The riots in France have died down fairly quickly, as President Sarkozy took quick action and ordered a crackdown.
About 1,000 policemen and a helicopters with searchlights were deployed to prevent further frolicking by the`youths', as Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie almost tripled the number of law enforcement officers in Villiers-le-Bel, north of Paris, where the riots started.
Contrast this with le Petit jihad in 2005...which Jacque Chirac let run for over three weeks.
Sarkozy said he would have a zero tolerance policy for the rioters, calling their actions `unacceptable' and that those who who fired shots at the police were guilty of `attempted assassination' and would be tracked down and brought to justice. A number of suspects have already been arrested.
"We'll find the gunmen, we'll use all the means needed to find them," President Sarkozy commented after he visited injured policemen in a local hospital.
The worm is turning in France.
The worm is turning in France.
ReplyDeletei've always thought that an odd term. especially when used in the manner ff does in this essay. like most cliches i don't know the origin.
the worm being used to describe the actions of the french.
the worm being an invertebrate.
or spineless.
i wonder what the symbol of the US congress is?
oops, off topic...........