Paris Riots spread throughout north-east (7th Night of Violence and Burning)

Radio New Zealand ^ | Nov 03, 2005 | staff

[Southack]

Paris riots spread throughout north-east Posted at 8:20pm on 3 Nov 2005

Violence broke out in impoverished Paris suburbs for the seventh straight night, with rioters clashing with police and leaving a trail of torched cars and vandalised buildings.

Observers are pointing to France's failure to address deep problems of poverty and immigration, including tensions with its Muslim minority.

In Aulnay-sous-Bois in the worst-affected area of Seine-Saint-Denis, a police station was briefly besieged by gangs of youths while a gymnasium and a garage were set ablaze and a commercial centre vandalised.

A total of 40 vehicles, including two buses, were torched before midnight in nine towns in the Seine-Saint-Denis area, a high-unemployment largely-immigrant region. Police made 15 arrests.

Two primary schools were also damaged in the area northeast of the French capital.

The riots started last Thursday following the accidental electrocution of two youths, aged 15 and 17, who had scaled an electrical relay station's walls to escape a police identity check in Clichy-sous-Bois.

The firing of a police tear gas grenade against a mosque in Clichy-sous-Bois during clashes on Sunday also sparked rage in the suburb's large Muslim community.

[Borax Queen]

Yes, completely. As a first generation American, I have long been angered by the favoritism shown the illegals. If people who TRULY have been persecuted will do anything to reach our shores, including waiting many years, why should people be allowed to jump ahead in line for "economic reasons"? Not only that, they immediately use our social services, something my family never did.

And the brainwashed people on these threads who claim the illegals are "hard-working" make me physically nauseous. So are many other people, but we are not criminal invaders who have literally trashed and ghetto-ized America, demanded more "rights," and closed hospitals.

Along with Senator Hayakawa, I agreed English should be the official language. Too bad the people have little to no power left in this country. If there were another conservative country left in the world similar to what the U.S. used to be like 40 years ago, I'd be there now.

[Dashing Dasher]

And the brainwashed people on these threads who claim the illegals are "hard-working" make me physically nauseous. So are many other people, but we are not criminal invaders who have literally trashed and ghetto-ized America, demanded more "rights," and closed hospitals.

BRAVO!!!!

And, I bet the claims that they are Christians doesn't hold much water with you either! - Same here!

I wish I could tell them about living in camps, eating potato peel soup every day. My father used to play with unexploded hand grenades - because he didn't have any toys. They sat, and waited and prayed and hoped and dreamed of America - the land of FREEDOM.

I have NO, ZERO, ZILCH, pity for people breaking our laws and invading our country. NONE!

[Marine_Uncle]

"We've seen more pictures of Joe Wilson's wife than of the widening riots in Paris and Denmark in the U.S. news..."

Musn't give any hint that things are not right and in order in frog land. People may start to wonder why muslims are attacking those that tried to protect them.

[Borax Queen]

The thought process here is that all Christians = Good and all Muslims = Bad. I highly disagree with that, you're right!

[Americanwolf]

yeah, but most soccer riots only go for a day at most and are fueled by drunken stupidity... it is only by the grace of God that more have not been killed in Paris..

[Americanwolf]

LOL.... you kidding the Germans doing work in the streets....:)

Ok sorry I had a good laugh with that... :)


You would probably actually see someone like Poland or Hungary doing in... the Germans have enough problems in their own backyard..

[HitmanLV]

You have to be fair here: seems the french police HAS been trying to combat this violence, and only after 4-5 days has Chirac decided to strum the 'discussion/understanding' guitar.

It hasn't spread in 7 days because they took a timid approach.

I really suspect that the police response has generally been inept.

[OKIEDOC]

Agreed

Just wait the Paris is Burning Show is coming to your neighborhood soon.

America has to get a grip on it's own immigration problems.

It wasn't that long ago left-wing nuts was saying America should be more like France in its immigration policies.

You can damn well bet your bottom dollar that many in France are saying this morning we need to stop immigration.

Taking another countries trash is suicide in the making.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Americanwolf]

This does not entail the freedom of religion debate here... this is one part of a religious group that is acting out in a violent manner... you have to call upon the religious leaders to plea for calm and when that fails profiling occurs and you have to unfortunately act upon that...

Judaism and Christianity have been enemies in the past and will probably be again in the future.. the best that can be done is not get involved in extremist behavior...

that is what these young Muslims are doing is engaging in violent extremist behavior... they are not out there peaceful congregating.

[Americanwolf]

I agree with you the French have to address it now and with decisive force to put these extremist on notice that this is not acceptable activity in the civilized world... but I have a feeling the will appease away until the are in deep doo doo...and someone will have to bail them out in their own country again...

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, more exhaustive, includes relevant results from riot, rioters (no result for "rioter"), france, french, chirac, villepin, sarkozy. Includes all from message 269 because I'm a little lazy and running out of time this PM.

