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Starbucks smashed and looted as anti-Israel protests turn to violence
telegraph ^ | 1/17/09 | alastair jamieson

Posted on 01/18/2009 2:48:29 AM PST by Flavius

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To: Flavius

And where were the Police (Bobbies) while all this was going on? Watching from a safe distance no doubt.


21 posted on 01/18/2009 6:02:41 AM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Maybe they think you should get your coffee at Caribou.
The Wahabbi would like that better since its a Saudi operation.


22 posted on 01/18/2009 6:04:57 AM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: rbg81

What a way to sabotage your competition! Go start a stupid rumor on the internet your #1 competitor supports Israel and here comes the left wing idiots and freaks to fire bomb your competition.


23 posted on 01/18/2009 6:07:18 AM PST by WildWeasel
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To: Flavius

HO-HO! We smashed Starbucks! Lets go celebrate at McDonalds over a Coke.


24 posted on 01/18/2009 6:10:23 AM PST by truemiester ((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
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To: Flavius

Notice how they don’t ransack pubs. Pubs are MUCH more common in Piccadilly and Kensington than Starbucks or any American company.

I would guess they outnumber Starbucks in those areas 20-to-1.


25 posted on 01/18/2009 6:34:45 AM PST by AmericanGirlRising (Buying carbon credits will not get me into Heaven. I am second - http://iamsecond.com/#/home/)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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Quite bizarre, I don't believe Starbucks is even in Israel any more, having had problems competing with a couple local chains when they opened a couple stores a few years ago. But they do have a Jewish president, that'll tick off the Euros, and like McDonalds they're a constant reminder of the Great Satan in many countries

26 posted on 01/18/2009 6:40:37 AM PST by SJackson (The American people are wise in wanting change, 2 terms is plenty, Condi Rice)
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To: Allegra

Ping.


27 posted on 01/18/2009 7:26:31 AM PST by wazoo1031
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Up to 200 were tracked by a police helicopter as they ransacked the coffee shops in Piccadilly and Shaftesbury Avenue...

Dang! Isn't that the one we've gone into and spoken in SoDak accents?

28 posted on 01/18/2009 7:34:23 AM PST by Allegra
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To: antisocial

> Pigs are very smart animals, you are being unkind to them by comparing them to these commies.

(blink!) remarkably so: apparently pigs are as smart or smarter than dogs. I had to check that one up because it came as a surprise!

Thanks for correcting me: you are right and once again I have learned something new from the FRee Republic.


29 posted on 01/18/2009 7:44:51 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024454.php
(TELEGRAPH.co.uk, January 17, 2009)

January 18, 2009
“London: Jihad declared against Starbucks?”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01241/starbucks_1241274c.jpg

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024448.php
(ITV.com)
January 17, 2009

“London: 120-200 “youth” raid and loot Starbucks during “Israel protest””

http://www.jihadwatch.org/1342692559-violence-erupts-israel-protests.jpg

http://www.itv.com/img/157x104/Violence-erupts-at-Israel-protests-10ea3a97-eac1-4810-917c-bc0b63e5a924.jpg

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http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED13%20Jan%202009%2020%3A43%3A18%3A030

“Police hunt firebomb attackers after coffee bar is set alight”
13 January 2009

“Firebombed Starbucks in Whitechapel this morning”
By Mike Brooke

A FIRE bomb was hurled into the premises of a cafe and coffee bar in London’s East End in the early hours of this morning.

It was one of a series of ‘hate’ incidents in Whitechapel which have included anti-Semitic graffiti, believed to be linked to protests over Israel’s operations in Gaza.

The thugs hurled the petrol bomb through the front glass door of Starbucks in Whitechapel Road, 300 yards from Brick Lane, at 1am.

The manager was trapped in the office at the back and saw the intruders smashing their way into the premises on the CCTV and had to stay hidden.

A senior fire brigade officer told the East London Advertiser: “The manager feared for his safety and kept out of sight when the firebomb was hurled.

“Then he managed to get out through the fire escape at the back to raise the alarm.””


30 posted on 01/18/2009 7:22:11 PM PST by Cindy
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