French authorities vow they 'will not give in' to rioters (Sarkosi: "war without mercy")

AFP ^ | 11/03/2005 | AFP

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Ha! ping

[mak5]

Dom should simply recognize the quagmire that Jacques Chirac has created and get out of the way of the insurgents.

[SF Republican]

I guess this means they're seeking a new french word to replace "surrender". - I don't know Sarko is showing "balons"

[dead]

It’s so weird reading the discussion of this over on DU. After they got over their initial disbelief that riots have been going on for days in Paris and CNN never told them about it, they all started commiserating with the poor poor and engaged in a circle-jerk discussion wherein they all congratulated each other for their mutual comprehension that society forced the otherwise-noble, economically-downtrodden immigrants to set fire to their neighbor's cars. Nothing a little more socialism couldn't cure, apparently.

They barely even acknowledge the islamic component to these riots. It’s all about the government cheese to them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1896743

[SlowBoat407]

If I remember correctly, they hosted the ayatollah khomeni during his exile, didn't they?

[RegulatorCountry]

"The situation in Paris is just too rich for irony."

La Ligne Maginot Nouveau.

[Enterprise]

"The French have a pretty good track record against un-armed mobs, recently."

I would have faith if the mobs were unarmed in France. They have reportedly already fired shots at the police and firemen. If they fire shots at the French Military, it will no longer be France, but Fraghanistan.

[Unam Sanctam]

Yes, it all demonstrates the vast superiority of the European social model, doesn't it?

[Graymatter]

They will not surrender! Some concessions, however, have been proposed. They're willing to take the red and blue parts out of the French flag.

[dinasour]

whose hardline law-and-order policies have been blamed for fanning the acts of defiance

Hey Sarky, are we finding out how the "cycle of violence" really works?

[Enterprise]

There were far more deadly riots in this country after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than before it. And considering the loss of life of many innocent people and the damage to property, those riots weren't justified.

[GadareneDemoniac]

Any day now the moos will claim that Paris is "one of the holiest sites in islam" and demand ownership.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, but I'm not optimistic for Europe's future.

[redgolum]

Maybe they finally made the French mad enough to react.

[winner3000]

Sarkozy is as close to a Republican as France has. He was the leading candidate to replace Chirac. I don't know how this wave of violence will affect his presidential ambitions.

[Young Scholar]

They knew how to deal with Greenpeace, as well.

[kinghorse]

nothing is done spontaneously when it comes to Islam. Everyone waits for their marching orders. What we have been witnessing is the expression of Islamic power during the Night of Power of Ramadan. This is the night when the power of Islam is brought to bear.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/introducingislam/Worship/Fasting/article08.shtml

[LikeLight]

Blogs were saying French public opinion is like 10 to 1 in favor of Sarkozy's hard line - - - but the press has been trying to hide it . . .

[hang 'em]

Thanks to that recent UN law, at least French Culture is now safe from assault from Hollywood movies, coke and Ronald McDonald.

Burn, Baby, Burn!

[KarlInOhio]

The riots were sparked a week ago by the accidental electrocution of two teenagers who had hidden in an electrical sub-station to escape a police identity check in the suburb at the epicentre of the troubles, Clichy-sous-Bois.

That's something I hadn't heard before. I had heard that they were killed when the police chased them, but not that they had hidden in an electrical substation. I guess the Koran didn't warn them not to touch the big wires.

[genghis]

As near as I can tell, cac-40 (french dj) is up about 2% since the riots started.