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Man,18, shot dead near riot scene (Riots in Birmingham - UK)
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	Posted by Wrangler22 On Bloggers & Personal 11/02/2005 8:25:41 AM PST · 18 replies · 219+ views Conservative Thoughts | November 2, 2001 | John Kuethe Violent riots erupted in France six days ago and have continued unabated. They were initially sparked by the deaths of two Arab teenagers, in the poor, mainly Muslim suburbs of Paris, where police hesitate to venture. The despair, anger and deep-rooted criminality have become a breeding ground for Islamic extremists. French President Jacques Chirac came out Wednesday and called for to use a firm hand to curtail what may become a "dangerous situation." "The law must be applied firmly and in a spirit of dialogue and respect," Chirac said at a Cabinet meeting. "The absence of dialogue and an escalation...
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	Posted by Wrangler22 On Bloggers & Personal 11/03/2005 6:53:27 AM PST · 16 replies · 127+ views Conservative Thoughts | November 3, 2001 | John Kuethe The Parisian suburbs which are heavily populated by North African and Muslim immigrants and their French-born children, continued to be the scene of increasingly violent riots. Youths ramped up the violence for a seventh straight night. Despite the presence of armed riot police, they committed acts ranging from clashing with police to burning vehicles in at least 10 Paris region towns. Their tried and tru policy of appeasement has prevented them from integrating the muslim immigrants into their society. Now they have entire communities that are little Islamo-fascist development centers. As was the case in WWI and WWII, the French...
The Chirac Doctrine
	Posted by Ooh-Ah On News/Activism 09/22/2005 9:58:43 PM PDT · 6 replies · 333+ views Tech Central Station | September 22, 2005 | Olivier Guitta Under President Jacques Chirac, French foreign policy has become increasingly assertive - although one French academic recently described its raison d'être as to "oppose just to exist." But such descriptions are not entirely fair. While Chirac inherited a French foreign policy already tilted toward the Arab world, his pursuit of close personal ties to Arab leaders and his outreach to Islamists, rejectionist Arab states, and groups considered terrorists by the U.S. government is part of a broader strategy to increase French influence in the region. The French approach to the Middle East changed after the Israeli victory in the 1967...
President Chirac Divides Public Opinion in France
	Posted by William Creel On News/Activism 10/04/2005 9:33:08 PM PDT · 2 replies · 182+ views Angus-Reid | October 5, 2005 (Angus Reid Global Scan) – French adults are split in their assessment of Jacques Chirac, according to a poll by BVA published in L’Express. 46 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of the president, while 47 per cent disagree. Chirac won the presidential election in 1995, and was re-elected in a run-off over Jean-Marie Le Pen in May 2002. The head of state’s popularity increased in late 2002 and early 2003 due to his vocal opposition to armed conflict in Iraq without an explicit mandate from the United Nations (UN) Security Council.In May, 54.8 per cent of all...
How Chirac 'Ordered' His Own Secret, Secret Service
	Posted by blam On News/Activism 10/05/2005 6:18:26 PM PDT · 5 replies · 257+ views The Telegraph (UK) | 10-6-2005 | Henry Samuel How Chirac 'ordered' his own secret, secret service By Henry Samuel in Paris (Filed: 06/10/2005) A former French secret agent has accused President Jacques Chirac of ordering him to run a private secret service to channel ransom money to hostage-takers in Lebanon and Bosnia. Jean-Charles Marchiani, 62, also a former MEP, made the claims at the start of his trial this week for allegedly receiving 1.3 million euros (£880,000) in kickbacks from military contractors. Jacques Chirac Investigators want to know why and how Marchiani amassed several million euros in his Swiss bank accounts. Prosecutors say some of the money came...
The Chirac Doctrine
	Posted by Hunden On News/Activism 10/13/2005 5:18:32 AM PDT · 11 replies · 353+ views Middle East Quarterly | Fall 2005 | Olivier Guitta With just one-fifth the population of the United States, France boasts the world's second largest contingent of diplomats, and its consulates and embassies number just eight fewer than the State Department's 260.[1] The French investment in its foreign ministry is likewise heavy and demonstrates the importance the French government places on French prestige and grandeur. Under President Jacques Chirac, French foreign policy has become increasingly assertive. Francois Heisbourg, director of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (Foundation for Strategic Research), summed up French foreign policy as "oppose just to exist."[2] Such descriptions are not entirely fair, though. While Chirac inherited a French foreign...
Villepin defends French diplomatic honour
	Posted by Pikamax On News/Activism 10/14/2005 7:37:09 AM PDT · 21 replies · 348+ views Expatica | 10/14/05 | AFP Villepin defends French diplomatic honour PARIS, Oct 14 (AFP) - Prime minister Dominique de Villepin of France said claims that two former high-ranking diplomats exploited the corruption-riddled UN Iraqi oil for food programme should not be allowed to sully the reputation of French democracy. Both men, including France's former ambassador to the UN, have been placed under judicial investigation -- the first stage toward possible charges -- on suspicion of benefitting from Iraqi money. "That there may have been conduct here and there that was more than reproachable, well, obviously that's up to the justice (system) to say," he told...
Schroeder has farewell dinner with Chirac
	Posted by NormsRevenge On News/Activism 10/14/2005 7:37:48 PM PDT · 20 replies · 335+ views ap on Bakersfield Californian | 10/14/05 | Christine Ollivier - ap PARIS (AP) - A stoic atmosphere prevailed Friday at outgoing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's farewell dinner with French President Jacques Chirac, one of his closest allies on issues ranging from Europe's future to the Iraq war. "Let's not be too sentimental or else we'll have to get out our handkerchiefs," Schroeder said before dinner at the Elysee Palace. Schroeder is to step down after Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel formally takes office. Every six weeks, Chirac and Schroeder have got together for informal dinners, harmonizing their policies. They hugged warmly as Schroeder got out of the car Friday. Through Chirac, "I have...
Chavez and Chirac affirm 'common vision', deeper ties
	Posted by aynrandfreak On News/Activism 10/19/2005 10:14:00 PM PDT · 12 replies · 291+ views AFP via Yahoo | 10/19/05 PARIS (AFP) - Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Jacques Chirac of France met in Paris and agreed to further develop their already close ties. The meeting, which officials of both countries hailed, was expected to raise hackles in Washington, which is particularly at odds with the leader of oil-rich Venezuela. During their hour-long meeting "the two presidents examined bilateral economic relations and in particular looked at issues concerning, oil, energy, infrastructure and tourism," Chirac's spokesman Jerome Bonnafont said. "They decided to set up an organised mechanism for dialogue to further develop economic and industrial cooperation between the two countries,"...
