Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning? Yeah, it is. Across France, they are incinerating cars at a rate of something like 1,000 a day. Chirac has called a security meeting to discuss the riots. The rioting has spread from the the Mediterranean to the German border and into central Paris.

Chirac is under the blowtorch from opposition parties for sitting on his hands during the outbreak of violence. France was stunned by the intensity of the rioting this weekend. According to the associated Press, "Arsonists burned 1,295 vehicles nationwide, including 35 within Paris itself, a sharp increase from the 897 incinerated the night before. Police spokesman Patrick Hamon said police made 349 arrests nationwide."




The riots may be intensifying. Police have pointed out that the rioters now arrange attacks through cell phone messages, and have disseminated information on bomb making. Chirac meets tonight to plot his next move.
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