[French] Judge profiles new terrorist generation

PARIS, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- France's top antiterrorist judge has painted a chilling picture of a new generation of Islamists terrorists in the country. They are younger and more malleable. They include women and converts to Islam. And their cause to sow chaos and bloodshed is shaped by one main tinderbox: Iraq. "Never has the radicalization been so strong," said antiterrorist judge Jean- Louis Bruguiere, in an interview published in France's Le Figaro newspaper Wednesday.

"We're witnessing, in fact, a transformation of (Islamist terrorist) networks, with much younger new actors, often even minors and therefore much more malleable," said Bruguiere.

That's a change, he said, from classic Islamic radicals in France, who have spawned from North African movements such as the Armed Islamic Group, and have been blamed for killing thousands of Algerians during the country's bloody civil war of the 1990s.

"The converts are undeniably the hardest ones," in terms of their allegiance to radical causes, Bruguiere told Le Figaro. "The conversions today are more rapid and their engagement is more radical."

Young French women converting to Islam are particularly sought after, he added, since foreign radicals can obtain French nationality by marrying them. Indeed, female suspects emerged among the Islamist radicals who plotted an attack on the eastern French city of Strasbourg in 2000, and in a cell plotting to blow up the U.S. embassy in Paris in 2001.

The judge's comments come just two days after French police rounded up four suspected Islamist radicals in France's Loiret region south of Paris. Two of those arrested were French converts to Islam, believed to be associated with Islamist Safe Bourada, who were arrested last week in a separate sweep. Eight other Islamist suspects, including two women, were also arrested during a late September sweep of two regions outside Paris.

French media reported that those arrested had plotted to strike the Paris metro, France's DST counterterrorism agency and the Orly airport outside Paris. Police also found a bomb-making manual in the home of one of the suspects arrested Monday, Le Parisien reported Tuesday. Bruguiere has specialized in antiterrorism for more than two decades. Besides Islamist radicals, he has pursued the far-left French group, Action Direct. But he is possibly best known for having tracked down and captured Carlos the Jackal, in 1994.

Bruguiere's remarks to Le Figaro offer the latest clue into the thinking and profile of Islamist radicals in Europe. The subject has jumped to the top of analysts' priority lists, following the July bombings in London and the March 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid.

In both cases, Islamic terrorists targeted countries with governments closely allied to Washington, who participated in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Indeed, the Madrid train bombings largely contributed to the ousting of former conservative Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who had supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The current Socialist government withdrew Spanish forces from Iraq soon after taking office.

But a rash of arrests here in recent months underscores that France's opposition to the Iraq war does not make the country immune to terrorism. Today, antiterrorist suspects are eyeing a new generation of radicals who have been born and bred in Europe -- or have spent a large part of their lives living on the continent.

They not only include some of the suspects in the London attacks, but also the avowed killers of Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh and Zacarias Massaoui, a French man on trial in the United States in relation to the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Islamist extremists operating in France and elsewhere in Europe have other characteristics, Bruguiere said. "The hard core can be made up of 50-100 people," the French judge told Le Figaro. "Those have the trajectory of an avowed terrorist. Then there is the circle of engaged radicals who bring financial or material support to the cell."

The outer layer consists of vindictive fundamentalists, he said, who might be recruited for any given cause. France is no stranger to terrorist attacks. It was a favored target of Algerian Islamists during the 1990s, in retaliation against Paris' perceived support for Algeria's military-backed government. A

new website sponsored by the French government and the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic research notes some 1,500 terrorist attacks since 1965 have targeted France or its interests overseas.

Today, radicals have added an arsenal of new weapons to their disposal, Bruguiere said, including chemical and biological ones, like ricin. In many cases they have been trained to use them in camps in Afghanistan or Georgia.

Copy of communications between Sassanian Shahnshah Yazdgird III (632 AD - 651 AD) and Omar Ibn Al Khatab Khalifat Al Muslemin, after the battle of Ghadesiyeh that brought Arab rule over Iran to present time. The original copy of this letter from Yazdgird III (632 AD - 651 AD)is kept in the museum of London and hopefully one day we can buy it back from the British who took it from us! In point of fact it is our patriotic duty to possess this valuable asset.

The date in which this letter has been written is after the battle of Ghadesiyeh. As many of you may know a natural disaster in the form of a massive sand storm was blown upon the front line of Iranian troops and so took away their battle vision thus causing the loss of this battle. Later on Muslim Khalif mentioned that Allah sent the massive Sand Storm in Iranian Faces which was why they lost the battle. Allah was the protector of Muslim against Ajams (what Arabs call Iranians which means retarded). The battle of Ghadesiyeh did not just cost us a great loss due to a natural disaster, yet it also cost us the life of our greatest Iranian hero the Commanderin Chief of Iranian Army, General Arteshbod "Rostam-e Farokhzad." Arabskilled Rostam in this battle. Rostam and his squad fought until the last drop of their blood and at the end even after he lost his sword, he foughtthe Arabs with bare hands and his shield. May Pak Dadar Ahuramazda Blessthe ravaan of Rostam who was the symbol of Persian Empire and Iranian Glory.

