Posté le Dimanche 10 décembre 2006 par Sittingbull
French nationals involved in Jihadi ops across the Arab world
By Olivier Guitta
Just last week, we learned that three French Jihadis on their way to Iraq to kill US troops were arrested in Syria and shipped back to France. These three young men aged 19,20 and 31 were from Tours and attended the same Salafi mosque in that quite provincial town. Most worrisome for French authorities is the fact that they were not at all viewed as extremists and did not show on any list. Most troubling one of them Mustafa El Sanharawi comes from a well to do integrated family where his father is a heart surgeon, his mother a professor and three of his siblings are currently studying medicine. Also Mustafa was a brilliant student who had just been selected to study in one of the best engineering schools in Paris. This is a case in point which shows that the poverty/non integrated explanation, that so many commentators and experts alike like to cite when talking about the reasons of joining the Jihad, does not work.
Also in another case, Egyptian authorities announced on December 4 the dismantling of a terrorist cell composed of 9 French (some of North African descent and some converts), 2 Belgian, one American and a couple of Syrian, Egyptian and Tunisian citizens. This group was in charge of recruiting and preparing potential « martyrs » for attacks in Iraq. It was in possession of documents proving their belonging to a foreign terrorist group. These arrests were made possible thanks to the testimony of two Belgian jihadis recently arrested in Saudi Arabia along with 137 other Islamists. Egypt is more and more used by Jihadis on their way to Iraq – the Syrian route might become too obvious for Western jihadis- for instance about 15 French nationals went through Egypt on their way to Iraq. About a year and half ago Egypt had kicked out four French citizens for this reason. Egypt is obviously downplaying its new undesired role and that’s why French authorities are getting no help whatsoever from their Egyptian counterparts.
It is also somewhat easier for French nationals to study and move to Egypt compared to Syria for instance. A recent Renseignements Generaux- a branch of French police- pointed out the dangers of the teaching of the Cairo madrassa Al Qortoba potentially attended by French citizens.
Also interestingly, one of the main Algerian terrorists behind the 1995 wave of terror attacks in France Safe Bourrada, went straight to Cairo for six months after his liberation to start up a new cell just before being arrested again in France for alleged involvement in a major terror plot targeting the Paris-Orly airport among other things.
In total, nine French died in Iraq fighting US troops including two in suicide attacks, two more are currently jailed in Iraq and another 30 or so in France and 12 more are suspected to be in Irak right now.
French authorities and especially French anti-terror judge Jean Louis Bruguiere are very worried by this trend; in particular the fact that these young jihadis could come back to France well trained and ready to commit terror acts on French soil.
December 6, 2006 01:28 PM
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3 réponses à “Certains francais épousent à fond la mondialisation (du terrorisme)”
11 déc 06 à 13:32
Il s’agit de l’ENSTA à Paris
11 déc 06 à 12:28
Juste par curiosité, quelqu’un sait de quelle école d’ingénieur il s’agit ?
Ariane
10 déc 06 à 17:01
I linked this story to my Japanese blog,
http://biglizards.net/strawberryblog/archives/2006/12/post_247.html
along with the story that some French super-markets are bannnig teenagers to shop, because of increasing problems caused by som « youths. »
It is matter of time that France will be attacked by their domestic Moslem terrorists. I hope the government of France is ready for that.
