Posted on 10/19/2003 3:54:14 PM PDT by nuconvert
France Detains Members of Iran Opposition AP ^ | 06/17/03 | ELAINE GANLEY
Posted on 06/17/2003 4:56 AM PDT by nypokerface
PARIS - Masked and heavily armed French police raided the offices Tuesday of an Iranian opposition group accused of links to terrorism, rounding up 165 members and seizing $1.3 million in American currency, the government said.
On the orders of France's leading anti-terrorism judge, some 1,300 police poured into the streets and blew down doors of offices of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran early Tuesday in a vast sweep of sites north and west of Paris.
Police also seized large quantities of computer material and sophisticated transmission systems, an investigator said on condition of anonymity.
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