BarkleUSA
09-14-2006, 06:56 PM
For those who believe the US intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan is “creating terroists” the French are discovering that hiding under the sheets and opposing the US “creates terrorists” too.
As much as Al Qaida hates the US hunting them down and killing them around the globe - they view France's appeasement as a clear sign of weakness.
A wolf avoids the Sheppard and goes after the weakest sheep as France is discovering.
Current and former French officials specializing in terrorism said Thursday that an al-Qaida alliance with the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, known by its French initials GSPC, was cause for concern.
"We take these threats very seriously," Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said, adding in an interview on France-2 television that the threat to France was "high" and "permanent," and that "absolute vigilance" was required.
Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, announced the "blessed union" in a video posted this week on the Internet to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
France's leader have repeatedly warned that the decision not to join the U.S.-led war in Iraq would not shield the country from Islamic terrorism. French participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon could give extremists another reason to strike.
More… (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/sep/14/091408345.html)
As much as Al Qaida hates the US hunting them down and killing them around the globe - they view France's appeasement as a clear sign of weakness.
A wolf avoids the Sheppard and goes after the weakest sheep as France is discovering.
Current and former French officials specializing in terrorism said Thursday that an al-Qaida alliance with the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, known by its French initials GSPC, was cause for concern.
"We take these threats very seriously," Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said, adding in an interview on France-2 television that the threat to France was "high" and "permanent," and that "absolute vigilance" was required.
Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, announced the "blessed union" in a video posted this week on the Internet to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
France's leader have repeatedly warned that the decision not to join the U.S.-led war in Iraq would not shield the country from Islamic terrorism. French participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon could give extremists another reason to strike.
More… (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/sep/14/091408345.html)