October 24, 2007
6 al Qaeda Recruiters Arrested in France
Today in our love-hate soap opera relationship with France: love. IHT:
Police investigating an alleged recruitment network sending Islamic fighters to Iraq detained six men on Tuesday, all linked to a group arrested in February that allegedly worked with an al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia, police and judicial officials said....The report also suggests that there is a Belgium (France Jr.) connection too.The probe was opened in February into a recruiting network to send fighters to Iraq. According to a scenario described by the prosecutor's office at the time, the recruits were initially sent to Egypt to learn Arabic and teachings of Salafists "in the most radical schools." Via a cell implanted in Saudi Arabia and linked to al-Qaida, the recruits then were put in touch with a network in Syria that took them to Iraq "to commit terrorist acts, notably suicide attacks."
Maybe I'll finally take that trip to Paris I've been putting off for years because I didn't want to have to interact with any one who was French.
Hat tip: Beowulf
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at October 24, 2007 08:52 AM | | l digg this
