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“His Life Is in Danger”: ISIS Leader Asking for Repatriation in France
The European Conservative ^ | feb 14, 2025 | Hélène de Lauzun

Posted on 02/14/2025 11:06:47 AM PST by posterchild

One of the high dignitaries of the Islamic State, a French national, has been held prisoner by the Kurds in northern Syria since 2018. Believing his life to be in danger, he has asked to be repatriated to France, which has created controversy: it was in fact through him that the French learned of Daesh’s involvement in two terrorist attacks on French soil.

The man was born Adrien Guihal on the French civil register, but for the Islamic State, he goes by the name Abu Oussama al-Faransi. Aged 40, he converted to radical Islam in 2002. In 2008, he took part in an attempted terrorist attack on the headquarters of the French intelligence service, foiled by the French authorities, earning him a prison sentence. Released in 2012, he then worked in a car garage reputed to be a haunt of jihadists. He travelled to Syria in 2015. Three years later, he was captured by Kurdish forces in Raqqa, then the short-lived capital of the Islamic State. He has since been imprisoned in northeastern Syria.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; France; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boohoo; isis

1 posted on 02/14/2025 11:06:47 AM PST by posterchild
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To: posterchild

Too bad the French closed Devil’s Island.


2 posted on 02/14/2025 11:08:54 AM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL
He has since been imprisoned in northeastern Syria.

Is the food as good as they say?

3 posted on 02/14/2025 11:11:29 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: LukeL

Very.


4 posted on 02/14/2025 11:19:05 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: posterchild

If the French authorities have an ounce of brain, they will just say NON!!

Ca ne marchere jamais!
(that will never work)


5 posted on 02/14/2025 11:19:30 AM PST by lee martell
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To: posterchild

The Ayatollah Khomeini lived in France for 15 years before returning to Iran.

Anything bad that happens, you can bet the French had something to do with it.


6 posted on 02/14/2025 11:20:08 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: posterchild

I wonder what the French equivalent for FAFO would be?


7 posted on 02/14/2025 11:25:34 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: posterchild

Isn’t Death the way of Jihad?


8 posted on 02/14/2025 11:27:43 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: posterchild

Haha! More popcorn!


9 posted on 02/14/2025 12:33:40 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: posterchild

Give israel his coordinates. Freedom.


10 posted on 02/14/2025 2:44:28 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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I propose a compromise: repatriate his remains for burial in France.


11 posted on 02/14/2025 3:00:35 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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