French Suspect Militant Died In Toulouse Chem Blast

Wall St. Journal ^ | Oct 4, 2001 | Dow Jones Newswires

[The Raven]

PARIS -- French daily paper Le Figaro said Thursday a man known to police for Islamic militant sympathies was found dead at the site of the Sept. 21 blast at TotalFinaElf's (TOT) AZF fertilizer plant in Toulouse in which 29 people died.

[The Raven]

The plot thickens

[AppyPappy]

The world will find out that terrorists are everywhere. You fight them now or you fight them later. But you will have to fight them. We allowed this cancer to spread by apathy.

[lavaroise]

Scientists say that it is unlikely that the chemicals would auto explode because they do not burn at ambient temperatures even if exposed to flames temporarily. This explosion has been caused by a bomb.... despite the denial. Funny how the chief prosecutor of France does politics instead of looking at facts by implying arabs would not do that.

[Milosevic2]

My prediction : If Russia's plane explosion was a terrorist act (like it looks like) then Russia will not follow the same politics of lies as NATO.
Rememember :
Sept. 21, 2001 - worst "accident" in France since the second world war (29 dead, 600+ seriously injured, "thousands" injured). Toxic cloud over Toulouse, headquaters for Airbus and Ariane. Immediately the French government discards ("99%") the possibility of a terrorist act.
Sept. 28 - the experts demolish the government version that it would have been an accident. One week later the french media is still talking about "thousands" injured, without giving precise numbers. The media also mentions "thousands" plaints against the government. Any other facts are from now on censored.

[aristeides]

A police investigation might be able to determine who cleaned out Jandoubi's apartment.

[The Raven]

If you can read French - here's the link

[AppyPappy]

I don't speak French. I'm a heterosexual.

[illstillbe]

As you say, The Raven ... the plot thickens ...
Scary times, we are in ...

[Pearls Before Swine]

My prediction : If Russia's plane explosion was a terrorist act (like it looks like) then Russia will not follow the same politics of lies as NATO.

Well, Russia will be more direct in fighting Muslim interests, without pretending to worry about hurting their feelings.

I wonder if it would make their actions in relation to the US more straightforward and understandable. Why ally with Iran over weapons, when they support Islamic revolution, albeit the Shiite brand, or feed high powered weapons such as the Sunburn anti-ship missles to China that could be given to the terrorists we would both be fighting? There wouldn't be much point in playing both ends against the middle any more.

[NixNatAVanG InDaBurgh]

It looks like it's going to be a long winter, doesn't it? Damn them!!!

[Cachelot]

A police investigation might be able to determine who cleaned out Jandoubi's apartment.

Always supposing, of course, that there aren't terrorist plants already well placed within the police.

[Milosevic2]

Check (in French) how mass media is hiding all this. Yes even Le Figaro hides this in the front page ...
http://www.lemonde.fr/
http://www.lefigaro.fr/

[csvset]

I went to Babelfish. The translation is akin to AYBBTU. It seems as the the "militant" was a warehouse worker.

What kind of stuff did he work with? Ammonium nitrate. Hmmmmm....

[Milosevic2]

Good remark. Keep in mind that one third of Toulous's population below 40 is moslem.

[blam]

"I don't speak French. I'm a heterosexual."

LOL!

[The Raven]

Yes even Le Figaro hides this in the front page ... You know, I noticed that. This post was not an easy find, BTW.

[aristeides]

Thanks for the link. That Figaro article says that the guy's live-in girlfriend admits having thrown away all his stuff, so as, she says, to be able to forget about him. I don't believe her.

The article also says the guy was recently initiated into Islamism by an imam at a mosque in Toulouse.

[Milosevic2]

Why (Russia) ally with Iran over weapons, when they support Islamic revolution, albeit the Shiite brand, ...
Iran isn't doing anything Russia can't accept. Unlike NATO. (See my link above)

[livius]

Thanks for the link, Raven. Sounds like there are many unanswered questions. Personally, I suspect this was a freelancer carrying out the "fatwah," although the detail about his apartment being hastily cleaned out looks more than a little suspicious.

[The Raven]

Thanks for the translation. I was going to "feed" the text into one of those French--> English translaters.