Stingray: Conservative Christian News and Commentary
Posted on 11/04/2005 9:11:31 AM PST by DallasMike
PARIS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested organized gangs may be behind the violence sweeping Paris suburbs.
"We were struck to see in departments -- notably Seine Saint Denis -- a large organization" behind the rioting that has swept the gritty suburbs ringing the French capital, Sarkozy told reporters Friday.
"And all of this doesn't appear to us to be completely spontaneous," he added. "We're trying to work in depth on all of these subjects."
Sarkozy's remarks echo those of other experts and law enforcement officials who believe criminal gangs and possibly Islamist movements might be fueling near nightly clashes between youths and police outside Paris in recent days.
On Thursday, police reported few violent incidents -- apart from arson attacks on 600 vehicles in the region.
But immigration expert Catherine Wihtol de Wenden downplayed chances the perpetrators of the violence -- ethnic immigrant youths, many of them of Muslim-North African origin -- were being fueled by radical Islam.
"I think most of these youths aren't practicing their religion strongly," said de Wenden, research director at the Paris-based Center of Political Studies and Research, said in an interview.
"I think there is no link between Islam and violence," she added.
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Stingray: Conservative Christian News and Commentary
She'll say the same thing in 5 years behind her burkah.
I had a feeling that the first comment would refer to that quote.
"I think there is no link between Islam and violence," she added.
LOL!! Yeah, right.
Minor league terrorists.
Boy now here is a deep thinker. That's like saying there is no connection between clouds and rain.
No wonder France is in the trouble their in.....
Waiting for US riots.
See my update here.
Nine people detained in a series of raids west of Paris Monday are suspected members of the GSPC, officials have said. They were being questioned for a second day Tuesday at the headquarters of the DST domestic intelligence agency.
She exhibits the mindset behind the riots. DENIAL and REFUSAL to accept responsibility. It's like Bagdad Bob all over again,,,,denying the obvious and looking stupid with a straight face.
Who, in her opinion, is the group that declares 'jihads' - the Mormons?
A Darwin Award!
How stupid can people be?!?
"Waiting for US riots."
We're armed.
It's time to call this what it really is-an insurrection.
Classic moonbat droppings, French (spit ... spit) style.
I do hope she has a long and slender kneck. It makes it so much easier to hack off the head that way.
Le jihad?
OK, Madame Wihtol de Wenden...here's your sign.
Of course not.
President Bush called it the "Religion of Peace," right?
So the riots have no relation at all to Islam? Think again, Catherine.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=24044&name=Algerian+group+calls+France+%92enemy+number+one%92
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