http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-north-of-paris-arrest-6-suspected -members-of-islamic-extremist-recruiting-ring/2011/05/10/AFAq8BhG_story.html
Police north of Paris arrest 6 suspected members of Islamic extremist recruiting ring By Associated Press, Published: May 10 PARIS - French police arrested six men on Tuesday, including an Indian seized at the airport as he arrived from Algeria, as they investigated a recruiting network to train jihad fighters in Pakistan. Police swept into homes in a search for clues and were holding the suspects following the arrests north of Paris at Charles de Gaulle airport and in the towns of Stains and Garges-les-Gonesse. * ( Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press ) - French interior minister Claude Gueant, right, greets U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, prior to the G8 Interior ministers two-day conference held in Paris, Tuesday May 10, 2011. G-8 envoys are joined by officials from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe, and international groups like Interpol, the International Monetary Fund, plus regional bodies. Fighting the cocaine trade is the main subject of the conference. Interior Minister Claude Gueant told reporters about the arrests Tuesday during a news conference ending a meeting on fighting cocaine trafficking. Another Interior Ministry official said the arrests did not immediately appear to have links to any possible terrorism plots in France. Those arrested are thought to have links with two French persons from the Paris region arrested in January in Lahore, Pakistan, and suspected of wanting to train for a holy war, according to a police official. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the case and requested anonymity. A seventh person was detained but later released, the official said. France and other Western countries remain on high alert for possible terror attacks after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a May 1 U.S. military raid in Pakistan. Counterterrorism officials in France have long been aware that homegrown militants could travel to countries including Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan to get training in weapons and explosives, and then return to carry out terror attacks in France. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
