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Europe
France deports first youth tied to riots
2006-02-03
The French government deported a Malian involved in autumn rioting on Thursday — the first expulsion stemming from the weeks of violence that swept across France's troubled suburbs — and was preparing to send home another six foreigners. The deportation of the man made good on promises issued by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy during three weeks of car burnings, riots and other violence that began Oct. 27. "I was widely criticized for saying ... that I would apply the law by expelling those (foreigners) who participated in the riots," Sarkozy said on LCI television. "Well, a first one took an airplane to Mali today."
That's one more deportee than Tony Blair has managed...nice work, Nico.
Sarkozy said six other foreigners convicted of crimes were about to be deported, explaining the delay as a result of long legal procedures "because we are in a state of law."
... and the Bad Guyz are as happy to wage law as they are to wage war.
At the height of the crisis, Sarkozy said he had asked local authorities to immediately deport 120 foreigners arrested during the unrest, a plan that raised concerns among human rights groups.
"Deport them? Merely for rioting and destroying property? Come, now! Be reasonable!"
Most of the other cases were dropped because the suspects were minors or faced the prospect of double punishment for their roles in the violence, Sarkozy's spokesman, Franck Louvrier, told The Associated Press.
Posted by:Seafarious

#8  49pan, I agree with ya (from here in GA), but for France that is "git 'er done" in my mind. I was actually surprised to hear Chirac talk tough about nukes (in defense of France) the other day, and I'm more surprised they didn't form a committee to study how they can go about understanding the muslims honestly. That being said (I'm not French), maybe it should "Wee, wee. Joan-es-see-qua, vee geet her dawn."
Posted by: BA   2006-02-03 15:08  

#7  Let this be the trickle that presages a torrential flood. Europe's only hope is to rapidly evict all who refuse to assimilate. World War II has already showed us their way of dealing with this when all restraint is lost.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-03 13:52  

#6  BA, Living in Kentucky, git'er dun means just that, not "well we'll throw one out and see how it goes". When we muck a stall we get all the horse crap out of the stall, not just one road apple. You point is taken and I agree one is better than none, and thats a great place to start, but France has got to see the long game in this and not hide from this. They lost millions in the riots, got imbarased in the worlds eye, and a large population of France was at risk during the riots. They must deal with it or br forced to live it over and over.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-02-03 13:46  

#5  It's a start, only another 14,320,000 to go!
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-03 10:13  

#4  Actually, 49 Pan, I see this (as small as it is) as a turn for the better for France (in addition to the whole cartoon story). As we say in the south "Git 'er done!"
Posted by: BA   2006-02-03 09:52  

#3  Thanks.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-02-03 09:39  

#2  Malian. Africa, not Asia.
Posted by: Glolugum Sninetle7186   2006-02-03 09:10  

#1  Nice try France, but not enough. While the fires burned cars at the rate of 500 to 600 a night you have decided to deport a Malay? No possible threat of an economic embargo or political uproar here. I just hope they are testing the water and more are to follow, but somehow I doubt it.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-02-03 07:33  

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