Riots Erupt in French City Centre

BBC UK ^ | 12 Nov 2005 | BBC News

[timsbella]

Police in the French city of Lyon have fired tear gas to break up groups of youths who hurled stones and bins hours before a curfew was due to begin.

Police on the city's famous Place Bellecour square made two arrests in what state news agency AFP says is the first rioting in a major city centre.

[Big Bad Bob]

LOL, the cockerels are coming home to roost.

Viva La France!!!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

It's begun.

[popdonnelly]

It's great that the MSM here in the States is keeping us informed of everything happening in France. The wonderful MSM.

[cake_crumb]

What? John Francois Kerry hasn't teamed up with Black Jack Chirac to put a stop to the violence yet?

[Big Bad Bob]

Reports of further disturbances in Toulouse, cars are being burned. No further news about the rioting in Lyon.

[processing please hold]

They've put a news blackout on the rioting. Le Monde, said the rioting was getting too much coverage.

[litehaus]

Yep, do recall....Very different thinking/movie at the time

[cake_crumb]

"If France is a racist country that warehouses these people in ghettos, then aren't they fighting for their freedom... By torching one car at a time."

OH NO! What will all that smoke mean for Kyoto?!?!? /sarcasm

[sono]

"What? John Francois Kerry hasn't teamed up with Black Jack Chirac to put a stop to the violence yet?"

He's waiting for the UN.

[Republic of Texas]

Youths today, insurgents tomorrow.

[popdonnelly]

"What? John Francois Kerry hasn't teamed up with Black Jack Chirac to put a stop to the violence yet?"

In an attempt to help the French, Kerry has pronounced the riots to be a "nuisance".

[cake_crumb]

"In an unrelated matter, President Bush told reporters that he was considering a "Flu for Oil" Program to ease our country's energy problem and prevent the upcoming pandemic. Nobody had a clue as to what the hell he was talking about."

Oh d@mn! My stomach muscles are already sore from coughing all night and that laugh hurt, but ROFLOL!

[Mulch]

Yep. And they had all their crack reporters on the Sandy Berger scandal too.

[When do we get liberated?]

Why? The tear gas is so effective at getting the crowd to move toward the machine guns.....

[cake_crumb]

"He's waiting for the UN."

Hmmmm....but would France, Russia and Germany support him?

[popdonnelly]

Yeah, I guess we'll never know why Berger stole the documents.

[Getsmart64]

I'm sure the French govt. is feverishly working up a plan to blame America for causing this

Ooohhhhh....no doubt...there is a FReeper thread where some "Yoots" have mentioned the Iraqi's having more freedom than they do....it will all come back home to Prez Bush....the MSM will pick it up and jump all over it...

[Taffini]

I blame Bush and that dog Buttons who came back from the dead.

[JudgemAll]

Tear gassing those poor rioters and what not. Oh the horrors

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Sua was right, they use poison gas on Palestinians /s off

[cake_crumb]

In an attempt to help the French, Kerry has pronounced the riots to be a "nuisance".

Wow, strong words. Now waiting for him to demand a UN resolution condemning "nuisances" and promising even stronger language still if they don't straighten up and act right.