www.realestateradiousa.com | Tony Blair Has Eggs Thrown At Him At Book Signing Former prime minister attacked by anti-war protesters in Dublin as he promotes memoirs I know that the British and Scots have long been the butt of jokes because of the soccer hooligans rampaging at futbol events, but what happened today brings hooliganistic behavior into the mall. Protesters angry over Britain's role in the war took their aggressions out on Tony Blair, the former prime minister. Blair was at a book signing at Eason's Bookshop on O'Connell Street in Dublin Ireland when a near riot erupted with protesters getting as crazy as to throw eggs at him. They even took off their shoes and threw them at Blair as well. Tony Blair's was in Dublin celebrating the release of his memoirs when the first of the protesters broke through the security barrier at approximately 10:45am. The demonstrators, ranging from anti-war demonstrators to the Continuity IRA-aligned Republican Sinn Fein, who oppose the Northern Ireland peace process, are now marching to a garda police station in the city centre demanding the release of the three arrested men. Gardai had earlier dragged a number of demonstrators off the street and during the fracas a male protester in a wheelchair was knocked to the ground. Protesters shouted "Whose cops? Blair's cops!" as they taunted the gardai while Blair remained inside the bookshop. They also shouted: "Hey hey Tony hey, how many kids have you killed today?" About 400 people ...
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Tony Blair Pelted With Eggs And Shoes At Book Signing
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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