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French riots rage despite warning
BBC Information news ^ | BBC

Posted on 11/06/2005 7:49:08 AM PST by anonymoussierra

France has suffered its heaviest riot damage yet as warnings of tough prison sentences failed to deter arsonists. Police reported 1,295 vehicle burnings and made 312 arrests as unrest in African and Arab communities spread to Strasbourg, Toulouse and Nantes.

On the 10th consecutive night of riots, four cars were torched on Place de la Republique in central Paris along with others in the central 17th District.

Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy had warned of stiff jail sentences.

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In some areas of Paris, night buses were cancelled as a precaution.

Police helicopters patrolled the skies over the capital, attempting to pursue and identify those responsible for the attacks.

Unrest began after the deaths of two youths in the rundown Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois on 27 October, who were accidentally electrocuted at an electricity sub-station after reportedly fleeing police.

The northern town of Evreux in Normandy saw some of the worst unrest overnight with at least 30 cars burned along with three shops, the local authorities said.

A school was also petrol-bombed in the town while four police officers were injured in clashes with youths, some of them reportedly wielding baseball bats.

Saturday night's violence was the worst reported to date:

A McDonald's was rammed by a car and almost completely burnt out in Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris

Five classrooms of a nursery in Grigny, south of Paris, were destroyed by fire while a primary school was also slightly damaged

A recycling facility was attacked in the Essone area near Paris, with 800 sq m of paper going up in flames and at least 35 vehicles torched

In Drancy, north-east of Paris, two teenagers were caught and handed over to police after they tried to set fire to a lorry.

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Marches

Earlier on Saturday hundreds of people joined marches in Paris suburbs to protest against the violence.

In Aulnay-sous-Bois, which has seen some of the worst of the rioting, residents walked past burnt out vehicles and buildings with banners reading "No to violence" and "Yes to dialogue".

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin met eight key ministers and the head of the Paris mosque, Dalil Boubakeur.

After the meeting, Mr Boubakeur urged a change in tone from the government.

"What I want from the authorities, from Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, the prime minister and senior officials are words of peace," he said.

Mr de Villepin has been holding a series of meetings with public figures and ordinary people from the affected areas as he seeks an end to the crisis.

Mr Sarkozy's much-quoted description of urban vandals as "rabble" (racaille) a few days before the riots began is said by many to have already created tension.

Reports of a police tear gas grenade hitting a mosque during the riots further inflamed feelings.

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To: putupjob

......you would spoil Ramadan for the practioners of Islam....

Ramadan is over, we want to spoil Eid.


101 posted on 11/06/2005 11:23:59 AM PST by bert (K.E. ; N.P . Chicken spit causes flu....... Fox News)
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To: SamAdams76

They have to rest up for their evening of activity.


102 posted on 11/06/2005 11:25:27 AM PST by Luke21 (Political correctness is the insane religion of our rulers.)
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To: anonymoussierra; All
This is from a Greek Newspaper reporting on the Moslem Riot.



http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_100046_06/11/2005_162645

The article is in Greek and only a small part of the paper but it is there.
103 posted on 11/06/2005 11:32:08 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
104 posted on 11/06/2005 11:48:31 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
105 posted on 11/06/2005 11:49:02 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
106 posted on 11/06/2005 11:49:16 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
107 posted on 11/06/2005 11:49:29 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
108 posted on 11/06/2005 11:49:41 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
109 posted on 11/06/2005 11:50:06 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
The Muslim riots in Paris and other French cities are well orchestrated and will continue until the French government gives in and grants Muslims the right to take over the entire country.

This is simply another case of the have-nots wanting what the haves have gained through hard work.

Have-nots have shared down through the centuries a total ignorance of what it takes makes a prosperous civilization.

They are unaware that it takes an ability to form social institutions, a governmental system that allows broad participation and laws that protect private property and personal freedom.

Also they believe with fanatic faith that the good life just falls out of the sky. They believe that if they kill and destroy enough the goodies will fall on them.

Overwhelming demographic shifts of primitives and semi-primitives have brought about the collapse of many civilizations in the past but have built none.

France must learn, as we must learn in our own war against Islam, that we are in a war of extinction.
110 posted on 11/06/2005 11:50:22 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: anonymoussierra
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy had warned of stiff jail sentences.

Uh oh...sounds like they're really getting MAD now!

111 posted on 11/06/2005 11:52:38 AM PST by Jorge (Q)
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To: F14 Pilot

lol...


112 posted on 11/06/2005 11:56:13 AM PST by sit-rep (If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
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To: livius
I bet that stern warning scared the heck outta them rioting muslim "youths".

LOLOLOLOLOL!

BTW have the French surrendered yet???

113 posted on 11/06/2005 11:57:10 AM PST by Walkin Man
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To: R.W.Ratikal

absolutely correct, islam is not a religion. it is a CULTURE at total odds with the west. CLOSE THE MOSQUES NOW.


114 posted on 11/06/2005 12:00:21 PM PST by Zrob (freedom without lies)
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To: anonymoussierra

Isn't it comforting to know Chirac has already played the 'Blame Bush' card, claiming he warned Bush that this would happen if we invaded Iraq. Well, he'll ride that horse through the rest of their election cycle, and don't be surprised if the Dems and their pals, the MSM do it, too.


115 posted on 11/06/2005 12:04:19 PM PST by hershey
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To: anonymoussierra
police officers were injured in clashes with youths, some of them reportedly wielding baseball bats.

Is it really possible to obtain a baseball bat in France? What are they normally used for?

116 posted on 11/06/2005 12:05:09 PM PST by wideminded
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To: YOUGOTIT
Warning!!!! You are at war with Islam.

Why do you expect the French to understand what so many Americans fail to grasp? Our own Democrat Party labors daily to criminalize the efforts of Republicans to fight this war - while the enemy plots to create even larger fires in the US than currently burn in the suburbs of Paris. Sometimes I want to get up on my roof with a 20,000 watt loudspeaker and shout "Wake Up!!!!!" to all who will listen.

117 posted on 11/06/2005 12:05:30 PM PST by andy58-in-nh
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To: DoughtyOne

France has nukes, so we can't let terrorists gain control of the country.


118 posted on 11/06/2005 12:05:51 PM PST by hershey
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To: hershey
Yes you are absolutely right.  Boundless pointed that out in post 19 and I acknowledged it in post 25.

Both of you were correct to point that out.
119 posted on 11/06/2005 12:09:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne

I noticed you'd heard from Boundless a few scrolls down, sorry! But my first reaction was like yours....let them stew in their own juice. This time we won't save them. If they carve up the country and allow autonomous Muslim enclaves, they've handed France over to them lock, stock, and barrel.


120 posted on 11/06/2005 12:15:13 PM PST by hershey
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