The men, aged 32 to 38, were handed preliminary charges Thursday for alleged preparation of terrorist acts and for terror financing, said a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, which handles terrorism cases for La Belle France.
The six were tossed in the clink
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
Sunday near the city of Toulouse
...lies on the banks of the River Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Toulouse metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in La Belle France...
and the town of Albi in southern La Belle France. Four were political refugees in La Belle France, one had dual French and Russian nationalities, and another received French citizenship in 2009. All six were ordered held without bail.
French police have conducted several anti-terror operations following last month's terrorist attacks in and near Gay Paree but authorities said the arrests of the six men of Chechen origin were not linked to those attacks.
Hundreds of French citizens are among thousands of Europeans who have travelled to Syria to join Lion of Islam groups fighting against
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
's forces.