Youths Riot for a Second Night in Paris Suburb Over Deaths of Two Boys Fleeing Police
	Posted by ncountylee On News/Activism 10/29/2005 4:30:34 PM PDT · 36 replies · 925+ views ap.tbo | Oct 29, 2005 | AP PARIS (AP) - French youths rioted for a second straight night in a Paris suburb, torching cars and throwing rocks at police to protest the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted while trying to evade police, officials said. Fifteen officers and a journalist were injured in the disturbances Friday night and Saturday morning in Clichy-sous-Bois, north of the capital, officials said. Police firing tear gas restored order around 2 a.m. Saturday and detained 14 people, officials said. The two boys, 15 and 17, died near an electrical transformer where they sought cover while fleeing from police Thursday evening. A...
Paris riots continue after two die
	Posted by ncountylee On News/Activism 10/30/2005 10:02:57 PM PST · 37 replies · 802+ views Ireland On-Line | 30/10/2005 Police detained 14 people yesterday after a second night of rioting that broke out in a working-class Paris suburb following the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted while trying to evade police, officials said. Hundreds of angry youths torched parked cars and threw rocks at police overnight in Clichy-sous-Bois, north of the capital, lightly injuring 15 officers and a journalist, officials said. Mobile police units were called in after assailants opened fire on a police riot vehicle, and restored order around 2am. About 300 police were remaining on site until further notice, officials said. Dozens of local residents held...
FEARS OVER MOSQUE FUNDING REVIVE FRENCH CHURCH-STATE DEBATE (How do you spell appeasement?)
	Posted by Cornpone On News/Activism 10/31/2005 3:33:28 AM PST · 15 replies · 249+ views The Tocqueville Connection | 31 October 2005 | The Tocqueville Connection PARIS, Oct 31 (AFP) A call for a change to a century-old French law to allow the state to fund new mosques has sent sparks flying in a society deeply attached to the separation of religion and state. Concerned that a shortage of mosques is allowing extremists to gain a foothold among Frances 5.5 million Muslims by funding places of worship, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this month named a panel to look into the prickly question. Due to report to the government in June next year, the committee is being asked, among other things, to suggest ways of reviewing...
Terror Cell "Smuggled Missiles into Europe," Targeting French Airport
	Posted by ddtorquee On News/Activism 10/31/2005 5:40:00 AM PST · 18 replies · 468+ views Telegraph-UK An Islamic terror cell has smuggled two surface-to-air missiles into Europe in a plot to shoot down planes at one of France's main airports, it was claimed Friday. French and Algerian extremists with links to al-Qaeda bought the Russian SA-18 Grouse missiles from Chechens in 2002 and smuggled them via Georgia and Turkey, according to French anti-terror sources quoted in Le Figaro. French anti-terrorism investigators learned of the missile terror plan while interrogating a Jordanian al-Qa'eda operative close to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the Islamic terror group in Iraq.
Fourth night of riots in Paris (BOBIGNY, France)
	Posted by Murtyo On News/Activism 10/31/2005 8:04:50 AM PST · 115 replies · 2,286+ views CNN | Monday, October 31, 2005 Posted: 1407 GMT (2207 HKT | Reuters Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of rioting in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque. It was not clear who had fired the tear gas and Sarkozy, addressing police officers, vowed to find out what had happened. Youths hurled rocks and set fire to cars in the northeastern Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of the French capital, where many immigrants and poor families live in high-rise housing estates notorious for youth violence. French television said six police officers were hurt ---SNIP---
Fourth night of riots in Paris
	Posted by EQAndyBuzz On News/Activism 10/31/2005 11:45:55 AM PST · 20 replies · 1,120+ views CNN | 10/31/2005 | CNN BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of rioting in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque.
France defends policies after riot (Finally admitting Muslims are rioting)
	Posted by adamsjas On News/Activism 10/31/2005 1:33:39 PM PST · 242 replies · 10,217+ views CNN.OOM International | October 31, 2005 Posted: 1942 GMT (0342 HKT) | Reuters BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy defended his tough crime policies on Monday after a fourth night of riots in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque. Sarkozy, addressing police officers, vowed to find how tear gas had been fired into the Muslim place of worship, an incident which had helped fuel the disturbances. Youths hurled rocks and set fire to cars in the northeastern Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of the French capital, where many immigrants and poor families live in high-rise housing estates notorious for youth violence. ...snip French television said six police...
Potential Hot Spots: France Is Burning (Europe's multiculturalism fail & going down in flames)
	Posted by Wiz On News/Activism 11/01/2005 3:58:48 AM PST · 83 replies · 1,898+ views Strategy Page | 2005 Nov 1 November 1, 2005: France is burning. For most of the last week, there have been nasty riots in the Parisian suburb of St Denis, complete with fires and many casualties. This area is home to about 500,000 Moslems. Many largely Moslem suburbs of Paris, and other large cities, have become no-go zones for the police, and anyone who is not of Middle Eastern origin. Over the last three decades, generous social benefits and immigration policies have left France with a Moslem population of some five million (about eight percent of the population.) High rise housing for them was built on...
Sarkozy gets tough with suburban hooligans
	Posted by Eurotwit On News/Activism 11/01/2005 7:12:43 AM PST · 19 replies · 596+ views The Times | November 01, 2005 | By Adam Sage NICOLAS SARKOZY, the French Interior Minister, pledged zero tolerance in the fight against urban violence yesterday as he visited a Paris suburb hit by four nights of rioting. In a sharp break from traditonal French government policies, M Sarkozy said that he would take a tough approach to the “hooligans . . . who make life impossible on our council estates”. He was addressing police officers who have been struggling to contain disturbances in Clichy-sous-Bois, northeast of Paris, after two teenagers died last week. But M Sarkozy’s visit was ran into controversy when the families of the youths, Ziad Benna,...
France is Burning (Muslims burn Paris; MSM ignores it to protect Religion of Peace)
	Posted by pabianice On News/Activism 11/01/2005 7:25:23 AM PST · 242 replies · 5,598+ views Strategy Page | 11/1/05 POTENTIAL HOT SPOTS: France Is Burning Items About Areas That Could Break Out Into War November 1, 2005: France is burning. For most of the last week, there have been nasty riots in the Parisian suburb of St Denis, complete with fires and many casualties. This area is home to about 500,000 Moslems. Many largely Moslem suburbs of Paris, and other large cities, have become no-go zones for the police, and anyone who is not of Middle Eastern origin. Over the last three decades, generous social benefits and immigration policies have left France with a Moslem population of some five...
