TRANSFORM ISLAM!
Posted on 11/11/2005 8:53:30 AM PST by ncountylee
, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Police banned any gathering that might provoke disorder in Paris this weekend, saying they had been warned violence was planned for Saturday after two weeks of rioting across France.
The intensity of France's most serious unrest in four decades has dropped since President Jacques Chirac's government adopted emergency measures including curfews on Tuesday to curb unrest by youngsters complaining of racism and unemployment.
But there was a rise in violence in suburbs of the capital overnight. Police said 463 vehicles were set on fire across France, a slight fall from the previous night, but the number of vehicles torched in the areas around Paris rose from 84 to 111.
"This confirms the downward trend overall, with some resistance in the Paris region," national police chief Michel Gaudin told reporters on Friday. "This weekend we will exercise extra vigilance in the Paris region."
Police said the Paris ban would run from 10 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Saturday to 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday.
Some 3,000 police officers were mobilised in the capital, and forces were increased in other French cities, police said.
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French government announced that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender". The raise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white flag factory, thereby disabling its military.
Dang I spit my coffee out again laughing.... this is too much..
I thought the situation was under control. Just when you can go back to focusing on the loony libs in our country this happens...
"with some resistance in the Paris region"
Why does this strike me as amusing?
TRANSFORM ISLAM!
Dang. The French are hurting. Wine sales are way off and vineyards are going bankrupt. I'd expect that tourism will be very much affected. C'est domage!
Hilarious!
Sounds like the Gov is banning the crowds gathering to protest the rioters.
I think that the supposed decrease in riots is because the French are running out of cars to burn. I meant, how many cars could Peugot have made.
france says rioting has reached acceptable level...
Now they are bringing out the triple secret probation!
Wine sales off?
Vintners here on the left coast are drooling!
Jean Francois Kerry was going to lead a flotilla up the Seine to rescue his allies, the French - but his boat sank in 2004.
Zot?
He plans to use his rubber ducky..
"Chirac and the government have been heavily criticised over their handling of the crisis. But an opinion poll carried out by the BVA research group on Nov. 4-5, and published on Saturday, showed 56 percent of French people approved of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's tough actions."
Go Sarkozy.
Maybe we should liberate it now, while there is still something to liberate ?
I'd hate to be there on a bad night.
(All above images sourced to last night or today)
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