Just in from AP: PARIS – Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday. As urban unrest spread to neighboring Belgium and possibly Germany, the French government […]
Archives for 2005
“˜Islamic upbringing no excuse for rape”
Multiculturalist pandering dismissed in Australia. From AFP, with thanks to Bryce: New South Wales state appeal court judge Michael Grove refused to reduce the sentences of the three brothers over the July 2002 rapes of two teenage girls at the family home in Sydney”s suburbs. Appeal lawyers for 27-year-old MSK, one of the brothers, argued […]
Iran to Propose Peace Solution to UN
Iran is planning to offer a fresh steaming pile of peace to the UN. From Reuters, with thanks to Sr. Soph: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran, whose president has called for Israel’s destruction, said on Monday it will submit a proposal to the United Nations for a peaceful solution to the conflict between Israel and the […]
First Fatality Recorded in French Rioting
The French continue to reap the whirlwind. From AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: PARIS (AP) — A man who was beaten by an attacker while trying to extinguish a trash can fire during riots north of Paris has died of his injuries, becoming the first fatality since urban unrest started 11 days ago, a […]
France: Attackers avoiding Muslim-owned businesses
The mainstream media and government officials continue to avoid any mention of the Islamic identity of the French rioters. But in this Telegraph story, “France divided as the flames creep ever closer to central Paris” (thanks to JE), there are some crucial details indicating that those who have identified the riots as jihadist activity are […]
Chirac vows to punish rioters
Ten days after the riots started, Jacques “The Beast” Chirac is vowing to get tough and saying that law and order are top priority. Only ten days! Watch out, Jacques! Remember Shakespeare’s warning: Be careful not to “outrun, by violent swiftness, that which we run at, and lose by over-running.” Why, Jacques might not even […]
…And then the guns came out
Reuters reports that at least a few of the rioters around Paris are now using firearms against French police, leading to almost a dozen casualties: Rioters fired shots at police in an 11th night of riots in France on Sunday, injuring 10 policemen, two of them seriously, police said. Some 200 youths were lobbing stones […]
Suicide bombers on Iran kids’ TV
More Iranian grotesquerie from the Telegraph, with thanks to Scaramouche: Iranian state television has broadcast a cartoon that glorifies suicide bombings against Israelis, depicting a young boy blowing himself up after being told: “Go and show the Zionists how brave and heroic are the children of Palestine.” And how hateful and mad are their elders. […]
Fitzgerald: The persistent myth of Andalusia
Gilles Kepel’s naive hope is that France may turn after the riots into a “new Andalusia.” The myths about Islamic Spain (known collectively as the “myth of Andalusia”) have their origins in the romantic writers of the early 19th century. Just as Sir Walter Scott, venturing beyond Scotland, painted a completely fictional portrait of the […]
French discover bomb-making factory
The Paris “youth” rebellion took an organized turn last night with the discovery of a bomb-making factory in a southern suburb of the capital, according to the AP: Ten nights of urban unrest that brought thousands of arson attacks on cars, nursery schools and other targets from the Mediterranean to the German border reached Paris […]