Posted on 11/12/2005 5:44:34 PM PST by ncountylee
FRANCE yesterday ordered a ban on public meetings likely to provoke disturbances as thousands of police were deployed on the streets of Paris to stop youths turning the tourist centre into a battlefield. The initiative came as speculation mounted over a severely discredited Jacques Chirac’s ability to endure the last 17 months of his presidential term.
Ringleaders of the riots that have shaken France for the past two weeks were suspected of planning to set ablaze the affluent Champs Elysées. Through text and internet messages they were encouraging followers armed with Molotov cocktails to converge on the tree-lined tourist haunt just a stone’s throw from Chirac’s palace.
The violence, which started just over two weeks ago in poor suburbs, has fallen in intensity since the government announced emergency measures on Tuesday. Lyons witnessed the first riot in a major city centre yesterday, but police quickly took control by firing tear gas.
Across the country, 76 cars were torched before midnight, arsonists burnt down an electronics store on the fringes of Toulouse and a school in the southern town of Carpentras. A riot policeman was injured by a metal ball thrown from an apartment block in a Paris suburb.
On Friday night 502 vehicles were set ablaze, the highest total for three days, and 206 people were arrested. In Carpentras, two fire bombs were hurled at a mosque
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But they will do to Chirac what they would've done to Kerry: handle with care and attention to nuance.
Rev.19
[11] And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
I think you are correct. Sort of scary that we seem to have arrived at that point. We are either very lucky or...
Or maybe he DOES look like L.B.J.?
Given France's previous experience with deporting Jews, we had better hope that Le Pen drops the anti-Semitism altogether. In addition to having Europe's largest Muslim population, France also has Europe's largest Jewish population, most of whom have been there a pretty long time. As you would expect, French Jews are law abiding, self- supporting and pose no problem to the French state. Lumping them in with the N.African rioters would be a deplorable things to do.
Very likely...
Excellent post, I agree with you 100% and see the supporting evidence more with each day that passes. This is the truth of it all.
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