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Paris suburb riots called 'a lot worse' than in 2005
Int'l Herald Tribune/NYT ^
| November 27, 2007
| Elaine Sciolino
Posted on 11/27/2007 7:47:10 PM PST by fishhound
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"A line was crossed last night, that is to say, they used weapons, they used weapons and fired on the police. This is a real guerrilla war."
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:47:11 PM PST
by
fishhound
To: fishhound
Just when France becomes an ally again. 1st Armored is over in Germany still. Wonder if the libs would freak if we sent them to Paris to help?
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:49:13 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: neodad
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:51:10 PM PST
by
fishhound
To: fishhound
How long until this date becomes an official “holy day” for all the Islamic Satan-worshipers?
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:51:19 PM PST
by
TheBattman
(Duncan Hunter '08)
To: fishhound
The IHT, a fully owned New York Times subordinate, tries to make Sarkozy look bad with its headline. “Paris suburb riots called ‘a lot worse’ than in 2005.”
But what the police spokesman was really talking about is the line that was crossed, and the possible consequences to come. Because Sarkozy isn’t Chirac, and won’t let this continue.
I think he’s preparing the French people for a police response.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:52:14 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: fishhound
Watch for sympathetic riots to erupt else where!
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:53:45 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: fishhound
I recently read that the majority of the French are supporting Sarkozy in his fight with the labor unions.I wonder if they’d also support him if he went after these “youths”.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:53:51 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
To: fishhound
"From what our colleagues on the scene tell us, this is a situation that is a lot worse than what we saw in 2005," Patrice Ribeiro, a police officer and senior union official, told RTL radio Tuesday. He added, "A line was crossed last night, that is to say, they used weapons, they used weapons and fired on the police. This is a real guerrilla war."
Why not they got away with it in 2005
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:53:56 PM PST
by
uncbob
(m first)
To: fishhound
the one in the black/white shirt is dressed appropriately (at least from the waist up)
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:54:52 PM PST
by
robomatik
To: Cicero
Sarkozy is no Chirac. He is not likely to let this stand. I would expect a very strong response from the police and government. Like Reagan’s response to the air traffic controllers when they went on strike. Different situation here but Sarkozy is the type to have a similar, surprisingly firm response.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:55:43 PM PST
by
tips up
To: TheBattman
It is the beginning of the season for Christmas and that is reason enough for ROP maniacs..
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:56:43 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: fishhound
This time, hunting shotguns, as well as gasoline bombs and rocks, have been turned on the police. I imagine the French solution to this will be to disarm the real French.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:58:32 PM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: fishhound
France should turn to the actions of Charles Martel..
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:58:39 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: fishhound
From a Babelfish translation of Le Monde:
The correctional court of Pontoise ordered, Tuesday, the placement under committal order of eight marked young men to have taken part in violences which took place with Villiers-the-Beautiful, in the night of Sunday to Monday. Four of between-them were condemned right now to sorrows going from three to ten months of prison. The prevented lawsuit of the four others, old of 19 to 24 years, was returned to December 28 or January 4, with their request or because it missed parts in the file. - (With AFP.)
It seems that they've already sentenced four of the yutes to jail for last weekend's riots. Justice seems to move a little faster under the new president.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:58:43 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("Believe me or not, his intelligence was perfectly clear...But his soul was mad.")
To: fishhound
If they are using weapons, it is time to fire back.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:59:34 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: fishhound
To paraphrase General U.S.Grant,stop worrying about what they are going to do to you and start thinking about what you’re going to do to them.Now get some guns up here!The police have GOT to crush this now,or all these scum are going to rise up.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:59:57 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: fishhound
The French police need two weapons.
One is called superslick, which makes concrete or asphalt too slippery to walk on. With a few police spraying it, the rioters cannot cross that line except on their hands and knees. With a little prior planning, they can arrest everyone in the riot. You box them in, then advance with special shoes that can walk over it, spraying in front of you. The rioters all fall down.
The other is “sticky foam”, large quantities of which can be sprayed at the rioters, utterly immobilizing them in goo that can only be removed with solvents. The US Marines used it with some success in Somalia.
In either case, a riot of 300 “youths” results in 300 arrests, which ends any value in rioting at all. They lose both their anonymity and their ability to escape.
To: fishhound
...hunting shotguns...Now they've done it. Use of a shotgun for other than it's intended purpose must be a serious offense. Unless.. could they be shotguns for hunting police? But then how did the reporter know what kind of shotguns they were using?
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posted on
11/27/2007 8:01:25 PM PST
by
FreePaul
To: fishhound
I think it is time for the police to start using some “excessive” force to soften up these punks.
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posted on
11/27/2007 8:01:43 PM PST
by
TheLion
(How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
To: fishhound
An old axiom
from years ago
shoot two or three, and the rest will go home. Problem solved. Heartless as it may sound, sometimes, death in the eyes of the idealistic can garner peace.
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posted on
11/27/2007 8:02:28 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Fred Thompson '08)
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