French bill targets overseas militant training camps

Gerald · 10-04-12, 11:33 AM

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The French government is drafting a bill that would allow the prosecution of people who train as militants in extremist camps overseas.

The move comes six months after Frenchman Mohamed Merah killed seven people in shootings near Toulouse.

Merah claimed links to al-Qaeda and said he had attended training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

New legislation will also allow authorities to monitor suspects thought to be running extremist websites.

Those found to have attended militant training camps overseas could face up to 10 years in prison.

French authorities have been criticised for failing to act on intelligence about Merah, whose links to foreign Islamists were known to them as early as 2009.

He was part of worldwide network with contacts in 20 different countries.

Merah killed three Jewish school children, three paratroopers and a rabbi before being killed himself at the end of a long police siege of his flat.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19819048

Note: 3 October 2012 Last updated at 22:29 GMT

eddie · 10-04-12, 12:48 PM

I wonder if they would concider kicking them out of the country after serving their 10 years in prison. I would think their hatred of all things in France would fester while in prison, causing them to commit a terrorist act as soon as they get out of prison.
Send them back to the ME I say!

Gerald · 10-04-12, 12:57 PM

In some cases, even if they get expelled, so it is not abnormal that they return to the country illegally when they in many cases, have a social and family related (previous life style) background.

TLAM Strike · 10-04-12, 06:33 PM

soopaman2 · 10-04-12, 09:18 PM

French foreign legion is exempt?

They can be construed as the same thing by opposing viewpointed individuals.

Pot? Kettle? Nice to meet you.
Just drop a Jdam bomb on them, and stop being whiny about it.

TLAM Strike · 10-04-12, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by soopaman2

Just drop a Jdam bomb on them, and stop being whiny about it.

The French call their JADM the AASM.

Stealhead · 10-04-12, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

That is the only way to be 100% sure dont want any squiters getting away which can happen with other methods.

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eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	I wonder if they would concider kicking them out of the country after serving their 10 years in prison. I would think their hatred of all things in France would fester while in prison, causing them to commit a terrorist act as soon as they get out of prison. Send them back to the ME I say! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	In some cases, even if they get expelled, so it is not abnormal that they return to the country illegally when they in many cases, have a social and family related (previous life style) background. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	French foreign legion is exempt? They can be construed as the same thing by opposing viewpointed individuals. Pot? Kettle? Nice to meet you. Just drop a Jdam bomb on them, and stop being whiny about it. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.