The French Intifada Continues

Looks as if France is on the brink of civil war and it's spreading to Germany and Belgium:


Rioters Set Fire to Bus in Southern France

Nov 7, 1:56 PM (ET)

By ANGELA DOLAND

(AP) Youths listen to Claude Dilain, the mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb east of Paris, during a ...
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PARIS (AP) - Rioters in the southern city of Toulouse set fire to an empty bus Monday evening, then pelted police with firebombs and rocks, an official said. A 61-year-old man died of wounds sustained in the spreading violence, the first fatality in 12 days of civil unrest that has shocked the country.

The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire, said Francis Soutric, chief of staff at the regional prefecture in Toulouse. No passengers were inside. Clashes broke out when riot police arrived on the scene and officers responded with tear gas, he said.

The new violence came after rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns.

As urban unrest was reported in neighboring Belgium and Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm. One riot-hit town in suburban Paris said it was preparing to enforce a curfew.