Political Maelstrom: Eastern European Women

Southwest France Dept: Since Galinier fired at the intruders, reverberations have been felt far beyond the four walls of his modest bungalow in a village in southwest France, according to Vancouver Sun. On one side stand those who have condemned the expulsions as redolent of Nazi Germany -- on the other are those who say Sarkozy has not gone far enough. In the middle of the political maelstrom sits Galinier, who is in a local prison cell, charged with attempted manslaughter and denied bail pending trial and when Rene Galinier pulled the trigger on his old hunting rifle, he said he was acting to defend his home. Two young eastern European women had broken into his house while he was taking a siesta, and when the startled 73-year-old woke up, he shot and wounded them both. The case of "Papy" Galinier has become a cause celebre thanks to the bitter debate caused by President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent crackdown on the Roma community in France, which has seen itinerant camps demolished and hundreds of Roma returned to eastern Europe. As reported in the news.
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