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French Tipped Off Terrorists
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| 28 Dec. 2003
Posted on 12/28/2003 6:57:30 AM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airfrance; escape; france; orangealert4; parislaxflights
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To: flamefront
Dont forget that the only thing the fine American Company, Frenchs Mustard and the French have in common is they are both BRIGHT YELLOW!
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posted on
12/28/2003 2:08:14 PM PST
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a long walk on a short pier, anytime, the sooner the better!)
To: flamefront
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".
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posted on
12/28/2003 2:23:13 PM PST
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a long walk on a short pier, anytime, the sooner the better!)
To: ClearCase_guy
"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!
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posted on
12/28/2003 7:44:00 PM PST
by
Chu Gary
(USN Intel guy 1967 - 1970)
To: CatOwner
>>>
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.
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posted on
12/28/2003 8:23:35 PM PST
by
HardStarboard
(Dump Wesley Clark.....he worries me as much as Hillary!)
To: hummingbird
"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.
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posted on
12/29/2003 5:35:39 AM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: cars for sale
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?"
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posted on
12/29/2003 10:15:53 AM PST
by
hummingbird
("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
To: BureaucratusMaximus; HardStarboard; cat
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.
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posted on
12/29/2003 10:30:53 AM PST
by
hummingbird
("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
To: hummingbird; CatOwner; cat
Ooooops....meant "CatOwner" instead of "cat." (Hello, cat, anyway!)
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posted on
12/29/2003 10:35:31 AM PST
by
hummingbird
("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
To: flamefront
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
To: Political Junkie Too
And who should we hold responsible for that possible breach?
If the French really cared they would act differently.
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posted on
12/29/2003 1:45:04 PM PST
by
flamefront
(To the victor go the oils. No oil or oil-money for islamofascist weapons of mass annihilation.)
To: flamefront
Well, it's hard to say. Didn't we have infiltrators at Gitmo, too?
-PJ
To: flamefront
Sheeeeeeesh! What next?
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posted on
12/29/2003 2:00:53 PM PST
by
Saundra Duffy
(For victory & freedom!!!)
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