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Title: Rioting spreads across France [10th night]
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AAP via news.com.au
URL Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17156533-2,00.html
Published: Nov 6, 2005
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Post Date: 2005-11-05 23:22:42 by Tauzero
Keywords: Rioting, spreads, across
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Rioting spreads across France From: AAP November 06, 2005 SCHOOLS were burnt down in Paris and hundreds of cars set on fire in cities across France in a tenth night of rioting in poor suburban areas that went into the early hours of Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. The schools were set ablaze in the Paris suburb of Essonne, but no one was reported hurt in the weekend attack. About 68 people had been arrested after the renewed violence as of late on Saturday, the ministry said. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin summoned eight key ministers and a top Muslim official to his offices on Saturday as he sought to chart an end to the violence. The violence has been seen as the expression of pent-up anger by youths, many Muslims of North African and black African origin, at police treatment, racism, unemployment and their marginal place in French society. In Saturday night's rioting, the Interior Ministry said about 480 cars had been gutted across France, with about 190 in the Paris region and 290 in the rest of the country. A number of public and commercial buildings were targeted, authorities said. In Evreux in Normandy, a mall was set on fire, burning down more than 50 vehicles while a post office and two schools were also set alight. On Friday night, rioters had burnt almost 900 vehicles in the Paris region and large provincial cities like Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Pau, Rennes, Toulouse and Lille, the highest total since unrest sparked by the deaths of two youths apparently fleeing police. "Violence is not a solution," Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, accused of stoking passions by calling troublemakers "scum", told reporters after the Villepin meeting. "Once the crisis is over, everyone will have to understand there are a certain number of injustices in some neighbourhoods. We are trying to be firm and avoid any provocation. We have to avoid any risk of explosion," he said. After nine nights of wailing sirens, acrid smoke, stone-throwing and destruction, residents from all ethnic backgrounds are tiring of the unrest. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the government had called in reinforcements for police and fire services. In Aulnay-sous-Bois, a rundown suburb of 80,000 inhabitants northeast of Paris, several thousand residents, some singing the national anthem, marched past burnt out vehicles behind a "No To Violence, Yes To Dialogue" banner. "It's a sign that the laws of the republic apply to everyone and that we will not give in to violence," said Mayor Gerard Gaudron, a member of the governing UMP party. Police had arrested 258 people on Friday night. As France struggled to understand the turmoil, a cafe owner in Aulnay-sous-Bois, had a simple explanation: "It's a game. The kids are out there because all they want to do is trash stuff." The U.S. embassy in Paris has advised its citizens to avoid some Paris suburbs including Seine-Saint-Denis and Trappes. Villepin, who cancelled a visit to Canada to tackle the violence, met residents from troubled neighbourhoods late on Friday as part of efforts to start a dialogue. He is to publish an action plan for 750 tough districts by the end of the month. The drawn-out crisis could yet hurt his political fortunes and those of Mr Sarkozy, his rival to lead the right in 2007 presidential elections.
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#1. To: Tauzero (#0)
Here's the thing I find interesting about this event. I've seen only two mainstream media broadcasts about this, and heard Michael Savage talking about it once. 10 Days of rioting because French Police Chased 2 African Immigrants, who apparently died, and for some reason all hell breaks loose in France? It amazes me to say the least. Chirac is up a serious crap creek with an image problem. I guess that's the reason why the MSM isn't really covering it the way they would here in the states. After all, according to the MSM, France and Europeans on the whole are way better than us right?
 | So many morons, so few bullets. |
#2. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#1)
I disagree. It has more to do with the MSM not wanting the average American thinking about the Balkinization (and what it brings) going on in their back yard.
I guess that's the reason why the MSM isn't really covering it the way they would here in the states. After all, according to the MSM, France and Europeans on the whole are way better than us right?
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
#3. To: Tauzero (#0)
Throw them out on their asses back to Africa.
#4. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#2)
You are exactly right. MSM is now an Orwellian entity. It doesn't want to give the underclass here any ideas. And if they come up with the idea on their own, they will be mowed down in the streets. We live in a tightly-controlled police state in comparison to any Western European country. As to France, I have heard nothing but dissing of France for the last three years ever since its leaders announced their opinion that preemptive war on Iraq was a bad idea. Of course, the French were wrong. We walked into Baghdad (were escorted, actually, by the adoring masses) and were greeted with flowers and candy. They also handed over all the WMDs they had been hiding in their homes on Saddam's orders. Fox News Channel told me so.
#5. To: Tauzero, everyone here (#0)
Many more nights of this and Algeria and Morocco will seem like heaven. Has anyone here ever had the urge to burn down their own homes or subdivisions?
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