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France fears backlash from militants fighting in Syria
AFP News ^
| September 19, 2013
Posted on 09/19/2013 11:52:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
France's interior minister revealed Thursday that hundreds of homegrown Islamist militants were signing up to fight in Syria and warned they could pose a security threat when they come back.
More than 300 French nationals or residents are either currently fighting in Syria's civil war, planning to go and fight or have recently returned from there, the minister, Manuel Valls, told France Inter radio.
Most of them were young men, often with a delinquent past, who had become radicalised, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: france; islamists; leadingfrombehind; syria
Whoda thunk?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yeah, you invite vampires into your home, you take it in the neck. Whatta surprise ....
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posted on
09/19/2013 11:55:30 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And yet the French wanted to assist them in overthrowing Assad?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
09/19/2013 11:56:29 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: Oldeconomybuyer; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re:
France's interior minister revealed Thursday that hundreds of homegrown Islamist militants were signing up to fight in Syria and warned they could pose a security threat when they come back. How do you say... 
"oxymoron" in French?
"La façon dont ont été sont... 
mon petit chou"
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posted on
09/19/2013 11:57:43 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: MarMema
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posted on
09/19/2013 11:59:45 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“...they could pose a security threat when they come back.”
Hey genius; don’t let them back in. Kill them!
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posted on
09/19/2013 12:02:03 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
There is only one way out of this mess the West has gotten itself into:
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posted on
09/19/2013 12:05:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
As Nelson would say: Ha Ha!
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posted on
09/19/2013 12:06:09 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Plan SHOULD be to encourage them to go, but not to let them come back. Unfortunately, thanks to the EU, France no longer has control of her borders...
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posted on
09/19/2013 12:35:50 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
09/19/2013 12:50:06 PM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, you know why they left the country, yet you let them back in? Insanity!
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posted on
09/19/2013 1:52:13 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/19/2013 1:53:01 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
To: Bigg Red
Well, you know why they left the country, yet you let them back in? Insanity!
And that goes for France too !!!!
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posted on
09/19/2013 2:12:33 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you donÂ’t need to be mystified about a motive.)
To: Bender2
Bender question
How long before France surrender???
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posted on
09/19/2013 2:31:20 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
09/19/2013 4:56:12 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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