French Tipped Off Terrorists

newsmax ^ | 28 Dec. 2003

[flamefront]

The no-shows on a Paris-to-Los Angeles flight that are now being sought by U.S. authorities may have escaped the dragnet due to French authorities quickly announcing that the cancellation of Christmas flights to Los Angeles were ordered for security reasons.

According to a report in the Washington Times, the premature announcement resulted in "a chorus of groans" from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House.

An unnamed U.S. source is cited as saying that Washington believed that the longer publicity could have been avoided, "the greater the chance to catch anybody else who was suspected of being involved. The French announcement caught everyone off guard."

Nine persons on the passenger list for Air France Flight AF068 to Los Angeles on Dec. 24 were questioned and released by French authorities that concluded the detained passengers did not meet any suspect profiles.

However, the U.S. concerns centered on passengers whose names matched those on a U.S. terrorism watch list -- but who failed to show up for the flights, according to the Times report.

Among the no-shows was a Tunisian passenger reported to be a licensed pilot and suspected of having ties to al-Qaeda.

Air France has resumed normal service to Los Angeles.

[jws3sticks]

Don’t forget that the only thing the fine American Company, French’s Mustard and the French have in common is they are both BRIGHT YELLOW!

[jws3sticks]

We should let this True American Beauty into Paris to swat the $hit out of those leaky French Losermen. She has the right tool to do the swatting, too. A careful reading of her pink message is: "F**k you fly".

[Chu Gary]

"Now, France see the US as the big dog, and so France probably went shopping for some group that could hurt the US position around the world. I think it's completely calculated."

Francais suffers from a gigantic case of penis envy!

[HardStarboard]

>>>Assuming that the above is true, the only reasonable explanation I could come up with is that the French have been blackmailed by AQ, much like the Saudis. <<<

The French are not consciously aiding AQ, but the 10% of their country that is Muslim makes them tread very lightly when taking "war on terror" positions helpful to the USA.

Although the muslims in France are still a minority, they have got the majority of the politicians acting under the principle of "dhimimini"! That is the name of the "status" of second class citizenship Muslims allowed Christians and Jews living in Arab countries.

Simply put, the French are afraid of their own population.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

"Well, that is a stunning combination...one more angle and France will have "The Perfect Storm." I read somewhere (on FR) that either France or Italy has almost as many Muslims as Roman Catholics. Any idea where I could check if that is factual? Thanks!

This source (link) has France's muslim population at %6...the highest of western Europe.

Other sources I've seen have France's Muslim population from %5 to %10.

[hummingbird]

look fingerprintlessly so to speak....don't look for France but for the Marc Rich's of the world doing Frence bidding

Many unseen players, then.

So...speaking of unseen players and Marc Rich, what's Bill Clinton up to these days? Does a WJC "dot" connect someplace?

"Buellar? Buellar? Anyone? Buellar?"

[hummingbird]

This source (link) has France's muslim population at %6...the highest of western Europe. Other sources I've seen have France's Muslim population from %5 to %10.

Thanks for the correction and link, Bureaucratus.


Although the muslims in France are still a minority, they have got the majority of the politicians acting under the principle of "dhimimini"! That is the name of the "status" of second class citizenship Muslims allowed Christians and Jews living in Arab countries. Simply put, the French are afraid of their own population.


Interesting concepts...got to think these over! Thanks, HardStarboard. BBL.

[hummingbird]

Ooooops....meant "CatOwner" instead of "cat." (Hello, cat, anyway!)

[Political Junkie Too]

Maybe it's just that French security (an oxymoron?) has been compromised? Could the government have been infiltrated as easily as their airline is suspected of being?

-PJ

[flamefront]

And who should we hold responsible for that possible breach?

If the French really cared they would act differently.

[Political Junkie Too]

Well, it's hard to say. Didn't we have infiltrators at Gitmo, too?

-PJ

[Saundra Duffy]

Sheeeeeeesh! What next?