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US Iraq presence fuels radicals - French official
Reuters ^
| 10 Nov 2005
| Louis Charbonneau
Posted on 11/10/2005 11:18:25 PM PST by ncountylee
BERLIN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Some Muslims in Europe are going to Iraq to fight U.S.-led forces because they see the situation as similar to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, a top French anti-terrorism official said on Thursday.
Jean-Louis Bruguiere also said Europe ran the risk of being struck by a new wave of terrorism, urging greater cooperation by intelligence agencies to stamp out more attacks like the March 2004 Madrid bombings and the July attacks in London.
The Iraqi situation had "greatly increased the influence of radical Islamist ideology", said Bruguiere, one of Europe's leading anti-terrorism investigators.
"The tendency is to leave Europe, not only France, (for) Iraq to fight the U.S. troops and the others," he told Reuters at a conference on weapons of mass destruction organised by Germany's Federal Intelligence Service.
Bruguiere said this was similar to the jihad, or holy war, waged by Muslim fighters in Afghanistan against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989.
"That's the same phenomenon we saw before with Afghanistan, with Kosovo, Bosnia or Chechnya," said Bruguiere.
The most well-known Muslim fighters in Afghanistan were the mujahideen and many were foreigners, including Saudi-born al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bruguiere; france; frenchmuslims; insurgency; intifada; jeanlouisbruguiere; jihad; quagmire; surrender; terrorism; uprising
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To: ncountylee
I guess if Americans can blame America then why in the hell can't the French.
To: ncountylee
Not too busy in France to slam the US.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:20:20 PM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
They finally get around to it...
The French riots are Bush's fault...
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:20:57 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(I'm going to quit procrastinating - starting tomorrow.)
To: Keith in Iowa
yup..i was wondering how long it would take them to mention iraq...
next it will be bird flu from iraq...
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:23:03 PM PST
by
Irishguy
(How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
To: Keith in Iowa
The Iraqi situation had "greatly increased the influence of radical Islamist ideology"
So I guess the answer to radical Islam would be to let them slide , smile at them and shiver in our boots that they don't hurt us again .I gues they would have eventually gone away by themselves . MORONS
To: ncountylee
This could be the solution for them. Blame the U.S. all the while that France is seeing riots destroy their nation. When they're done they'll never know what happened sparing them quite a bit of cognizance.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:26:29 PM PST
by
Fruitbat
To: ncountylee
"The tendency is to leave Europe, not only France, (for) Iraq to fight the U.S. troops and the others," You should be worrying about the "yoots" currently rampaging throughout your country, Monsieur Bruguiere. And wishing that they too would leave for Iraq so that U.S. troops can deal with them the way you lack the spine to do so.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:27:05 PM PST
by
laz
(France, la chaussure est sur l'autre pied, non?)
To: ncountylee
US Iraq presence fuels radicals - French officialAhhhhh...
What about:
Moozie France presence fuels riots - Bugs Bunny
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:27:24 PM PST
by
ChristianDefender
(If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
To: ncountylee
Some Muslims in Europe are going to Iraq to fight U.S.-led forces because they see the situation as similar to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, a top French anti-terrorism official said on Thursday. Excellent. So our strategy is working very well. Iraq has become the center front of the war on terror as President Bush has been telling us for over two years. The islamic terrorists have decided to fight us in Iraq, and it is in Iraq where we are annihilating them and we will continue to do so until they have very little power to do anything significant.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:29:46 PM PST
by
jveritas
(The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
To: ncountylee
Screw the French. They are just reaping what their own government has sown. They need to blame us to keep their own citizens from marching on the seats of power with torches and re-instituting the guillotine. The French government failed to do their homework on just what sort of evil they allowed into their country and they are solely responsible for their "muslim situation" by not forcing assimilation and instead advocating an absurd notion of multiculturalism. These creatures will not assimilate into any culture that is not dominated by Islam and Sharia law. But fear not, I imagine Chirac will any day now call an emergency session to make Sharia the law of the land.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:30:42 PM PST
by
Wolfhound777
(It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting)
To: Keith in Iowa
"They finally get around to it...
"The French riots are Bush's fault..."
Howard Dean and his buddy O'Sammy Been Laiden apparently are writing the Blame Bush response for the frogs.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:34:39 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
To: Texas_Jarhead
I guess if Americans can blame America then why in the hell can't the French.That's the latest leftist/Democrat talking point. If we leave Iraq everything will be rosey, just as it was when we left Vietnam.
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:36:17 PM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: ncountylee
French France presence fuels radicals - DTogo
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:39:49 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: DTogo
good one ...and VERY true
To: binkdeville
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:49:12 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: ncountylee
Just as I am thinking the frogs can't be any more stupid. See tagline.
Nam Vet
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posted on
11/10/2005 11:49:26 PM PST
by
Nam Vet
(The Gaulistinians are rioting to reclaim the ancient 'holy ground' of Paris.)
To: ncountylee
I don't get it. If we are like the Soviets, wouldn't that mean that the Afghanis would be fighting us like they did the Soviets? Or does French logic only apply where French corruption has been adversely affected.
To: ncountylee
I wonder how he kept a staright face while doing this interview..
To: ncountylee
Truth apparently escapes modern day leftist French weasels. The North African Algerian immigrants that are burning France are just treating France the same way France treated the Algerians that fought for their independence during Frances failed Algerian War. France lost that war against Muslims over 50 years ago. Apparently they still fail to grasp what the consequences of their Euro colonialism and their campaign of brutal war to prevent Algerian independence, will end up costing them.
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