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State of Emergency Begins in France
Fox News ^

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1848redux; france; insurgency; intifada; jihad; quagmire; surrender; terrorism; uprising; yoots
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1 posted on 11/09/2005 6:15:57 AM PST by HHKrepublican_2
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man these frogs are stupid. so if you leave a couple hundred cars alone but burn box centers, newspapers etc, and then paraylze the transportation system of the city, frogs think this is progress. in all sincerety, france is really pathetic, like watching a worm squirm and die. put it out of its misery already.


2 posted on 11/09/2005 6:18:48 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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...set fire to a newspaper office

Now they've gone to far!


3 posted on 11/09/2005 6:18:56 AM PST by txroadhawg ("Stuck on stupid? I invented stupid! " Al Gore)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

what interests me is that there have been so few casualties---the mujahadeen are holding back, waiting for orders and organizational support from Al Qaida...


4 posted on 11/09/2005 6:19:04 AM PST by Mamzelle (.)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

I guess we'll have to wait a few more days, to know if the riots are dying out.


5 posted on 11/09/2005 6:19:18 AM PST by syriacus (The cold-heartedness of libs, toward the Iraqis's attempts for a better life, takes my breath away.)
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However, the number of car burnings — a barometer for the unrest — dropped sharply...

It could also mean they are running out of easy targets on the cars.
6 posted on 11/09/2005 6:19:36 AM PST by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

"...looted and burned two superstores, set fire to a newspaper office and paralyzed France's second-largest city's subway system with a firebomb."

" the number of car burnings — a barometer for the unrest — dropped sharply, suggesting the movement lost steam..."

Could they whistle past the graveyard a little louder, please?


7 posted on 11/09/2005 6:19:52 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: txroadhawg

Too bad it was not the New Yourk Slimes.


8 posted on 11/09/2005 6:20:35 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

Message to the French government -

WHAT THE EFFING HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? PULL YOUR FINGERS OUT OF YOUR ARSES, YOUR FACES OUT OF PLATES OF FOIE GRAS AND SHOOT THESE BLIGHTERS!

Thank you.

Regards, Ivan


9 posted on 11/09/2005 6:20:37 AM PST by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: son of caesar
france is really pathetic, like watching a worm squirm and die
Excellent imagery. And so, so true.
10 posted on 11/09/2005 6:20:44 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Mamzelle
what interests me is that there have been so few casualties

That certainly smacks of organization -- they are intentionally limiting things to property damage (with very few exceptions). I think maybe even the French would have the stomach for a fight if it was to protect people from being hurt and killed. If it's just property damage, we'll, c'est la vie.

11 posted on 11/09/2005 6:21:03 AM PST by kevkrom (Thank you... I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress. (And try the veal!))
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To: HHKrepublican_2

"...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..." "...the movement lost steam..."

Right.


12 posted on 11/09/2005 6:21:05 AM PST by Sabatier
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ahh..we have a self proclaimed well informed "journalist" from the WaPo, David Ignatius, on FOX telling us that this has nothing to do with muzlum extremism but instead is just a bunch of deprived kids trying to "reach out".

This is, according to this mental midget, just France's example of America in the 60's.

Now there's a brilliant analysis for ya.

13 posted on 11/09/2005 6:21:41 AM PST by evad ( MD4BUSH SPREAD RUMOURS THAT MARYLAND SEN BARBARA MIKULSKI IS A LESBIAN.)
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To: son of caesar

After last nights election results, I wonder how far behind them we are. 2, 3 decades maybe?


14 posted on 11/09/2005 6:21:49 AM PST by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male (NRA))
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"...a barometer for the unrest..."

It's pronounced thermometer.


15 posted on 11/09/2005 6:23:43 AM PST by Andy Ross (A Scot in Trondheim)
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To: son of caesar
man these frogs are stupid. so if you leave a couple hundred cars alone but burn box centers, newspapers etc, and then paraylze the transportation system of the city, frogs think this is progress. in all sincerety, france is really pathetic, like watching a worm squirm and die. put it out of its misery already.

The Muslim fools who are burning stuff are the same kind of fools all over the world who burn, loot and pillage their own neighborhoods....as protest against the government and the "haves."

The stupid frogs here are the morons torching their own neighbors' cars. No brains.

But then they immigrate to France because they simply haven't got what it takes to make it in their own country. Much like the immigrants who come to this country. The USA is much easier to live in. The middle class, wealthy, educated, successful and business people don't emigrate from their homelands....only the "less than".....do.

16 posted on 11/09/2005 6:24:05 AM PST by starfish923 ( It's never right to do wrong. Socrates)
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To: stevio

as i am now convinced, our govt will do nothing to avoid this problem happening here at some level. prudent minds would start planning for a future based on such happenings.
hopefully im dead wrong, but i dont think so. islam will gain immense confidence as a result of frances sissyness. islam will begin to ;pick off the west one by one, great tactics.


17 posted on 11/09/2005 6:25:03 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

This spin is so beyond ridiculous. So if there are less cars turned into french fries then the rest of the damage doesn't count?


18 posted on 11/09/2005 6:25:33 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: stevio
After last nights election results, I wonder how far behind them we are. 2, 3 decades maybe?

Only ONE presidential election behind.

19 posted on 11/09/2005 6:25:45 AM PST by starfish923 ( It's never right to do wrong. Socrates)
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To: Andy Ross
"...a barometer for the unrest..." It's pronounced thermometer.

You don't need an anemometer to tell you which way the wind is blowing...

20 posted on 11/09/2005 6:27:17 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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