While youths in Athens protest by throwing Molotov cocktails, in Paris by toppling barricades, and in Budapest by hurling eggs at politicians, protesters in Berlin rage at their economic plight by targeting the most expensive cars -- symbols of German wealth and power.
A group calling itself BMW -- the initials stand for Movement for Militant Resistance in German -- has claimed responsibility for several attacks in left-wing magazines and Web sites, police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski said.
One-third of the incidents are classed as “political,” prompting officers to assign a special unit to investigate, Schodrowski said. No arrests have been made. Schodrowski attributed the arson to “a protest against the world economy and rising rents.”
Apparently, other burnigs include vehicles belonging to the delivery service DHL, a for-profit subsidiary of the German Federal Postal Service. DHL provides logistical services for army and has recently bid for a contract to move, equipment, ammunition and troops. They also have a branch in Iraq, whose largest customer is the U.S. army. This winter there have been informational actions across Germany targetting DHL's miitary connections. Reports note that there 'could' be a connection between the co-ordinated protests and the burning of the vehicles.
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