Originally posted by AceOfBase
The Lebanese went to a different area, miles away, rather than confront the mob.
The lebanese are from that area but go to Cronulla for the beach. You from australia?
smh.com.au
In separate incidents, a Uniting Church hall in Auburn was burned to the ground on Tuesday night, while the nearby St Thomas' Anglican Church had windows smashed at about the same time.
A spokesman for the NSW Uniting Church, Jim Mein, said yesterday members of the mainly Tongan congregation at the Harold Wood Auburn Uniting Church were bewildered by the attack. Police are treating the blaze as suspicious and Mr Iemma has said "it may be" linked to the recent race-fuelled violence in Sydney.
The Seven Network said it had obtained a police incident report instructing officers to stay away from one of the areas - believed to be Punchbowl Park in Sydney's west - on Monday night.
The park is believed to have been the meeting place for scores of men who formed a vehicle convoy which drove to Cronulla unimpeded by police.
The network claimed the report showed some of those in the crowd were suspected of being Middle Eastern criminals who had been involved in malicious damage and civil disobedience offences throughout the Sutherland Shire.
The report is believed to have said "a direction was given to police about midnight not to enter the area and antagonise these persons".
Originally posted by k4rupt
Yes and the Aussies retaliating by beating on anyone [INNOCENT or NOT] that look arab is a great example of "fighting back"
Hey look, I dont live in Australia or know much about the ethnic tensions there, but I HIGHLY doubt that every Lebanese living in Australia is causing trouble. If not, you can always prove me wrong.
[edit on 14-12-2005 by k4rupt]
Originally posted by Beelzebubba
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