 | | 03-20-2004, 12:36 PM |
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Originally posted by StellaSlight:
<STRONG>France has been threatened by islamic organizations for the past decade. They even tried their first 9/11 by hijacking a plane to crash it on the Eiffel Tower. I guess it's because of our own ambigous relations with our past colonies like Algeria.
Looks like this time their object of anger is the new law on the scarf at public schools.</STRONG>
| Yes, StellaSlight is right, there was an attempt in 1995, i think, to crash a plane on the Eiffel Tower, but a group of intervention called the GIGN prevented it.
Anyway, Europe has always had to fight terrorism, long before Al-Qaida : Action Directe in the 70's in France, and the FIS in the 80's/90's. IRA for Great Britain, ETA for Spain, the RED Brigades for Italy.
So Al-Qaida is a threat, but we are used to terrorism, wherever it comes from. __________________ - Michael & Maria - a CONNECTION, a CHEMISTRY, they have it... they're one of the hottest couple on tv (David Nutter, director)
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