U.S.
France:
Sad, but true....let history speak for itself. Countless times France has backed down to its enemies. And then they had the gall to tell us what to do after 9/11 and even tried to tell us how to run the Iraq war.
Posted on 11/09/2005 6:15:57 AM PST by HHKrepublican_2
PARIS — Rioters defied a state of emergency that took effect Wednesday, as they looted and burned two superstores, set fire to a newspaper office and paralyzed France's second-largest city's subway system with a firebomb.
However, the number of car burnings — a barometer for the unrest — dropped sharply, suggesting the movement lost steam. Overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, youths torched 617 vehicles, down from 1,173 the previous night, national police spokesman Patrick Hamon said. Incidents were reported in 116 towns, down from 226 the night before.
President Jacques Chirac announced extraordinary security measures, which began Wednesday and are valid for a 12-day state of emergency, clearing the way for curfews after nearly two weeks of rioting that began in neglected and impoverished suburban neighborhoods with large Muslim communities.
The French capital and its suburbs, as well as more than 30 other cities, were covered by the state-of-emergency decree, according to a government bulletin published Wednesday. It empowers officials to put troublemakers under house arrest, ban or limit the movement of people and vehicles, confiscate weapons and close public spaces where gangs gather.
Towns included on the list stretched from Nice on the Mediterranean to Strasbourg on the German border and Le Havre on the English Channel, giving an indication of how widespread the unrest has become.
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. Me thinks they are going to be changing their "barometers" pretty soon!
They firebombed Subway???
"Death to zee Jared!"
>>>How do you say Quagmire in French?
Parlay?
What's wrong the French? They're cheese eating surrender monkeys. What else would you expect?
Just in from Army Rangers:
President Bush May Send Up To 5 Marines For French Assistance
He should send these Marines through Turkey, the original route of our 4TH Infantry Division, that de Vileperson undermined.
Ummmm ... sounds like things are getting worse over there
Apologies to Kiss, but I couldn't resist:
We want everything you've got
We keep on burnin' and the cars get hot
Allah drives us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You say you wanna go for a spin
The party's just begun, we'll bash your head in
Allah drives us wild, we'll drive you crazy
We keep on shoutin', We keep on shoutin'
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
You keep on saying you'll be mine for a while
You're lookin' weak and we remember when you said "seig heil"
Allah drives us wild, we'll drive you crazy
We want everything you've got
Baby, baby that's quite a lot
Allah drives us wild, we'll drive you crazy
We keep on shoutin', We keep on shoutin'
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn all nite and party every day
I wanna riot and burn!
Nah, there are so few casualties because the french are in hiding behind locked doors. Afraid to confront the people burning up their cars.
Why, that's censorship! You know, all of this may just be a smokescreen for a right wing coup. Yeah, that's it.
Hey, American MSM, I may have just found an angle on this that would justify moving the story to page A1 from page Z33.
"PARIS — Rioters defied a state of emergency that took effect Wednesday, as they looted and burned two superstores, set fire to a newspaper office and paralyzed France's second-largest city's subway system with a firebomb. "
Ok, one out of three isn't so bad. They probably should have hit the AP and Reuters offices while they were burning newspaper stands.
:)
I sure hope the Frenchies figure out what to do. The path to wrong and right is often hard to find for those who have willfully abandoned it.
Somewhere, buried in all the threads a few days ago, there was a post about Internet chatter. Implying something "big" is/was to go down on 11/11. (How's that for vague and unsubstantiated?)
If the alleged chatter has any substance at all, hopefully it was the plot thwarted in Australia a few days ago.
"Anybody who owns a car in the riot areas has either already had their car burned, or they have gotten their car the hell out of the area. Hence, the number of cars burned is dropping. The scumbags are moving on to other targets."
You hit the nail on the head! You just have to wonder what it is going to take to jolt the frogs into reality -- burning all of the paintings in the Louvre? Burning down Notre Dame? Blowing up the Eiffel Tower? Unbelievable!
No, it was a provinicial paper, Nice-Matin. According to the article, the offices are in Grasse, a lovely city which is also the center of the French perfume industry.
Oh, Emperor Chirac will be vevvy vevvy upset now...he'll need to find a new fiddle to play as Paris keeps burning.
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