Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Curfew threat fails, Paris riots continue unabated

From the AP:

PARIS (AP) - France will impose curfews under a state-of-emergency law and call up police reservists to stop rioting that has spread out of Paris' suburbs and into nearly 300 cities and towns across the country, the prime minister said Monday, calling a return to order "our No. 1 responsibility."

The tough new measures came as France's worst civil unrest in decades entered a 12th night, with rioters in the southern city of Toulouse setting fire to a bus after sundown and pelting police with gasoline bombs and rocks.

What tough measures? The curfews were not put in place. They were only threatened to be put in place.

Weak and stupid. And don't think Tehran isn't noticing.

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