France is examining terrorist recruitment propaganda

Associated Press ^ | Feb 10, 2015 9:06 PM EST | Edith M. Lederer

[Olog-hai]

France is looking at the sophisticated propaganda, indoctrination and other methods used to recruit terrorists, including social media and video games, as part of its wide-ranging campaign to eradicate “the devastating force of terrorism,” the country’s justice minister said Tuesday.

Christiane Taubira told an open meeting of the U.N. Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee that following last month’s attacks on the Charlie Hebdo weekly newspaper and a kosher supermarket that killed 20 people, including three gunmen, France is also asking what draws recruits to view terrible violence as “a noble cause.”

And it is examining the fascination with crime and death, and the disparities between rich and poor that lead some people to believe they have no future, she said. …

[Olog-hai]

Looking at the wrong cause again. Socialists falling all over themselves to evade saying the I-word or M-word.

[Travis McGee]

Wait until the shooting phase starts, and the French discover that the invaders have been stockpiling thousands of weapons. Every no-go-zone is going to look like Beirut in the 80s.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Islam itself is the most dangerous propaganda tool for recruiting terrorists. But I’ll bet they’re not looking into that.

[TigersEye]

They’re going back and reviewing old 0bama speeches?

[sparklite2]

I blame Call of Duty.

[BobL]

Import 6 MILLION of them and then wonder if they might have bad intentions for your country.

REALLY SMART.

[workerbee]

Christiane Taubira told an open meeting of the U.N. Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee that following last month’s attacks on the Charlie Hebdo weekly newspaper and a kosher supermarket that killed 20 people, including three gunmen, France is also asking what draws recruits to view terrible violence as “a noble cause.”

So, gee... the poor "gunmen" were just victims of the "terrible violence", too?

[BBell]

It sounds ludicrous but I agree. The current generation of service men and women are heavily into video games.

[The_Media_never_lie]

And it is examining the fascination with crime and death, and the disparities between rich and poor that lead some people to believe they have no future, she said. …

There are plenty of poor Mexican people who do not go around blowing limbs off people or chop their heads off. It is really not that hard to figure out if you discard political correctness.