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2004-07-05 Europe

1.8 Million angry Muslims living in Franceâs ghettos

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Posted by rex 2004-07-05 8:04:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The article by Dalrymple opens with a story of some lawless Romanians.

It would be interesting to have Dalrymple do another article. If the Romanians have been assimilated and the Moslems have not, then...

Posted by mhw 2004-07-05 9:00:37 PM|| 2004-07-05 9:00:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 nice thought: they've already collected themselves in urban Manzanars?

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-05 9:09:26 PM|| 2004-07-05 9:09:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 1.8 Million angry Muslims living in Franceâs ghettos

Solve it, guys. It's your problem. Oh, and stay OUT of our business.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-05 9:29:40 PM|| 2004-07-05 9:29:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, it's true, #1, the article by Dalrymple opens with a scene of Rumanians openly breaking into parking meters -I should have mentioned that - keep reading - the major thrust of his article deals with unassimilated immigrants from North Africa - Algerians. It's a great article. even the gendarmes do not go into the "cities" the projects. And recently January, 2003, the French found nasty suitcase bomber wannabees in the Parisienne projects.
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=342932
"France Uncovers al-Qaeda Bombers" by Kenneth Timmerman
The French police struck just in time, penetrating deep into a housing project in the Paris suburbs on Dec. 16 where for years Islamic radicals have made their nest, hiding among the predominantly Muslim immigrant population. More than 100 police and a 30-member SWAT team stormed the "CitÃ© des 4000" in La Courneuve, carrying assault rifles with laser sights. When they picked up Marwan Ben-Ahmed, 29, a French-Algerian dual national, he had collected all the ingredients for a large bomb and was planning to strike during the Christmas holidays, possibly against the U.S. or Russian embassies in Paris.

In his apartment, police found packages of iron perchlorate and other chemicals which, when mixed together, can make a powerful explosive. They also seized two empty propane canisters, $5,000 in cash, fake passports and a computer with coded instructions. During a second search two days later, they found timers and detonators hidden in a washing machine. Police also arrested Ben-Ahmed's wife and two accomplices, identified as Mohamed Merbah and Ahmed Belhoud.

But it was the discovery of a military-issue nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protection suit and bottles of toxic chemicals that most alarmed investigators, leading to speculation that Ben-Ahmed and his network were planning a chemical attack or had gained access to nuclear waste and were hoping to make a "dirty bomb" that would irradiate the greater-Paris area. Fears that al-Qaeda terrorists were planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the Washington area kept NEST (Nuclear Emergency Search Team) busy for months, as Insight revealed last year [see "A State of High Alert," Nov. 26, 2001], a problem that remains current [see "Searching for 'Dirty Bombs'" in this issue]. Although most experts agree that a single "dirty nuke" would cause little actual damage beyond that of the conventional explosive used to detonate it, the psychological impact of a radioactive cloud rising above a major city could create panic, making it a terrorist's weapon of choice...

Posted by rex 2004-07-05 9:48:22 PM|| 2004-07-05 9:48:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This shouldn't be a problem; the Phrench have already said they're ready to take care of it.

Oh, wait....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-05 11:10:23 PM|| 2004-07-05 11:10:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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