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Rioters Set Fire to Bus in Southern France
AP ^ | November 7, 2005 | ANGELA DOLAND

Posted on 11/07/2005 11:17:32 AM PST by West Coast Conservative

Rioters in the southern city of Toulouse set fire to an empty bus Monday evening, then pelted police with firebombs and rocks, an official said. A 61-year-old man died of wounds sustained in the spreading violence, the first fatality in 12 days of civil unrest that has shocked the country.

The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire, said Francis Soutric, chief of staff at the regional prefecture in Toulouse. No passengers were inside. Clashes broke out when riot police arrived on the scene and officers responded with tear gas, he said.

The new violence came after rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns.

As urban unrest was reported in neighboring Belgium and Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm. One riot-hit town in suburban Paris said it was preparing to enforce a curfew.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europe; france; insurgency; islam; ouijad; paris; parisriots; uprising
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1 posted on 11/07/2005 11:17:33 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
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"The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire..."

Pound for pound, some of the nicest thugs/rioters one could ask for... "please exit the fire trap at this time"


2 posted on 11/07/2005 11:19:15 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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One riot-hit town in suburban Paris said it was preparing to enforce a curfew.

Geez. That will stop 'em.

3 posted on 11/07/2005 11:19:26 AM PST by beltfed308 (Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Imagine how much worse it would be if these youths were being treated harshly for their actions!


4 posted on 11/07/2005 11:19:47 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Here's how it should go.

"France ordered the muslims out of France, then burned the countries they returned to."


5 posted on 11/07/2005 11:20:30 AM PST by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: YouPosting2Me

Curfew.

That oughta show em who's boss.


6 posted on 11/07/2005 11:21:04 AM PST by HOTTIEBOY (Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
This is idiotic...My opinion was 0 on the EU....Now it's hitting negative territory...
7 posted on 11/07/2005 11:22:03 AM PST by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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8 posted on 11/07/2005 11:22:08 AM PST by WilliamWallace1999
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To: West Coast Conservative

Send in Jerry Lewis to restore sense and order.


9 posted on 11/07/2005 11:22:33 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: WilliamWallace1999

O those crazy kids.


10 posted on 11/07/2005 11:22:43 AM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: West Coast Conservative

It appears that the rioters are nearly all Muslims. Has anyone read anything to indicate that there are non-Muslims participating?


11 posted on 11/07/2005 11:25:06 AM PST by American Quilter (Why doesn't the government have to pay taxes on its income?)
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To: West Coast Conservative
officers responded with tear gas

Man, they're tough.

12 posted on 11/07/2005 11:26:44 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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"the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm."

What good are police who are only "deployed"..they need orders to kill...and "calls for calm" are a joke.

France, get up.


13 posted on 11/07/2005 11:29:58 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: West Coast Conservative

The French govt is waiting for the rioters to run out of matches.


14 posted on 11/07/2005 11:30:26 AM PST by beltfed308 (Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Rioters in the southern city of Toulouse set fire to an empty bus Monday evening

LOL... 1295 vehicles burned Saturday night, 1408 vehicles burned Sunday night, Angela Doland at the AP decides to write a story about a single bus burning.

You have to love the vacuousness of the MSM.

15 posted on 11/07/2005 11:30:50 AM PST by RJL
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To: No Blue States
continued calls for calm.


16 posted on 11/07/2005 11:31:50 AM PST by JennysCool (Non-Y2K-Compliant)
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To: Aquinasfan

IN TX we would have responded with 00 buck.


17 posted on 11/07/2005 11:31:59 AM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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To stop the spread of molotov cocktails, France recently banned citizens from owning gasoline. \sarcasm off


18 posted on 11/07/2005 11:37:39 AM PST by winner3000
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"A 61-year-old man died of wounds sustained in the spreading violence . . ."

Talk about keeping your writing pacifistic and appeasing - the man was actually BEATEN TO DEATH! AP - can't you for once tell it like it is??? What losers!

19 posted on 11/07/2005 11:38:27 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: JennysCool
LOL! Continued calls for calm....


20 posted on 11/07/2005 11:40:08 AM PST by No Blue States
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