Posted on 11/12/2005 1:57:43 AM PST by ncountylee
PARIS (AP) - The number of cars torched overnight in France climbed slightly over the previous night to 502 in a 16th night of unrest that took its heaviest toll on the French provinces, police said Saturday.
Security was boosted in the capital with some 3,000 police officers fanning out around strategic points to counter feared weekend attacks targeting Paris. Gatherings were banned from Saturday morning until Sunday morning.
"We returned to an almost normal situation in Ile de France," said national police chief Michel Gaudin, referring to the Paris region. Arson attacks were counted in 163 towns around France, he said. The count of those detained overnight stood at 206, bringing to 2,440 the number of suspects picked up in just over two weeks of unrest.
Two Molotov cocktails were tossed at a mosque Friday evening in the southern town of Carpentras, but it was not immediately clear whether the attack was linked to the unrest that has wracked the poor suburbs and small towns of France since Oct. 27. President Jacques Chirac demanded that investigators quickly find out who was behind the attack.
' Do the "suspects" happen to be muslims? '
Nah. Muhammad over there, that guy with the camel? He's baptist. And Acccchh Jihad over there? He's budhist.
"The obvious solution to this is to mandate fire-proof cars."
Absolutely. And fire-proof gasoline.
Of course the french government is made up of a bunch of racist snobs and they also play footsies with the islamic extremists (who suppress moderate Muslims) in underhanded business deals.
They're afraid to use an army which is around 15% Muslim in the enlisted ranks
Exasperated by lack of coverage BUMP.
A reliable source put the figure at 23 percent. Scary.
Report: Racism rife in French military
PARIS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Ethnic immigrants face endemic racism and discrimination in the French army, a new study reports.
Published by the French Institute for International Relations in Paris, the study finds recruits from mostly Muslim backgrounds face prevailing racism and mistrust, particularly when it comes to their cultural and religious practices.
The institute largely based its report on roughly 100 interviews that took place between March and July 2004.
The report is not due out until early November, but excerpts were published in Le Monde's Friday edition.
One corporal in the French army, who gave a fake name "Hocine," recounted regular slights he received from his counterparts and senior officers over years of service. A typical slur, he said, was "Behave yourself, you're not in the housing projects anymore."
A large chunk of France's ethnic immigrants come from the country's former North African colonies. Many have failed to break away from low-income housing projects, and experts say they are often marginalized in terms of educational opportunities and jobs.
Today, these ethnic immigrants represent between 10-20 percent of French soldiers, a figure that is growing, the French Institute report notes.
23 percent would make the French think they were being taken over. 10 percent---no worries, eh ?
Dites "Oui" au tigre?
I think the French should withdraw immediately for the sake of world peace.
Well, lessee Jacques, I think you can find them in the streets, START ROUNDING THEM UP!! What a train wreck.
Even 10% whose loyalty cannot be relied upon makes the whole army unreliable
French police, ordered to do so by their socialist government, stand by while mad marauding crowds destroy private property.
Just out or curiousity what do you think the modus operandi is for torching a French car . . just toss some gas in a broken window? Or do you think they use the gas on site, by dropping something down the gas filler hole? IIFC this is not an easy process without some type of explosive.
Or is there an option on French cars .. in case of being a disaffected ute break glass and find ready petrol and an inciderary source.
Seriously what is the process?
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