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French Terror Plot Foiled By Gun-Handling Accident

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday April 22 2015, @06:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the geeks-who-can't-handle-their-guns dept.

wantkitteh writes:

BBC News reports that French police have arrested a 24-year old Algerian man accused of plotting a terror attack against churches who called an ambulance after suffering self-inflicted gunshot wounds:

The man, a computer science student who had lived in France for several years, was detained on Sunday after he apparently shot himself by accident and called for an ambulance. Police followed a trail of blood leading to his vehicle, where they found notes "unambiguously demonstrating" he planned an imminent attack, according to [Minister of the Interior] Mr Cazeneuve. "Several war weapons, hand guns, ammunition, bullet-proof vests, and computer and telephone hardware" were discovered at his car and home, Mr Cazeneuve added.

No links between the man and other terror groups was found, although he was previously flagged by police after he expressed the desire to travel to Syria to fight with militants, a sentiments shared by hundreds of other French citizens already fighting with ISIS. The man has also been connected to the death of a woman found in her car near Paris, although no details have yet been released concerning his link to that case.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:40PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:40PM (#174287) Journal

    In Latest Book, Ayaan Hirsi Ali Says Reform Is The Best Weapon Against Radical Islam

    That sounds like a 180° change of position with respect to her earlier essays, e.g. in "De Maagdenkooi", p. 81 in her collection "Ayaan Hirsi Ali Verzameld", she was very pessimistic about this kind of internal reformation.
    (WARNING: essay may lead to depression)

    "De enige echte hoop voor moslims is dat ze zelfkritiek gaan uitoefenen en de morele waarden, ontleend aan de koran, gaan toetsen. Dan pas kunnen ze uit de kooi breken waarin ze hun vrouwen, en daarmee zichzelf, gevangenhouden."

    (approx. p. 10 of de Maagdenkooi)

    Maybe she has detected an improvement in the lives of muslim girls in the past decade..

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday April 23 2015, @03:34PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday April 23 2015, @03:34PM (#174327) Journal

    "Maybe she has detected an improvement in the lives of muslim girls in the past decade.."

    I just so happen to have a vast tract of swamp land in New Mexico to sell you. Don't worry the US Government won't get any taxes from it as it's located in Mexico...

    --
    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

    • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Thursday April 23 2015, @05:56PM

      by fritsd (4586) on Thursday April 23 2015, @05:56PM (#174375) Journal

      LOL

      I'm just expressing that she used to be (in)famous about her critical stance towards islam (she was one of the most famous politicians in the Netherlands for quite a while). Now she moved to the USA in exasperation, and suddenly she produces a book "hey look people! it's all not so bad!"