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...violence that started in the French suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois and spread to over 30 towns and cities has led the French government to temporarily impose a curfew and ban public gatherings. After weeks of rioting in the French Arab and African communities, the situation appears to have calmed down. But the calm is illusory, as the main underlying causes of the riots will most likely remain unaddressed...
...truth is that President Chirac’s “children of the republic” are not much different than your average everyday teenager—spoiled, angry, and looking for someone to blame. What makes French-Arab youths particularly annoyed is that they live in a society that preaches entitlement and equality. But instead, they face the tough reality of widespread discrimination and a poorly-performing economy, held down by powerful unions and nationalistic sentiments that oppose French integration into a more competitive and freer EU market...
...light of 9/11, there is a tendency to see the French riots as a particular manifestation of the “Muslim problem.” But to do so would fail to appreciate the economic and social problems that all Western, developed countries face today. The African and Arab immigrants in France are its largest immigrant community, on which France today crucially depends to supply low-skilled labor at the time when its population growth continues to dwindle and its population continues...
...there's a order problem in their projects. But, they say, like in banlieues elsewhere, there's too much stick without much carrot. "We live in a tough and mean world: you need cops, you need security," says Ouzaanik of the frequent ID checks and rousts the often ethnic Arab and black project residents are subjected to by police. "But I'm talking about getting searched three times per week - usually by the same cops, who remember you, but figure they'll remind you who is boss all the same. Of course it's racist. Of course people...
...intends to go head-to-head with the terrorists in the battle for Jordanian hearts and minds. Rishawi has an extremist pedigree-not only her brother-in-law, but also her own brother, another Zarqawi acolyte, died at Falluja. But before a TV audience of millions throughout the Arab world, she struck a pathetic figure. It turns out that she was married only two weeks ago during an Islamic holiday, embarking not on a honeymoon, but on a dance of death with her own groom. Zarqawi's group lauded Rishawi as one of "the lions from our best and most...