after the government announced 4.8 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in wage cuts, a pension freeze and tax increases to reduce its huge fiscal deficit.
"There were clashes between police and protesters," the official said. "Police fired teargas. There were a few arrests."
Opposition to THE austerity measures has so far been relatively muted for a country with a tradition of street protests but one pollster said it should move quickly to counter a general sense of shock.
The private sector GSEE union and its sister public sector union ADEDY, which represent half of Greece's 5-million workforce, called workers to stop work from midday on Friday and attend a rally outside parliament.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tensions flare during 2nd day of muslim riots in Athens
An update to this story. During the 2nd day of riots in Athens, over the alleged desecration of a quran by a police officer, a shop used by muslims for prayer has been firebombed. Deutsche Welle
At least three people were hospitalized in Athens on Saturday morning after a firebomb attack on a shop used as a Muslim prayer center for immigrants.
Police said unknown assailants smashed the shop's windows and poured gasoline inside before igniting it, a police source said.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Muslims riot in Athens over alledged quran incident
If muslims are so easily offended by the mere hint of insulting islam then why don't we see these kinds of riots against islamic terrorism?
In Greece, around 1500 Muslims took to the streets of the capital Athens on Thursday to demonstrate against the police. The protest was prompted by reports that a policeman tore up a copy of the Qur'an while checking the identity papers of four Syrian immigrants. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd when unrest broke out.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Athens policeman shot by AK-47
"The attack appeared to be well-planned, with concentrated fire from at least two directions," Anarchists well orgranized? I dunno about that. Times OnlineA policeman was shot and seriously injured in Athens early today as protesters sprayed automatic fire at officers guarding the Culture Ministry, prompting fears of renewed anarchist violence.
Diamantis Matzounis, the 21-year-old policeman, was reported to be in a critical but stable condition, with bullet wounds over his whole body from chest to legs. He had been one of three members of a ministry police guard fired on by two attackers using AK-47 assault rifles and at least one 9mm pistol.
The bohemian Exarchia district where the ministry is located was cordoned off and more than 70 people taken in for questioning. Thirty-four cartridges found at the scene were sent for ballistics tests.
