Posted on 11/21/2005 10:12:00 AM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- The violence that swept predominantly Muslim communities in some 300 cities and towns in France for three weeks has abated and "we are back to normal," French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte said Monday.
He said mostly teenagers had acted out of social and economic hardship. "It was not about the role of Islam in France," he said.
"We never saw any link, direct or indirect," the French diplomat said. "Religion played no role."
"We know that jihadists are recruiting teenagers, but this has nothing to do with the general unrest in those neighborhoods," he said. The teenagers want to be considered 100 percent French, he said. "They want full equality."
Levitte also suggested "the word 'riot' is a bit too strong" to describe the disturbances and that while thousands of automobiles were destroyed and scores of police officers injured, there were only a handful of fatalities, in contrast to the 1992 Los Angeles riots that left 55 people dead and $1 billion in property damage.
The French have invoked those riots in the past, by way of criticizing U.S. policies. In 1992, then President Francois Mitterrand suggested that France would avoid such strife because of its generous social programs.
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"Normal" in France ended with Charlemagne.
Exactly. It has to be co-ordinated with violence in the Spain Netherlands, England, etc. to be more of a success.
>> "We never saw any link, direct or indirect," the French diplomat said. "Religion played no role." <<
They just burned churches and elementary schools because the wooden pews and textbooks lit easily.
>> sucks to be french <<
I probably should leave that alone.
Actually, they want to be 120% french, ie. the ONLY french.
With every day that passes, france grows weaker and the Islamic grow stronger!
This is called damage control. Nothing else.
Yes, so now it is time to give green light for Turkey's access to EU. And for North Africa. We need EUrabia to grow.
A handful killed here, and handful there...what's the difference?
oh my God, 90 cars burning is normal?
Guess I just found a new definition of "normal".
Or am I just being ignorant? that 90 cars burning is indeed normal in France?
SNAFU
Situation
Normal
All
Frenched
Up
No,you just think you are.
The followers of muhammad accomplished what they wanted for now.
They will consolidate their gains,reassess your weaknesses, lay low for a while and then manufacture a "Provocation" and strike again. A little harder next time.
Come on... cut him some slack... they need to preserve their Le Grande Francaise image /s
Yeah, guess it took a while to shove that head past a tight sphincter.
Themselves
So all that allah akbar shouting in the streets had nothing to do with TROP? Maybe these lies will play with the French public (although I doubt it), but it won't pass the laugh test in the US.
Oh really Mr. Frog? What they, the RADICAL ISLAM-O-FASCISTS really want, is to take power in France by whatever means possible and become a nuclear power.
Comprends?
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