Remeber everyone this all started on Oct 19th when Sarkozy announced a crackdown which gave the "thugs" a week's notice that the police were coming:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19243562.htm
By Helene Fontanaud
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced a crackdown on urban violence and black marketeers on Wednesday, ordering specially trained police to tackle 25 tough neighbourhoods across the country. Sarkozy, who has clearly stated his ambition to run for president in 2007, also announced plans to combat violence in football stadiums, including greater use of video surveillance and bans on hooligans caught on film.
"This ... is a totally new strategy to push back urban violence and make life possible in a certain number of neighbourhoods where trafficking and the underground economy have infected daily life," Sarkozy said at the launch of his new initiative.
"We absolutely have to re-establish a foothold in these neighbourhoods and obtain results," he said.
And if you are interested in keeping the WIKI correct with the timeline you can go here and update and correct with the correct information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Paris_suburb_riots#Timeline
Also interesting is that the MSM has almost completely forgotten about the following... (Thanks to NW_Arizona_Granny for the link).
Parisian Intifada: jihadi conspiracy?
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1516699%2C371
"Media accounts have generally overlooked that the riots erupted days after sensational claims that French police were investigating plans by a group of Islamic extremists to attack targets in Paris. The accounts claimed the group was recruiting French citizens to train in the Middle East and return home to carry out terrorist attacks."