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The beat goes on
France has received a new terror threat by an Islamist group and is taking it "very seriously", according to Reuters.
| It's because of all the support they've given us on Iraq, y'know... |
The French justice ministry said the threat came from a group called "Servants of Allah the Powerful and Wise".
| "God told me to kill people, an' he's a lot brighter than I am..." |
The warning spoke of possible attacks within France and against France's foreign interests, the ministry said. It is unclear whether the group is known to French authorities and the nature of the threats has not been disclosed. French Europe-1 radio reported that Le Parisien newspaper received a fax from the group, threatening attacks. The justice ministry confirmed a communique had been delivered to the newspaper, adding that it was "not yet possible" to comment on the document's authenticity. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation. In the past weeks, French authorities have received terror threats from another little-known group that calls itself AZF. The group claims to have planted nine bombs along the country's rail network and has threatened to explode them unless it was paid millions of dollars. Information from AZF led to the recovery of an explosive device buried in the bed of a railway line near Limoges in central France in February.
| Seems like nobody likes the French lately, not even the Frenchies. |
Posted by: Lux 2004-03-16 |
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