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To: LindyBill who wrote (146020)	11/7/2005 1:07:28 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 793877

The BBC ran some coverage today comparing the French riots to the Brickston riots of 1981 in England. It seems a good comparison - in both cases, the resentments of an alienated immigrant group took fire. Resentments were fueled by discrimination, unemployment and police harrassment. In England, initial police tactics were very bad; in the aftermath the police revised their tactics and began to work with the communities, and the riots have not been repeated on anything like such a scale. From the reports I am hearing, Islamism does not seem to be a major factor in the current French 'intifada'. It does seem to be there as an undercurrent, legitimizing the violence and increasing the general sense of alienation. The rioters, when asked why they are torching cars, answer "to send the government a message" - the idea being that the government is quite unresponsive to any other sort of message from the likes of them. One must admit they have a point here. France's elites seem really ossified. Of course, if there is in the midst of these burning suburbs a functional network of Islamists who belong to the new Religon of Blowing People Up, this is a golden opportunity for them to take advantage of.

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