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Tale of Torture and Murder Horrifies the Whole of FRANCE
The New York Sun ^ | February 22, 2006 | Michel Gurfinkiel

Posted on 02/22/2006 4:02:11 AM PST by IrishMike

The brutal abduction and murder in Paris of a young Jewish man by a gang of African emigrants called the 'barbarians' has shocked the whole of France, which once again has been obliged to face its anti-Semetic past. The murder of a 23 year old cell-phone salesman, llan halimi, took plase over three weeks, during which he was tortured while his captors tried to extract a ransom from his family. Halimi was lured to his death by a woman he had met in his telephone store. They met up late on the night of Janruary 20 in one of Paris's southern suburbs, Bagneaux, on what he thought was a date. The next day, his parents received an e-mail telling them their son had been abducted and would be released on payment of about $540,000.00. In order to convince Halimi's parents their son had been kidnapped, the abductors borrowed a trick from Islamist kidnappers who abduct westerners in the Middle East. They sent a picture of the young man being threatened by a gun, and holding a newspaper to prove the date and time.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europe; france; islam; jihad; terrorism; terrorist; wot
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To: IrishMike

We have our own "no-go zone" in the USA -- it's called "the Mexican border."


41 posted on 02/22/2006 7:06:16 AM PST by Snickersnee (Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
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To: IrishMike

Islam is evil.


42 posted on 02/22/2006 11:59:51 AM PST by stinkerpot65
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To: IrishMike
... African emigrants ...

So much for objective reporting.
43 posted on 02/22/2006 12:02:30 PM PST by Beckwith (The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
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To: IrishMike

Thanks for looking.


44 posted on 02/22/2006 1:33:21 PM PST by backhoe
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