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Old 05-20-2010, 07:58 AM   #1
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WTF man?! I hope they find these guys and toss them in the can, right quick. A bunch of pansy "anarchists" would last about 10 seconds in Kingston Pen, before their asses would be traded for a Mars Bar.

Anarchists claim they firebombed bank
By Kenneth Jackson, Ottawa Sun
Last Updated: May 18, 2010 9:54pm

A group of anarchists has claimed responsibility for firebombing a Royal Bank of Canada branch in the Glebe early Tuesday, going as far as posting a video of it online.

The seven-second video begins with two people inside the foyer of the RBC at Bank St. and First Ave. at about 3:30 a.m.

Seconds later a man is seen exiting through the side door as an orange fireball erupts throughout the front of the building, shattering windows and landing on the sidewalk.

Another man then pops out seconds after that. The video was shot diagonally across the intersection by a third person. It was posted on popular activist website ottawa.indymedia.org at about noon.

The video is known to Ottawa police arson investigators and accompanies a message from the anarchists complaining RBC “was a major sponsor of the recently concluded 2010 Olympics on stolen indigenous land.”

“The Vancouver Olympic games are over, but a torch is still burning,” a rolling text reads after the video abruptly ends.

It continues to say the land was never legally “ceded” to colonial British Columbia.

“This hasn’t stopped the government from assuming full ownership of the land and its resources for the benefit of its corporate masters and to the detriment of aboriginal peoples, workers and the poor of the province,” it said.

Several men were seen driving away from the scene just before the flames erupted.

Fire crews were called to the bank at about 3:28 a.m. after several passersby spotted the flames.

The getaway car is described only as being an SUV, and no other descriptions were made available.

Damages are estimated at about $300,000 and the entire front of the bank was destroyed. The fire started in the ATM area and the rest of the 1 1/2 storey building suffered smoke and heat damage. Fire crews had the blaze under control in less than 30 minutes and saved it from spreading to other buildings.

The video is now evidence for police.

“It’s information that needs to be followed up like other information,” said Sgt. David Christie of the Ottawa police arson squad.

Christie was busy working the investigation all day and was about to sit down and go through more calls and messages at about 6 p.m.

One police officer described the web posting as a case of “catch me if you can,” while another said it’s crazy and “that’s the way it is with those guys,” referring to the anarchists.

In their message, the anarchists said RBC is a major financier of Alberta’s tar sands while advertising they are one of the greenest companies in Canada.

“The tar sands, now the cause of the second fastest rate of deforestation on the planet, are slated to expand several times its current size. The games in Vancouver are now over, but resistance continues. An RBC branch can be found in every corner of Kanada (sic),” they said, implying more attacks could occur.

It’s not the first time RBC branches have been targeted in Ottawa. In early 2008 bricks were thrown through the windows of the Glebe branch and another branch on Elgin St.

Anarchists took credit for those incidents, also saying they were done in opposition to the Olympic games.

RBC didn’t immediately return calls from the Sun.

The anarchist group is vowing to be at the G8 and G20 summits in Huntsville and Toronto next month.

Anyone with information should call police at 613-236-1222, ext. 2199, or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS).
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Old 05-20-2010, 08:01 AM   #2
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What stolen land are they referring to?
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"The land that was stolen from our Native Brothers" ®

*EDIT* In this specific case they may be talking about the land used for the recent Winter Olympics, but there have also been recent Indian land claims for a good chunk of northern Ontario and Quebec, including Montreal itself.

Anarchists in SUVs; perpetuating the use of the Tar Sands.
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But Vancouver and the Tar Sands are hundreds of miles apart.
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Yup, maybe 800 miles. It's 2,600 miles from Vancouver to Ottawa.

But the capital of Canada is Ottawa and THE GODS DEMAND A SACRIF....., um...., THE INDUSTRIALIST SLAVE MASTERS MUST PAY!!!
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Canada has aborigines?
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Canada has aborigines?
Almost all countries do.

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Canada has aborigines?
It's politically incorrect these days to refer to them as "Indians" just because Columbus got lost, so they're usually referred to as:

- Aboriginal peoples
- First Nations
- Those whackos with AK-47s, who are burning railroad ties on the highway
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I cant help but think of "The Gods Must Be Crazy" anytime I see the word aborigine. I know the Native Americans and what not are considered the original owners of this land, I was unaware it was now un PC to call them Indians however. How silly.
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The track where I do most of my racing photography is smack-dab in the middle of Mohawk land. Every now and then they have, what they call, "days of action." This usually involves blocking highways, tearing up rail lines, and generally making life hell.

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