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| Plot to kill French imam bellyflops |
| 2010-11-11 |
| Five alleged Islamic terrorists arrested in Paris this week were planning to assassinate the city's leading Muslim cleric All of the men, who are The murder plot against Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the French capital's main mosque, was only foiled at the eleventh hour thanks to a tip-off. Secret intelligence officers were able to move in on two Frenchmen of Algerian descent as they arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday night from Egypt. Armed police arrested three other men from 'These were five major arrests,' said Bernard Squarcini, director of France's Internal Intelligence agency, the DCRI. 'All were linked to a major inquiry into jihadists returning from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area and threatening to assassinate the rector of the Paris Mosque, Dalil Boubaker.' Mr Boubaker has been under armed guard since last month after radicals issued threats following the introduction of a burka ban in France -- a measure which many see as overtly anti-Muslim. Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist mastermind behind atrocities including the 9/11 attacks on America in 2001, also released a recorded video message calling for French people to be killed unless the country withdraw its troops from the war in Afghanistan. Bin Laden is sore about the burqa ban, is irritated by French special forces, and he probably isn't thrilled by France's asylum offer to Iraqi Christians. Security has also been stepped up around leading public figures in France, including |
| Posted by:American Delight |
| #1 Why did the cops not arrest these peace loving Muslims AFTER they shot the Imam. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2010-11-11 10:59 |