A car with a Menorah passes by the Eiffel tower as revellers
celebrate the New Year in Paris January 1, 2006.
REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Posted on 12/31/2005 8:54:13 PM PST by txroadkill
Youths threw stones at firefighters and burned cars in scattered unrest during New Year's Eve celebrations in France, where police were mobilized to prevent a repeat outburst of rioting that broke out this fall.
Surveillance helicopters and about 25,000 French police were on alert for the holiday. Every New Year's Eve, youths set hundreds of cars ablaze as festivities get out of hand.
Police are being especially cautious this time because of the wave of rioting and car-torchings that broke out for three weeks starting in late October. A state of emergency imposed during the rioting is still in effect.
Soon after midnight, the first reports of scattered attacks emerged. A small fire broke out at a school in Toulouse, in southwest France, and was quickly put out, local authorities said.
In the area around Nice in the French Riviera, police and firefighters reported about 12 cars burned. In the nearby Var department of southern France, youths threw rocks at firefighters in a troubled neighborhood of La-Seine-sur-Mer, local authorities said.
Outside Paris in the suburb of Argenteuil, a small fire was reported at a cultural center. Youths torched several cars in the Paris area.
Auto-flambe!
Maybe they are all Renaults!
Ah,
discontented yutes again.
You have the honor of the first post of 2006 (in this timezone) on FR!
Do moose have the same New Year?
Some Muslim youth just love to riot,
The French don't seem to mind;
Some Muslim youth just love to riot,
And set your cars on fire.
Hey, any excuse will work for them.
Geez, y'think they'd be original for 2006... Tsk.
Well, Happy New Years to all of Y'all.
I've got three more hours to go with a house full of 18 & 19 year olds partying around me.
Time to wave the white flag of peace.
Those wacky French youths!
It's "syne". Know what it means ? ....
OK, I'll tell ya. "syne" = "ago" and
"Auld lang syne" = "Old long ago"
Speakin' of which, I certainly prefer the
auld lang syne Times Square celebration to
the 21st century prepackaged monstrosity.
It used to be pure. Just the ball and a surging
mob in the streets. All in B&W the way God
meant it to be.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!
On the bright side: at least they are assimilating by creating their own tradition of celebrating the Western New Year's Holiday!
President Bush has authorized the Joint Chiefs to begin drawing up a battle plan to pull France's ass out of the fire again. Facing an apparent overwhelming force of up to 400 pissed off teenagers, Mr. Bush doubts France's ability to hold off the little pissants. "Hell, if the last two world wars are any indication, I would expect France to surrender any day now", said Bush.
Joint Chiefs head, Gen. Peter Pace, warned the President that it might be necessary to send up to 5 Marines to get things under control. The general admitted that 5 Marines may be overkill but he wanted to get this thing under control within 24 hours of arriving on scene. He stated he was having a hard time finding even one Marine volunteering to help those ungrateful bastards out for a third time but thought that he could persuade a few women Marines to do the job so they could shop the Champs Elysee before they went on pregnancy leave.
President Bush asked Gen. Pace to get our Marines out of there as soon as possible after order was restored. He also reminded Gen. Pace to make sure the Marines did not take soap, razors, or deodorant with them; the less they stand out the better.
In an unrelated matter, President Bush told reporters that he was considering a "Flu for Cheese" Program to ease our country's energy problem and prevent the upcoming pandemic. Nobody had a clue as to what the hell he as talking about, but immediately 2 protestors showed up outside with placards reading "No blood for cheese!"
Emphatically not!
They date AH (After Hajirra) beginning at the Profiteer's flea-hopping from Mecca to Medina to keep his big head on his skiiny neck.
And they use a 12 (not 13) month lunar calendar, that is always out of phase with everyone & everything else...naturally.
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