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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.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:13:54 AM PST
by
1066AD
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.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:15:48 AM PST
by
mgc1122
To: 1066AD
That sort of thing has worked so well for Zimbabwe.
To: 1066AD
More worldwide economic benefits from the Democrats’ socialist policies.
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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.)
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.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:16:48 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: 1066AD
Guess I won’t be vacationing there this year.
Will have to settle for the French Riviera.
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’.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:17:13 AM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Question_Assumptions
That sort of thing has worked so well for Zimbabwe. Uganda, Kenya, South Africa ....
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:18:10 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: 1066AD
Jimmy. Calling Jimmy Carter. We have another country ready to destroy itself and we need help with destruction planning. Please call immediately.
To: mgc1122
I aint going anywhere where I cant take a pistol ... the view is just as good from Floridas 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.
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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.)
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
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:19:54 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:20:30 AM PST
by
wasp69
(space for rent)
To: mgc1122
You said — “I aint going anywhere where I cant take a pistol...”
And that ain’t gonna be too far... :-)
To: pabianice
interesting comment
mr obamas redistribution seems to be stoking and accelerating racial anger and class division - and he’s only in for 30 days
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:21:42 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
To: 1066AD
It is not ethnic cleansing if it whites being ethnically cleansed...
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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)
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.
To: 1066AD; Grampa Dave; SunkenCiv; Liz; LucyT; Candor7; Beckwith; M. Espinola; rellimpank; ...
The tourists spend money.
No tourists.
No money.
No more.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:22:33 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Guadaloupe will end up just like Haiti.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:23:05 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: wasp69
You may be right. Here in the U.S. there has been an increase in purposeful rude behavior since Obama was elected.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:23:09 AM PST
by
ladyjane
To: 1066AD
Guadeloupe ====================================
The pictures you will not see on LSM (Left Stream Media)
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:23:24 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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