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| French kidnapped after scarf ban |
| 2004-08-28 |
| Two French nationals have reportedly been taken hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools. Arabic satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported the kidnapping today. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #14 It will be educational to see what, if anything, the french do in response. What will it take for them to wake up? Demands that alcohol be banned? Renaming the future Grand Mosque at Notre Dame? The french are sitting on a demographic time bomb, and the fuse has been lit. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6150 2004-08-28 11:51:20 PM |
| #13 no prob MS - I've had my share of take-backs lately.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-28 10:08:28 PM |
| #12 Heres an idea Frogs,Why don't you cowards put on your funny lil hats n go over there and retrieve your lil pencil pushers. |
| Posted by: Brewer 2004-08-28 10:04:56 PM |
| #11 Re: #8 (Frank G): the Iranians here at the time were our allies, mostly came over during the Shah's regime! Tragic knee-jerk response ... You're right. I take it back. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-28 9:12:44 PM |
| #10 I was at San Diego State - Engineering Dept, and yes, we had our few hotheads wrapped up in fundi fervor, but the overwhelming numbers wanted to stay here rather than go home to Islamic Revolution© and kept a looooowwww profile |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-28 5:34:56 PM |
| #9 "the Iranians here at the time were our allies" I beg to differ. I was in graduate school at the time and we had a lot of Iranian students in my department. They split on the matter, and at one point we non-Iranians were wondering whether it was going to come to blows in public. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-08-28 5:32:32 PM |
| #8 the Iranians here at the time were our allies, mostly came over during the Shah's regime! Tragic knee-jerk response, and confirmation of more of your logic |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-28 5:12:39 PM |
| #7 Re: #3 (Brett): Mike, When did YOU get strident? I have long advocated deporting foreigners as a response to threats to Americans abroad. I thought President Carter should have deported Iranians as a response to the seizure of the Iranian Embassy. It should be a very easy. No foreigner has any right to stay here a day longer than we say so. We can send them back to communicate our anger over there. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-28 4:40:36 PM |
| #6 France: "Let 'em go and we'll remove all our troops from Iraq." Terrorist bastards. If they can't find one excuse for their vile acts, they'll invent another. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-28 4:01:45 PM |
| #5 Do I get a prize for guessing what the punishment for scarf-banning is, according to Islamic militants? My hazard: Beheading! |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-08-28 3:54:41 PM |
| #4 I am not going to pontificate on what the French should or should not do. Ima gonna sit back here and see what the French do: 1. Are they going to do an Aroyyo and cave in to the terrorists? 2. Are they going to make a stand and say that they are not going to cave in to terrorists and defy the ultimatum? 3. Are they going to just be quiet and ignore the terrorists? Be interesting to see what happens. The Islamists are applying the pressure to France. The French govt has taken some moves against Islamist desires in France. It's a collision course. With the Paleos I would sit back and eat popcorn with shipman, but there is some hope for France yet (though very little) and I would like to see them defy the odds and take a stand. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-28 3:54:13 PM |
| #3 Mike, When did YOU get stident? |
| Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-08-28 3:54:00 PM |
| #2 France ought to start deporting Moslems. A hundred a day. If the Frenchmen are executed, then deport a thousand a day. All visas from Moslem countries expired today. Starting tomorrow, anyone with a visa from a Moslem country is subject to immediate deportation. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-28 3:36:00 PM |
| #1 We demand you rescind the scarf ban, and we demand |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-28 3:20:41 PM |