France reacts to 'shockwave of riots'(Paris/France burns Live Thread Night #12)

Times of London ^ | 11/07/05 | Simon Freeman, Charles Bremner

[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."

[houeto]

No mention of Muslims in the entire article.

Vicomte13 says this has absolutely nothing to do with islam, and he/she is in France.

[Dane]

The "players" in the French govt.

Team appeasment(de villepin and chirac)

The good guy, Nicolas Sarkozy

[An.American.Expatriate]

Vicomte13 says this has absolutely nothing to do with islam, and he/she is in France.

that may well (now) be true. The catalyst however was Islamic outrage reagrding the electrocution of two kids who fled from the police - now the usual gangs of anarchist/socialist/communist thugs have taken over ... AND there are a large number of islamic radicals who are involved . . .

[George W. Bush]

Latest video: Flaming Surrender Monkeys Bravely Submit To Islam

[Truth29]

The French can't use just a little force, that just encourages the terrorists. They need to shoot a 1000 of them, but I suspect that Chirac will fire Sarkozy to appease the Muslims and declare victory. The real winners will be project thugs who will have partitioned France and prepared the ground for the future takeover of the national government.

[Earthdweller]

"...very French in their behavior: some property damage, no killing."

2 Churches 2 Schools Police Station 1400 Cars Burned Sunday Night .

"Among the worst incidents reported -- rocks thrown at two buses hit a 13-month-old child in Colombe, an official with the Interior Ministry said. The child was in serious condition."

[Dane]

Scant coverage in the U.S. media.

Had riots been occuring in the U.S. on 100th the scale, you would have endless wall-to-wall coverage on every U.S. media outlet and there would be calls for Bush's resignation

Exactly almost 3,000 cars torched in 2 nights and riots in a score of cities in a country 1/5 the size of the US in population and hardly anything on American TV or in the papers.

[Right Wing Assault]

Police are calling for a night-time curfew

Gee, there's a clever idea! It only took them a week and a half the think of it, too.

[KneelBeforeZod]

quick and dirty, just made this. maybe someone can make a better version. you can find the les miserables font on a google search. (didn't bookmark it)

[FreedomPoster]

In case you haven't seen it already, check out the replied-to post.

Very interesting.

[dasboot]

"Exactly almost 3,000 cars torched in 2 nights and riots in a score of cities in a country 1/5 the size of the US in population and hardly anything on American TV or in the papers."

Right.....they're gonna have to have a suicide bomber blow up a bus to get the message out. Can it be far-off?

[George W. Bush]

"If we start shooting them, outside groups will start smuggling them weapons and then we're all screwed." Makes total sense if you think about it.

Not really. There have been reports that their Bosnian brethren are already smuggling contraband, including weapons to them. And they are, just like the Bosnians and Taliban, financing themselves from the Afghan heroin trade.

Failing to take action now simply allows the enemy to stockpile weapons unmolested until they are ready.

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1515542/posts

I have been reading Vicomte 13 comments again - don't know what to make of it, it's a little too french for me...LOL!

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[ken5050]

French authorities are unable to do anything about these riots, yet they are able to issue a "chassis count" of destroyed vehicles every morning..

[Sertorius]

these guys make mayor Nagin look like a genius.

[mainepatsfan]

It seems like the thugs are trying to top the # of cars they burn each night.

[steveyp]

FYI Chirac:

Now would not be a good time to flush a Koran down a toilet.

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516323/posts #818

Vicomte 13 is in Connecticut right now...

[backhoe]

Not sure what to make of it either. Standing by pending further information.

Note change in tagline...

[kittymyrib]

Hummmm....why would these "poor, disaffected youths" be burning down CHRISTIAN churches? Inquiring minds want to know...but the press doesn't.