Stephen,
Even if this is not true, don't be surprised if the French start blaming US interests for the unrest.
Pfui. The French-language press is doing no such thing.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/07112005/202/violences-urbaines-en-france-la-faute-la-cia-selon-jirinovski.html
OK, it's French-language press, and that's what I said, so I was wrong, alright ... BUT the "Jirinovski" in the story is out of Moscow, not France!
He is a nut case, but that does not mean that he is incorrect on this - and the French - being more diplomatic than we are, will always use a surrogate first. I'm certain that he did not have to wait long for the French correspondent to show up to get his opinion.
So, it's not exactly the "French press" .... LeMonde, Figaro
I predict the subject will be alluded to in an op-ed piece in Figaro very soon, maybe tomorrow.
J.