Sixth night of riots in Paris
	Posted by Ray66 On News/Activism 11/01/2005 4:12:09 PM PST · 111 replies · 1,966+ views CNN Associated Press Report | Tuesday, November 1, 2005 | Unknown Sixth night of riots in Paris Minister accused of inflaming tensions PARIS, France (AP) -- Violence erupted for a sixth night Tuesday in the troubled suburbs northeast of Paris with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas as they faced down gangs of youths in Aulnay-sous-Bois, according to witnesses. A store set afire in the nearby suburb of Bondy, France-Info radio reported. No trouble was immediately reported in Clichy-sous-Bois, where rioting began last Thursday following the accidental deaths of two teenagers. The latest violence broke out as Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy met in Paris with youths and officials from Clichy-sous-Bois....
Riots expose France's fault lines
	Posted by ncountylee On News/Activism 11/01/2005 7:30:45 PM PST · 25 replies · 729+ views theaustralian | November 02, 2005 | Emma-Kate Symons FRANCE has plunged into a bitter debate over the failure to integrate its large Muslim community after five nights of rioting in a Paris suburb populated by North African immigrants. As locals mourned the deaths of two teenage boys rumoured to have died last week while being chased by police, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated his vow of zero tolerance against urban violence. But he stood accused of playing into the hands of the extreme Right and National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen by using words such as "scum" to describe violent youths who made life "impossible" on high-rise council...
A French voice from the ether... (part 2)
	Posted by French_for_Bush On News/Activism 11/01/2005 7:45:11 PM PST · 30 replies · 827+ views cnn.com A French voice from the ether... (part 2) Dear American friends, Here is a friendly note from... a frenchman! I have posted here before in support of the Iraq war. This message is tilting towards everyone who is concerned about the truth, and nothing but the truth. You want a strong argument that gives extraordinary and unprecedented credit to Bush’s decision to launch the Iraq war in 2002 ? You want liberal media to be stung once and for good? But especially... You want the Democrats to remain speechless and astounded? The argument below is so powerful, I’m surprised the...
13 Arrested In Paris Suburb Riots
	Posted by george76 On News/Activism 11/01/2005 8:25:44 PM PST · 11 replies · 217+ views CBS News | Nov. 1, 2005 | AP Youths torched cars, set garbage bins alight and threw stones at police in a fifth night of rioting in a Paris suburb, and set two primary school classrooms on fire as rioting spread to two other suburban towns... Suburbs that ring France's big cities suffer soaring unemployment and are home to immigrant communities, often from Muslim North Africa. Sarkozy says violence in the suburbs is a daily fact of life, with dozens of cars torched each night and underground economies of crime. In incidents apparently unrelated to the riots near Paris, youths set fire to an empty building and trash...
Riots erupt in more Paris suburbs
	Posted by Panerai On News/Activism 11/02/2005 1:36:49 AM PST · 33 replies · 923+ views BBC News | 11/02/2005 Rioting has spread to more suburbs of Paris on a sixth night of unrest in the outskirts of the French capital.At Aulnay-sous-Bois, cars were torched as gangs of youths hurled stones at police in riot gear, who responded by firing rubber bullets. But the epicentre of the trouble, Clichy-sous-Bois, was said to be calm, with a heavy police presence. The unrest was sparked by the death of two boys whom locals think were fleeing police, despite official denials. Correspondents say anger has been fuelled by a tear gas canister hurled into the town's mosque on Sunday night, and arrests. French...
Is Paris Burning? ( Religion of Peace Alert)
	Posted by backhoe On News/Activism 11/02/2005 4:00:57 AM PST · 70 replies · 1,707+ views various FR links & stories | 11-02-05 | the heavy equipment guy †13 Arrested In Paris Suburb Riots † ††Night Number Six of Paris Riots † †Unrest spreads to nine French towns †http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11 †Riots erupt in more Paris suburbs † †Violence spreads around capital (Froggy violence Alert!!) † † †Riots expose France's fault lines † †Selective Muslim Silence † † †France is Burning (Muslims burn Paris; MSM ignores it to protect Religion of Peace) † † Potential Hot Spots: France Is Burning (Europe's multiculturalism fail & going down in flames) † †France defends policies after riot (Finally admitting Muslims are rioting) † †Several days of Muslim Riots in Denmark (Not only in...
Cars torched as Paris suburb riots spread
	Posted by libstripper On News/Activism 11/02/2005 4:21:19 AM PST · 44 replies · 1,166+ views MSNBC | Nov. 2, 2005 | Reuters PARIS - Dozens of vehicles were set ablaze in a sixth night of rioting in poor Paris suburbs, officials said on Wednesday, as youth unrest caused mounting strains within Franceís conservative government. A heavy police presence kept a tense order in Clichy-sous-Bois, where the clashes broke out last week after two teenagers of African origin were electrocuted while apparently fleeing the police.
Anger Spreads Across Paris Suburbs After Death of Muslim Boys
	Posted by millefleur On News/Activism 11/02/2005 5:38:12 AM PST · 77 replies · 1,699+ views Washington Post Foreign Service | Nov.2, 2005 | Molly Moore PARIS, Nov. 2 -- Clashes between angry youths and French police spread to at least six Paris suburbs Tuesday night, with police firing tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at street fighters who lobbed Molotov cocktails and burned cars and trash bins...
Chirac Warns Of Firm Response To (Muslim) Rioting
	Posted by blam On News/Activism 11/02/2005 6:24:41 AM PST · 81 replies · 1,447+ views The Guardian (UK) | 11-2-2005 | Christine Ollivier Chirac Warns of Firm Response to Rioting Wednesday November 2, 2005 1:16 PM By CHRISTINE OLLIVIER Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac, intervening after six nights of rioting in suburban Paris, called Wednesday for calm and said authorities will use a firm hand to curtail what may become a "dangerous situation." The violence, sparked initially by the deaths of two teenagers, has exposed the despair, anger and deep-rooted criminality in the poor suburbs, where police hesitate to venture and which have proved fertile terrain for Islamic extremists. "The law must be applied firmly and in a...
Chirac Urges calm as riots spread
	Posted by milwguy On News/Activism 11/02/2005 6:46:31 AM PST · 93 replies · 1,544+ views cnn | 11/3/05 | milwguy PARIS, France -- French President Jacques Chirac has called for calm and warned of a "dangerous situation" following a sixth night of violence in poor Paris suburbs. "The law must be applied firmly and in a spirit of dialogue and respect," Chirac told a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. "The absence of dialogue and an escalation of a lack of respect will lead to a dangerous situation." "Zones without law cannot exist in the republic," Chirac said. His remarks were passed on to reporters by government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope. The spokesman said Chirac acknowledged the "profound frustrations" of troubled neighborhoods but said...
