Riots in Belfast

Just a week after our trip to Belfast, there's been massive riots. Apparently the worst in years. I am very glad we missed all that garbage, tho I do have to admit, it would have been interesting to see, for real, the crap I studied for years...



From Kristian (pics are his too!):

Its a shame you all had to leave so soon ...You missed the big party here in Belfast. It was smashing!

They easily the worst riots in years...The police came under automatic and side arm fire, attack from petrol, blast and pipe bomb...There flash points across the city, here in east belfast they hijacked a digger (you can see it in one of the photos) and proceeded to knock down all the lamp posts along the Albertbridge Rd ( I took you all down that road on our way into the city on the Sunday) then they dug out an ATM from a garage....they also hijacked three buses and set them on fire... on one of the buses was a bunch of pensioners on a church outing...they robbed the lot of them then turfed them all out on the side of the motor way...

I suppose that's the one big difference here and home: bad things actually happen here. Can you imagine a riot in Calgary? I can't even imagine a peaceful protest in Calgary...

I'll post details/pictures of our non-violent Belfast experience soon...