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Group planned attack on Eiffel Tower
Reuters ^ | 2/16/2005 | Reuters staff

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eiffeltower; globaljihad; jihadineurope; targets
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1 posted on 02/16/2005 1:58:37 PM PST by Pro-Bush
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To: Pro-Bush

But the left keep telling us we're attacked because of our foreign policy. Why is France being targeted?


3 posted on 02/16/2005 2:01:40 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Pro-Bush
But... but.... but I thought the "root causes" intellectuals assured that us all terrorism was the result of American Aggression?! Oh, I get it, they were just hoping to kill American tourists because as we all know, the noble French have done nothing to enflame the righteous wrath of the Arab Street. And being such reasonable types, the Arab Street won't attack anyone who doesn't richly deserve it. Right? Right, guys? ... Guys? (chirp, chirp, chirp.... boom!!)
4 posted on 02/16/2005 2:04:35 PM PST by wizardoz (I'd still like to stuff the Washington memorial right up that Eiffel tower.)
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To: wizardoz

Nice tagline!


5 posted on 02/16/2005 2:05:32 PM PST by Pro-Bush (Can't afford Medical care? Thank an illegal alien.)
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To: Peach

Decisions, decisions. So many places to attack, so little time. Madrid? Paris? Madrid? Paris? ...


6 posted on 02/16/2005 2:06:33 PM PST by C210N
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To: Pro-Bush

I'd be curious as to why they wanted to carry out this attack. Have these guys made up a tale to save themselves?


7 posted on 02/16/2005 2:09:59 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: popdonnelly

We must try to understand why they hate the French so much.


8 posted on 02/16/2005 2:11:08 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: wizardoz

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.:)


9 posted on 02/16/2005 2:11:39 PM PST by xJones (I like the Washington Monument, I'd stuff the Arc 'd Triumph up the Eiffel Tower..)
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To: Pro-Bush

They'll get that sucker one of these days.


10 posted on 02/16/2005 2:13:23 PM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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To: dfwgator
"We must try to understand why they hate the French so much."

I'm perfectly willing to extend them a little understanding, if not downright sympathy from time-to-time...

11 posted on 02/16/2005 2:13:36 PM PST by Joe 6-pack ("It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.")
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12 posted on 02/16/2005 2:15:35 PM PST by 76834
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To: dfwgator
We must try to understand why they hate the French so much.

(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.

13 posted on 02/16/2005 2:16:50 PM PST by xJones
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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.

14 posted on 02/16/2005 2:25:41 PM PST by wizardoz (I'd still like to stuff the Washington memorial right up that Eiffel tower.)
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To: Pro-Bush

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.


15 posted on 02/16/2005 2:28:13 PM PST by Duke Nukum (King had to write, to sing the song of Gan. And I had to read. How else could Roland find the Tower?)
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To: Pro-Bush

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.


16 posted on 02/16/2005 3:08:41 PM PST by AlaskaErik
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To: DaveLoneRanger
"*Mournfully* Why didn't we just let them?"

"We" ? I'm afraid, Dave, that in this case "you", even in the broad, national sense, didn't have much to do with the arrests and the foiled attack.
17 posted on 02/16/2005 3:16:40 PM PST by Atlantic Friend
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To: dfwgator
We must try to understand why they hate the French so much.

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.

18 posted on 02/16/2005 3:17:52 PM PST by AlaskaErik
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"The same way you reason with non-terrorists: by respecting their humanity and listening to their complaints; that opens the dialogue."

I agree with everything he's saying, but I would add one more sentence, "And then you blow their f'ing brains out."

19 posted on 02/16/2005 3:20:01 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: 76834
[Screamingly funny montage of Dubya, the Concorde, Eiffel Tower, deleted.]

What? NO "Team America" posts yet?

Full Disclosure: America!! F*CK YEAH! (grin)

20 posted on 02/16/2005 3:57:40 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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