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Mayor Bloomberg avoids
action against protests

Bloomberg named
30th richest person
on planet by Forbes
NEW YORK (AP) - It would
seem that Mayor Michael Bloom-
berg would be a natural foe for
protesters now in their seventh
week on Wall Street's footstep.
He is not only the 1 percent, he
was named the 30th richest per-
son on the planet, according to
Forbes magazine. He is aman who
has used his fortune to achieve
vast political influence. A former
trader and CEO who ardently
defends the big banks against
those who would blame the insti-
tutions for the nation's economic
woes.
But the billionaire mayor has
thus far avoided taking decisive
action against the encampment
protesting economic inequality
and corporate greed.
Bloomberg may not be able to
keep that distance for long, how-
ever. Local officials displeased
with noise and sanitation com-
plaints atthe site havebeen notch-
ing up the pressure on City Hall.
And park owners may yet choose
to clear out the group on trespass-
ing charges, causing a potential
showdown with police.
The mayor has said the situ-
ation is the city's responsibility
- but has yet to explain how his
administration mightstep in.
"It is the city's problem and
we'll make a decision," he said
recently. "But, you know, it's just
not so easy. You can't just walk in
and say, 'Hey, you're outof here."'
As the protests have grown to
include encampments around the
country, some mayors are taking
that exact approach, while oth-
ers are publicly pondering similar
action. Results have been mixed.
In Oakland, Calif., police in riot
gear fired tear gas and bean bags
to disperse protesters who had
been camping in front of City Hall

- a move followed by confronta-
tions that have led local business
leaders and residents to question
Mayor Jean Quan's leadership. In
Atlanta and in Sacramento, Calif.,
police arrested dozens of people
to clear out park encampments.
The mayor of Providence, RI.,
has threatened to ask a court to
evict protesters, and Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has
said an encampment outside City
Hall "cannot continue indefinite-
ly."
But in New York, a decision to
forcibly evict the protesters could
prove unpopular for a mayor
already coping with a third-term
decline in public approval. Two-
thirds of New York City voters
polled recently by Quinnipiac
University say they agree with the
protesters' views, and 82 per-
cent believe the group should be
allowed to continue the protest,
which is costing the city millions
of dollars in ramped up security.
"Bloomberg is in a bad spot,"
said 61-year-old protester Aron
Kay, standing with the help of a
cane amid the tents at Zuccotti
Park. "He knows he's damned if
you do, damned if you don't....
They will look very bad if they
come in here like gangbusters."
Still, patience with the move-
ment is wearing thin with some.
The New York Post embla-
zoned the word "ENOUGH!"
on its front page Thursday and
accused the mayor of refusing
to take action on what the news-
paper said was a public nui-
sance. Politicians representing
Wall Street-area residents have
asked the city to crack down on
protesters' loud drumming and
public urination, even while
sayingthey value the protesters'
message.
So far, Bloomberg's dealings
with the protesters have been a
balancing act.
He has expounded at length
about the group's free-speech
rights - repeatedly saying that he

has been their biggest defender.
But he has also openly mocked
Occupy Wall Street and his state-
ments have harshened in recent
days.
"Increasingly you're seeing
that communities, businesses and
residents in Lower Manhattan
feel that they are the ones that are
being occupied ... and it's really
hurting small businesses and fam-
ilies," he said Wednesday. "No one
should think that we won't take
actions that we think are appro-
priate when we think they are
appropriate."
A day later, he said he was con-
cerned about crime at the camp
and unwillingness among some
protesters to report crimes to
the police, but declined to say
whether that could be reason to
evict the group. He later said the
city wouldn't tolerate "some of
the things that have gone on," and
vowed to do something, but said it
was also important to understand
laws and implications.
Bloomberg, who gets daily
updates on the protest in a meet-
ing with senior aides and agency
heads, has said the police depart-
ment won't move to evict the pro-
testers unless there's a threat to
public health or safety - or unless
Brookfield Office Properties,
which owns the park, asks the city
for help removingtrespassers.
The administration remains in
constant contact with Brookfield.
But the mayor has said repeat-
edly his administration has tried
to identify representatives among
the protesters with whom it could
negotiate - but the leaderless
nature of the protesters' organiza-
tion has made it impossible.
The city called progressive
politicians, political organizations
and labor groups - some of which
have worked with the group at
Zuccotti Park - in an attempt to
identify protesters who would talk
to city officials, said Bloomberg
spokesman Marc La Vorgna. But
no names have surfaced, he said.

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Syrian immigrants and supporters shout slogans as they wave the revolutionary Syrian flag and a Kurdish flag during a
rally against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Syrian embassy in Sofia, yesterday.
Syrian troops kill 11 despite
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Killings occured on
the first day of Feast
of the Sacrifice
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrians in
the restive region of Homs 'per-
formed special prayers for a
major Muslim holiday to the
sound of explosions and gunfire
as government troops pushed
forward their assault on the
area, killing at least 11 people
yesterday, residents and activ-
ists said.
The violence on the first day
of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the
Sacrifice, added to fears that a
peace plan brokered by the Arab
League last week was unravel-
ing and prompted Qatar's prime
minister to call for an emergen-
cy meeting Saturday to discuss
the Syrian government's failure
to abide by its commitments.
Egypt's official news, agen-
cy MENA reported that Sheik
Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al
Thani called for the meeting "in
light of the continuing acts of
violence and the Syrian govern-
ment's noncompliance" with the
terms of the Arab plan.

Violence has continued
unabated, though Damascus
agreed to halt its crackdown
on the 7-month-old uprising
that the U.N. says has left some
3,000 people dead.
Under the Arab League plan,
Syria's government agreed to
pull tanks and armored vehicles
out of cities, release political
prisoners and allow journalists
and rights groups into the coun-
try.
"It is a very painful situation
here in Homs," said a city resi-
dent reached by telephone and
speaking on condition of ano-
nymity for fear of government
reprisals. "The holiday will
come for us only when we are
free from this regime."
Activists said government
forces yesterday killed at least
nine people in Homs, which has
turned into one of the main cen-
ters of protest and reprisal dur-
ing the revolt against President
Bashar Assad.
Bloodshed linked to the mili-
tary crackdown on dissent and
what appear to be sectarian
revenge killings have engulfed
Homs in recent weeks, killing
scores of people in the country's

third-largest city.
The British-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights
said troops killed one person in
the city of Hama during raids
there and another in the north-
ern Idlib province.
Majd Amer, a local Homs
activist, said people performed
morning prayers to the sound
of explosions that sometimes
shook the mosques. "Nobody
can tell what the explosions are, 4
it's been like this for days now,"
he said of the military assault on
the city.
Elsewhere, troops fired live
ammunition to disperse protest-
ers near Damascus and in the
country's north as worshippers
emerged from prayers to stage
protests calling for Assad's
ouster. There were no immedi-
ate reports of deaths but activ-
ists said several people were
wounded in the northern prov-
ince of Idlib.
Assad, who is trying to fend
off the greatest challenge his
family's 40-year-old regime,
attended Eid prayers at the al-
Nour- Mosque in the northern
town of Raqqa, according to the
official SANA news agency.

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