Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Protest against NATO over in Reykjavik.


Protest against NATO in Reykajvik tonight is over.
Few protesters were at Hotel Nordica,were NATO was holding a ceminar.
Protests against NATO, dates back to 1949,when parliement voted to join NATO.
Then there was a riot in front of the parliement building.
Tear gas was used ,and many people got hurt.
Here is a video from 1949,it is from the Icelandic news ,and in the middle of the clip ,you can see the riot in 1949.And after that ,when the US army had a base in Iceland in ICeland,there where regular protests against NATO and the US military in Iceland.
Click on the photo ,and it will get bigger,taken tonight at Hotel Nordica.

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