Ghettos shackle French Muslims
	Posted by kiriath_jearim On News/Activism 11/02/2005 8:53:08 AM PST · 36 replies · 1,020+ views BBC | 10/31/05 | n/a Monday, 31 October 2005, 11:06 GMT Ghettos shackle French Muslims Rioting by youths in a Paris suburb has highlighted the discontent among sections of France's immigrant population. The BBC News website's Henri Astier explores the sense of alienation felt by many French Muslims. When Nadir Dendoune was growing up in the 1980s, his home town of L'Ile Saint-Denis, north of Paris, was a fairly diverse place. "We were all poor, but there were French people, East Europeans, as well as blacks and Arabs," says Mr Dendoune, 33, an author and something of a celebrity in his estate. Two decades on,...
The 'Paris Revolt' In Pictures.
	Posted by HHKrepublican_2 On News/Activism 11/02/2005 11:56:25 AM PST · 150 replies · 5,044+ views BBC news and SKY news The Dangers of Multiculturalism...On the sixth night of revolting in Paris, violence spread from the initial flashpoint of Clichy-sous-Bois into a host of other areas in the north and east of the city.Scores of vehicles were burned by angry youths, most from disaffected north African communities.
French President urges calm after six nights of rioting [Canadian News Article]
	Posted by doc30 On News/Activism 11/02/2005 1:35:19 PM PST · 39 replies · 746+ views The Globe and Mail | 11/2/05 | CHRISTINE OLLIVIER Paris — French President Jacques Chirac, intervening after six nights of rioting in suburban Paris, called Wednesday for calm and said authorities will use a firm hand to curtail what may become a “dangerous situation.” The violence, sparked initially by the deaths of two teenagers, has exposed the despair, anger and deep-rooted criminality in the poor suburbs, where police hesitate to venture and which have proved fertile terrain for Islamic extremists. “The law must be applied firmly and in a spirit of dialogue and respect,” Mr. Chirac said at a cabinet meeting. “The absence of dialogue and an escalation of...
French riots underscore deeper problems (French surrender to rioters)
	Posted by Ben Mugged On News/Activism 11/02/2005 2:34:10 PM PST · 37 replies · 937+ views United Press International | Nov. 2, 2005 | ELIZABETH BRYANT straight nights of clashes between French police and rioters in Paris-area housing projects are laying bare simmering discrimination and ethnic tensions lying just under the country's officially colorblind creed of liberty, equality and fraternity. The riots have gone far beyond law-and-order tangles between youths hurling stones and Molotov cocktails and police responding with tear gas. Eighteen months before French presidential elections, they have taken on a raw political edge as they fuel partisan bickering and existing divisions within the ruling center-right Union for a Popular Movement party. On Wednesday, French President Jacques Chirac waded into the fray for the first...
Seventh Day of Violence Erupts Near Paris
	Posted by Pikamax On News/Activism 11/02/2005 3:30:31 PM PST · 59 replies · 1,056+ views Guardian | 11/02/05 | JOCELYN GECKER Seventh Day of Violence Erupts Near Paris Wednesday November 2, 2005 11:01 PM AP Photo BRI103 By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Writer CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (AP) - Menacing youths smoked cigarettes in doorways Wednesday and hulks of burned cars littered the tough streets of Paris' northeastern suburbs scarred by a week of riots that left residents on edge and sent the government into crisis mode. In a seventh consecutive night of skirmishes, young people threw rocks at police Wednesday in six suburbs in the Seine-Saint-Denis region north of Paris - about a 40-minute drive from the Eiffel Tower. In one of...
France: Suburbs are ablaze with anger(zarkozy too tough)
	Posted by Pikamax On News/Activism 11/02/2005 3:41:29 PM PST · 41 replies · 1,033+ views TIMES ONLINE | 10/02/05 | Charles Bremner c By Charles Bremner Widespread rioting is forcing the French Government to address its failure to integrate a large immigrant population ACRID fumes lingered in the air of Aulnay-sous-Bois yesterday as Mohamed and Sidi looked at the charred shell of a delivery van and explained why violence had erupted in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. “Sarko has declared war on the estates, so it’s war he’s going to get,” said Mohamed, 20, the son of a Moroccan immigrant. Sidi, his friend, concurred: the suburbs had endured another night of street fighting because Nicolas Sarkozy, the Interior Minister and would-be President...
Unrest spreads to nine French towns-(kiss france adios)
	Posted by Flavius On News/Activism 11/02/2005 4:27:04 PM PST · 61 replies · 1,688+ views cnn PARIS, France (AP) -- Unrest spread across troubled suburbs around Paris in a sixth night of violence as police clashed with angry youths and scores of vehicles were torched in at least nine towns, local officials said. Police in riot gear fired rubber bullets late Tuesday at advancing gangs of youths in Aulnay-sous-Bois -- one of the worst-hit suburbs -- where 15 cars were burned, according to officials in the Seine-Saint-Denis region. Youths lobbed Molotov cocktails at an annex to the town hall and threw stones at the firehouse. It was not immediately clear whether there were injuries from the...
DFU SONG: I Love Paris (the Muslims love seeing Paris burn)
	Posted by doug from upland On News/Activism 11/02/2005 4:51:04 PM PST · 11 replies · 243+ views DFU SONGS | 11-2005 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland MIDI - I LOVE PARIS Why do Muslims all love Paris...someday we will own the place We've been busy procreating...while we're hating We are laughing as it's burning...they are squirming Why do Muslims all love Paris...'cause the French run from a fight Allah Akbar...we'll be chanting Allah Akbar We love flags that are white
US Troops Prepare to Deploy to Maintain Order in Paris - satire
	Posted by No Longer Free State On News/Activism 11/02/2005 4:51:58 PM PST · 35 replies · 656+ views November 02, 2005 | No Longer Free State BSNN has learned that the Defense Department is mobilizing troops and planning operations to restore order in the capitol city of the Europpean province of France following a straight week of rioting that the provincial government is either unwilling or unable to quell. An unnamed White House official, who insisted we tell you he is not Carl Rove or Scooter Libby, said, "Our recent experiences in dealing with hostile, ungovernable violent nations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq have prepared us for dealing with the Chirac government. Plus, our experiences in the Islamic world will make it easier to...
Six Nights Of Riots In Paris Ghetto Split Chirac Cabinet
	Posted by blam On News/Activism 11/02/2005 5:31:01 PM PST · 82 replies · 1,440+ views The Telegraph (UK) | 11-3-2005 | Henry Samuel Six nights of riots in Paris ghetto split Chirac cabinet By Henry Samuel in Clichy-sous-Bois(Filed: 03/11/2005) The French government was reeling yesterday after six nights of rioting which have exposed a split in the cabinet over how to deal with poverty and immigration in the dilapidated Paris suburbs. As authorities cleaned up the debris of another bout of violence, including the wrecks of 250 cars burned out on Tuesday night, both the prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, and the interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, put off foreign trips to deal with the rioting. Youths on the Paris estates have promised ë40...
