Tuesday, April 06, 2004




































It seems that the attacks yesterday at the rally were documented in pictures and what I would guess triggered them was that those tossing eggs and trying to start trouble were photographed.

I also learned today that the reason the amplification system was inadequate was that the police confiscated the original better sound system just before the rally started. They also confiscated the van and sound system that was used at the end of the rally.

As for the picture you are seeing, these are pictures that Onnik Krikorian took and I'll just briefly explain as to what they are.

The upper left of the picture is a cameraman (the guy with the cap on backwards) who got his camera smashed and it's possible that the person who smashed it is the guy shaved guy in the left of the picture.

In the upper part of the picture, we see a guy with video camera in hand. He is on the second floor of the Kino Nairi building taking pictures of the rally. He is thought to be taking video for the KGB.

The rest of the pictures are of what seems to be hired troublemakers, one that sticks out is the guy with the blue cap on. Also notice the cop in the picture that is just standing and watching as the troublemakers wreak terror over the crowd, smashing on journalists and their cameras.

The next rally is scheduled for Friday and if this rally was a taste of what we can expect, the unrest will not end with just a few cameras being smashed.

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