[Skooz]

Good. Now they can surrender en masse.

[timsbella]

It occurs to me that TROP is actually the French word for "too much". How apt.

[samtheman]

A 61-year-old man also died Monday of wounds sustained in an attack as he tried to put out a trash can fire, the first fatality since the unrest began.

What brave young men they are. Beating a 61 year old to death. Who was trying to put out a fire (not confronting them directly).

When I see this story, and see how the French people are willing to accept this, my only reaction is: burn, baby, burn.

[SF Republican]

I forget the name but the French have a special force just for riots; big, dumb, mean guys; but with this many protesters they might not be too interested in intervening. I am happy to see some french police men are getting injured, not to be happy with that fact but it does indicate they are finally doing something.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (search) said 1,500 police and gendarme reservists were being called up to reinforce the 8,000 troops already deployed to stem the violence that has shocked the nation.

The reservists will be sent into the field...as soon as 1,500 additional white flags can be located.

[Dallas59]

Strange.....No comments from the UN????

[Reaganesque]

In Toulouse (search), rioters stopped a bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle on fire, said Francis Soutric, chief of staff at the regional prefecture in Toulouse. No passengers were inside.

Well...not anymore, anyway.

[layman]

Churches were set ablaze in northern Lens and southern Sete

No mention of how many or which denominations, but I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that no mosques were torched.

[thompsonsjkc]

Well, it's good that these reservists weren't busy fighting Bush's war for oil.

/sarcasm

[El Gato]

If they'd just let the regular police use real bullets, and carry more than one each, in their breast pockets, they wouldn't need to call up the reserves.