Seventh night of Paris violence
	Posted by untenured On News/Activism 11/02/2005 6:58:10 PM PST · 40 replies · 923+ views BBC | Nov. 3, 2005 | None Violence has flared for a seventh night in immigrant communities to the north-east of Paris. Youths in several areas have been roaming the streets with sticks and bottles and dozens of vehicles have been set alight during the night. The unrest came after ministers held crisis talks on the situation and the president appealed for calm. Violence broke out following the death of two teenagers. Locals say they were fleeing police, which authorities deny. On Wednesday night police clashed with youths in nine areas of the Seine-Saint-Denis department - where the violence began last week. A school and shops have...
French government in crisis mode, tries to cope with suburban Paris riots
	Posted by speelurker On News/Activism 11/02/2005 7:03:50 PM PST · 60 replies · 1,428+ views CBC World News | Nov 2, 2005 | JOCELYN GECKER CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (CP) - France's government went into crisis mode Wednesday to deal with spreading rioting in the suburbs of Paris, with the prime minister postponing a trip to Canada and the president calling for calm. In tough northeastern suburbs around Clichy-sous-Bois, where the accidental deaths of two teenagers last week first prompted angry youths to rampage, the hulks of burned-out cars littered streets and young men prepared for a seventh consecutive night of fighting with riot police. Leaders at Clichy-sous-Bois' mosque prayed for peace and asked parents to keep teenagers off the streets. The violence, which spread to at...
French Forces Unwelcome in Ivory Coast
	Posted by Simmy2.5 On News/Activism 11/02/2005 9:28:24 PM PST · 15 replies · 178+ views AP via Yahoo | Wed Nov 2, 4:28 PM ET | By TODD PITMAN, Associated Press Writer ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - A red T-shirt draped over the statue of a former colonial governor bears a curt message for French peacekeepers in this war-divided West African country: "Get out." The tenuous relationship between Paris and its former colony suffered another blow Wednesday when the French Defense Ministry confirmed that troops in Ivory Coast suffocated an Ivorian prisoner in an armored vehicle in May, and commanders knew of the killing but did not notify their superiors. Gen. Henri Poncet, who commanded the peacekeeping mission, was suspended from duty and given an official warning while the investigation continues. "Certainly this...
Paris Riots spread throughout north-east (7th Night of Violence and Burning)
	Posted by Southack On News/Activism 11/03/2005 12:23:12 AM PST · 268 replies · 5,919+ views Radio New Zealand | Nov 03, 2005 | staff Paris riots spread throughout north-east Posted at 8:20pm on 3 Nov 2005 Violence broke out in impoverished Paris suburbs for the seventh straight night, with rioters clashing with police and leaving a trail of torched cars and vandalised buildings. Observers are pointing to France's failure to address deep problems of poverty and immigration, including tensions with its Muslim minority. In Aulnay-sous-Bois in the worst-affected area of Seine-Saint-Denis, a police station was briefly besieged by gangs of youths while a gymnasium and a garage were set ablaze and a commercial centre vandalised. A total of 40 vehicles, including two buses, were...
France struggles as unrest spreads
	Posted by baystaterebel On News/Activism 11/03/2005 2:56:30 AM PST · 55 replies · 1,223+ views REUTERS NEWS AGENCY | November 3, 2005 | Sophie Louet Pressure mounted on French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's government to move quickly to restore order as violence broke out in the suburbs of Paris for the seventh night running. The French government leader canceled a trip to Canada yesterday to tackle the spreading unrest in areas with large African and Muslim populations, and to quell a damaging dispute among his ministers over how to respond. Last night, youths went on a rampage in nine areas in poor suburbs ringing the French capital to the north and the east, setting on fire about 40 cars, two buses and trash cans,...
Fresh violence hits Paris suburbs
	Posted by fifthvirginia On News/Activism 11/03/2005 3:38:50 AM PST · 39 replies · 907+ views BBC News | 03 NOV 05 | BBC News Rioting youths in Paris suburbs have burned cars and fought police for the seventh consecutive night.
Week of Riots Puts French Govt Under Pressure (LOL! Alert)
	Posted by Timeout On News/Activism 11/03/2005 4:04:08 AM PST · 36 replies · 715+ views Reuters via NY Times | 11/3/05 PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths clashed with police overnight and shots were reportedly fired at police... ...shotgun blasts had been fired at police in the Courneuve district, where youths showered police and fire-fighters with stones, bottles and paving stones. "It's a dramatic situation. It is very serious and we fear that the events could even get worse tonight," said Francis Masanet... "When I hear some people say that the presence of police can be provocative for some people, if the presence of police provokes some people, I know a lot of others who are delighted that the police and...
Week of Riots Puts French Govt Under Pressure (LOL! Alert)
	Posted by Timeout On News/Activism 11/03/2005 4:04:08 AM PST · 36 replies · 715+ views Reuters via NY Times | 11/3/05 PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths clashed with police overnight and shots were reportedly fired at police... ...shotgun blasts had been fired at police in the Courneuve district, where youths showered police and fire-fighters with stones, bottles and paving stones. "It's a dramatic situation. It is very serious and we fear that the events could even get worse tonight," said Francis Masanet... "When I hear some people say that the presence of police can be provocative for some people, if the presence of police provokes some people, I know a lot of others who are delighted that the police and...
Shots fired as French riots escalate
	Posted by Brilliant On News/Activism 11/03/2005 5:19:45 AM PST · 91 replies · 1,413+ views Reuters via Yahoo! | November 3, 2005 | Paul Carrel BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) - Rioters shot at police and fire crews in the worst night in a week of violence in poor Paris suburbs, as France's conservative government struggled to respond to the unrest. Youths rampaged in nine poor suburbs north and east of Paris, home to North African and black African minorities frustrated at their failure to get jobs or recognition in French society, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. "It's a dramatic situation. It is very serious and we fear that the events could even get worse tonight," said Francis Masanet, secretary general of the UNSA police...
Shots fired as French riots escalate
