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Tale of Torture and Murder Horrifies the Whole of FRANCE
The New York Sun ^ | February 22, 2006 | Michel Gurfinkiel

Posted on 02/22/2006 4:02:11 AM PST by IrishMike

The brutal abduction and murder in Paris of a young Jewish man by a gang of African emigrants called the 'barbarians' has shocked the whole of France, which once again has been obliged to face its anti-Semetic past. The murder of a 23 year old cell-phone salesman, llan halimi, took plase over three weeks, during which he was tortured while his captors tried to extract a ransom from his family. Halimi was lured to his death by a woman he had met in his telephone store. They met up late on the night of Janruary 20 in one of Paris's southern suburbs, Bagneaux, on what he thought was a date. The next day, his parents received an e-mail telling them their son had been abducted and would be released on payment of about $540,000.00. In order to convince Halimi's parents their son had been kidnapped, the abductors borrowed a trick from Islamist kidnappers who abduct westerners in the Middle East. They sent a picture of the young man being threatened by a gun, and holding a newspaper to prove the date and time.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europe; france; islam; jihad; terrorism; terrorist; wot
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1 posted on 02/22/2006 4:02:15 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

The parents didn't pay the ransom???


2 posted on 02/22/2006 4:04:03 AM PST by The Raven
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To: IrishMike

>>France, which once again has been obliged to face its anti-Semetic past.

It'd be nice if they could confront their anti-Semetic present as well, while they're at it.


3 posted on 02/22/2006 4:04:57 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: IrishMike

Words fail.


4 posted on 02/22/2006 4:06:53 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: IrishMike

The only thing France is ever shocked about is shortages of white hankies. They'll do nothing about the gang.


5 posted on 02/22/2006 4:06:58 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: mtbopfuyn

disgruntled youth


6 posted on 02/22/2006 4:12:45 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

You will take notice they are being called African emigrants and not Islamics. I guess its safer than saying the religion of peace had anything to do with this.


7 posted on 02/22/2006 4:13:18 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: IrishMike
" Such densely populated immigrant areas are considered "no-go areas" ("zones de non droit") where the police cannot operate freely. "

By allowing a defacto seperate "nation" to operate inside their soveriegn territory the french have effectively surrendered ......again without a shot.

This is not an incident of a ethnic group taking advantage of a generous and politically corrrect host ( read weak!), It is a invasion and until france gets the balls to take back their own streets they will be held hostage in their own backyard. As much as I want to say let them fix it themselves, in the end it will us once again pulling their frilly asses out of the fire. Pathetic frogs

8 posted on 02/22/2006 4:14:32 AM PST by Kakaze (I'm now a single issue voter.....exterminate Al Quaida)
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To: IrishMike

I truly feel sorry for the 20% of French citizens who support the USA. The other 80% don't have a clue even when their country is falling apart right before their eyes.


9 posted on 02/22/2006 4:18:44 AM PST by saneright
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You will take notice they are being called African emigrants and not Islamics. I guess its safer than saying the religion of peace had anything to do with this.

You have to read all the way to the last few paragraphs before you find any mention of the murderers' religion. Apparently reading from the Koran during torture is a common practice, according to the article. They mentioned the victim's religion in the first sentences. It took many paragraphs to mention the murderers'.

10 posted on 02/22/2006 4:21:10 AM PST by Draco
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Good call.


11 posted on 02/22/2006 4:23:36 AM PST by exnavy (God bless America)
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To: mtbopfuyn
They'll do nothing about the gang.

Back in the 60's, we used to say "First they came for the Jews, but since I was not a Jew I did nothing..."
The French habit (a consequence of their vanity?) of condescending accommodation will soon crack. They are neither stupid nor have a death wish. It's cracking all over Europe right now.

12 posted on 02/22/2006 4:26:58 AM PST by ARepublicanForAllReasons (A "democratic socialist" is just a communist who happens to be outgunned!)
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To: saneright

i'd wager that a new european immigration to the United States will be underway shortly.... too many french and danes and brits and etc will be sick and tired of supporting the welfare state and all the troubles that come with it


13 posted on 02/22/2006 4:27:01 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (But even if he does not...)
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To: IrishMike
More details emerged after the arrests. Halimi had been held in several different places in and around Bagneux, whose residents, most of them immigrants, did not appear to have noticed anything out of the ordinary. Such densely populated immigrant areas are considered "no-go areas" ("zones de non droit") where the police cannot operate freely .


Holy cow, the French are no longer in charge of their own country!
14 posted on 02/22/2006 4:41:40 AM PST by Tom_Busch (Karl Rove made me do it.)
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To: FreedomPoster
"France, which once again has been obliged to face its anti-Semetic past."

The French: White flag waving, snail eating, elite frogs!

15 posted on 02/22/2006 4:49:19 AM PST by bcsco ("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)
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To: The Raven
The parents didn't pay the ransom???

I saw in another thread that they didn't have it, but the kidnappers told them to "Go to the Synagogue and get it."

16 posted on 02/22/2006 4:56:14 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: The Raven
The French police told them to ignore the captors repeated emails and phone calls.

Yes, that's for real.

L

18 posted on 02/22/2006 5:00:56 AM PST by Lurker (In God I trust. Everybody else shows me their hands.)
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To: IrishMike

will this get press...no it bloody wont...it more


yoooths running wild....interesting they called themselves the barbarians...


19 posted on 02/22/2006 5:05:39 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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