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David wrote:

On 26 Jul 2005 17:30:40 -0700, wrote:



kk4tl wrote:
The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced yesterday
that it had raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide" after
the recent attacks in Great Britain.

The only two higher levels in France are "Surrender" and "Collaborate".

The raise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's
white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.

Now THATS a joke! But not in the way you wish it was.



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450398/posts


The French don't use quaint graphic "alert levels". They use one colour:
Red. The colour of the dripping corpse of anyone who even *thinks* about
terrorism.


"The first to confront its Islamic terrorist threat was France, home to
Europe's largest Muslim community, which faced a series of bomb attacks
in Paris in the 1980s and 1990s. Most of France's five million Muslims
are Arabs from its former colonies in North Africa, particularly
Algeria. The attacks on Paris were seen as revenge both for the past
colonisation of Algeria and for supporting the present military regime.

The French Government clamped down on radical Islam in a way that no
other country has. No mosque or Islamic prayer hall is off limits to
police. Imams preaching hate are regularly deported. France stopped
giving asylum to Islamic extremists wanted in their home country, and
was disgusted when many of them were given refuge in Britain. As a
result of France's draconian anti- terror laws, the country is thought
to be comparatively free of terrorist networks."

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But considering the more recent jihadist tactic of targeting the US, if
you really, really so desperately desire France to be weak on terrorism,
well, perhaps they must just oblige you.


Cheers.