Posted on 11/07/2005 11:17:32 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
Rioters in the southern city of Toulouse set fire to an empty bus Monday evening, then pelted police with firebombs and rocks, an official said. A 61-year-old man died of wounds sustained in the spreading violence, the first fatality in 12 days of civil unrest that has shocked the country.
The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire, said Francis Soutric, chief of staff at the regional prefecture in Toulouse. No passengers were inside. Clashes broke out when riot police arrived on the scene and officers responded with tear gas, he said.
The new violence came after rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns.
As urban unrest was reported in neighboring Belgium and Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm. One riot-hit town in suburban Paris said it was preparing to enforce a curfew.
"The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire..."
Pound for pound, some of the nicest thugs/rioters one could ask for... "please exit the fire trap at this time"
Geez. That will stop 'em.
Imagine how much worse it would be if these youths were being treated harshly for their actions!
Here's how it should go.
"France ordered the muslims out of France, then burned the countries they returned to."
Curfew.
That oughta show em who's boss.
Send in Jerry Lewis to restore sense and order.
O those crazy kids.
It appears that the rioters are nearly all Muslims. Has anyone read anything to indicate that there are non-Muslims participating?
Man, they're tough.
"the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm."
What good are police who are only "deployed"..they need orders to kill...and "calls for calm" are a joke.
France, get up.
The French govt is waiting for the rioters to run out of matches.
LOL... 1295 vehicles burned Saturday night, 1408 vehicles burned Sunday night, Angela Doland at the AP decides to write a story about a single bus burning.
You have to love the vacuousness of the MSM.
IN TX we would have responded with 00 buck.
To stop the spread of molotov cocktails, France recently banned citizens from owning gasoline. \sarcasm off
Talk about keeping your writing pacifistic and appeasing - the man was actually BEATEN TO DEATH! AP - can't you for once tell it like it is??? What losers!
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