Counterterrorism Blog

Indeed, in an interview given to Christiane Amanpour, French Prime Minister Dominique Marie Francois Rene Galouzeau de Villepin- that's his real full name- when asked about the recent riots in France answered: "I am not sure you can call them riots. It's very different from the situation you have known in 1992 in L.A. for example. You had at that time 54 people that died, and you had 2,000 people wounded. In France during the 2 weeks period of unrest, nobody died in France. So, I think you can't compare this social unrest with any kind of riots."
And he LIED.
Because without counting the 56-year-old man that was savagely murdered by three Muslim thugs because he was taking a picture a few hours before the start of the riots, two people died during the month of what Villepin coldly calls "social unrest". In fact, a man was murdered by rioters in the lobby of his building while protecting the entrance; a second man died of a heart attack while protecting a school and running after some thugs who wanted to vandalize it. So if three dead law-abiding citizens count for none, then obviously Villepin has no regard for his fellow countrymen.
This should come as no surprise knowing the personality of the obnoxious French PM. If you want to read more on Villepin, see here.
The rest of the interview was pretty much brushing aside the social/immigration/integration of the Muslim community in France. A positive note though, Villepin clearly threatened Iran of a UN Security Council referral if the Iranians refused the latest offer re their nuclear program.