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I saw on twitter some photos purporting to be a police sniper overlooking the TUC’s March for the Alternative protest in Manchester coinciding with the Conservative party conference. Below are two of the clearest pics which appear to show a police sniper position.

This first one is presented as taken from the twitpic page therefore I have not rotated it, it has no info on it (Click to enlarge)-

From http://twitpic.com/6u6hm3  james conway @quasimentalist

Update: I have been in touch with James Conway via twitter and he took these with a Nikon D7000 using 28-300mm  lens, more pictures are on his Flickr page here. Thanks to him for the info.

This pic has info that shows it is taken with an HTC desire (Click to enlarge)-

From http://twitpic.com/6u1k90  Kilby, Gemma @bestservedLOUD

Of the sniper rifles UK police use this looks most like a Riflecraft TMR1 rather than the range of Heckler & Koch rifles.

Before the protest GMP made it known-

Police have warned anyone planning to cause trouble at a trades union march in Manchester that robust action will be taken against them.

So did the security forces have at least one sniper overlooking the protest, and how often do they have snipers in place for well organised, legal and peaceful demonstrations in Britain?

Update: The Salford Star has another pic of the sniper

It is worth recording that with the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki by a Democratic administration that the US empire now reserves the ‘right’ to kidnap, kill or torture any human being anywhere on Earth summarily and with cross party consensus. May Occupy Wall Street be only the beginning of bringing civilisation to this dark tyranny.

Meanwhile the cross party consensus in the UK is that the casualties of their mutual neoliberalism should be scapegoated more aggressively to ensure sufficient luxuries for the elites and provide ample misdirection for the stupid and spiteful.

And in Greece, this happened-

 an unemployed Greek woman who owed a little over 26,000 euros to two banks, Eurobank and National, received a full debt discharge on her outstanding loans. As the blog logical concludes, this decision will probably be adhered to in thousands of similar cases. Furthermore, it should be noted the woman had a perfect payment record for 18 years, and only fell behind when she lost her job.

Bartzokas George, Attorney-President of the Citizens’ Movement – Borrowers, told newsbomb.gr said: “This is a historic decision, as it is the first court decision that removes 100% of the borrower’s debt . handled flawlessly Article 8 paragraph 5 of N.3869, whereby the court clears the debt because the borrower is a long-term unemployed and has not even cover the minimum, both for itself and for dependents. Surely others will follow such decisions. “

The Court rejected the claims of the banks that loan, is not determined by “who” finds the amount for the cost of living and that of her family, although included in the notice of application data permanently prevented payment and the necessary documents.

“This decision of the district court Larissa is a victory of borrowers against banks, which, let’s not forget, give consumer loans without guarantees. Act 3869 will ultimately vindicate the indebted households and especially those who are truly economically impossible debt repayment, as the unemployed and the economically disadvantaged, “says the newsbomb.gr o President George IKNA Lechouritou.

It should be noted that decisions issued by local courts for citizens who seek legal assistance following the failure of-court settlement increase exponentially. It is, in the overwhelmingly positive and achieves remission in 50-60%. For the first time, but a court decision provides the total debt cancellation.