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| France has been singled out as an enemy by terrorists |
| 2005-11-24 |
| France is viewed as a target by a number of terrorist organisations, with several groups known to be planning attacks against the country, France's head of domestic intelligence warned on Wednesday. The terrorism threat in France is "unfortunately a real concern," Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, the director of the DST domestic intelligence agency, told RTL radio, as France's parliament prepared to examine a new anti-terrorism law. He said this was "because a certain number of organisations have singled us out as an enemy, and also because our own investigations reveal day after day that networks already in place are working to set up terrorist projects hostile to our country." Part of the current threat could be traced to Iraq, Florian said, warning that the conflict was acting as a "magnet for would-be holy warriors" from other countries, including France, to create a new generation of Islamic extremists. "For the past two years, at a fairly regular pace, we have seen young French nationals and French residents leaving for Iraq," Florian said, adding that his services had identified 22 such youths so far. "When they return, if they return, they are experienced and determined enough to represent a threat on our territory. We do not want France to become a land of jihad," he said. Florian said the French intelligence services were aware of, and were monitoring some of the channels used to recruit young Islamic warriors in France and tried to prevent youths from leaving for Iraq whenever possible. Florian ruled out any involvement by Islamic extremists in the recent wave of rioting in high-immigration French suburbs, saying that although some extremists were thought to have supported the rioters, "it is not their fight". France's parliament was on Wednesday to start debating a new anti-terrorism law, inspired in part by British police's success in identifying the London suicide bombers using video-surveillance footage. The new legislation, drawn up following the July bombings in London and approved by the French cabinet last month, aims to give the authorities greater access to modern technological tools in investigating terrorism cases. The law's most visible outcome is likely to be a big increase in the number of video cameras installed in public places in France, which currently has only some 60,000 cameras compared to four million in Britain. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #13 I give you "Vendetta", from the master. http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/vendetta.html |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-24 22:04 |
| #12 Ya Mous 45 CAL Dialog! LOL |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2005-11-24 20:19 |
| #11 Speaking of Corsica : There wasn't a single torched car in Corsica - there never was, there never is, despite the high muslim pop... there are LOTS of (minor) booms (about 100-150 for this year, compared to 600 a year in the late 90's, I kid you not), and some of theses bombings are directed against north-african estates, as a reminder of what a vendetta, in true corsican style (traditional pre 20th century vendetta meant a deatholl among young males higher than during WWI, theses guys were quite serious about it), could be if they behaved the same way they do on continental France... The fact that a whole lot of corsicans are packing not only handguns and shotguns, but sometimes smgs and assault rifles also certainly help to keep the situation very, very quiet... The Basque french country has been quiet too, for about the same reason, lol. Dialog works! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-11-24 19:22 |
| #10 France needs to do a 'Murtha' and pull out of Iraq - now. No? Afghanistan, then. Maybe the Ivory Coast for good measure. Oh, and Corsica... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-11-24 13:07 |
| #9 Islam is a perfect fit for France. Most already have that "No Need to Take Action - Just Blame America and Jews" thing down. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-24 09:41 |
| #8 France is viewed as a target by a number of terrorist organisations, with several groups known to be planning attacks against the country, France's head of domestic intelligence warned on Wednesday. You need a road map. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-11-24 09:01 |
| #7 So many appeasing dhimmis, so little time. -alQ Collective |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-24 08:49 |
| #6 What I understand is that l'Ami de Florian knows the channel used to recruit islamic terrorists, knows when they leave for Irak, knows when (if) they come back and ... what? |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2005-11-24 07:11 |
| #5 See guys? Appeasement didn't get you a damned thing, did it? The hell it didn't! Why, they've got thousands of Car-B-Ques™ to show for it. Citroen Schwarma, Roast Renault, Parbaked Pugeot, take your pick! It's all good. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-24 02:54 |
| #4 But, but, sacre bleu! Zey opposed ze war een Eeraq!! See guys? Appeasement didn't get you a damned thing, did it? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-24 02:34 |
| #3 Frog Florian takes the charge of responsibility down another notch: Part of the current threat could be traced to Iraq, Florian said, warning that the conflict was acting as a "magnet for would-be holy warriors" from other countries, including France, to create a new generation of Islamic extremists. Part of the current threat could be traced to Iraq, Florian said, warning that the conflict was acting as a "magnet for would-be holy warriors" from other countries, including France, to create a new generation of Islamic extremists. "For the past two years, at a fairly regular pace, we have seen young French nationals and French residents leaving for Iraq," Florian said, adding that his services had identified 22 such youths so far. "When they return, if they return, they are experienced and determined enough to represent a threat on our territory. We do not want France to become a land of jihad," he said. Florian said the French intelligence services were aware of, and were monitoring some of the channels used to recruit young Islamic warriors in France and tried to prevent youths from leaving for Iraq whenever possible. yyeeeaaahhrrriiiggghhhttt its a Bush fault thingy. they're still burning cars every nite and the no go zones are still operational. LOL, the French have got to do better than Jacques-strap and Frog Florian types to even have a have a chance. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-24 02:22 |
| #2 The terrorism threat in France is "unfortunately a real concern," Yup. Despite @ss-kissing at an Olympic medal winning level, the French must reconcile themselves to being waxed by a bunch of ungrateful Islamofacist nutjobs. Florian ruled out any involvement by Islamic extremists in the recent wave of rioting in high-immigration French suburbs, saying that although some extremists were thought to have supported the rioters, "it is not their fight". "Our blindness transcends that of bats and cavefish with unparalleled European expertise!" The law's most visible outcome is likely to be a big increase in the number of video cameras installed in public places in France, which currently has only some 60,000 cameras compared to four million in Britain. Ah, yes. Slap another CCD on a sucking chest wound. Post facto enforcement is worth all of jack sh!t. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-24 02:21 |
| #1 France - the Cindy Sheehan of countries : "It's all about meeeee" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-24 01:09 |