France defends policies after riot (Finally admitting Muslims are rioting)

CNN.OOM International ^ | October 31, 2005 Posted: 1942 GMT (0342 HKT) | Reuters

[adamsjas]

BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy defended his tough crime policies on Monday after a fourth night of riots in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque.

Sarkozy, addressing police officers, vowed to find how tear gas had been fired into the Muslim place of worship, an incident which had helped fuel the disturbances.

Youths hurled rocks and set fire to cars in the northeastern Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of the French capital, where many immigrants and poor families live in high-rise housing estates notorious for youth violence.

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French television said six police officers were hurt and 11 people arrested in violence partly fueled by the incident at the mosque. Sarkozy promised an inquiry.

"I am, of course, available to the imam of the Clichy mosque to let him have all the details in order to understand how and why a tear gas bomb was sent into this mosque," he told about 170 police officers at the prefecture.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Great!

[ncountylee]

I recommend grenades. Or artillery. Give 'em a whiff of the grape.

Fridays are the most crowded.

[1066AD]

If the CRS is still around they certainly can squash these rioters like cockroaches.

[BykrBayb]

You mean they don't have elections?

[HighFlier]

The most confounding thing to me is how few Americans realize the trouble we and our offspring are facing.

I guess it's sort of like MADD. Those moms didn't start MADD until they had lost children to a drunk driver.

People seem incapable of doing something about problems directly in front of them until the problem smacks them or their loved ones in the face.

I just wonder if or when we will ever hit critical mass. Perhaps our entire society as we knew it will expire without even a whimper.

[1066AD]

This one ?
"Barbarians at The Gates of Paris"
http://www.city-journal.org/html/12_4_the_barbarians.html

[varyouga]

Umm. Not that illegal immigration isn't a problem but there is a teeny difference between Latinos and "Religion of Peace" worshipers. The Latinos, for the most part, don't want to kill as many infidels as possible.

[conservativewasp]

I don't know about that, the hispanics tore Adams Morgan pretty well several years back. (It's a neighborhood in DC)

[varyouga]

EXCELLENT!

[Clemenza]

One small riot compared to the other MAJOR riots that have occurred over the past century.

[varyouga]

"If it came to a choice I'd take a 100,000 Mexicans over a single Muslim."

Amen brother. I don't mind Mexicans coming here at all. I just want some screening and ID verification at the borders to stop the muslim extremists and criminals from crossing.

[ArrogantBustard]

Fridays are the most crowded.

Target rich environment.

[Fred Nerks]

Teargas? Mosque? Where? LOL!

[Fred Nerks]

Been saving that one for a long time...glad you approve.

[Danae]

ROFL!!!!

[Danae]

Tear gas and Muslims??? Where can I get me some???

[Danae]

That is priceless! Great!!!

[SunkenCiv]

"Sarkozy, addressing police officers, vowed to find how tear gas had been fired into the Muslim place of worship"

"'How many times do I have to tell you, throw molotov cocktails, not tear gas!', Sarkozy added."

[austinTparty]

Surely you jest. Sarkozy is the one who started cracking down: he pushed through the headscarf ban in public schools, among other things. France has also been far, far more cooperative with US Justice Department and CIA efforts than even Great Britain--we even have a joint intelligence center in Paris. Just do a little Googling on "Alliance Base." Or start by looking at this article.

[Thombo2]

"Slums built to hide the muslims from mainstream Paris."Not just that,butI read they were designed so they could be easily isolated in the event of something like this(or worse).Exit and entry,power,food,you name it.Same thing in other cities as well.In a generation or two,it won't realy matter though.The French will be the ones in the slums.