Posted on 11/02/2005 4:27:04 PM PST by Flavius
PARIS, France (AP) -- Unrest spread across troubled suburbs around Paris in a sixth night of violence as police clashed with angry youths and scores of vehicles were torched in at least nine towns, local officials said.
Police in riot gear fired rubber bullets late Tuesday at advancing gangs of youths in Aulnay-sous-Bois -- one of the worst-hit suburbs -- where 15 cars were burned, according to officials in the Seine-Saint-Denis region.
Youths lobbed Molotov cocktails at an annex to the town hall and threw stones at the firehouse. It was not immediately clear whether there were injuries from the clashes.
Four people were arrested for throwing stones at police in nearby Bondy where 14 cars were burned, the prefecture said. A fire engulfed a carpet store, but it was not immediately clear whether the blaze was linked to the suburban unrest.
Officials gave an initial count of 69 vehicles torched in nine suburbs across the Seine-Saint-Denis region that arcs Paris on the north and northeast.
The area, home mainly to families of immigrant origin, often from Muslim North Africa, is marked by soaring unemployment and delinquency. Anger and despair thrive in the tall cinder-block towers and long "bars" that typically make up housing projects in France.
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Bring back the guillotine.
Sixth paragraph.
"Often"?
"Police in riot gear fired rubber bullets"
That's just one of thier mistakes.
Not any worse than South Central, and we're still here.
What? Those horrible police are firing rubber bullets at those poor rioters who are armed only with rocks? That's horrible! /sarc
Just like in Israel. Wonder if French authorities will continue their criticism of Israel now.
'bout time someone in the MSM said the "M" word.
Anybody here ever read 'Camp of the Saints'?
The French need to get some stones and implement a "shoot to kill" policy. Once the riots have stopped, they need to round up every North African immigrant and export them back to North Africa. Only then do they have a remote chance of survival.
Rubber bullets? Geez, Frenchy...try this to chase your Muslim problems away!
Well, you see, you walk along the street from house to house, and often you find a family from Muslim North Africa.
The French are roughly 35 years behind America. The wreckage of American cities by violent blacks began in 1968.
The only cure is bread and circus.
Couldn't happen to a nicer country IMHO.
Not any worse than South Central, and we're still here.
Fortunately, the muslims haven't gotten hold in South Central yet.
Go ahead Froggies, invite some more muzzies in so that they can burn your country to the ground. Someday you might actually learn to fight for yourselves.
HH just said that FR was the best source by far for Paris riot info.
'bout time someone in the MSM said the "M" word.
North Africa has been under Muslim domination continuously since 669 C.E., so the distinction lacks a difference - don't they teach any history in J-school?
Ah, history, what Hegel and Marx have wrought!
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