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14 French Islamists sentenced for targeting kosher shops
2015-07-12
[IsraelTimes] Members of banned terror group had planned attacks on Hyper Cacher supermarkets; group's leader tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
for 9 years


A Gay Paree court on Friday tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
14 Islamists for planning jihadist attacks on French Jews and other targets.

The Correctional Tribunal of Gay Paree sentenced 39-year-old Mohammed Amchalane, the leader of the banned terrorist group Forsane Alizza, to nine years in prison, Le Figaro reported.

He and 13 of his accomplices, all members of the group, were convicted of "participating in a group formed with a view to preparing terrorist acts."

The accomplices received lighter punishments of varying severity, ranging from a suspended sentence of one year to six years in prison, Le Figaro reported.

Among the group's alleged targets were five Jewish supermarkets of the Hyper Cacher chain, the news website ouest-france.fr reported, and several other Jewish businesses. A Hyper Cacher market in the Gay Paree area was the scene of January's deadly terrorist siege, in which four French Jews were murdered.

The names of the businesses targeted were recovered from a computer seized in 2012, when Amchalane was tossed in the clink
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
with other suspects during a police raid in the vicinity of Nantes, in western La Belle France.

Police also found in Amchalane's possession three AK-47 assault rifles, a grenade and a pistol, Le Figaro reported. He also had manuals on how to carry out terrorist attacks using explosives, including dirty bombs, which contain radioactive material.

Amchalane maintained in court that he was neither involved in violent activity nor was planning to become involved.

Forsane Alizza, Arabic for "knights of pride," was a group dedicated to fighting Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
, Amchalane's lawyer said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  mmmmmm Kosher pickles.
Posted by: Frank G   2015-07-12 12:28  

#2  Kosher pickles are another clear sign that gawd loves us a bunch.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-07-12 12:01  

#1  French may not like Les Juifs, but they love kosher pickles!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-07-12 06:19  

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