[Zack Nguyen]

They turned up French intelligence statistics which estimated that “al Qaeda had recruited in France between 35,000 and 45,000 fighters and was organizing them in military-style units.

I find this hard to believe. 35,000 fighters recruited in France alone? There may not be 35,000 identified Al Qaeda in the entire world. It would seem that 35,000 radicals trained by al Qaeda would be difficult to find.

[JWojack]

35,000 is far less than 1% the French Islamic population. It's very believable.