Neo-Nazis Clash With Prague Protesters

Violence Erupts As Anti-Fascists Try To March Through Jewish Quarter; 80 Arrested

(AP)  Neo-Nazis trying to march through the Jewish quarter of Prague on Saturday clashed with self-proclaimed antifascists, and at least 250 people were arrested in outbreaks of violence around the capital.

Police also seized weapons including a gas gun, axes and sticks at scattered sites as the extremists tried to reach the Jewish quarter, police spokesman Ladislav Bernasek said.

At least six people, including one policeman, suffered head injuries, said Prague rescue service spokeswoman Jirina Ernestova.

The march had been scheduled to take place just a day after the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 night of terror when the Nazis attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses throughout Germany and parts of Austria.

The march was banned, and about 1,400 policemen were deployed in the capital, including riot police and officers on horses. Equipped with armored vehicles and water cannons, they sealed off most of the historic Jewish quarter.

In a major clash downtown, a group of about two dozen neoNazis was attacked by self-proclaimed antifascists who said were in the streets to prevent the march, Bernasek said.

About 50 left-wing extremists attacked police with cobble stones in another area.

A total of more than 250 people were detained around the city, including 10 German-speaking left-wing extremists armed with sticks, Bernasek said.

Bernasek said police continued to monitor the movement of a several hundred neo-Nazi extremists across the capital but they had begun to disperse.

Jewish leaders and Czech politicians condemned the planned march as an insult to the victims of the Holocaust.

Hundreds of Jews and others gathered in the historic Jewish quarter to commemorate the Nazi pogrom, protest the march and be ready, if it went ahead, to prevent it from going through the Jewish quarter.

We are here "to protest attempts of neo-Nazi groups to publicly promote anti-Semitic, racist and other abusive ideas," said Jiri Danicek, head of the federation of Jewish communities.

The organizers were the Young National Democrats, which is linked to the National Resistance, a neo-Nazi group. They said their intention was to protest the deployment of Czech troops in Iraq and they pledged to defy the ban.

"We came here to show our support for the Czech Jewish community, why we're against all these anti-Semites and neo-Nazis," said Allan Silverman, 61, from Huntington Beach, California, who was visiting Prague with his wife Barbara and learned about the gathering.

"They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we fell we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism."

[fibonacci_]

Nazis are dumb. Period.

[docadams3]

It''s time to get serious about this stuff. There''s a big Nazi problem emerging in Russia. And there''s a lack of concern among Americans that it''s rising here too.

[keithle1]

Nazis have had their day.

[feelfree1]

Re: "In a major clash downtown, a group of about two dozen neo-Nazis was attacked..."

At the White House, they may have been greeted as liberators.

[myidoncbs]

Who''s been feeding cr@p like, "The Clintons are Socialist-fascists" to you ditto-heads? You don''t seem to understand the meaning of the terms you are using. I know you don''t like the name, Clinton, because repugs have been using it as a swear word ever since Gingrich taught you how to turn everything you hate into a swear word. But, if you want your posts to have any effect, other than to reinforce your own mindless hatred, then you better figure out how to speak a little more intelligently. (I know it will be hard for you, but try to come up with something other than mindless, inaccurate, slurs, OK?)

And if you can''t even try to do that, junior, then why not get off your mommy''s computer and go to bed?

[glaswolf]

As I see it, Fascists are assimilationists and Nazis are separatists. Nations to your standards is the Nazi form of federation of separate mosaics, whereas Fascists allow more heterogeneous mixing characteristic of assimilationism. Nothing is stated about the post WWII eviction of 3 million Sudeten Germans from Czech regions. Note the neo Nazi is doing the bleeding. Freedom is only free for some.

[tbweb]

As I see it, all the nations Police Departments and National Guard Units are severely shorthanded due to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Citizen calls 911 to report a crime and in most cases except in well to do communities the response time for assistance is extremely poor, sometimes taking hours for a Police response. An increasingly scared, paranoid and unarmed U.S. Public is prey to evil predators like the average criminal element, Neo-Nazi rope hanging Skinheads, militant Islamic extremist, militant Christian extremist and other haters too numerous to list. My personal solution would be to conduct personal weapons training programs for civilians teaching weapons safety, shooting instruction, self defense instruction and when to use deadly force instructions. After a U.S. Citizen successfully passes personal weapons training and becomes certified to carry firearms they may be allowed to do so, in which case once criminals and haters become aware of this new development, they will think twice before getting in someones face trying to intimidate, terrorize, rob or harm people! Its time to level the playing field, I don''t think the public should be allowed to carry weapons but under the circumstances I think its the lesser evil.

[rudy654-2009]

Note the neo Nazi is doing the bleeding. Freedom is only free for some. Posted by glaswolf at 11:39 PM

Oh, and that makes you feel.......what? Sorry for Nazis? You might not know this, but Nazis are not sweet little teddy bears. They are power hungry, blood thirsty, cruel and vicious animals. Nobody, but nobody should be preaching that philosophy ever again. It was tried and proven to be worthless and left in the ash heap of history. I don''t approve of violence, but where does that man think he is? 1933?

[fibonacci_]

Thats a great picture of that guy.

[usayesterday]

I wonder if Fred Phelps the Kansas Baptist preacher could straighten out these nazi''''s

He could at least teach them how to hate better!!!

Posted by fedupwithit1 at 01:16 AM : Nov 11, 2007
............

Yeah,

Fred Phelps could at least find some bible verses to emphasize the neo-nazi message.

It works for him apparently.

(granted, those verses are clearly misrepresented in all forms).

[jjp735i]

What? Bush and friends are in Prague?

[watcher269-2009]

First Neo-Nazis

Now Neo-Cons

What a similarity.

I was thinking - Clinton had mostly Female Interns and who knows what happened.

Bush has all male interns and who knows what IS going on now?

[j-whitman]

Prague ????? -- They should be protesting the ones at the Crawford Ranch

[ioweign]

Anybody know where Rove is ??

[j-whitman]

IOWEIGN,,,,, I think you''ll find both Rove & Gonzales carving up democracy for dinner on the Crawford Ranch