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(French) Riot police injured by gunfire
The Courier-Mail ^ | 11/5/2005 | From correspondents in Grigny

Posted on 11/06/2005 4:39:19 PM PST by sumocide

THIRTY police were hurt, two of them seriously, when they were shot at while responding to unrest south of Paris, police said.

It is the 11th night of urban violence in Paris's run-down suburbs.

The riot squad officers were hit by buckshot fired from pistols and hunting rifles in the suburb of Grigny.

The two badly injured were hospitalised while the 27 others were treated on the spot.

One officer was slightly hurt by buckshot in nearby Draveil.

A school and a kindergarten were set on fire in the same region, police said, adding that 30 people were arrested.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chirac; france; frenchmuslims; insurgency; intifada; jihad; leo; paris; parisriots; quagmire; surrender; terrorism; uprising
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To: sumocide
These idiots don't realize this is a war, and the only way they are gonna win this thing is to call in the army. Throwing croissants at these animals ain't gonna cut it.
21 posted on 11/06/2005 5:00:16 PM PST by dmw
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Do the french even know what buckshot is?
Maybe they think it is a page from buckhead.com, LOL!


22 posted on 11/06/2005 5:01:09 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: blesstheUSA

French toast.


23 posted on 11/06/2005 5:02:08 PM PST by dmw
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To: Americanwolf
That ain't gonna happen. The "French Youths", aka "Methodists" will call for concessions from the Western French Government for land and autonomy. The French will give it to them.
24 posted on 11/06/2005 5:02:25 PM PST by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

The French channel LCI just showed police holding up the ejected shells. They were definitely shotgun shells, perhaps about 20 ga. size.


25 posted on 11/06/2005 5:05:55 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: sumocide
...officers were hit by buckshot fired from pistols and hunting rifles...

With this kind of "reporting" we'll never know what is going on in France. But then who counts on "the media" to get information.

26 posted on 11/06/2005 5:06:44 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: sumocide

Buckshot from pistols and rifles. Buckshot comes from shotguns. This reporter is full of crap. Consider the source.


27 posted on 11/06/2005 5:09:15 PM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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To: Earthdweller
What is it with all the schools being burned?

So they'll have no choice except to go to the Islamic schools the Saudis are bankrolling?

28 posted on 11/06/2005 5:12:42 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (I do what the voices in lazamataz's head tell me to)
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To: blesstheUSA
hate to say it again, but the french are toast

and soon to be french friesed if they don't wake up.

29 posted on 11/06/2005 5:14:36 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (FReeeePeee!)
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To: July 4th
They were definitely shotgun shells, perhaps about 20 ga. size.

That's what I thought when I saw this picture.

30 posted on 11/06/2005 5:16:50 PM PST by Former Fetus (fetuses are 100% pro-life, they just don't vote yet!)
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To: sumocide

Maybe we should call in the United Nations to help the Frencheese regain control.


31 posted on 11/06/2005 5:20:54 PM PST by evangmlw ("God Is Definitely Conservative")
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To: Dallas59

Well I think most French youths are Catholics.


32 posted on 11/06/2005 5:21:51 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality - Miami)
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To: Former Fetus
Looks more like a 12 ga to me. Look at the brass diameter in relation to the finger.

Nam Vet

33 posted on 11/06/2005 5:24:59 PM PST by Nam Vet (The Gaulistinians are rioting to reclaim the ancient 'holy ground' of Paris.)
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To: Earthdweller
"What is it with all the schools being burned?"

It's a true or false answer:

(1). They represent education, something muslims seem to hate.

(2). The schools teach 'infidel' education and must be destroyed.

(3). The public schools represent the government of France.

(4). They just burn very nicely.

(5). all of the above.

34 posted on 11/06/2005 5:29:05 PM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" -Pope Urban II, 1097AD)
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To: dmw
"Throwing croissants at these animals ain't gonna cut it."

LOL, good one.

35 posted on 11/06/2005 5:31:04 PM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" -Pope Urban II, 1097AD)
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To: Nam Vet
I reckon the gage doesn't matter, compared to what size shot they are using. I would guess that they are not using buckshot since, according to El Mundo 34 policemen have been shot but only two of them seriously.
36 posted on 11/06/2005 5:47:07 PM PST by Former Fetus (fetuses are 100% pro-life, they just don't vote yet!)
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To: sumocide
Poor Chirac...I bet he's Chirac'n his pants about right now.

The only chance the French had to win this one was to shoot to kill on day one, but they didn't have the guts.

Now the French can begin the torturous process of conceding to Islam one inch at a time. France thought it was good enough for Israel now let's see how they like it.
37 posted on 11/06/2005 5:59:59 PM PST by russesjunjee (Shake the fog from your eyes sheople! Our country is swirling down the sewer!)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

I've always found jacketed projectiles work better from rifle and handguns. The media is a large group of morons.


38 posted on 11/06/2005 6:05:31 PM PST by conservativewasp (Liberals lie for sport and hate their country. Islam is a terrorist organization.)
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To: sgtbono2002
"Anyone who fires birdshot at a human is just trying to piss them off. "

Not so. At CLOSE range, birdshot is very lethal, and will easily remove the greater part of ones' head.

39 posted on 11/06/2005 6:21:00 PM PST by labette ("When policemen {judges} break the law, there isn't any law. Just a fight for survival".-Billy Jack)
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To: sumocide

Chirac is getting serious. Time for a well coordinated campaign of sternly worded letters to the editor.


40 posted on 11/06/2005 6:24:03 PM PST by Reaganesque
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