France: Insurgency Recruitment Trial Begins
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/world/europe/20briefs-trial.html
March 20, 2008
World Briefing | Europe
France: Insurgency Recruitment Trial Begins
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
By JAMES KANTER [France] [EU] [Paris] [recently a showdown between France’s traditionally strong unions] [versus new president Sarkozy] [with apparent sabotage of railways, public continues to back Sarkozy] [here a near repeat of the holidays 2005 that spilled into January 2006] [I believe Sarkozy was interior minister at the time] [*****]
Six Frenchmen and one Algerian went on trial in Paris, accused of recruiting fighters to join the insurgency in Iraq. [***]The seven, who were arrested at several locations in Paris in 2005, face prison sentences of up to 10 years for “criminal association in a terrorist enterprise” if found guilty. Prosecutors accuse the principal defendant, Farid Benyettou, 26, who followed the Salafist fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, of leading a cell that recruited fighters from among worshipers at the Addawa Mosque in northern Paris [****]and organized their transfer to Iraq via Syria and Egypt. The trial is set to run about one week, with the verdict to come at a later date.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/world/europe/20briefs-trial.html
March 20, 2008
World Briefing | Europe
France: Insurgency Recruitment Trial Begins
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
By JAMES KANTER [France] [EU] [Paris] [recently a showdown between France’s traditionally strong unions] [versus new president Sarkozy] [with apparent sabotage of railways, public continues to back Sarkozy] [here a near repeat of the holidays 2005 that spilled into January 2006] [I believe Sarkozy was interior minister at the time] [*****]
Six Frenchmen and one Algerian went on trial in Paris, accused of recruiting fighters to join the insurgency in Iraq. [***]The seven, who were arrested at several locations in Paris in 2005, face prison sentences of up to 10 years for “criminal association in a terrorist enterprise” if found guilty. Prosecutors accuse the principal defendant, Farid Benyettou, 26, who followed the Salafist fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, of leading a cell that recruited fighters from among worshipers at the Addawa Mosque in northern Paris [****]and organized their transfer to Iraq via Syria and Egypt. The trial is set to run about one week, with the verdict to come at a later date.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company