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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.
(Score: 1, Disagree) by khallow on Thursday April 23 2015, @02:35PM
The louder we shout that it is Islam itself that is the problem, the more we strengthen the very radicals we want to weaken. Nothing rallies the other side like declaring them all evil.
No. There are two problems with your viewpoint. First, it isn't an internal problem. These radicals are harming many other people. We aren't interested in how radicals feel (or the massive populations who give sanction), we're interested in stopping the behavior. Allowing it to continue strengthens the radicals not denouncing their vile works. Islam is a key part of the problem.
Second, it worked before. For example, most racism in the US has been ended this way. We didn't wait for an internal reformation of racism.