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Say, it’s not over in Oaxaca after all

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Bob

Tear gas, water cannons, molotov cocktails, armored trucks, helicopters, the works:

Blood covered the face and shirt of an 80-year-old man who said police had confused him with protesters.

Swell.

Oh, gee, I guess it’s really not over after all, the way the media thought it was last weekend, just because the square was cleared for a while.  Go figure.

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