Posted on 11/07/2005 2:44:49 AM PST by Dane
French police made 395 arrests last night as riots intensified for the 11th consecutive night, with violence and fire engulfing towns from the North to the Mediterranean.
In the impoverished suburbs and satellite towns around Paris, where the unrest began on October 27, churches, schools and warehouses were set alight. At least 1,408 vehicles were destroyed, many more than on previous nights, and the random attacks have spread into the heart of the city.
In Grigny, south of the capital, a gang of around 200 youths are reported to have lured police into a housing estate before opening fire with hunting rifles. At least 30 officers were injured, two seriously with lead pellets in the legs and neck.
Riots broke out in beacons of disaffection across the country from Lille, on the border with Belgium, to Montpellier on the Mediterranean coast. In Toulouse, police used tear gas to disperse a mob. Cars were set alight on the streets of Nantes, Orleans, Rennes and Rouen, and youths in St Etienne forced passengers off a bus before burning it. Churches were set ablaze in northern Lens and southern Sete.
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In Strasbourg, youths stole a car and rammed it into a housing project, setting the vehicle and the building on fire. "We’ll stop when Sarkozy steps down," the defiant 17-year-old driver told an Associated Press reporter.
Police are calling for a night-time curfew in affected areas and some senior officers have demanded that troops are brought on to the streets.
Michel Gaudin, France's most senior police officer, said today: "We are witnessing a sort of shock wave that is spreading across the country."
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I don't think it makes sense at all. The islamomob has declared war on France. I'll bet you anything that weapons are being smuggled in as we type and it won't be long before these guys are going after the gendarmes with AK47's. France is at war. Right now. It's a shame they don't know it.
That's a joke right? When the President of Iran calls for expanding the riots and the 'yoots' comply on command I'd say it has something to do with islam.
After everything else that the French government has been a party to, I don't think check kiting is gonna be a problem for them.
The US media rarely reports much about things that happen overseas. The only reason Iraq has gotten attention is that we are there.
Funny, in spite of not speaking the language of their host nation, and in spite of "not being satisfied," these people don't leave back for their homeland.
Hmmm! LOL
I wonder if the opinions of any of those Dummies would change if the rioters were right outside their homes.
Do gun bans work? No
Can't dhimmifi a land that's already Islamic.
So how do we stop him, by crying burn baby burn?
I wonder. I'm not so sure they would. If someone is anti-american and anti-authority, they're all right in the DUmmies' book. Even if they're about to torch and burn the DUmmies' Volvo.
Of course, outside groups may still smuggle them weapons...
I suspect you're right.
To paraphrase the late French king...'l'etat c'est Islam'.
Should be getting dark soon in France.
Des jeunes ont attaqué un bus à l'aide d'une bouteille d'essence enflammée à Sevran mercredi soir. Une handicapée n'ayant pu s'échapper à temps du bus a été grièvement brûlée. La sûreté départementale de Seine-Saint-Denis a lancé vendredi un appel à témoin.
Only a matter of time before the islamic brotherhood or AQ or hezbollah smuggle in some AK47's.
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