Posted on 10/21/2006 1:35:04 AM PDT by Republicain
EPINAY-SUR-SEINE, France. When the call came about a car burglary in this raw suburb north of Paris one night last weekend, three officers in a patrol car rushed over, only to find themselves surrounded by 30 youths in hoods throwing rocks and swinging bats and metal bars.
Neither tear gas nor stun guns stopped the assault. Only when reinforcements arrived did the siege end. One officer was left with broken teeth and in need of 30 stitches to his face.
The attack was rough but not unique. In the past three weeks alone, three similar assaults on the police have occurred in these suburbs that a year ago were aflame with the rage of unemployed, undereducated youths, most of them the offspring of Arab and African immigrants.
In fact, with the anniversary of those riots approaching in the coming week, spiking statistics for violent crime across the area tell a grim tale of promises unkept and attention unpaid. Residents and experts say that fault lines run even deeper than before and that widespread violence could flare up again at any moment.
"Tension is rising very dramatically," said Patrice Ribeiro, the deputy head of the Synergie-Officiers police union. "There is the will to kill." The anger of the young is reflected in the music popular in the suburbs. In her latest album, the female rap singer Diam's accuses Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy of being a "demagogue" and the police of hypocrisy. The rapper Booba proclaims that "Maybe it would be better to burn Sarko's car," while Alibi Montana, another rapper, warns Sarkozy, "Keep going like that and you're going to get done."
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Ah, the return of the "youths."
The French are such racists! Not giving jobs to the African immigrants...The French are like...are like..NAZIS!! the French Government and the French people should be ashamed of themselves!.../s
Don't tell me, let me guess: the muzzies...er, "disenfranchised youths" in the projects are upset over something.
Today's rock throwers and rioters are tomorrow's suicide murderers. If they do the liberal pat on the head thing, this will escalate into disaster.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Of course there will be more problems: they haven't expelled the throat-slitters.
unemployed, undereducated youths, most of them the offspring of Arab and African immigrants.
In Canada:
"They represent the broad strata of our society. Some are students, some are employed, some are unemployed."
Maybe it's time they picked up some of those real rifles they dropped during WWII and started using them....
These muslim riots in France have never stopped, actually. The media just quit reporting them for a while. They have been nearly continuous.
Well, I've pretty much assumed that France has become the Islamic Republic of France now.....I never really was fond of France since they pulled out from actively supporting NATO anyway. Truthfully, if it were just France that became Islamic, I don't think I'd care much. But that's not the case; Muslims have permeated the society of every European country. The most popular baby boys' names in most of the European countries is "Mohammed." That should tell you what's going to happen....
Schadenfreude!!!!!
What pathetic, cowardly wimps.
Don't French police carry weapons? Shoot the bastards, unleash the option of death and get the inevitable confrontation over with.
Until the "French" do that, kick them out of NATO, since it's obvious they haven't the guts or balls to fight. Who could ever count on them?!
Deport, deport, deport. It's all that simple.
Were those three cops unable to reach for their guns? Is an attack with bars not considered deadly? Or are they too PC now to meet force with force?
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