Just gimme one of these. A container load of ammo and some beers. The Islamists will be needing a new source of virgins.
Posted on 11/06/2005 4:13:26 PM PST by HAL9000
GRIGNY, France, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Rioters fired shots at police in an 11th night of riots in France on Sunday, injuring 10 policemen, two of them seriously, police said.Some 200 youths were lobbing stones and other objects at police in Grigny, south of Paris, a police spokesman said, adding that some of the rioters had fired at officers with shotguns, hitting 10 policemen.
Two officers were being treated in hospital, one with lead shot wounds to the throat, the other with wounds to a leg.
Asked whether the rioters could have killed someone, the spokesman said: "Probably not at this distance, but they could have caused bad injuries, or turn one of the officers blind."
The fresh violence came just hours after President Jacques Chirac vowed to restore order, making his first public comments since the riots started in Paris's poor suburbs on Oct. 27.
"The Republic is quite determined, by definition, to be stronger than those who want to sow violence or fear," Chirac said after a domestic security council met to respond to the violence in which thousands of cars have gone up in flames.
"The law must have the last word," Chirac said.
Rioting began with the accidental electrocution of two youths apparently fleeing police. Their deaths ignited frustration among ethnic minorities over racism, unemployment, police treatment and their marginal place in French society.
The riots have spread from Paris's bleak suburbs to other French cities. Towns such as Toulouse, Nantes and Strasbourg were hit by violence on Sunday.
What a bizarre question and answer. I'd assume that any shots fired could kill someone, and the police spokesman seems to be downplaying 10 officers being hit.
Memo to France - ignoring this won't make it go away.
Oh oh...
Which, of course, absolves the rioters of blame for their actions.
Stupid French!!!
Close the damn Mosques and then burn the SOB's down.
Yet our media branded Bush "late" for responding 2 days before Katrina hit.
Bastards.
the west is under assault
"The law must have the last word," Chirac said.
Egad... Not very tolerant of him.
Sounds like the Gaza Strip...
Time for the sniper teams to take out anyone with a shot gun!
Shhhh, how dare you make accurate statements such as this. ;)
Asked whether the rioters could have killed someone, the spokesman said: "Probably not at this distance, but they could have caused bad injuries, or turn one of the officers blind."
If they could do all that, then they could kill. These guys just don't want to face reality.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Just one question: Comment on indique-t-il l' "Laissez les bons temps rouler" en Arabe?
Or anyone with a molotov.
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About thirty police, according to one of the French networks.
These stupids are pathetic. Just frogs in a pot being brought to a slow boil. They're clueless.
"Or anyone with a molotov."
Just shoot the molotov.
Just gimme one of these. A container load of ammo and some beers. The Islamists will be needing a new source of virgins.
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