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Posted on 11/07/2005 2:44:49 AM PST by Dane
French police made 395 arrests last night as riots intensified for the 11th consecutive night, with violence and fire engulfing towns from the North to the Mediterranean.
In the impoverished suburbs and satellite towns around Paris, where the unrest began on October 27, churches, schools and warehouses were set alight. At least 1,408 vehicles were destroyed, many more than on previous nights, and the random attacks have spread into the heart of the city.
In Grigny, south of the capital, a gang of around 200 youths are reported to have lured police into a housing estate before opening fire with hunting rifles. At least 30 officers were injured, two seriously with lead pellets in the legs and neck.
Riots broke out in beacons of disaffection across the country from Lille, on the border with Belgium, to Montpellier on the Mediterranean coast. In Toulouse, police used tear gas to disperse a mob. Cars were set alight on the streets of Nantes, Orleans, Rennes and Rouen, and youths in St Etienne forced passengers off a bus before burning it. Churches were set ablaze in northern Lens and southern Sete.
SNIP
In Strasbourg, youths stole a car and rammed it into a housing project, setting the vehicle and the building on fire. "We’ll stop when Sarkozy steps down," the defiant 17-year-old driver told an Associated Press reporter.
Police are calling for a night-time curfew in affected areas and some senior officers have demanded that troops are brought on to the streets.
Michel Gaudin, France's most senior police officer, said today: "We are witnessing a sort of shock wave that is spreading across the country."
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Paris/France burns, Live Thread Night #10
This is the live thread of the riots and mayhem happening in Paris/France. Any first hand reports or media reports(French or European TV or radio, etc.) of todays and tonights developments are welcome.
What is it there now? About 3:00 p.m.??
Some moonbat on "Coast to Coast" just speculated the rioting was retribution for France's rejection of the EU constitution under the control of the Bilderbergers and Illuminati. The "yoots" were mere pawns of Darker Forces of the New World Order....
No mention of Muslims in the entire article. A new low for the Times and an awful disservice to its readers.
Whwn will the burn down EuroDisney?
France is 6 hours ahead of EST and 9 hours ahead of PST.
Good God! Calypso Louie may be right! These guys might have been sent down from The Mother Wheel!
Police moral going to zero, getting tired fighting fires every
night and out-numbered by youts.
Police fear grenades and heavy weapons will soon be used.
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051107-122439-9658r.htm
"We’ll stop when Sarkozy steps down,"This officially makes it terrorism.
Is that 'Che' in the banner? Go fugure. Site seems to be a little clogged up.
I have been discussing this with my French colleagues and I kept asking them why they just don't shoot about twenty of those bastards. Their answer is enough to give you gray hair.
They said,
"If we start shooting them, outside groups will start smuggling them weapons and then we're all screwed."
Makes total sense if you think about it.
I guess Islam holds the record for 'Usefullest Idiot Ever'.
They are 6 hours ahead of EST.
Is Paris Burning? ( Religion of Peace® Alert )
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"In Grigny, south of the capital, a gang of around 200 youths are reported to have lured police into a housing estate before opening fire with hunting rifles. At least 30 officers were injured, two seriously with lead pellets in the legs and neck."
Is this "very French in their behavior"?
They shouldn't be *arresting* these
Violent Insurrectonists..They should
be shooting them all dead.
'In Strasbourg, youths stole a car and rammed it into a housing project, setting the vehicle and the building on fire. "We’ll stop when Sarkozy steps down," the defiant 17-year-old driver told an Associated Press reporter.'
So what are we waiting for? Will Chirac rid himself of his opponent and sacrifice Sarkozy or will he call in the military?
If they're *dead*..there's no one to
smuggle arms *to*...or to have jail
space for, or lawyers, or trials, or
worry about after letting them out
of jail...
Had riots been occuring in the U.S. on 100th the scale, you would have endless wall-to-wall coverage on every U.S. media outlet and there would be calls for Bush's resignation.
What are the rioters in France going to do when the run out of cars to torch?
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