July 12th or "the glorious 12th" is the most contentious day of the year in Northern Ireland. It is the day where Protestants celebrate the Dutch King, William of Orange's victory against Irish Catholics. They do this by marching through Catholic areas and setting fire to things like Irish flags and effigies of the Pope. Every year this results in some level of violence such as rioting and shootings.
Last night was no exception with rioting in various areas of Belfast that ended with 27 police officers requiring hospital treatment include several who had been shot. Although you can't really blame the football the thuggish performance of the Dutch Orangemen in last night's World Cup did not help to calm things down.
Also there has been a bomb blast in Uganda that killed 64 people as they watched the World Cup final. Ugandan authorities are blaming the attack on Islamic militants. This incident actually touches on a matter I was going to write about any way today. That will obviously will have to be re-written and should appear later tonight. In the meantime though the Ugandan version of events is of course nonsense. They attack was actually carried out either by Britain's MI6 or the Ugandan government itself.
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