Posted on 02/16/2005 1:58:33 PM PST by Pro-Bush
PARIS (Reuters) - An Islamist group broken up in France in 2002 had been planning an attack on the Eiffel Tower, three suspects arrested last month in Paris have told French investigators.
They told the DST domestic intelligence agency that a group affiliated with Chechen rebels had planned attacks on several Paris targets, including the Paris landmark, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
However, the projects were at the planning stages and the plans to attack the Eiffel Tower had not been finalised, the source told Reuters.
The information came from three Algerians arrested on January 11 -- Khaled Ouazane, his brother Maamar Ouazane and Hassen Habbar, according to the daily Le Parisien. All three have been placed under investigation and temporarily jailed.
Maamar Ouazane told DST agents that members of an Islamist group had told him in February 2002 of projects to attack the Eiffel Tower, a big clothing store in central Paris or police stations, the newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Investigators say the group was also planning to attack Russian interests in Paris, including a chemical weapons strike against Moscow's embassy in Paris.
France arrested 10 people in December 2002 suspected of belonging to the group, including Chellali Benchellali, the imam of a mosque in Venissieux in eastern France, and his eldest son Menad.
But the left keep telling us we're attacked because of our foreign policy. Why is France being targeted?
Nice tagline!
Decisions, decisions. So many places to attack, so little time. Madrid? Paris? Madrid? Paris? ...
I'd be curious as to why they wanted to carry out this attack. Have these guys made up a tale to save themselves?
We must try to understand why they hate the French so much.
The fantasy becomes difficult to maintain. With the public murder in Holland and all the death threats, plus now this hair-brained scheme to attack in Paris, perhaps even the French are getting the uneasy idea that the 800 gorilla they invited in their home lacks.....manners.:)
They'll get that sucker one of these days.
I'm perfectly willing to extend them a little understanding, if not downright sympathy from time-to-time...
(lol) Ahem, you realize that that's a tough project, very tough. We may never understand why anyone could hate the French so much.
And at the very least, the Muslims could make up funny jokes about it like everyone else.
Q: Why do muslims pray with their butts in the air?
A: So the French can kiss them.
By attacking Russian interests in Paris, they were, no doubt, attacking Iraqi interests in Paris at the very same time.
And, in the RTS game, Red Alert 2, the Russians turn the Eiffel Tower into a lighting machine with their lightning men units.
Blowing it up would be an undeniable wakeup call to the frogs. Of course, their response would be to haul down the tricolor and hoist the white flag.
This brings to mind an interview with retired Berkeley professor Michael Nagler. When asked how can one reason with terrorists, his response was: "The same way you reason with non-terrorists: by respecting their humanity and listening to their complaints; that opens the dialogue." This wacko is an absolute lunatic who thinks we can reason with islamofaschists whose only two options for us are submit or die.
I agree with everything he's saying, but I would add one more sentence, "And then you blow their f'ing brains out."
What? NO "Team America" posts yet?
Full Disclosure: America!! F*CK YEAH! (grin)
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