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Among the early story lines : The rioters were sending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a message that he must negotiate or pay a price; relations between the Israeli army and Palestinian police--who fought alongside the rioters--have collapsed; Netanyahu was not a decisive ideologue but a aimless dawdler; concessions to the Palestinians, said the Likud government, would signal weakness and invite further attacks; and the conflagration placed Egypt in a precarious position as it tried to facilitate reconciliation amid Arab rage over Israel's actions.
When the government failed to fulfill promises to compensate investors, rioters pillaged the capital, Tirana, and battled government-organized militias.
The WP and NYT both capture the growing political nuance of the street-level situation with their observations that some army troops were greeted with applause by rioters, and that the soldiers, unlike the cops, mingled with the crowds.
In a perfect world, there would be no need to refer to people by their skin color: many years ago newspapers agreed to omit mention of an individual's color, but they got round that by showing a photograph; today, television newscasters avoid irrelevant mention of skin color, but they seem almost relieved to be able to show a picture of someone being arrested and of looters and rioters.
Quoting a military manual leaked to the Jakarta Post , the paper said platoon leaders have been authorized to use live ammunition "in self-defense to cripple rioters who are clearly threatening to kill others [or to] cause heavy material damage."
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