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Britons flee French island of Guadeloupe as rioters turn on white families
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 2/19/2009 | Misc

Posted on 02/19/2009 9:13:54 AM PST by 1066AD

Britons flee French island of Guadeloupe as rioters turn on white families

By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 3:17 PM on 19th February 2009

Britons are among thousands of tourists fleeing Guadeloupe after full scale urban warfare erupted on the French Caribbean island.

Trouble broke out on the island earlier last month after protesters began rioting over high prices and low wages.

But the situation escalated this week after protesters began turning on rich white families as they demanded an end to colonial control of the economy.

The troubles come at the height of the holiday season, with thousands of mainly British, French and American tourists on the paradise tropical island.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caribbean; france; guadeloupe
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Looks like the whole Carib. region is deteriorating.
1 posted on 02/19/2009 9:13:54 AM PST by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD

I ain’t going anywhere where I can’t take a pistol ... the view is just as good from Florida’s beaches IMO.


2 posted on 02/19/2009 9:15:48 AM PST by mgc1122
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To: 1066AD

That sort of thing has worked so well for Zimbabwe.


3 posted on 02/19/2009 9:16:05 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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To: 1066AD

More worldwide economic benefits from the Democrats’ socialist policies.


4 posted on 02/19/2009 9:16:32 AM PST by Post Toasties (Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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To: 1066AD

Add Mexico to this, too. You have to be mentally ill to vacation anywhere south these days. I am convinced the racism of the Obama Administration materially contributes to this violence.


5 posted on 02/19/2009 9:16:48 AM PST by pabianice
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To: 1066AD

Guess I won’t be vacationing there this year.

Will have to settle for the French Riviera.


6 posted on 02/19/2009 9:17:10 AM PST by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: 1066AD

Excerpt:

In Paris, the violence has provoked divisions in Mr Sarkozy’s cabinet with black minister Rachida Data acknowledging that Guadeloupe suffered from ‘a problem with the distribution of wealth’.


7 posted on 02/19/2009 9:17:13 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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That sort of thing has worked so well for Zimbabwe.

Uganda, Kenya, South Africa ....

8 posted on 02/19/2009 9:18:10 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: 1066AD

Jimmy. Calling Jimmy Carter. We have another country ready to destroy itself and we need help with destruction planning. Please call immediately.


9 posted on 02/19/2009 9:19:26 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: mgc1122
I ain’t going anywhere where I can’t take a pistol ... the view is just as good from Florida’s beaches IMO.

Sure, but you can't take your firearm on the plane with you. They need a Enterprise Rent-a-Glock counter outside the airport.
10 posted on 02/19/2009 9:19:44 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: 1066AD

Funny how much the streets look like New Orleans after hurricane

This social breakdown is going to be happening in a lot of places, happening in europe now, russia and china being quiet about what’s happening

meanwhile, farewell Guadeloupe
Zimbabwe-style wealth redistribution full speed ahead


11 posted on 02/19/2009 9:19:54 AM PST by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: pabianice
I am convinced the racism of the Obama Administration materially contributes to this violence

"Race relations" have been reset to levels not seen since the late 60's and early 70's. Look for more of this crap in this country as the brutes and drones (no matter what color) are emboldened by hussein and his racist AG.
12 posted on 02/19/2009 9:20:30 AM PST by wasp69 (space for rent)
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To: mgc1122

You said — “I ain’t going anywhere where I can’t take a pistol...”

And that ain’t gonna be too far... :-)


13 posted on 02/19/2009 9:20:47 AM PST by Star Traveler
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interesting comment

mr obamas redistribution seems to be stoking and accelerating racial anger and class division - and he’s only in for 30 days


14 posted on 02/19/2009 9:21:42 AM PST by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: 1066AD
It is not ethnic cleansing if it whites being ethnically cleansed...
15 posted on 02/19/2009 9:21:48 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: silverleaf

You said — “This social breakdown is going to be happening in a lot of places...”

It certainly will with the building Great Depression. It’s going to get a lot worse around the world and here in the U.S.


16 posted on 02/19/2009 9:22:25 AM PST by Star Traveler
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To: 1066AD; Grampa Dave; SunkenCiv; Liz; LucyT; Candor7; Beckwith; M. Espinola; rellimpank; ...

The tourists spend money.

No tourists.

No money.

No more.


17 posted on 02/19/2009 9:22:33 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Guadaloupe will end up just like Haiti.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 9:23:05 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: wasp69

You may be right. Here in the U.S. there has been an increase in purposeful rude behavior since Obama was elected.


19 posted on 02/19/2009 9:23:09 AM PST by ladyjane
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Guadeloupe ====================================

The pictures you will not see on LSM (Left Stream Media)


20 posted on 02/19/2009 9:23:24 AM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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