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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In other words, "kiss our precious Islamofascist Muslim butts or we'll keep burning more of France down to the ground"] . . .
. . .souns like truth' in a nutshell', to me. . .
bump. . .
I guess I have to apologize for responding to you quicker than I should have. Apology demands are in the air and I'm quite surprised you didn't demand one from me. hehe
Warning!!!!
You are at war with Islam. You thought you could appease them but it turns out like Hitler and the Germans it all went to He++ in a hand basket.
Come to your senses and bring these Islamic terrorist to heel.
"So what are they going to do?"
They're screwed either way. Take action (shoot someone) and the muslim's will go ballistic and start killing people. Do nothing and watch their entire country burn to the ground.
By my count they are approaching 10,000 burned out automobiles. Maybe they are trying to wean themselves away from mideast oil or maybe they are trying to get in compliance on the Kyoto accords. (my creds) I'm not a political scientist but I did spend a night in a holiday inn express recently.
"Come to your senses and bring these Islamic terrorist to heel."AMEN!!!!thank you"YOUGOTIT"
'mooligans' . . .as in 'hooligans' which means 'rabble'?
As this article includes. . .: Burning cars has become a kind of ritual," said scholar Farhad Khosrokhavar. . ."Through this violence, [young people] feel involved in society. They feel like stars.
Perhaps Sarkozy and the rest of France; could just call these 'young, feeling-their-oats', Muslims, just that. . .
The French are simply signaling that they are ready to sit down and negotiate the terms of surrender.
Hey, no way. We all bounce thoughts off the others here. It's to be expected that the other posters will spot the holes in our logic. That should be part of the reason we come here.
"the French are known to grow a pair in this situation."
How long do you think it'll take? It's been 10 days straight so far.
LOL! The first thing I thought when I saw that headline was, reminds me of a mom in a store counting to 3 to get some little brat to stop some bad behavior!!
Thank you all
They'd have to fork over a carton of smokes for mine.
Chirac is more or less crumbling like some ancient artifact.
...how this for imagination?. You start with the first night of "rioting" and you make massive arrest, you immediately DEPORT,...any complaining from ANY group and you start to DEPORT more...you send and very clear message, your not going to have 12 or more days of rioting.
Doogle
"These vandals need to get a taste of the old 32 Battalion or Internal Stability Division."Agree good friend thank you"seppel"
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