Friday, August 27, 2004 4:22:33 PM
Athens police fire tear gas at protesters against Powell
Organizer Maria Panagiotou talks to the media about planned protest
against U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
By Derek Gatopoulos, AP
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Posted 8/27/2004 1:24 PM
Updated 8/27/2004 4:09 PM
ATHENS — Police fired rounds of tear gas into a rowdy crowd of ant-war demonstrators marching in protest of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit here for this weekend' closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games.
No one was seriously injured during the two-hour march, the largest protest of any kind during the event which ends Sunday night.
The clash with Greek riot police occurred about 9:15 p.m., when protestors shouting "Powell out," and "No occupation of Iraq," rushed authorities near the downtown Greek Parliment Building.
Police responded with volleys of tear gas, chasing the crowd, one Greek official estimated at 1,000 people, down Panepistimiou St., and past the University of Athens.
On the run, some of the protestors toppled trash cans and set fire to two piles of garbage.
"Powell is the architect of this Iraq war," said Pantelis Gaupielidis, a 28-year-old computer engineer wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan, "I love Iraq."
"He is one of the most dangerous ones."
George Papaiuanou, 48, said he had joined the march because the U.S. "did not have a right to attack Iraq."
The evening march started slowly Friday, but grew larger and more vocal about 30 minutes after the start, when the demonstrators reached Syntagma Square, a prominent downtown public square filled with Olympic visitors who jostled for photographs of the stream of demonstrators."
The protest was expected to end at the U.S. Embassy, but the demonstration was largely dispersed before protestors arrived at the heavily guarded compound.
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-08-27-powell-protest_x.htm
Organizer Maria Panagiotou talks to the media about planned protest
against U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
By Derek Gatopoulos, AP
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Posted 8/27/2004 1:24 PM
Updated 8/27/2004 4:09 PM
ATHENS — Police fired rounds of tear gas into a rowdy crowd of ant-war demonstrators marching in protest of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit here for this weekend' closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games.
No one was seriously injured during the two-hour march, the largest protest of any kind during the event which ends Sunday night.
The clash with Greek riot police occurred about 9:15 p.m., when protestors shouting "Powell out," and "No occupation of Iraq," rushed authorities near the downtown Greek Parliment Building.
Police responded with volleys of tear gas, chasing the crowd, one Greek official estimated at 1,000 people, down Panepistimiou St., and past the University of Athens.
On the run, some of the protestors toppled trash cans and set fire to two piles of garbage.
"Powell is the architect of this Iraq war," said Pantelis Gaupielidis, a 28-year-old computer engineer wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan, "I love Iraq."
"He is one of the most dangerous ones."
George Papaiuanou, 48, said he had joined the march because the U.S. "did not have a right to attack Iraq."
The evening march started slowly Friday, but grew larger and more vocal about 30 minutes after the start, when the demonstrators reached Syntagma Square, a prominent downtown public square filled with Olympic visitors who jostled for photographs of the stream of demonstrators."
The protest was expected to end at the U.S. Embassy, but the demonstration was largely dispersed before protestors arrived at the heavily guarded compound.
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-08-27-powell-protest_x.htm
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