1. From this perspective, the rioters are not a unique group but rather are comparable to others in the urban underclass. 2. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction. 3. He emphasised the extent to which rioters were concerned to fix just prices on seized corn, or, as they sometimes put it, sought to regulate prices. 4. The rioters were repulsed from attacking a small Jewish enclave in the heart of the Palestinian-controlled city, according to the Israeli military. 5. There was speculation in the area that the rioters were protesting the recent arrest of a neighborhood man on charges that he was engaged in terrorist activity. 6. Tuesday, a delegate from Norway bought a coat from her and asked if the rioters were all from Seattle. 7. A police officer, asking not to be identified, said the rioters were ultra-Orthodox Jews who live in West Bank settlements neighboring Jerusalem. 8. Also, he says, the main rioters were outsiders. 9. And rioters are intent on targeting the ethnic Chinese shopkeepers who were forced to raise prices of food after the Indonesian currency plunged in value last year. 10. He said the rioters were mostly Afghan, and some were armed. |