Re: 25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's

Earl Evleth <evleth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:BFDC714C.8C946%evleth@xxxxxxxxxx:

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> Looking for trouble makers.
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> 25,000 officers to patrol France for New Year's
> By wire services
> Published December 31, 2005
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> PARIS - France will deploy some 25,000 police officers to keep order
> on New Year's Eve, a time when reveling youths often set fire to
> hundreds of cars.

Reveling youths? Is that what the French are calling their homegrown
Jihadists these days? What did they call the Germans after they
conquered and occupied France in 1940, "Teutonic tourists"?

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> Police are being especially vigilant this year because of the rioting,
> arson attacks and other violence that rocked France for three weeks in
> November. Then, thousands of cars were set alight. A state of
> emergency imposed to quell the rioting is still in effect.

Oh, I see now. It was the "reveling youths" of France that had engaged
in "rioting, arson attacks, and other violence" back in November. Funny,
on TV it looked an awful lot like Islamic Extremists engaged in an
Intifada. Thanks for clearing that up.

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> Burning cars is not unusual in France - where dozens of vehicles are
> set afire on an average night. But the figure has risen to about 300
> on New Year's Eve in recent years, according to the Interior Ministry.
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> About 25,000 police will be deployed - "a few more" than in past
> years, said Catherine Casteran, a spokeswoman for the national police.
> Precise figures were not available, she added.
>

Great plan! The presence of 25,000 French police in the streets of Paris
waving white flags ought to add a great deal of color to the New Year's
celebration.

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