France Riot Watch: More Cars Torched Overnight

Muslim faithful visit the mosque in Carpentras, southern France, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, which shows signs of damage on the building’s front wall. An unidentified attacker is understood to have thrown two firebombs at the mosque causing slight damage on Friday in an attack that was condemned by the French president and prime minister.

The ASSociated Press has More Cars Torched in France Overnight

The number of cars torched overnight in France climbed slightly over the previous night to 502 in a 16th night of unrest that took its heaviest toll on the French provinces, police said Saturday.

Security was boosted in the capital with some 3,000 police officers fanning out around strategic points to counter feared weekend attacks targeting Paris. Gatherings were banned from Saturday morning until Sunday morning.

“We returned to an almost normal situation in Ile de France,” said national police chief Michel Gaudin, referring to the Paris region. Arson attacks were counted in 163 towns around France, he said. The count of those detained overnight stood at 206, bringing to 2,440 the number of suspects picked up in just over two weeks of unrest.

Now, tell Flap, when those detainees are deported to their countries of origin what kind of unrest will you have in France?

Or if they are kids will they let them return to their French neighborhoods with a slap on their wrists.

In the meantime, anti-Muslim fervor is beginning to foment…..

Two Molotov cocktails were tossed at a mosque Friday evening in the southern town of Carpentras, but it was not immediately clear whether the attack was linked to the unrest that has wracked the poor suburbs and small towns of France since Oct. 27. President Jacques Chirac demanded that investigators quickly find out who was behind the attack.