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French extremists dream of jihad in Iraq
2008-04-01
PARIS (AP) -- Boubakeur el Hakim traded his Paris neighborhood of boulangeries and halal butcher shops for the insurgent camps of Iraq. When he came home, he told his war stories to other young men on the forgotten edges of French society, allegedly persuading some to follow in his footsteps.

His younger brother did, and died fighting U.S. forces.
Good riddance.
After years of investigation by French authorities, el Hakim, 24, went on trial this month in a case exposing how the Iraq war has sucked radical youths from Europe to a battlefield where they have learned skills that officials fear may one day be used in domestic terror attacks.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#6  Odd, I dream of a tall, cold beer and a short, warm housemaid. Go figure.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-04-01 20:02  

#5  Wouldn't it just be simpler and cheaper if they crossed into Switzerland and went to a suicide parlor?
Posted by: 3dc   2008-04-01 15:01  

#4  ...95% of Iraq's
Posted by: RD   2008-04-01 13:40  

#3  95% or Iraq's Sunnis and and 100% of Iraq's Shia Hate foreign jehad's Guts./..figurtively and literally.

+ or - /poll authority, RD's wild ass guess.
Posted by: RD   2008-04-01 13:39  

#2  It also highlights a dilemma in many European nations with growing Muslim populations: Cracking down hard risks alienating or radicalizing Moderate Muslims and betraying western ideals of Tolerance.

So don't.
And see what happens.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-04-01 13:26  

#1  Well I say they should live the dream!!

I'm sure that a 5.56, 7.62 or hellfire can be arrange to give them that up close personal experience they crave.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-04-01 13:14  

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