France, incl. terrorism & counter-terrorism (catch all)
Quote:
PARIS – There's no French James Bond. But a new push may set the stage for one.
France's secretive international spy agency, the DGSE, is recruiting hundreds of people and getting a budget boost, despite frugal times, to better fend off threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation. France's answer to the CIA is buffing its image as well, with its first-ever spokesman and a new website.
The move follows hostage-takings abroad, bomb scares at the Eiffel Tower and fallout from WikiLeaks' publication of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
France is also set to ban face-covering Islamic veils, which has roiled Muslim extremists around the world and drawn threats from Al-Qaida.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_france...JhbmNlc3NweXNl
France, terrorism & CT (merged thread)
Over the past few days there has been a series of shooting's that have occured around Toulouse as well as elsewhere in Southwestern France.
The attacks at the moment appear to be commited by only one indivdual, and they have first targeted French military personnel mainly of African or Black origin. And yesterday there was a shooting at a Jewish school in the region that killed several people including teachers & schoolchildern.
The motives or even who the shooter might be is unknown at this time other then it probably is only one person. This comes at a bad time in France politically because of the French Presidental race.
Initial thoughts were focused on Islamic extremists committing these acts, but the police are also equally looking at the possibilty that Neo-Nazi's or other's on the right-right might be behind this. As well the possibilty that it could just be a lone nutcase with no agenda other then harming other people.
There is nothing else to suggest the motives of this gunman, other then the occupations or ethnicty of the victims, which in the latter aspect could only be concidental in the case of the French military personnel shot.
This is an interesting series of incidents though.
Any thoughts on it?
http://www.france24.com/en/20120320-...iller-toulouse
Excluded as suspects & a note
Quote:
Originally Posted by
AdamG
Focus fell Tuesday on three paratroopers who had been expelled from their regiment near Toulouse in 2008 for neo-Nazi sympathies, a police official said. The killer on Monday handled large-caliber guns with expertise, leading some to suspect he had a military or police background.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...-paratroopers/
I heard / read that these three have already been arrested and excluded from the investigation.
Earlier today much was being made of the murderer wearing a high risk sports camera on his chest, as recommended by a Mr Brevik,
Why people do not denonciate such crazy crimes?
Tueries de Toulouse et de Montauban : une femme activement recherche
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/tuerie-toul...192000359.html
Montauban and Toulouse killings: Police is actively searching for a woman.
Since several days, the police is looking for a woman who was on the phone with the suspect just few minutes before the attack on the school. She was in a train in the Paris area. Apparently, according to another article, she was in tears asking the suspect to stop killing. She is now wanted for non denonciation of a terrorist crime.