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How far will it spread?

It doesn't look like things are damping down.

Violence flares again in France, deepening sense of crisis - Yahoo! Australia & NZ News

Overwhelmed police have found themselves powerless to stop the conflagration, which has seen a total of over 1,000 vehicles torched and more than 200 people arrested.

Those responsible are groups of young Muslim men, the sons of families from France's former Arab and African colonial territories, who have said in interviews that they are protesting economic misery, racial discrimination and provocative policing.

The leader of one police union, Bruno Beschizza, has described the riots as "urban terrorism", but Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe of the opposition Socialist Party warned against hastily lumping together "one religion, Islam, and a few extremists" in apportioning blame.

Well, I'm sure that burning lots of cars and buildings will make it all better for the Muslim yutes in France.

I'm sure that'll make people feel kindly disposed towards them, and willing to help them out any way they can. Or are they simply trying to terrorize the government, to get more handouts and fewer obligations?

J.

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