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SF Chron French Riots Story Plagiarizes NYT?

It appears as though the San Francisco Chronicle today plagiarized from the New York Times' article about the riots in France. The first passage is from the NY Times, while the second is from the SF Chronicle's pick up of an LA Times story, with additional reporting from the Associated Press.

>"This is just the beginning," said Moussa Diallo, 22, a tall, unemployed French-African man in Clichy-sous-Bois, the working-class Parisian suburb where the violence started Oct. 27. "It's not going to end until there are two policemen dead." He did not say whether he had taken part in the vandalism.

>"This is just the beginning," said Moussa Diallo, 22, a tall, unemployed French African man in Clichy-sous-Bois. "It's not going to end until there are two policemen dead." Diallo did not admit to taking part in the vandalism himself.

I've checked the original LA Times article and the AP wire for the quote from Diallo and neither media outlet ran anything quoting him.

Maybe the SF Chronicle lifted the quote from the NY Times and simply forgot to credit the Gray Lady?