	Posted by Brilliant On News/Activism 11/03/2005 5:19:45 AM PST · 91 replies · 1,413+ views Reuters via Yahoo! | November 3, 2005 | Paul Carrel BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) - Rioters shot at police and fire crews in the worst night in a week of violence in poor Paris suburbs, as France's conservative government struggled to respond to the unrest. Youths rampaged in nine poor suburbs north and east of Paris, home to North African and black African minorities frustrated at their failure to get jobs or recognition in French society, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. "It's a dramatic situation. It is very serious and we fear that the events could even get worse tonight," said Francis Masanet, secretary general of the UNSA police...
Ethnic minorities organize massive pogroms in France
	Posted by A. Pole On News/Activism 11/03/2005 5:42:58 AM PST · 7 replies · 338+ views PRAVDA.Ru | 11/03/2005 | Ivan Shmelev The growing amount of the non-white population has given rise to many problems in France Massive disorders in several suburbs of Paris populated with natives of North Africa have been going on for several days already. Violence started when residents of Arab quarters accused policemen of the death of two teenagers that were trying to run away from law-enforcement officers. The situation demonstrates the complexity of relations between the native French population and immigrants from former colonies, the number of which has been growing in France during the recent several years. The history of such conflicts started in the 19th...
Shots fired at police, fire crews shot at rioting in Paris suburbs spreads.
	Posted by Pikamax On News/Activism 11/03/2005 5:59:42 AM PST · 75 replies · 1,305+ views AP | 11/03/0 | Jamey Keaten Shots fired at police, fire crews shot at rioting in Paris suburbs spreads. Jamey Keaten Canadian Press Thursday, November 03, 2005 AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (AP) - France's government faced mounting pressure Thursday as suburban unrest took on dangerous new momentum, with shots fired at police and fire crews as they battled youths who torched car dealerships, public buses and a school. Four shots were fired at police and firemen in four different towns, said Jean-Francois Cordet, the top government official for the troubled Seine-Saint-Denis region north of Paris where the week of violence has been concentrated. No one was injured in...
Paris Is Burning-France needs to integrate its Muslim underclass. Bonne chance.
	Posted by SJackson On News/Activism 11/03/2005 6:42:57 AM PST · 87 replies · 1,517+ views Wall St. Journal Europe | 11-3-05 Every night for the past week, the suburbs of Paris have been a showcase of Europe's failure to integrate its immigrants. Most of the rioting youths from the projects in Seine-Saint-Denis were born in France to African and North African parents and speak French. Yet these second-generation immigrants feel little attachment to France, much less a bright future in it, and therein lies the problem. Home to Europe's largest Muslim community -- nearly a tenth of its 60 million people -- France is the main testing ground of the Continent's ability to bring these recent newcomers into the fold. Germany,...
Muslim youth unrest escalates, encircles Paris (More Pictures and text)
	Posted by HHKrepublican_2 On News/Activism 11/03/2005 6:54:57 AM PST · 176 replies · 4,008+ views All Cities marked here have had rioting, the worst is in the "Sous-Bois" Rioting youths opened fire on police and set dozens of vehicles ablaze in a seventh night of violence in Paris. In escalating scenes of unrest, four shots were fired while gangs besieged a police station, set fire to a car showroom and threw petrol bombs. At least 15 people were arrested and nine injured across north-east Paris. France's government is facing mounting criticism of its handling of the riots, which began after two teenagers of African origin died one week ago. -BBC news
French PM Puts Off Canadian Visit as Paris Riots Spread
	Posted by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island On News/Activism 11/03/2005 7:17:35 AM PST · 20 replies · 309+ views Voice of America | 2 November 2005 | Staff French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has postponed a planned visit to Canada, after rioting that began outside Paris last week spread through the city's largely Muslim-inhabited suburbs. Mr. de Villepin told lawmakers Wednesday the government is fully mobilized and that he is indefinitely postponing his planned trip. Interior Minister Nikolas Sarkozy also canceled scheduled visits to Afghanistan and Pakistan next week. Earlier, President Jacques Chirac called for calm and measures to bring the riots under control. French police today said they detained 34 people in the sixth consecutive night of rioting. Rioters torched cars and clashed with police who...
Residents Can Only Watch as Riots Send Their Neighborhoods Up in Flames
	Posted by ncountylee On News/Activism 11/03/2005 7:54:49 AM PST · 87 replies · 1,708+ views AP via TBO | Nov 3, 2005 | Jamey Keaten LE BLANC MESNIL, France (AP) - Farah, an 8-year-old budding gymnast, cried when she saw the gutted wreckage of her gym crackling with flames and spewing smoke, destroyed in the latest nighttime rampage by immigrant youths in suburban Paris. She, her father and hundreds of other residents poured into the streets by the Les Tilleuls housing complex in the Seine-Saint-Denis region Wednesday night as firefighters and police struggled to keep order during a seventh night of riots northeast of the capital. "It is saddening," said Farah's father, Mohammed Fawzi Kaci, 47, proudly showing a picture on his mobile phone of...
France Riot Video from Le Monde (Pretty Funny)
	Posted by bahblahbah On News/Activism 11/03/2005 8:00:40 AM PST · 43 replies · 1,443+ views Le Monde Chiraq is fiddling while Paris burns.(OK maybe a slight exaguration) http://www.lemonde.fr
"Big brothers" mediate in riot-hit Paris slums
	Posted by ncountylee On News/Activism 11/03/2005 8:12:09 AM PST · 11 replies · 336+ views Reuters | 03 Nov 2005 | Tom Heneghan PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Whenever peace returns to Paris's riot-torn suburbs, part of the credit should go to the "big brothers" out on the streets trying to calm down young hotheads and cushion the worst of the tough police crackdown. These social workers, coaches and other mentors play a key role in the slums, watching over violent teenagers, mostly sons of North African and black immigrants, who reject teachers and police seen as part of an oppressive white French majority. It's not clear "les grands freres" will get much official thanks, however. In the heated political debate triggered by...
French Rioters Shoot at Police, Fire Crews
	Posted by West Coast Conservative On News/Activism 11/03/2005 9:00:21 AM PST · 81 replies · 1,293+ views AP | November 3, 2005 | JAMEY KEATEN Rioting youths shot at police and firefighters Thursday after burning car dealerships and public buses and hurling rocks at commuter trains. France's government faced growing pressure to curb the violence, fueled by anger over poor conditions in suburban Paris housing projects. Rampaging for an eighth day, youths ignored an appeal for calm from French President Jacques Chirac, whose government worked feverishly to fend off a political crisis amid criticism that it has ignored problems in suburbs heavily populated by first- and second-generation North African and Muslim immigrants. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin called a string of emergency meetings with Cabinet...

