Posted on 11/04/2005 3:26:11 AM PST by Always Right
PARIS (AFX) - Some 400 cars were set on fire in the outskirts of Paris last night, as serious riots in the city's outskirts continued for an eighth consecutive night, the police said.
Police also reported that 27 buses were set on fire at a depot, and that fires were started at a primary school in the district of Stains and at a warehouse in Aulnay-Sous-Bois.
The police also said that for the first time since the riots broke out over a week ago, similar disturbances, although on a smaller scale, took place in other French towns, with several cars being set on fire in Dijon and in the Seine-Maritime and Bouche-du-Rhone regions.
However, the police also said that there were fewer clashes between police and rioters than on Wednesday night.
The riots were triggered last week when two teenagers were electrocuted after hiding in an electrical substation to escape a police identity check in the Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois.
So excellent. So appropriate. So Shakespeare.
We shall surrender on the beaches. We shall surrender on the landing grounds. We shall surrender in the fields, and in the streets, we shall surrender in the hills. We shall never fight!
I could be wrong but I suspect in these gang-rape cases, the French girls were probably running with a Muslim crowd (you know the type) and there might have been a sense of "What did she expect would happen?"
I could be dead wrong. I don't know the details.
At any rate, I still hope the French pull themselves together. I'd rather see Paris ruled by Frenchmen (for all their shortcomings) than ruled by Arabs.
You are absolutely wrong... non muslim French Women have taken to wearing head scarves just to keep from being targeted in these neighborhoods.
The fact this is still going on 8 days later shows me the French just don't get it.
You throw fire bombs at police, you are shot.... not still doing it 8 days later.
France if it had a clue would have dealt with the immigration issue long ago.. instead it refused to face reality and sacrificed its nation at the alter of "tolerance"... now they are going to getting their come uppance.
It kinda reminds me of the Peace March in Cincinnati which turned into a riot Where many were injured and, I believe, one was killed.
"Will we have Muslims rioting too if we don't succumb to their wishes?"
Rioters here have to face armed citizens.
"Why were the French police chasing the two who were electrocuted?"
He dropped his lighter and they wanted to give it back to him??
I understand that Muslims tend to build their own communities the same as other groups. If they want to burn down their own communities who is going to stop them?
Think Watts. What did we do? We backed out, sent in unarmed troops and allowed the riots to continue. The Korean business owners were the ones the rioters knew would shoot them.
I would expect that we will do the same next time around.
Thanks.
The French are always "clueless" because they are stupid.
Me too!
;)
I was just curious if they were being questioned for murder or if they were simply pulled over for a broken taillight.
As far as I can tell they weren't being questioned for anything. They supposedly were running and hiding from police that supposedly weren't chasing them.
Certainly nothing worthy of these riots.
I've never said or implied that anything was worthy of the riots. I just wanted to know what caused the teens to run, if anything.
I would say that your assessment is correct.
Imagine how they would have treated the French if they had actually supported the United States?
And these frenchy traitors are complaining now why??? Just wait, next it will be, "The US must intervene..."
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