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Posted on Nov 27, 2007
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Rampaging youths threw Molotov cocktails and set fire to cars in a troubled neighborhood outside Paris on Monday, the second night of street violence after two teenagers were killed in a crash with a police patrol car.

French youths rioted for a second night in the suburbs of Paris, injuring nearly 80 police officers and torching more than 70 buildings and cars. Police officials said the violence was “far worse” than two years ago, when rioters set fire to 10,000 cars and 300 buildings over three weeks.

This year’s conflict was apparently sparked by the death of two teenagers of Algerian origin, although the problems that launched the riots two years ago were never fully resolved and it can hardly come as a surprise that tensions remain high in the slums of France’s capital.


BBC:

The national secretary of the Synergie police union, Patrice Ribeiro, said at least 77 officers had been injured in the violence and that several had been wounded by shotgun pellets fired at them.

The French Interior Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, said six police officers had been injured seriously and that they included those who had been “struck in the face and close to the eyes”.

Mr Ribeiro said police were facing a situation that was “far worse than that of 2005”, which began in the nearby suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois.

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By 1drees, December 3, 2007 at 3:14 pm #
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CORRECTION EL MEXI :

“Zionists are preparing for a world wide genocide against Muslims. “

MUSLIM GENOCIDE WAS PLANNED LONG AGO AND IT EXHIBITTED ITSELF ON 9/11 AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS WHEN THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA READ ALREADY PREPARED SCRIPTS ABOUT THE EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENNED, ND THEN PROVIDED EXPERTS AND WITNESSES TO THE EVENT ( AS IT WENT ON) WITH VERY ACCURATE DETAILS CONSIDERING THAT THE EVENT WAS NOT EVEN OVER AND THE DETAILS BEING PROVIDED WERE VERY SPECIFIC AS SPECIFIC AS IT WOULD BE AFTER A GENERAL INQUIRY.
I MEAN IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THOSE VIDEOS MOST WITNESSES WERE SAYING WHAT WAS LATER STATED IN THE OFFICIAL 9/11 REPORT.
AND CERTAIN THINGS WERE STATED ON TV BY “WITNESSES” THAT COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS THE EVENT WAS UNFOLDING.

AND THEN RUNNING OF THE SAME TAPES NONSTOP FOR THE NEXT 21 DAYS WITH THE SAME LINES THAT HELD MUSLIMS ( A GROUP OF ABOUT 1.7 BILLION)RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL POSSIBLE EVENTS AND EVILS.

YES IT IS TRUE, THE MAIN STEAM MEDIA IS ZIONIST DOMINATED AND IT DOES EXHIBIT THAT IT WAS A ZIONIST SCHEME TO OBLITERATE THE MUSLIMS AND THIS GENOCIDAL GAMBLE MIGHT EVEN BACKFIRE AND COST THE ZIONISTS MORE THAN THEY EXPECT BUT THEN LL GAMBLES ARE LIKE THAT SO SINCE THEY PLAYED IT OUT ON 9/11 THEN I DO PRESUME THAT THEY WERE READY AND WILLING TO GO FOR THE GAMBLE, SO LETS SEE HOW THE GAME GOES, SO FAR ZIONISTS ARE LOSING AND SURVIVING IN THEIR NICHES LETS SEE WHERE THE FUTURE LEADS THIS WORLD.
a new thing i noted seems that the zionists feel that the gravest DANGER TO THEIR HOLY MOVEMENT(ZIONISM) could come from MUSLIMS AND MAYBE THT’S WHY THEY SEEM FOCUSED ON THE DESTRUCTION OF MUSLIMS BEFORE THEIR DEMISE, WHICH IS ABOUT TO COME NATURALLY AS THEIRS IS A MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG AND NOT REALLY GETTING ANYWHERE. EXCEPT LANDING THEM IN TROUBLES NONSTOP.

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By el mexi, November 28, 2007 at 5:08 pm #
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now that they have sucked dry the $$$ blood of the USA, and killed over a million people in Iraq in just a few years, the Zionists shift their vile action into Europe. Sarkozy the sayanim at their service.

Zionism IS Terrorism.
Zionism needs Antisemitism to survive, and thus it does anything to revive Antisemitism.
Zionists are preparing for a world wide genocide against Muslims.
Zionism endangers Judaism more than it endangers Islam. In the end, it has the potential to wipe out Judaism, succeeding where even the Nazis failed.

Honest and reasonable Jews and Muslims would be well advised to unite against Zionism, and crush it before the disaster happens.

hasbara sis’ lilmamzer, you are not immune to your own poison.

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By thomas billis, November 28, 2007 at 5:50 am #
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If riots were an Olympic sport France would win the gold.The mistake everyone is going to make when they find out it is a Muslim neighborhood is O those damn Arabs are stirring up trouble again.Nothing could be further from the truth.They are bringing their greivances to the street in a long and time honored tradition in France.They have long been oppressed in France.Who could figure the Parisians would actually look down on somebody?The French have not mastered the science of assimilation and until they do this will continue to be a problem for them.

