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Paris: Gang suspected of killing Jew nabbed (Muslim gang not motivated by anti-Semitism say police)
Ynet News (Israel) ^ | 19/02/06

Posted on 02/19/2006 4:21:02 AM PST by Hannah Senesh

Ilan Halimi, 23-year-old Parisian man, found tied to tree, naked, wounded, with burns covering his body; police arrest 13 suspects, say act not motivated by anti-Semitism

The French police arrested 13 people on suspicion of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew.

Halimi was found on Monday tied to a tree, naked and wounded, with burns covering all parts of his body. He died on the way to the hospital.

Police officials said that the abduction and murder were apparently not motivated by anti-Semitism, but added that they have not yet discovered what led the group to commit the acts.

The affair, which stunned France's Jewish community, began about a month ago, when a good-looking young woman entered a cellular phone store in Paris, where Halimi worked, and began talking to him.

The two exchanged telephone numbers, and after speaking on the phone a number of times, set a meeting in a suburb south of Paris. Halimi left for the meeting on January 20, and has been missing ever since.

Later, the kidnappers contacted Halimi's family members and asked them for a ransom of Euro 400,000 (about USD 476,239). The family, however, was unable to collect such a large amount of money, and the kidnappers thus lowered their demand to Euro 5,000 (5,953). Then, a week and a half ago, they stopped contacting the family.

Failed abduction attempts

The police, who had launched a secret investigation into the affair, were unable to locate the kidnappers, who had used stolen cellular phones and were photographed wearing masks.

The investigation did reveal that the kidnappers had already attempted to execute similar abductions at least four times before, but had failed for various reasons.

Over the weekend, French newspapers revealed that 12 out of the 13 suspects arrested, aged 17 to 32, were captured in the suburb south of Paris where Halimi was tortured.

Among the detainees was also the young woman, whose photo was published in the newspapers as the seducing girl. The girl claimed that she was indeed asked to seduce a number of young men, but was unaware of the act's purpose.

The last suspect in the affair was arrested in Belgium.

The investigation into the affair was handed to the Parisian police's severe crimes unit, and it is being personally supervised by Paris' public prosecutor.

Despite the police's doubts, Halimi's family believes that the act was motivated by anti-Semitism.

“We think there is anti-Semitism in this affair,” Rafi, Ilan’s brother-in-law, told the European Jewish Press. ”First because the killers tried to kidnap at least two other Jews, and secondly because of what they said on the phone."

”When we said we didn’t have Euro 500,000 to give them, they answered we should go to the synagogue and get it,” Rafi stressed.

“They also recited verses from the Koran. We didn’t know what they were saying but the police told us," he said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: france; frenchjews; frenchmuslims; ilanhalimi; jacqueschirac; muslimdeathcult; nazislamist; yousseffofana
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To: sgtbono2002

"They are frightened ,they are letting Islamics run wild because the governments are running scared. And the Islamics love it.Its going to get a lot worse before it gets better ,especially now that they have done these things and gotten away with it."

Can you imagine the reaction in France and elsewhere if Jews had done this to a Muslim?


21 posted on 02/19/2006 4:45:26 AM PST by Hannah Senesh
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To: Alissa

This is the same spiel the MSM and governments in America use when a hate crime is perpetuated against whites or Jews. If the USA is this stupid and the leadership is this gutless America will surely fall soon.
ZEIG HEIL HITLERY!


22 posted on 02/19/2006 4:45:48 AM PST by gunnedah
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To: Hannah Senesh

Jean-Claude Marin, the public prosecutor of Paris, shows the photograph of the supposed leader of the gang, Youssef Fofana.

23 posted on 02/19/2006 4:47:25 AM PST by csvset
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To: Hannah Senesh

Condolences to llan Halimi's family and friends.


24 posted on 02/19/2006 4:55:19 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Hannah Senesh

It's a twofer. Kidnap, torture a Jew, make a ransom demand, kill Jew. If the family pays, all the better. And it's certainly a 'Hate' crime. French police trying to defuse the situation...another cave to Muslims.


25 posted on 02/19/2006 4:57:14 AM PST by hershey (enmark)
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To: hershey; All

I have just posted a much more detailed article on the murder.
Here's the link:

Dispute around motivation for [Jewish] murder in Paris (Much more detail on murder)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581539/posts


26 posted on 02/19/2006 5:00:53 AM PST by Hannah Senesh
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To: Hannah Senesh

Of course it wasn't anti-semitism, it's because they hate Jews.


27 posted on 02/19/2006 5:25:36 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Alissa

Ignore that man behind the curtain


28 posted on 02/19/2006 5:26:40 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Hannah Senesh

Surely you know all Jews are fabulously wealthy. I mean, don't you read the cartoons in the Islamic press while eating Flowers of Mohammed pastries with your morning coffee?

Leaving that aside, this event is actually one of the most blood curdling things they've done in Europe, because it was so deliberate. This wasn't a riot by a group of hopped-up teenagers, it was just the cold murder by torture of an individual human being.


29 posted on 02/19/2006 5:32:31 AM PST by livius
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To: Hannah Senesh
French police arrested 13 people (Muslims) on suspicion of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew

It was the filty Jooo's fault. He didn't pay the Dhimmi Tax of 5,000 Euros!

30 posted on 02/19/2006 5:35:54 AM PST by Gritty (The reality of Europe in a nutshell: walk into a market and you'll be greeted in Arabic-Mark Steyn)
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To: Hannah Senesh

"Police officials said that the abduction and murder were apparently not motivated by anti-Semitism, but added that they have not yet discovered what led the group to commit the acts."

I guess they just didn't like the way he cut his hair.

The French are despicable. I don't want them to like us. I don't want them to be our allies. I want them all to drop dead. France should become a ginat cesspool for the rest of Europe.


31 posted on 02/19/2006 5:36:29 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: Hannah Senesh

France is not the only country scared spitless by Islamics.


32 posted on 02/19/2006 5:36:56 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: Hannah Senesh

News Flash: Cookie Monster doesn't like Cookies. And it is evil stereotyping to even call him that.


33 posted on 02/19/2006 5:42:30 AM PST by Steamburg (Pretenders everywhere)
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To: sgtbono2002

Agreed. This appeasement will only encourage more violence and criminal acts.


34 posted on 02/19/2006 5:54:27 AM PST by TNdandelion
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35 posted on 02/19/2006 6:01:27 AM PST by SJackson (There is but one language which can be held to these people, and this is terror, William Eaton)
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To: Hannah Senesh

36 posted on 02/19/2006 6:26:27 AM PST by mcg2000 (New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad against The Red Cross.)
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To: GBoettner

"Sounds to me like the Parisian Jews need to hire a 'Punisher'"

Arnold is already employed...at least for the time being.


37 posted on 02/19/2006 6:52:18 AM PST by RouxStir (Peaceful muslim...The Ultimate Oxymoron!)
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To: Hannah Senesh

I have been following this story @ http://www.france-echos.com (french analog of FR - if you can believe that) since it broke early this week. This is the first english coverage I have seen - thanks for posting. There are millions of french people who want to see the death penalty reinstated because of this case.


38 posted on 02/19/2006 6:57:48 AM PST by Ben Chad
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To: Ben Chad

Thanks for that!

Ben, what are they saying in France about this?


39 posted on 02/19/2006 7:11:41 AM PST by Hannah Senesh
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To: Hannah Senesh
Halimi left for the meeting on January 20, and has been missing ever since.

They had this poor guy for nearly a month? He was just found sometime last week, still barely alive. Horrible.

40 posted on 02/19/2006 7:19:54 AM PST by texasbluebell
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