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French rabbi got death threat before stabbing ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS, Jan. 4 —A French rabbi received a death threat vowing revenge for Palestinians just hours before he was stabbed in a Paris synagogue, his associates said Saturday. The attacker wore a motorcycle helmet and shouted ''God is great'' in Arabic before fleeing, Farhi said. Just hours earlier, the rabbi received a threatening letter vowing to ''avenge the blood of our Palestinian brothers,'' according to the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a group founded by Farhi's father. ''Having set fire to his synagogue, we will take our revenge directly against him,'' the group cited the letter as saying. Farhi's synagogue was damaged by fire in May. ''To succumb to such pressures and blackmail would encourage extremists of all types,'' Farhi said Saturday. Anti-Jewish violence increased in France after Israeli-Palestinian fighting broke out in September 2000 and has continued to mount since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States. France has both large Jewish and Muslim communities. Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, himself a recent stabbing victim, denounced the attack as ''an odious aggression.'' In a statement, Delanoe said he hopes the attacker will be caught and bought to justice quickly. He expressed ''profound solidarity with Rabbi Farhi and his family'' and sympathy to the Jewish community. On Oct. 6, Delanoe underwent emergency surgery shortly after being stabbed in the abdomen at City Hall by a man who said he disliked homosexuals. © 2003 Associated Press. -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus http://signaturehealthsystems.myarbonne.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
