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\"\"By PAISLEY DODDS and RAPHAEL G. SATTER
\nAssociated Press<\/p>\n

LONDON (AP) — Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls for rioters.<\/p>\n

“If you’re down for making money, we’re about to go hard in east London,” one looter messaged before the violence spread.<\/p>\n

Others direct troublemakers to areas of untapped riches – stores selling expensive stereo equipment, designer clothes, alcohol and bicycles.<\/p>\n

Most show a portent of even worse things to come.<\/p>\n

Many of the masked or hooded youths have been photographed typing messages on their cellphones while flames engulf cars and buildings.<\/p>\n

Alcohol has also played a part. Some of Tuesday night’s rioters bragged of booze-fueled rampages. Britain has a culture of binge drinking with a recent surge in alcohol-related diseases among the young. The legal age to purchase alcohol in Britain is 18.<\/p>\n

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