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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such stupid stinking people,the french.....let the arabs burn them to the ground
None of the French rioters, as far as I have heard, have even mentioned Bush. The CESMs surrender even when nobody's attacking.
The real question is, how many come back?
>>They don't need much more than a few Muslim "yoot" to kick the French out of their own country.
Have you checked out Steyn's latest? He brings out some points about demographics that made me realize it may be much sooner that I already thought.
Mark Steyn: Its the demography, stupid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519371/posts
So where's the thank you?
You'd think the French would be grateful, now there a fewer left to burn cars in France.
"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."
Aw heck. I was kind of hoping our presence in Iraq would incite them to go to FRANCE to fight the FRENCH! Now THAT would be poetic justice!
No, it's Porky Pig's fault!
So if his premise is that more than ever before, the radicals are leaving France to go to Iraq, then why does France have radicals (more than ever before) inflicting damage on it?
"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."
Holy Marde! Now it all makes sense (/sarc off) Does that mean we have our troops hiding out in the schools, markets and recruiting centers (shame on US if that's the case. I certainly don't remember the jihadi's in afghanistan taking out their own people back in the 1980s when the Soviets were there.
American policy?
You mean all those "youths" aren't simply youths but Muslim? The word the media tried so very hard not to say?
MSM ignores accums razor, again.
The French official is probably correct, but then any effective response to Islamic terror would probably "fuel radicals."
"a top French anti-terrorism official". Isn't that an oxy-moron?
When we want miltary advice from the French, we'll let them know, Louis, but don't hold your breath.
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