[Americanwolf]

Yeah, but I don't think France has a politician with the political will of Winston Churchill... maybe Ward Churchill, but not Winston...

[Americanwolf]

Yup....actually most the people in these areas so far are other muslims... so once again they are right now only hurting their own communities, but how long till the start march down the Champs de Elyse(Sp)?

[Americanwolf]

Agreed.... sounding more and more like the claims of OBL in the 90's "We will spread Islam through out the world till it is all ours"

[Americanwolf]

Agreed....they tend to want to be part of the community because the are a community orientated people... So many that have moved into our area here in Arizona are very open to talking to us as neighbors and inviting us too visit.. genuinely good people for the most part here too.

[Americanwolf]

I will agree that the French police approach has been Inept... I was just qouting what Chriac said in a news report...

The French don't even have the spine to defend their own soil... (Big suprise there...NOT!)

[Clemenza]

To be fair, we had "ghettos" in America long before the illegals came in large numbers. As far as the "hard working" stereotype is concerned, its all relative. When you live in New York and Chicago, and see the illegals working everywhere, while the native born underclass sits around the projects screwing and popping out babies by five different fathers, you have a different perspective on the whole situation. Ask a Korean deli owner or Greek diner owner why they hire illegals over certain other people, and you will get a politically incorrect answer that has nothing to do with lower labor costs.

What pisses me off about the illegals are not the "cultural" aspects (I much prefer Mexicans to certain other ethnic groups, including those who are rioting in France), but the affront they cause to the RULE OF LAW! When I worked at a bank in Miami, my colleagues who were here on visas from Panama, Colombia, etc. WERE PUT THROUGH HELL by INS. Why is it that we make it hard for people with actual skills to come in here, while turning a blind eye to those who come to wash dishes?

[Clemenza]

Consider yourselves lucky, the Muslims who settle in NY/NJ are some of the nastiest folks in terms of attitude towards this country that you will meet.

NY State's original constitution was right to ban Muslims from settling in the state.

[redgolum]

The fighting has spread to 20 towns as of night fall.

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