http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/doyousmellsmoke/ en-us Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:10:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723215/posts A year after the Paris riots violence and despair remain endemic in the rundown suburbsFLAMES lick around a burning car on a tiny telephone screen. Omar, 17, a veteran of France’s suburban riots, replayed the sequence with pride. “It was great. We did lots of them and then we went out and torched more the next day.” Omar, whose parents immigrated from Mali, was savouring memories of the revolt that erupted 12 months ago from his home, the Chêne Pointu estate in Clichy-sous-Bois, in the eastern outskirts of Paris. “We’re ready for it again. In fact it hasn’t stopped,” he... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723215/posts#comment Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521000/posts French police turn on Chirac as officer jailed By Kim Willsher in Paris and Henry Samuel in Bobigny (Filed: 13/11/2005) After 16 nights battling urban violence by rioters, Jacques Chirac's government is confronting angry new protests - from the police themselves. Firefighters extinguish a burning car in Strasbourg Officers at the forefront of attempts to control the wave of riots and arson attacks across France are furious at moves to prosecute policemen accused of assaulting a youth. As officers were deployed in force in Paris yesterday following a call on weblogs for a mass demonstration, the police union described the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521000/posts#comment Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:40:41 GMT