From: Omar Ibn Al Khatab Khalifat Al Muslemin
To: Yazdgird III Shahanshah of Persian Empire Yazdgird,

I see not a fruitful future for you and your nation unless you accept my offer and commit Bei'at (Joining with Khalifat and bringingIslam). Once upon a time your land ruled half the known world but what has it come down to now? Your troops are defeated in all fronts and your nation is bound to collapse. I offer you a way to rescue yourself. Start praying toa mono God, a single union God, the only God who created everything in the universe.We bring you and the world his message, he who is the true God. Stop your FireWorship, command your nation to stop their Fire
Worship which is false;join us by joining the truth. Worship Allah O Akbar the only true God, The creator of universe. Worship to Allah and accept Islam as your salvation. End yourPagan ways and your false worships now and bring Islam so you can accept Allah O Akbaras your savior. By doing so, you will find the only way to
>>your survival and peace forPersians. If you know what is best for Ajam (Arabic term for Persians meaning Retarded & Weird), you will choose this path. Bei'at is the only way.

Allah O Akbarsign,
Khalifat Al MusleminOmar Ibn Al Khatab

And here is Yazdgird III, most famous response to Omar: From: Shah of Shahs, Shah of Persia and Beyond, Shah of many Kingdoms, Shah of Aryans and Non Aryans, Shah of Persians and many other races as well as Arabs, Shahanshah of Persian Empire, Yazdgird III Sassanid
To: Omar Ibn Al Khatab, Khalifat of Tazi (Persian term for Arabs)
In the name of Ahura Mazda, creator of Life and Intelligence you in your letter wrote that you want to direct us towards your God, Allah O Akbar, without having the true knowledge of who we are and what do we worship! It is amazing that you occupy the position of Khalifat (Ruler) of Arabs, yet your knowledge is the same as a lowly Arab rambler, roaming in deserts of Arabia and same as a desert tribal man!"Little Man" (mardak) you offer me to worship a united and single God without knowing that it has been thousands of years that Persians worship the mono God and they pray to him Five Times a day! In this land of culture and art this has been the normal path of life for years.
When we established the tradition of hospitality and good deeds in the world and we waved the flag of "Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds" in our hands, you and your ancestors were roaming the deserts, eating Lizards for you had nothing else to feed yourselves and burying your innocent daughters alive (an old Arab tradition because they preferred male children to female)!Tazi people have no value for God's creatures! You behead God's children, even the POWs (Prisoners of War), Rape Women, bury your daughters alive, attack the caravans, mass murder, kidnap people's wives and steal their property! Your hearts are made of stone, we condemn all these Evil which you do. How can you teach us Godly Ways when you commit these action? You tell me to stop my Fire Worship! Us, Persians see the Love of Creator and power of inventor in the light of Sun and warmth of Fire. Lights and Warmth of the Sun and Fire makes us see the light of truth and warms our heartsto the creator and to one another. It helps us to be kind to one another, it enlightens us and makes us to keep Mazda's Flame, alive in our hearts. Our lord is Ahura Mazda and it is strange that you people also, just discovered him and named him Allah O Akbar! But we are not the same as you, we are not in the same level as you. We help other human being, we spread love among humanity, we spread Good throughout the Earth, we have been spreading our culture but in respect for other cultures throughout the whole world for thousands of years, yet you in the name of Allah invade other men's land! You mass murder the people, create famine, fear and poverty for others, you create Evil in the name of Allah. Who is responsible for all this catastrophe? Is it Allah who commands you to murder, pillage and to destroy? Is it you the followers of it , the Allah who you do this in his name? Or Is it both? You have risen from
heat of the deserts and burnt out infertile lands with no resources, you want to teach people the love of God by your military campaigns and the power of your Swords! You are Desert Savages, yet you want to teach Urban people like us who lived in the cities for thousands of years, the love of God! We have thousands of years of culture behind us, a powerful tool indeed!Tell us? With all your military campaigns, barbarianism, murder and pillage in the name of Allah O Akbar, what have you taught to this Muslim Army? What knowledge have you taught the Muslim that you also insist on teaching it to non Muslim? What culture have you learned from our Allah, now that you want to force-teach it to others? Alas, Oh Alas...... that todayour Persian Armies of Ahura have been defeated from your recently Allah Worshiping Armies; Now, our people have to worship the same God, the same Five times a day, but forced by the sword to call him Allah and pray to him in Arabic because your Allah only understands Arabic! I suggest, you and your gang of bandits pack up and move back to your deserts where they areused to live.Take them back where they used to the burning heat of the sun, tribal life,eating Lizards and drinking Camel Milk. I forbid you to let your band of thieves loose in our fertile lands, civilized cities and our glorious nation. Don't turn these "beasts with hearts of stone" loose, to mass murder our people, kidnap our women and children, rape our wives and send our daughters to Mecca as slaves! Don't let them do these crimes in the name of Allah O Akbar, put a stop to your criminal behavior. Aryans are forgiving, warm, hospitable, and decent people and everywhere they went, they have spread seeds of friendship, love, knowledgeand truth; therefore, they shall not punish you and your people for your pirate ways and criminal acts. I beg you to remain with your Allah O Akbar in your deserts and do not move close to our civilized cities, for your believes are "Much Fearful" and your behavior is "Most Barbaric"!

sign,
Yazdgird III Sassanid

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