Again, if it weren’t for blogs, I’d not know a lot of what’s going on. About the French Rioters, from Southern Appeal:
Southern Appeal:
The news stories on the Paris riots have been cryptic. Few have been clear just who is shooting at police and burning property. From the accounts, it sounds like just a bunch of discontent French kids upset with the state of the economy.However, it appears that France, after decades of North African immigration, is seeing the fruits of its folly.
And then we have this further update from the Belmont Club:
The Belmont Club: The Bells of Ys:
One thing that has gotten French authorities jumpy is a report that Islamists have smuggled two MANPAD surface to air missiles into Europe. However, another French newspaper says there is nothing to worry about, as one if its sources assure them that the missiles were intended for ‘non-European’ targets (“Ces missiles étaient destinés à des cibles extraeuropéennes et n’ont jamais pénétré en Europe”). Readers will have noted that some of the areas convulsed by rioting in Paris are near the Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports.
So basically, angry Muslim youth riot in Paris, possibly smuggling in SAMs, and France doesn’t care as long as the intended targets aren’t French.
Gotcha.
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