Posted on 07/22/2005 5:29:31 AM PDT by Barney59
CRACKDOWN ON RADICALS
The French government is to crackdown on suspected Islamic radicals by putting them under tighter surveillance in the aftermath of the latest bombing attempts in London.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said action will be taken immediately to secure the safety of the French people.
Mr Sarkozy has pledged to expel Muslim leaders who preach hatred and strip them of their French citizenship.
He said: "We have decided it's necessary to improve our means of video surveillance, speed up everything we know about telephone use and data storage and take broad action on the tracking of radical elements."
"When one sees the age of the young kamikazes of London, one sees the responsibility that radical clerics have toward weak spirits."
"I have no intention of tolerating it."
He has convened a meeting of counter-terrorism, police and domestic intelligence officials to reassess the threat to France.
The meeting, which included top officials from counter-terrorism agency DST and the police intelligence service, was called to examine France's readiness for a possible attack and evaluate the terror threat.
After the deadly July 7 subway and bus bombings in London, France raised its terror alert status to the second-highest level: Red.
French officials say a third of the nation's 1,200 imams do not speak French, and that keeping closer tabs on them as well as on Muslim associations is key to rooting out radical elements.
France has the largest population of Muslims in western Europe - about 5 million, most from former French colonies in North Africa such as Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Paris was hit with a series of bombings on its Metro subway system in 1995 carried out by Algerian Islamic militants who killed eight people and wounded about 200.
Good for the French. Their surveillance laws make the Patriot Act look benign.
Double-secret probation
Deport them??
Hell they should take them into a dirty back room, bathe them in pig fat put them on their knees and execute them.
I know the Brits aren't playing anymore. Thier cops are under orders to shoot to kill and appear to be doing just that.
Looks the the French are starting to get it! Good for you France, I hope we follow your lead!
next they'll start using harsh language when referring to "freedom fighters"!
*sigh*
Capture them and make them drink screw-top wine and eat American cheese slices!
Oh..."of their French citizenship"!
Whew! For a second there I thought he was going to strip them naked...and maybe put panties on their heads...or something like that.
What are they doing to do, fart in their general direction?
Ah, indeed but what a 'cultured breaking of wind' it will be!!
I thought that they thought that they were safe, because of their opposition to the US...
Damn! I don't want to feel warm and fuzzy toward the French! Please stop posting news about them being (somewhat) hardnosed about Terrorism!
Nicolas Sarkozy - there's that name again!
France has long been the toughest western country when it comes to anti-terror. Our disdain for them grew out of their behaviour on Iraq (rightly so) but they are ahead of the curve in these matters.
- Bump that! -
Ping for later reference
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