Major terrorist attack foiled in Paris

[xoggoth]

Not sure it is even correct to assume that all human activities necessarily have any sort of cause. These things acquire an impetus of their own, they become great crusades that make people feel they belong and are doing something important.

[Not So Wise]

Then MI5 must be ignorant too (of course many posters on here are privy to more secret information), when they concluded recently that Iraq had/has become a recruiting sergant. It more likely shows your ability to appreciate spin.

Your point?
Yes iraq has become The "CAUSE" of the arab world
But it is definatly not the only "cause"

[Bagpuss]

Or more accuratly shows your ignorance of modern world affairs.

Then MI5 must be ignorant too (of course many posters on here are privy to more secret information), when they concluded recently that Iraq had/has become a recruiting sergant. It more likely shows your ability to appreciate spin.

[Clownio]

Major terrorist attack foiled in Paris...

.....That's a shame !

[The Lone Gunman]

Cool. I must go to a meeting dressed like that. I will make a refreshing change from my usual PVC catsuit and studded codpiece.

I am sure you will look very fetching in a dirndl

[WageSlave]

Cool. I must go to a meeting dressed like that. I will make a refreshing change from my usual PVC catsuit and studded codpiece.

[The Lone Gunman]

Xoggy love, it is the nature of Islam.

An attack on one Muslim is an attack on all Muslims.
All Muslims are required, unless incapable, to join in against an enemy who has attacked them.

One of the main problems is that Islam does not have a single spiritual leader, like the Pope, who tells all Muslims when such an attack has occured thus leaving minor sects capable of screaming for Jihad at the least provocation.

If the Jihadists are correct then any Muslim who didnt answer the call is eternally damned.

One of the reasons the Muslim Council will not say that the Covenant between the UK and its resident Muslims has been broken is because the Koran says Muslims must not live amongst those who would attack them or their religion either verbally or physically.
They know when they are on to a good thing and when to keep their mouths shut.

[xoggoth]

In this particular case I do not know if these men were actually Algerians with some genuine interest, but it is quite incorrect to dismiss fears of Islamic terrorism as just a bundle of disconnected greivances.

Some Muslims do indeed have genuine greivances but not all. What did the US do to Saudi Arabia apart from station troops there with the consent of the government during a genuine liberation of Kuwait which had the support of several Arab states?

If the US & UK invaded Venezuela on some thinly disguided pretext to grab the oil, would we get Phillipino nurse blowing up hospitals in the UK because of attacks on Catholics? Yet we have the words of Islamic spokesmen themselves that they are avenging injustices to Muslims everywhere.

[Jabberwocky]

Can you get this at church ?

[DirtyOldMan]

Be very careful Chico.....the spawn of Satan is out to get you.

[Chico]

Or more accuratly shows your ignorance of modern world affairs.

Ahh so the terrorists in France have a different motivation eh? You tree huggers are all the same.

[Not So Wise]

Excuse me- I thought these terrorist were upset about Iraq? So why attack Paris? Hmm just shows the stupidity and naivety of the tree huggers/peaceniks argument re: War in Iraq/Afghanistan blah blah blah.

Or more accuratly shows your ignorance of modern world affairs.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Excuse me- I thought these terrorist were upset about Iraq? So why attack Paris? Hmm just shows the stupidity and naivety of the tree huggers/peaceniks argument re: War in Iraq/Afghanistan blah blah blah.
Excuse me- I thought these terrorist were upset about Iraq? So why attack Paris? Hmm just shows the stupidity and naivety of the tree huggers/peaceniks argument re: War in Iraq/Afghanistan blah blah blah.

You ought to read a wee bit more about contemporary French Algerian politics me old fruit.

[xoggoth]

Back on same ground again? but I don't mind really. Proves we are right re nature of the Islamic threat and everyone else is talking crappo the bear.

Somebody mentioned last time that they dislike the French because of Algeria etc. Does my memory deceive me or wasn't that independent back in the 70s? Lets hope they do not remember greivances as long as the dimwit ruddy Orangemen or this will still be going strong in the year 2300.

[Chico]

Excuse me- I thought these terrorist were upset about Iraq? So why attack Paris? Hmm just shows the stupidity and naivety of the tree huggers/peaceniks argument re: War in Iraq/Afghanistan blah blah blah.


Reports: Plot to attack Paris subway, airport
Police arrest 9 in anti-terror sweep after tip off from Algerian authorities

PARIS - Authorities fear that a suspected Islamic terror cell broken up in France was plotting attacks on the Paris subway, an airport and an intelligence agency's headquarters, newspapers said Tuesday.

Police arrested nine people Monday in the sweep, including an Islamic militant previously convicted on terrorism charges and freed from prison two years ago, officials said.

Le Figaro and Le Parisien newspapers said the alleged cell's suspected targets included the Metro, a Paris airport and the Paris headquarters of the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance, or DST, a police intelligence and counterterrorism agency.

Algeria link
DST agents launched the raid after receiving a confidential note from Algerian authorities summarizing the questioning of a suspect arrested Sept. 9 in Algiers, the Algerian capital, Le Parisien said.

The suspect, identified by the newspaper only as "M.B.," was an alleged group member who indicated that the attacks were being planned in France, the report said. His wife was among the nine arrested.

Le Figaro said the suspected cell allegedly had al-Qaida contacts and that some of its supposed members have knowledge of explosives.

The nine were apprehended in Monday morning raids west of Paris and in Evreux, 55 miles northwest of the French capital. Among those arrested was Safe Bourada, an Islamic militant convicted on terror charges and freed from prison in 2003, officials said. He had been under surveillance since his release.

Media tip off?
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy faced accusations Tuesday that he had tipped off reporters about the arrests -- which were filmed by waiting television crews.

Sarkozy appeared to refer to the sweep in a television interview broadcast Monday night, after the suspects were in custody. But the interview was actually recorded five days earlier, before the raids took place.

The opposition Socialist Party demanded a quick explanation from Sarkozy "over the conditions that caused him to express himself in anticipation of a counterterrorism operation during the taping of a TV interview."

Le Parisien claimed that the minister had "let the cat out of the bag."

Sarkozy's spokesman, Franck Louvrier, told The Associated Press by telephone that the minister "did not express himself in anticipation." He denounced a "political polemic" fomented by Sarkozy's rivals.

The minister used the TV interview to detail an anti-terrorism bill to be presented next month. He said the government wants to increase use of surveillance cameras, make telephone companies and Internet cafes keep more detailed records and keep tabs on people traveling to countries that harbor militants.

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