Iceland rejects bank compensation referendum

[What can we say, eh? -Indeed, Another World IS Possible!] Iceland overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on Saturday to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for money lost when an Icelandic bank collapsed in 2008. Projections showed 93.1 per cent voted against the proposal, with just 1.6 per cent voting in favour. At issue is paying $5.4 billion back to the Governments in London and Amsterdam who compensated their own national savers when they lost money when the Icesave bank collapsed amid the financial turmoil of 2008. The Atlantic: Plucky Little Iceland. HuffPo: Iceland's Referendum -- At Last the People Can Choose. AWIP/Birgitta Jónsdóttir: A Call to the People of the World to Support Iceland Against the Financial Blackmail of the British and Dutch Governments and the IMF. Iceland Banking Crisis News and More: Iceland says "NO" in the referendum today: According to the first numbers coming out, after the referendum today. No is the final answer. First numbers in Reykajvik are, Yes - 399 and No - 19.515. 90 % said no, and it is similar in every other part of Iceland. Here below are some photos from the protest today in Reykjavik. Many of the foreign press was in Iceland today,to follow the Referendum. NYT/DealBook: Iceland’s voters expressed their outrage on Saturday against bankers. CanadaEast: Icelanders reject $5.3 billion debt deal over collapsed bank.