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Police battle anti-Sarkozy protesters
Daily Telegraph ^
| May 6, 2007
Posted on 05/06/2007 2:19:26 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
RIOT police fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters gathered in central Paris today to demonstrate against the presidential election victory of right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy.
The clashes took place on the Place de la Bastille where about 5000 supporters of the defeated Socialist candidate Segolene Royal had gone to await the election results, an AFP journalist said.
Up to 300 rioters, some of whom were masked, made running attacks on riot police who took up positions at the entrance to boulevards leading onto the square.
Earlier a small crowd of protesters, brandishing black and red anarchist flags, set fire to an effigy of Mr Sarkozy in the square before tearing it limb from limb and then stamping on it.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autoflambe; carbque; france; losingwithdignity; mangeurdeescargot; perdant; religionofburnedcars; riotmonkeys; sarkozy; youts
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To: West Coast Conservative
“...right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy.
...Socialist candidate Segolene Royal...”
God forbid we call anyone a “left-winger” — socialists are just “middle-of-the-road”, right Daily T?
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:06:35 PM PDT
by
Zman516
(socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
To: Red_Devil 232
I wonder if their insurance companies have an escape clause when a car is burned by a rioting mob of muzzies?
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:08:54 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: navyguy
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:09:37 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Proudly keeping one iron boot on the necks of libertarian faux 'conservatives' since 1958!")
To: Red_Devil 232
Maybe the car burnings are good for the French economy seeing as how it forces the French to buy more cars.
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:10:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: oakcon
Reuters - Sun May 6, 5:10 PM ET Riot police fight with demonstrators after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, France's newly-elected president in Paris, May 6, 2007. Sarkozy defeated Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal on Sunday. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE)![](http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070506/i/r3683599666.jpg?)
We forgot about the motorcyles...
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:12:19 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
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To: oakcon
3500 torched vehicles before it’s all over. Might take a few days to subside. Remember: Sarko isn’t president yet! If he were, I would greatly lower my estimate.
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:17:53 PM PDT
by
matt1234
To: West Coast Conservative
This is what leftists do when they lose elections. How is this different from the riots in Washington the day Bush took office in Jan ‘01 ?
To: Zman516
Here's some of those "middle of the road" socialists...
![](http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070506/i/r903866158.jpg?x=238&y=345&sig=Mr8v20kQSwQMIxHKD1ZZwQ--)
Demonstrators lie on the road after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, France's newly-elected president, in Paris, May 6, 2007. Sarkozy defeated Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal on Sunday. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE)
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:21:50 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
(tagline expired - do you wish to renew?)
To: LikeLight
![](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f204/kent18/apes_6.jpg)
"Follow me, men... all those fat, unsuspecting French cars aren't going to just burn themselves, you know."
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:33:08 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Proudly keeping one iron boot on the necks of libertarian faux 'conservatives' since 1958!")
To: All
Media Smatters, moron.org, dailycuss, huffin’ puff post, et al blame Rove and President Bush’s buddies at Diebold Voting Machine company for loss — claim election fraud (I bet). They'll likely order the Rat Party to urge the UN to nullify the election.
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:44:53 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
“Put me down for 999 in the betting pool.”
French version of car pooling.
Since the Conservatives won in France does this mean Alec Baldwin will move back to the states? Huh...he never left the states? What a shame,he could help in the rioting.
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posted on
05/06/2007 3:58:38 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Liberals, A terrorists best friend!)
To: West Coast Conservative
Expect heads to roll, literally...like the French aid worker held in Afghanistan by the Taliban...odds are his head will be separated from his body tomorrow.
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posted on
05/06/2007 4:28:41 PM PDT
by
Cornpone
(Islam: The world's greatest, preventable and treatable psychosis. ©2006Cornpone)
To: Zman516
...right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy. To me, the funny part of the MSM bashing is that Sarkozy is a "Rudy Guliani" conservative -- he certainly has his good points but is basically liberal.
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posted on
05/06/2007 4:47:54 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: cripplecreek
“Funny thing is that Ive already seen a liberal in this country questioning the accuracy of the vote count in France.”
A quick look at DUmmie threads will show you ALOT of people questioning the election results. LOL
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posted on
05/06/2007 4:51:34 PM PDT
by
Bogtrotter52
(Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
To: JimSEA
Yeah, those idiots are SO FAR left, even a left-of-center liberal looks ‘right-wing’ to ‘em.
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posted on
05/06/2007 5:28:53 PM PDT
by
Zman516
(socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
To: GoLightly; Cincinna; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fedora; ...
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posted on
05/06/2007 5:29:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 6, 2007.)
To: socialismisinsidious
.. ( # 17 ) , .. best post I’ve seen as of late
{{ tip of the hat }}
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posted on
05/06/2007 5:36:13 PM PDT
by
Dad yer funny
(FoxNews is morphing , and not for the better ,... internal struggle? Its hard to watch)
To: ozzymandus
I suspect that the French police are capable of solving “problems with comunication” with time honored non-verbal methods.
Those cars were torched because the administration didn’t want to stop the burning. Le Flics could have but were not allowed to so do.
The next few days will be good ones for the bandage merchants in the Islamic ghettos of France.
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posted on
05/06/2007 5:43:02 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
To: SunkenCiv; SauronOfMordor
SauronOfMordor should get credit for that catch.
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