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I thought my fellow freepers would like this. I was just on another forum where a guy in france posted some screengrabs from CNN. I'll attach his comments.Originally posted by altamaros:Apparently, alarmed by the riots, we have decided to move our towns. Apparently Paris moved 150 km east. Lyon moves form its previous situation aside the alps to south of Massif Central Toulouse decided that being on the Altantic shore was no good (too close to the USA, i guess) and move east to become a italian alpine city. The mayor of Stasbourg was more careful. he chose his town...

CNN's Carol Lin and the French "African-Americans" The Paris riots have highlighted more than any other issue in recent years not only the bias, but the ignorance of the "old media." Internet readers have studied the situation in Europe for years. Numerous writers, from Mark Steyn to Ba'at Yeor to Debbie Schlussel, have long predicted the decline of Europe and the jihad that we have seen over the past few weeks. But the "old media" personalities still have no clue as to what is going on. And their reporting and commentary has taken on an almost comical quality as a...

THE French have had enough of the riots that are sullying their international reputation as the land of civility, as well as liberty, equality and fraternity. By the end of last week, there was a collective sense of relief as the nightly toll of burnt cars, and torched schools, nurseries, gyms, warehouses and small businesses rapidly diminished. A few hundred - as opposed to well over a thousand - incinerated cars and a significant drop in violence in the troubled suburbs of Paris signalled for most French citizens a welcome break from the fortnight of violence that had threatened the...

FRANCE yesterday ordered a ban on public meetings likely to provoke disturbances as thousands of police were deployed on the streets of Paris to stop youths turning the tourist centre into a battlefield. The initiative came as speculation mounted over a severely discredited Jacques Chirac’s ability to endure the last 17 months of his presidential term. Ringleaders of the riots that have shaken France for the past two weeks were suspected of planning to set ablaze the affluent Champs Elysées. Through text and internet messages they were encouraging followers armed with Molotov cocktails to converge on the tree-lined tourist haunt...

Tuesday, November 08, 2005 Les émeutiers prennent à une église posted by Joe N. @ 3:16 PM An eyewitness report which appears to be corroborated by commenters from the same town: Afro-Moslems rioters attack a Protestant church. «Tonight the Protestant church in Meulan was attacked. The roof is completely destroyed. I do not yet know if the interior is completely destroyed or not. You can’t smoke in a mosque, but trashing a church is less serious.» | Ça caillasse et ça casse posted by U*2 @ 2:49 PM French radio reports a direct confrontation with riot police in Toulouse charging into a group of 50 rioters...

As the riots continue into the 12th day, the French Government has issued their sternest warning yet, indicating that an increase of only 75% of government benefits will be issued to rioters instead of the 90% previously discussed. Jacque Chirac, the current Fiddler of France, contacted influential Imams around the new Republik of Francelamistan and indicated that he is getting really, really mad and will take the additional drastic step of holding his breath till he turns blue if the riots don't stop. The most influential Imam, Izza Tell Inu Togiveup, agreed to issue a fatwa for the riots to...

In a stunning turn of events, the French Government today promised to put all the rioters on Double Secret Probation if they don't cease and desist their actions immediately. Jacque Chirac, contacted at his underground bunker somewhere on the outskirts of Paris said he's taking this drastic action because of the refusal of the rioters to stop burning stuff even though the government has told them they'll jump up and down and hold their breath if they don't. This reporter (ahem) contacted members of Delta House regarding this escalation of threats by the French and responded that this is no...

PARIS (AP) -- France will impose curfews "wherever it is necessary" and call up 1,500 police reservists to stop rioting, the prime minister said Monday, as civil unrest erupted for a 12th night with youths setting fire to an empty bus and attacking police in Toulouse. The announcement came as similar violence was reported in neighboring Belgium and Germany and the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence in its tough suburbs. Governments worldwide urged their citizens to be careful in France. A 61-year-old man also died Monday of wounds sustained in an attack as...

In spite of the calls for calm, violence continues (With AFP.) [ November 06, 2005 ] The destruction created by the riots in the French suburbs has grown louder and louder for 10 days and reached the peak of 1295 vehicles burned and 312 people arrested in the night of Saturday to Sunday, according to the final assessment of the general direction of the national police force. The day before, the final assessment of the disorders made account of 897 burnt vehicles. The calls for calm however had multiplied Saturday. One of them emanated from the parents of the two...

AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - With every night that France's rundown suburbs burn, officials grow increasingly convinced that drug traffickers and Islamist militants are using frustrated youths to challenge law and order here. ADVERTISEMENT Many people who watch their cars, shops and schools go up in flames, however, are not buying it. They blame unemployment, racial prejudice and widespread youth boredom for the outbursts. Finding "hidden hands" behind the unrest seems like trying to catch the rioters as they rampage through the night. Some may get caught, but far more slip away in the darkness. "Everybody is fed up seeing our...

[snip] Patrice Ribeiro, national secretary of the Synergie police officers union, said he suspected rioters aimed to turn their neighbourhoods into no-go zones for the French state so that underground economies of drug-trafficking and racketeering can thrive. Criminal gangs want "to stop police, all state representatives from coming and then, when calm returns, business goes well," he said. [snip] Traffic was halted Thursday morning on a suburban commuter line which links Paris to Charles de Gaulle airport after stone-throwing rioters attacked two trains. A female passenger was slightly injured by broken glass.