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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gunslinger on December 15, 2005, 08:39:31 AM
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By WTG I really do mean WTG.
French Police Snare Zarqawi-linked Terror Suspects (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178771,00.html)
The roundup near Paris came in connection with a similar sweep Monday near the capital and in the northern Oise region which netted 25 suspects, said national police spokeswoman Catherine Casteran.
The three were believed to be part of a terror ring with "indirect links" to al-Zarqawi, she said.
During the overnight sweep, police found a stash of weapons in a garage in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, said a police investigator who cannot be identified because his agency does not authorize it.
They found several pounds of explosives, AK-47 and Famas assault rifles, revolvers, ammunition, balaclavas and bulletproof vests, he said.
Investigators believe the weapons were used to carry out armed robberies in France to finance jihad, or holy war, and that some of the funds may have gone to al-Zarqawi's group.
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Jihad will see them in a 6' X 6' cell.
Karaya
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nothing surprising the "war on terror" started here long before 911.
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Originally posted by straffo
nothing surprising the "war on terror" started here long before 911.
It sure did. The French have been taking this problem very seriously, for a lot longer than we have.
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Balaclava's? THEY MUST BE GUILTY.
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If they had hoodie sweatshirts then they'd be facing extradition to the UK.
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The French have a certain amount of experience in dealing with violent Islamic fundies.
Here's a good write up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969) of an occasion back in 1994 when the french GIGN (police special forces) tackled a potential 9/11 type situtation wiping out 4 heavily armed algerian islamic terrorists onboard an Air France flight at Marseilles airport.