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| The Vicious Frenchman |
| 2004-09-06 |
| ...Rather, it is because the French fight Islamic militants in ways that would make Israeli Shin Bit chief Avi Dichter proud and US Attorney General John Ashcroft envious. "France has taken one of the hardest lines of any Western country in fighting Islamic extremism," writes reporter John Carreyrou in The Wall Street Journal. "Other democracies, including the US, have been criticized for excessive methods, such as holding prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But few have been as systematic and zealous as France in attempting to stamp out Islamic militancy." This year, eight Muslim imams have been deported from the country under a 1945 emergency law for preaching "discrimination, hatred or violence against a certain person or groups of persons." The judicial system has staged mega-trials of terrorist suspects — 100 at a time, in one instance. Suspects can be held without trial for years. Torture is not uncommon: According to a BBC report, the British High Court has blocked France's extradition request of Rachid Ramda, wanted in connection to the 1995 bombing, on grounds that "the evidence against him had been beaten out of one of the bombers by the notoriously tough French anti-terrorist police..." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 The only deported mullah that I remember was deported and then undeported quite rapidly. Weren't they quite gleeful that the Moslem Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbolah were helping them free their hostage journalists? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-06 11:36:35 PM |
#5 #3 AC:I go without a shower and stop brushing my teeth for 7 months and get on le Metro and ride all over Paris.So you'll fit in with the Phrench and not be noticed? ;-) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-06 6:07:33 PM |
| #4 (With fake French accent) "Now go away or we shall taunt you a second time." |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2004-09-06 5:15:25 PM |
| #3 Meanwhile, the Vichy pig-dogs have reached a new low: France wants "information" on Russia school siege. Seems they are concerned about human rights abuses by the Russians. I spit on the their Citroen from the top of the Eiffel tower. I urinate on the walls of their subsidized apartment blocks. I blow smoke on them as they stroll by le cafe. I go without a shower and stop brushing my teeth for 7 months and get on le Metro and ride all over Paris. Hmmmm, maybe more decisive measures are needed. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-06 5:03:21 PM |
| #2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2653203.stm A bit old, but the article above mentions the terror of pHrench questioning. Maybe it's Brit-speak for diplomacy (observation, with a bit of mis-trust thrown in);). And why is it taking so long to get Hook to an 18-65's holiday camp run by Mericans somewhere? Surely we've seen and heard enough mad-mullah crap in fair old england now, with no dissent from the masses PCUK seems really f£cked up, taking the tax money to give these people a defence. Wouldn't happen in Zimbabwe, 24 hr Deportation Order, taken very seriously, works every time. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR460242003?open&of=ENG-ZWE |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2004-09-06 4:47:28 PM |
| #1 French toughness begins at Calais and ends at the port of Marseilles. In the middle east appeasement rules. That is, when they're not actually taking the side of the jihadists, er, s'excusez, la resistance contre les ricains |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-06 2:54:01 PM |