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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:02 AM Jun 2012

Greek far-right Golden Dawn MP wanted for assault

Source: BBC

7 June 2012 Last updated at 10:24 GMT

Greek far-right Golden Dawn MP wanted for assault

Greek prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party after he slapped a left-wing politician in the face on live television.

Ilias Kasidiaris, who was elected to Greece's parliament in last month's elections, was debating with two female politicians on a chat show.

Video footage shows him throwing a glass of water at one of the women.

When the other intervened, he slapped her in the face three times.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18352258
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Greek far-right Golden Dawn MP wanted for assault (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2012 OP
If you can't baffle them with bullshit, use physical violence. What an idiot. siligut Jun 2012 #1
Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton just called it a brawl siligut Jun 2012 #3
Guess the Greek far-right treats women the same way the American far-right does. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #2

siligut

(12,272 posts)
1. If you can't baffle them with bullshit, use physical violence. What an idiot.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:15 AM
Jun 2012

Is this what politics is coming to? The economic crisis is allowing these extremists to gain power, it's really disturbing.

Golden Dawn's leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, has also denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz and questioned the Holocaust, but he rejects the label neo-Nazi.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
3. Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton just called it a brawl
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 02:50 PM
Jun 2012

Just hearing that you would think it was mutual. Gigi Stone told the story and clarified somewhat, and did say that it was the Golden Dawn member that started it.

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