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Puerto rico mob attacks marines { April 23 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200204231226000102372_aolns.src http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200204231226000102372_aolns.src Tuesday, April 23, 2002 AP Puerto Rico Mob Attacks Marines SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A mob armed with bats and pipes attacked 10 U.S. Marines, leaving one with a cranial fracture and others with injuries from broken bones to minor scrapes, the Navy said Tuesday. All 10 were released from the hospital Tuesday after a brawl that erupted Monday night in the colonial section of San Juan, capital of this U.S. Caribbean territory, said Lt. Corey Barker, a Navy spokesman. The Marines - more than 60 wearing civilian clothes at the time - had just finished work as a security detachment for contested military exercises on the outlying island of Vieques. Two Marines were arguing between themselves outside at about 11 p.m. when a mob armed with lead pipes and bats started beating them, Barker said. He did not say what the fight was about. Eight other Marines came to their friends' defense, and the brawl developed into a large street fight involving more than two dozen people, the Navy and police said. The attackers fled when police were called. There were no arrests. Police and the Navy said the fight occurred outside the Hard Rock Cafe, but manager Arnoldo Pegan said it happened about five blocks away. ``The Marines stopped by for dinner and like always, they were well-behaved,'' he said, adding he saw no argument. The Marines, stationed in Tidewater, Va., are expected to return to their duties on the mainland this week. They had arrived at the cafe in white civilian buses. Anti-military sentiment in this U.S. territory flared after an off-target bomb killed a civilian guard in 1999 on Vieques. Protesters regularly break into the bombing range to delay exercises. The Navy says that during the latest round of maneuvers, which ended last week, protesters threw rocks and other objects at military personnel. The protesters say their demonstrations are peaceful.

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