"Iceland heads toward early elections
Demonstrators banged pots near police officers during a protest outside parliament in Reykjavik, Iceland , yesterday.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland moved closer to a snap election yesterday when the foreign minister joined calls for an early vote, while police used tear gas on demonstrators after antigovernment protests turned violent.
It's always the same old agent provocateur story!
Also see: It Came in a Letter
Iceland has been plunged into crisis since October, when it fell victim to the global meltdown, its currency collapsing and its financial system imploding under the weight of billions of dollars of foreign debts incurred by its banks....
That's WHY people are PISSED -- but not here!!!
We take our bowl of MSM dogshit and gladly suck it up.
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Update:
"Global crisis may topple government
REYKJAVIK - Iceland's government could be ousted from power this weekend, becoming Europe's first to fall as a direct result of the global financial crisis, a spokesman for the prime minister said yesterday. Thousands gathered outside Parliament to protest the government's handling of the economy as Prime Minister Geir Haarde's Independence Party held crisis talks with its coalition partner, the Social Democratic Alliance (AP)."
