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Reports: Plot to attack Paris subway, airport thwarted.
MSNBC ^ | Sept. 27, 2005 | AP

Posted on 09/27/2005 7:16:40 AM PDT by HHKrepublican

PARIS - Authorities fear that a suspected Islamic terror cell broken up in France was plotting attacks on the Paris subway, an airport and an intelligence agency's headquarters, newspapers said Tuesday.

Police arrested nine people Monday in the sweep, including an Islamic militant previously convicted on terrorism charges and freed from prison two years ago, officials said.

Le Figaro and Le Parisien newspapers said the alleged cell's suspected targets included the Metro, a Paris airport and the Paris headquarters of the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance, or DST, a police intelligence and counterterrorism agency.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: foiled; france; jihaineurope; paris
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Why so sophisticated...we all know it only takes one gun :)
1 posted on 09/27/2005 7:16:41 AM PDT by HHKrepublican
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To: HHKrepublican

Without reading the article, I'm convinced it's that Franco-Amish terror cell.


2 posted on 09/27/2005 7:20:21 AM PDT by neodad (Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
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To: HHKrepublican

Why would the attack a Nation they already defeated?


3 posted on 09/27/2005 7:20:38 AM PDT by CAP811 (One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place)
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To: neodad

Those damn Amish again!


4 posted on 09/27/2005 7:20:48 AM PDT by HHKrepublican
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To: HHKrepublican

Their "reward" for opposing the US on Iraq, apparently.


5 posted on 09/27/2005 7:20:53 AM PDT by fluffy
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To: HHKrepublican

I guess France was about to be attacked becuase of their strident support of U.S. efforts in Iraq.


6 posted on 09/27/2005 7:20:54 AM PDT by threeleftsmakearight
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To: HHKrepublican
Authorities fear that a suspected Islamic terror cell broken up in France was plotting attacks on the Paris subway, an airport and an intelligence agency's headquarters, newspapers said Tuesday.

Well, if France wasn't part of the forces in Iraq, the Islamists wouldn't be attacking them.

Wait a minute, they're not. What gives?

Could it be that Islamists will find a rationalization for attacking Western countries, one way or the other?

7 posted on 09/27/2005 7:21:31 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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I think that banning headscarves in schools would do it.


8 posted on 09/27/2005 7:22:29 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: HHKrepublican

This is Hugh and Series. What if France has to surrender to itself! Is that a paradox that could destroy the universe?

Keep me updated.


9 posted on 09/27/2005 7:23:46 AM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: dirtboy

Could it be that Islamists will find a rationalization for attacking Western countries, one way or the other?


&&
Ya think?....


10 posted on 09/27/2005 7:24:35 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Do not trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: HHKrepublican

11 posted on 09/27/2005 7:25:06 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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The French fought VERY hard in World War I, and in just six weeks of World War II lost more soldiers killed than the U.S. Army did during the entire war, so the "surrender monkey" label is most unfair.


12 posted on 09/27/2005 7:26:55 AM PDT by Grand Old Partisan
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To: HHKrepublican

Welcome to the party Jacques.


13 posted on 09/27/2005 7:29:39 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: gardencatz

Ping. You might want this article for your bookmarks.


14 posted on 09/27/2005 7:30:02 AM PDT by KJC1
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To: CAP811

In fact, France has some of the more rigorous measures in place to combat terrorism. And they've given us more intelligence since 9/11 than most countries. But they certainly keep it hiden, don't they?


15 posted on 09/27/2005 7:30:11 AM PDT by twigs
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To: HHKrepublican

What, you mean being anti-American and anti-war, and turning your government and society over to Islamophilic leftist scumbags isn't enough?

I guess until 100% of the French face Mecca and prostrate 5 times a day under the black cloud of Islam, nothing will appease the bloodthirsty b@stards.

(hats off to Harper)


16 posted on 09/27/2005 7:30:52 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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It was thwarted because once the french found out about the plot, they immediately surrendered. Thus making the plot unneccessary and thwarted.


17 posted on 09/27/2005 7:32:40 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (You should post without reading once a day. If my post makes no sense, I am filling my quota.)
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>The French fought VERY hard in World War I, and in just six weeks of World War II lost more soldiers [?!] killed than the U.S. Army did during the entire war...

You are not quite right.
According to stats, most deaths
were French civilians.

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World War II Casualties

French Soldiers: 123,000
French Civilians: 470,000
French Deaths: 593,000

US Soldiers: 405,400
US Civilians:
US Deaths: 405,400

18 posted on 09/27/2005 7:38:51 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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...including an Islamic militant previously convicted on terrorism charges and freed from prison two years ago...

________________________________________________________

Whoa! I guess rehabilitation efforts didn't work. Next time lose the key!


19 posted on 09/27/2005 7:41:20 AM PDT by twoputt
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What if France has to surrender to itself! Is that a paradox that could destroy the universe?

No ... unless one considers France to be the Universe (which the French do, of course).

20 posted on 09/27/2005 7:45:26 AM PDT by Smile-n-Win (Don't let them take things away from you on behalf of the public good!)
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