France is on high terror alert
Assuming that bad president Chirac ever thought that staying out of Iraq would keep the 5th Republic safe from the Islamists, well, he's wrong. It's got nothing to do with whether you're against Islamofascism or not. It's only got what to do with if you're considered inferior to Islam that does. And that's what the al Qaeda considers France to be. From Eursoc (via Hot Air):
ABC's Blotter says that an attack on France could likely take place in the next coming weeks, so a full alert is definitely neccasary.
The head of France's interior ministry terror unit says that three terrorist attacks have been scuppered by his department in the past 18 months. Targets are reported to have included the Paris Metro underground network and Orly, one of Paris' two major airports.Believe me, even if they didn't ban the burka in schools, they'd still hate the French, because that's what all followers of Islam are taught to do, hate the dhimmis.
Christophe Chaboud told the International Herald Tribune that the plots - first uncovered in September 2005 - are thought to be linked to next Spring's presidential election. Security around prominent campaigners, including interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal has been stepped up following the threats.
Senior security forces sources believe jihadi terrorists with experience of fighting western forces in Iraq have been involved in the plots. They follow an Algerian terror group which considers Paris its major target joining forces with international al-Qaeda elements who have declared war on "Crusaders" whether American, British or French. France's banning of the Islamic headscarf in schools is thought to have added to anti-French feeling among Islamists (a senior Iranian cleric also issued a fatwa against France when the ban came into law).
The terror group, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), "pledged allegiance" to Osama bin Laden in 2003. Members are thought to be active in Spain, Italy and across North Africa, as well as France.Salafists are some of the worst Islamofascists to be found on earth. They are as dangerous as can be.
76 people have been arrested since June 2005 in connection with GSPC plots. Eleven were arrested in one sweep in September 2005 in connection with the two plots above and a further alleged planned attack on the headquarters of France's anti-terror unit.
ABC's Blotter says that an attack on France could likely take place in the next coming weeks, so a full alert is definitely neccasary.
