Rioters Set Athens On Fire (PHOTOS)

Greek police fired tear gas at petrol bomb-throwing protesters outside parliament, where tens of thousands had massed a rally against austerity plans being debated by lawmakers.

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[castlemike]

10:02 PM on 02/13/2012

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/athens-morning-after-48-buildings-fire-150-looted-hundreds-arrested

Athens - The Morning After: 48 Buildings On Fire, 150 Looted, Hundreds Arrested

There is a silver lining to Athens' ever uglier transition to a third world country: the massive GDP boost that awaits it as it sets off to fix broken windows and burned down buildings. In fact, we eagerly await Krugman's OpEd praising some of the more recent developments out of Greece in the past 48 hours. Granted, the country will need to get even more bailout funding from the Troika for said GDP boost to occur, but who cares about details anymore.

Police said 150 shops were looted in the capital and 48 buildings set ablaze. Some 100 people – including 68 police – were wounded and 130 detained, a police official said on Monday.
There was also violence in cities across the country, including Thessaloniki and the islands of Corfu and Crete.

And while we already knew that democracy is only that on paper, and until someone disagrees, following the expuslion of 43 deputies from their respective parties for disagreeing with the ongoing sacking of Greece by Europes' banks, here are potential next steps.