>On Wednesday, November 02, 2005 6:37 PM [PDT],
>joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Any lurkers in France? Anyone know what's going on there?
>>
> > Joanna
The immediate motivation is the entirely justified revulsion for that fascistic twerp Sarkozy, who put a match to the kindling by calling neighborhood youth "racaille" (scum).
>I've been following it.
>
>The North African community is a little tense.
>
>Reports I heard today said the original area where
>the fighting broke out has quieted down, but there
>are smaller breakouts happening around the area.
>
>North African/Morroccan immigrants in suburban ghettos.
>
>It took six days for this story to make it to the top of the world
>news, but on the other hand, the rioting in Brixton UK never made
>a blip on the world's news radar screen when it was happening.
>
><...>
>The troubles were triggered by the deaths of two teenagers
>electrocuted in a power substation where they hid to escape police
>whom they thought were chasing them. A third was injured but
>survived. Officials have said police were not pursuing the boys,
>aged 15 and 17.
>
>Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin met Tuesday with the parents of
>the three families who a day earlier had refused an invitation to
>meet the interior minister -- blamed by many for fanning anger with
>his tough talk and tactics.
>
>Sixth night of riots in Paris
>Minister accused of inflaming tensions
>
>PARIS, France (AP) -- Violence erupted for a sixth night Tuesday in
>the troubled suburbs northeast of Paris with police firing rubber
>bullets and tear gas as they faced down gangs of youths in
>Aulnay-sous-Bois, according to witnesses.
>
>A store set afire in the nearby suburb of Bondy, France-Info radio reported.
>
>No trouble was immediately reported in Clichy-sous-Bois, where
>rioting began last Thursday following the accidental deaths of two
>teenagers.
>
>The latest violence broke out as Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
>met in Paris with youths and officials from Clichy-sous-Bois.
>
>An Associated Press Television news team reported confrontations
>between about 20 police and 40 youths in Aulnay-sous-Bois with
>police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
>
>France-Info said that about 100 fires burning in numerous suburbs of
>the Seine-Saint-Denis region, an area of soaring unemployment,
>delinquency and other urban ills.
><...>
>
>http://leighmdotnet.blogspot.com/2005/11/associated-press-via-cnn-sixth-night.html
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