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TV crews attacked in Paris suburb
Reuters ^ | Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:48PM EDT | Francois Murphy

Posted on 04/20/2007 11:37:48 AM PDT by james500

French police urged journalists on Friday to be vigilant in some riot-hit suburbs of Paris after several TV crews were attacked and robbed by youths just days before France's presidential election.

In Clichy-Sous-Bois, where week-long riots started in 2005, three TV crews were attacked this week, with the assailants stealing cameras and other filming equipment, police said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 04/20/2007 11:37:50 AM PDT by james500
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To: james500

If only they could carry guns.


2 posted on 04/20/2007 11:39:06 AM PDT by bmwcyle ( Freep Fox they drop the ball on GOE)
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To: james500

Paris sure ain’t what it used to be in the spring...


3 posted on 04/20/2007 11:39:58 AM PDT by eureka! (The 'rats have made their choice in the WOT and honest history will not be kind...)
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To: james500
French police urged journalists on Friday to be vigilant in some riot-hit suburbs of Paris after several TV crews were attacked and robbed by youths muslims just days before France's presidential election.

Fixed.
4 posted on 04/20/2007 11:40:17 AM PDT by bamahead (I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me -- E.W. Howe)
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To: james500

Ah, it’s the Attack of the Generic “Youths” once again in France.


5 posted on 04/20/2007 11:41:03 AM PDT by The Blitherer ("What the devil is keeping the Yanks?")
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To: james500
"Youths"???

Maybe they were "students"???

6 posted on 04/20/2007 11:41:44 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Marxism works only in the minds of sociopaths and morons. The Democrat Party is the Party of S&M.)
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To: james500

Maybe the youths want to make home videos to show on Youtube.


7 posted on 04/20/2007 11:41:51 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Hedonistic philosophies don't fill empty cradles." ~ Don Feder)
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To: eureka!

I love Paris when it sizzles, don’t you?


8 posted on 04/20/2007 11:42:43 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Marxism works only in the minds of sociopaths and morons. The Democrat Party is the Party of S&M.)
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To: The Blitherer

Yep, it’s those darned French Amish youths again.


9 posted on 04/20/2007 11:43:27 AM PDT by stinkerpot65
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To: bamahead

Muslims? Are you sure they weren’t Huguenots?


10 posted on 04/20/2007 11:43:36 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: james500

Oh, those wacky Parisian youths again. Couldn’t be mohammedans, could they?


11 posted on 04/20/2007 11:43:45 AM PDT by Bigg Red (You are either with us or with the terrorists.)
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“In one case, two men, one of them wearing a motorcycle helmet, attacked a VOICE OF AMERICA cameraman with wooden clubs and took his camera. The man was taken to hospital with head injuries, a journalist on the team said.” This makes it clearer.


12 posted on 04/20/2007 11:43:58 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (Enoch Powell was right.)
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To: Savage Beast

Youths in Paris, students in Tehran.


13 posted on 04/20/2007 11:44:06 AM PDT by magslinger (“gun free school zone” = “victim-rich environment”-L98Fiero)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Pretty sure. Most of us got kicked out of France.


14 posted on 04/20/2007 11:45:24 AM PDT by magslinger (“gun free school zone” = “victim-rich environment”-L98Fiero)
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15 posted on 04/20/2007 11:47:21 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Savage Beast

I do feel sorry for the citizens who did not take the side of the left and “diversity”. Elections have consequences...


16 posted on 04/20/2007 11:48:18 AM PDT by eureka! (The 'rats have made their choice in the WOT and honest history will not be kind...)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Hmmm....possibly marauding Visigoths...but Heguenots? Surely you jest.
17 posted on 04/20/2007 11:49:01 AM PDT by bamahead (I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me -- E.W. Howe)
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To: james500

There is no hell, there is only France.

They don’t need vigilance, they need vigilantes.


18 posted on 04/20/2007 11:49:40 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ("We're the government, and we're here to hurt.")
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To: james500
several TV crews were attacked and robbed by youths just days before France's presidential election.

Well, at least the TV crews can't carry guns, otherwise someone might get hurt. /sarc

19 posted on 04/20/2007 11:49:46 AM PDT by opus86
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To: Savage Beast

No. Can you think of one reason why I should?


20 posted on 04/20/2007 11:50:34 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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