Riots have created fertile ground for Islamic jihadism, experts and officials say
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France
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"The hour of truth has come," declared Sarkozy in a speech this week in the Senate. "We must not let the rule of the gangs and the rule of the bearded ones prevail!" _ referring, in typically brash fashion, to radical imams by their facial hair.
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Former Guantanamo detainees reunite for conference on torture and secret detentions
LONDON
Amnesty International called on the European Commission to investigate reported secret U.S. detention facilities in Europe on Friday, as a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay warned of more terror attacks if such facilities aren't shut down.
Amnesty and Reprieve, a London-based group that works on death penalty cases and human rights issues, are holding a three-day conference on torture, secret detentions and renditions of terror suspects. Several former Guantanamo prisoners are participating.(snip)
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