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2005-11-11 Europe

France starts Armistice Day holiday weekend as violence wanes

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Personally, I would have though the reporter might also mention November 11, 1942. But then it is Reuters.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-11 02:08|| 2005-11-11 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Btw, 395 or 436 cars torched according to the various reports, still far from calm, but the msm say the riots have stopped, so it must be true.

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-11-11 07:50|| 2005-11-11 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Btw, insurance companies have billed the cost of the francifada sor far at 200 millions+ euros!

Add the costs of the many governemental building destroyed (mostly schools and police stations, plus IRS building, social centers,...), the gvt being his own insurance IIUC, meaning it will be paid with our taxes, great!... And possibly the real estate damages to local authorities (they might be included in the insurers grand total, I'm not sure)...

Oh, and don't forget indirect costs, such as the costs of maintaining a small army of riots cops on stand by, the 208 wounded cops, or the losses from the tourism industry.

Officially one death, probably three, a badly burnt disabled woman, untold numbers of wounded people (very few national msm reports, but includes for example a 13 months baby wounded at the head by stones, or drivers dragged from their cars and then pelted with projectiles), and numerous attempts, such as that woman who was almost burned to death (a group of youth spread with gasoline in front of her home and then tried to set her on fire with a molotov cocktail as she ran away, this happenend in Noisy IIRC, was reported by the local press and the forums, but didn't make it to the msm).

Speaking of the msm, general impression so far is they are at the feet of the power, faithfully reflecting its policy, and are still in full victimization mode.

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-11-11 08:13|| 2005-11-11 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 In fact the number of car burns have remained stable, the drop outside Paris having been compensated by a surge in Paris.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-11-11 14:11|| 2005-11-11 14:11|| Front Page Top

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