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We Will Always Have Paris
Or will we?
French police are deploying 1000 riot police to the suburb where the "youths" are rioting:
VILLIERS LE BEL, France (AFP) - The French authorities deployed 1,000 police to a northern Paris suburb Tuesday to prevent a third night of youth riots amid signs that the violence could be spreading.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visited the restive suburb of Villiers le Bel, where the death of two teenagers Sunday touched off two nights of violence that have left at least 120 police injured.
Nine people were detained in Villiers ahead of Fillon's visit, police told AFP, and at least one shop was on fire later in the evening.
Earlier, a court jailed eight youths over the clashes with police Sunday and Monday. Four were handed prison sentences ranging from three to 10 months, while four others were detained pending judgement.
There was also Tuesday signs that the violence had spread outside the Paris region when about a dozen cars were set on fire in the southern city of Toulouse.
For two nights running, young men have hurled petrol bombs and bricks at police, torching cars and buildings in Villiers le Bel, where two youths were killed in a motorbike collision with a police car.
Faced with the worst eruption of urban violence since the riots of 2005, Fillon vowed a beefed-up security presence Tuesday evening and to "do everything" to stop the violence from spreading across the Paris area.
"Those who shoot at policemen, those who beat a police officer almost to death are criminals and must be treated as such," he told parliament earlier. "We will do everything tonight to ensure maximum security."
Returning from a state visit to China, President Nicolas Sarkozy was to chair a special meeting on the unrest Wednesday morning, after receiving the families of the victims at the Elysee palace.
The clashes left five buildings damaged by fire in Villiers le Bel, including a tax office, a supermarket, a library and a nursery school, as well as 63 cars. Two dozen people have been detained to date.
A report from Le Monde newspaper described boys as young as 13 taking orders from their elders to torch buildings and forming battle ranks against the police, vowing to "do in" a "pig" -- a police officer.
Does that sound like "criminal" activity, or is this something else entirely? The beginning of a Civil War, perhaps?
If so, then, will we always have Paris? Does Paris even exist outside of the areas of tourist romance anymore?
French police are deploying 1000 riot police to the suburb where the "youths" are rioting:
VILLIERS LE BEL, France (AFP) - The French authorities deployed 1,000 police to a northern Paris suburb Tuesday to prevent a third night of youth riots amid signs that the violence could be spreading.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visited the restive suburb of Villiers le Bel, where the death of two teenagers Sunday touched off two nights of violence that have left at least 120 police injured.
Nine people were detained in Villiers ahead of Fillon's visit, police told AFP, and at least one shop was on fire later in the evening.
Earlier, a court jailed eight youths over the clashes with police Sunday and Monday. Four were handed prison sentences ranging from three to 10 months, while four others were detained pending judgement.
There was also Tuesday signs that the violence had spread outside the Paris region when about a dozen cars were set on fire in the southern city of Toulouse.
For two nights running, young men have hurled petrol bombs and bricks at police, torching cars and buildings in Villiers le Bel, where two youths were killed in a motorbike collision with a police car.
Faced with the worst eruption of urban violence since the riots of 2005, Fillon vowed a beefed-up security presence Tuesday evening and to "do everything" to stop the violence from spreading across the Paris area.
"Those who shoot at policemen, those who beat a police officer almost to death are criminals and must be treated as such," he told parliament earlier. "We will do everything tonight to ensure maximum security."
Returning from a state visit to China, President Nicolas Sarkozy was to chair a special meeting on the unrest Wednesday morning, after receiving the families of the victims at the Elysee palace.
The clashes left five buildings damaged by fire in Villiers le Bel, including a tax office, a supermarket, a library and a nursery school, as well as 63 cars. Two dozen people have been detained to date.
A report from Le Monde newspaper described boys as young as 13 taking orders from their elders to torch buildings and forming battle ranks against the police, vowing to "do in" a "pig" -- a police officer.
Does that sound like "criminal" activity, or is this something else entirely? The beginning of a Civil War, perhaps?
If so, then, will we always have Paris? Does Paris even exist outside of the areas of tourist romance anymore?
- French Retirement Protests Take Violent Turn As Masked "youths" Torch Cars
What do you wanna bet Muslims are using these protests as an excuse to wage a little Jihad against the Infidel and the Jew? From the Associated Press: PARIS – Masked youths clashed with police and set fires in cities across France...
- France: "youths" Only Torch 372 Cars On New Year's Eve
The "Youths" are restless: VANDALS torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as "relatively calm". Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and the image of vehicles in flames...
- Ap: Riots Point To A Racially Divided France
Do the French riots point to a racially divided France, or a culturally divided France? Read it and tell me what you think: VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France (AP) - French officials point to a host of causes—poverty, unemployment, the influence of criminal...
- The French "youths" Are At It Again
Youth springs eternal in the city of lights: PARIS - Dozens of youths clashed with police and set fire to buildings in a Paris suburb on Sunday after two teenagers were killed in a crash with a police car. The pair were riding on a stolen motorcycle...
- Paris In Springtime
The "youths" are at it again, and they're after the Mayor: PARIS (Reuters) - Youths clashed with police in a Paris suburb overnight and attacked the home of the local mayor in disturbances one police union said were the worst since a wave of urban...