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Blair pelted with eggs in DublinAnti-war protesters throw eggs, shoes and plastic bottles at former UK prime minister during promotion of his memoirs.Last Modified: Sep 04 2010 17:12 GMT
Anti-war protesters in Dublin have thrown shoes, eggs and plastic bottles at Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, as he arrived at the first public signing of his memoirs.
About 200 people in the Irish capital shouted that Blair had "blood on his hands" over the 2003 Iraq war when he arrived at the bookshop on Saturday amid tight security. The projectiles did not strike Blair.
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Some of the protesters scuffled with police and at least two people were arrested. Blair is planning to hold another book signing in London on Wednesday, which anti-war activists have said that they will target.
Baria Alamuddin, the editor at large of al-Hayat newspaper, said that Blair can expect protests to follow him when promoting his book. "This shows the strong feeling still among the populations around the world when it comes to him taking part in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
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http://english.aljazeera.net/video/europe/2010/09/20109414012490770.html Looks like this was a warm up for the big one on Wednesday.
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