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By Douglas Chalmers, November 27, 2007 at 9:22 pm #

#116233 by Outraged on 11/27 at 7:14 am: “Sarkozy was heavily criticised two years ago after he called for crime-ridden neighbourhoods to be “cleaned with a power hose” and described violent elements as “gangrene” and “rabble”....”

#116337 by writeon on 11/27 at 1:20 pm: “...the satalite “townships” around Paris and other large French cities….. In many of them unemployment is astronomic. They are miserable places, drab and uniform. They are mostly occupied by immigrants, who’ve been “contained” or pushed out of society….. underclass ghettoes, comparable to those in the United States…... The police are regarded as being almost an occupying army…...

Sarkozy is using moderate rhetoric to describe the situation and calm things down, not inflame it, because this time he’s the guy in charge and the responsibility, like the buck, ultimately, stops with him….”

Wasn’t it Sarko who effectively caused all of this with his neocon policies and obstruction when in office before becoming el presidente???

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By writeon, November 27, 2007 at 6:20 pm #
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I don’t know how many of Truthdig’s faithful readers have ever visited some of the satalite “townships” around Paris and other large French cities, I have and I wouldn’t really want to live like that.

In many of them unemployment is astronomic. They are miserable places, drab and uniform. They are mostly occupied by immigrants, who’ve been “contained” or pushed out of society. About the only real economic activity is drug and crime related. What they created are underclass ghettoes, comparable to those in the United States.

The police are regarded as being almost an occupying army. This recent case involved a high-speed chase involving a couple of African kids on an apparently stolen motorbike. The pursuing police-car actually rammed the bike, and according to eye-witnesses the police then drove off leaving the two young men to die! It’s worth remembering that the facts in this incedent are disputed. Still, the story, which some are calling murder, has leddirectly to this new round of frustration and violence.

It’s also worth noting that President Sarkozy is using moderate rhetoric to describe the situation and calm things down, not inflame it, because this time he’s the guy in charge and the responsibility, like the buck, ultimately, stops with him.

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By writeon, November 27, 2007 at 6:16 pm #
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I don’t know how many of Truthdig’s faithful readers have ever visited some of the satalite “townships” around Paris and other large French cities, I have and I wouldn’t really want to live like that.

In many of them unemployment is astronomic. They are miserable places, drab and uniform. They are mostly occupied by immigrants, who’ve been “contained” or pushed out of society. About the only real economic activity is drug and crime related. What they created are underclass ghettoes, comparable to those in the United States.

The police are regarded as being almost an occupying army. This recent case involved a high-speed chase involving a couple of African kids on an apparently stolen motorbike. The pursuing police-car actually rammed the bike, and according to eye-witnesses the police then drove off leaving the two young men to die! It’s worth remembering that the facts in this incedent are disputed. Still, the story, which some are calling murder, has lead to this new round of frustration and violence. It’s also worth noting that Sarkozy is using moderate rhetoric to describe the situation and not inflame it, because this time he’s the guy in charge and the responsibility stops with him.

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By Howard, November 27, 2007 at 3:39 pm #

Lilmamzer,

  I shall 2nd that comment !

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By lilmamzer, November 27, 2007 at 2:44 pm #

Muslims bringing the jihad.

What else is new….......

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By QuyTran, November 27, 2007 at 2:38 pm #

Sarkozy is barking not so loud with this drama !

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By Verne Arnold, November 27, 2007 at 12:16 pm #

You know, we Americans are forging our own destruction, while at the same time claiming we are the spear-head of democracy.  What the hell is democracy; the tyranny of the rich and influential over the citizenry?  That’s what it seems like at this time.  Paris is burning again….whoa, gee, where’s Chirac?  He’s the man!  You know, we Americans are forging our own destruction, while at the same time claiming we are the spearhead of democracy.  What the hell is democracy?  The Sarkozy gov’t is apparently another of the lap dogs of the Bush regime.  Democracy? Hahahahahahahahaha, LOL……………….. 
We need, once again, a lesson on democracy….maybe what a republic is also…

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By Outraged, November 27, 2007 at 12:14 pm #

“President Sarkozy said he wanted “everyone to calm down and let the justice system decide who was responsible.”

Mr Sarkozy was heavily criticised two years ago after he called for crime-ridden neighbourhoods to be “cleaned with a power hose” and described violent elements as “gangrene” and “rabble”.

* It’s terrible that people have to resort to this type of action to receive “justice”.  Do they really believe that anyone buys the “official” story?  It sounds like another Jena 6 situation.  People who are treated fairly don’t react violently….who’re they trying to convince….themselves… or us?

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By Verne Arnold, November 27, 2007 at 11:51 am #

Sarkozy, yeah, he’s the answer…another Bush poodle and this time really a “French Poodle”.  What does he (Sarkozy) really expect to gain from a declining American Empire?  He’ll see his ruin, thats what!

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