Posted on 11/05/2005 9:39:59 AM PST by Dane
It is now getting dark in Paris and in all of France(appx. 6:40 PM Paris Time), and if there are any French FR lurkers(lurquers), this may be the thread to post your reports about any further violence.
It seems the French govt. is impotent in it's response to what seems are jihadist thugs and it seems the American media has put a news blackout filter to what is really happening, so as not to embarass their heroes, Chirac et al.
So any news reports or personal reports from what happens tonight are welcome, and don't worry about broken English, reports in French are welcome also, I have no doubt someone can translate.
I really dread putting up a live thread about such a matter, but it seems that the American MSM is following French govt. orders to play down to what it seems is an insurrection.
Going to be a long night for the fire fighters.
Communist terrorism certainly did in the 60's and 70's.
I found a link for Paris Live Cams...
http://www.abcparislive.com/
The French government could evacuate Paris and the MSM networks might mention at the bottom of their broadcast along with the Hollywood news.
France had a handy tool for assimilation in the draft. Let them try to bring it back now.
Yes it sure did...this makes me want to push even more for Quebec secession...
Remember the fragging incident in Kuwait?
Frances silent protest is the problem, not the answer.
Right you are. These must not fall into Islamist hands!
I remember the bombings, don't think for a second that the leftist of old are tied into this. The very same organizations and in some case individual are carrying the anti-war banners now just like they did during Vietnam.
History is happening in Paris, but the MSM would rather we focus on a hapless crowd wearing "Che" t-shirts.
Its the same crowd, the Muslim terrorist and leftist are allied.
I think the French regret they tore down the Bastille.
Je Regret.
If the story doesn't make Bush look bad they aren't interested.
Thanks. I'd trust the opinion of someone from Scotland Yard. (And not just because I'm a Ruth Rendell fan, LOL!)
Durn! They should have spruced up those housing projects. A little new linoleum goes a long way.
Pics are either from last night, today or tonight. Trying to find only fresh ones I haven't seen posted already.
I think that's smoke on the horizon to the bottom right.
Youths torched 900 vehicles, a nursery school and other targets in areas outside of the poor neighborhoods of northeast Paris with large immigrant populations. The violence hit far-flung corners of France on Saturday, from Rouen in Normandy to Bordeaux in the southwest to Strasbourg near the German border.
Police deployed a helicopter and small teams of officers to chase down youths who sped from one attack to another in cars and on motorbikes. The new security tactics yielded more than 250 arrests during the ninth straight night of unrest.
THE VIOLENCE:
Triggered by an outburst of fury over the accidental electrocution of two teenagers, the unrest has taken on unprecedented scope and intensity it started on since Oct. 27.
Most rioting has been in towns with low-income housing projects where unemployment and distrust of police run high. But in a new development, arsonists were moving beyond their heavily policed neighborhoods to attack others with less security, said a national police spokesman, Patrick Hamon.
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