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| Afghans, Kurds battle in French refugee camp |
| 2002-05-18 |
| French police fired tear gas Friday to break up clashes between Afghans and Kurds at refugee camp near the Channel tunnel that left seven seriously injured, police said. A dozen others suffered minor injuries, many from knife wounds, after fighting broke out during a soccer match at the Red Cross refugee camp, police said. LCI television showed refugees ripping a fence from the ground and running off with fence posts in their hands. It reported that 100 officers were called in to break up the clashes. It was the latest of several violent incidents at the Red Cross center, which shelters more than 1,000 refugees in a space intended for 650. Y'see, the problem isn't Islam. And it isn't cultural. It's... ummm... something else. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |