[Carling]

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."

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.

[battlecry]

Oh oh...

[ECM]

Their deaths ignited frustration among ethnic minorities over racism, unemployment, police treatment and their marginal place in French society.

Which, of course, absolves the rioters of blame for their actions.

[JustAnotherOkie]

Stupid French!!!

Close the damn Mosques and then burn the SOB's down.

[Rokke]

"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."

Yet our media branded Bush "late" for responding 2 days before Katrina hit.

Bastards.

[blesstheUSA]

the west is under assault

[Brilliant]

"The law must have the last word," Chirac said.


Egad... Not very tolerant of him.

[mosquewatch.com]

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.

Sounds like the Gaza Strip...

[F-117A]

Time for the sniper teams to take out anyone with a shot gun!

[Brilliant]

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."

If they could do all that, then they could kill. These guys just don't want to face reality.

[goldstategop]

Burn baby, burn. Wintertime Jihad in France. Film at 11.

(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.")

[mfulstone]

Just one question: Comment on indique-t-il l' "Laissez les bons temps rouler" en Arabe?

[kingu]

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.tf1.fr%2Fnews%2Ffrance%2F0%2C%2C3260739%2C00.html&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

About thirty police, according to one of the French networks.

[pabianice]

"I love the smell of burning French cities in the morning. It smells like... poetic justice!"

[varyouga]

What are these Frenchies doing?

Just gimme one of these. A container load of ammo and some beers. The Islamists will be needing a new source of virgins.

[dr_who_2]

You'd think the police would take up arms and overthrow their opressors for this injustice!

[Simmy2.5]

How come the police aren't responding to this? Are they armed with spitballs or something?

[rang1995]

"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."

It's like they are making excuses,too far,no real injuries...here even shots would be answered in kind times 10

[Nextrush]

The "rioters" probably got some of their ideas from watching TV (FROM AL-JAZEERA TO THEIR OWN FRENCH CHANNELS)
and seeing the "insurgents" in Iraq and the "intifada" of the Palestinians covered from the terrorist perspective by
left-wing journalists.

[Braak]

How much worse has this got to get? The French have made things so bad by their INACTION that only a Tinamen-like response will settle this. Not that the Muslims are anything like those poor folks the PLA gunned down in 1989.

I do also wonder the makeup of the Armed Forces in France, how much of it worships Mecca? Wouldn't do to commit the troops and then find out half of them defect to the damn rioters.