PARIS - Six men detained on Monday in northern Paris suburbs on suspicion of recruiting fighters for the anti-US insurgency in Iraq have been released without charge, French officials said on Friday. The men, aged between 20 and 25, were set free overnight after four days of questioning at the headquarters of France’s domestic intelligence agency, the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DST).
| No names, of course, but they weren't Jacques, Pierre, Michal, Phillippe, Gastone and Dominique. |
Ninety-six hours is the maximum that terrorism suspects can be held in France before being taken before a judge.
French officials believe there is a steady but so far limited movement of French nationals to join insurgents in Iraq, where they estimate six have died in suicide-bombings and clashes with US forces. In Iraq, the US military said on Friday it had captured a Tunisian national who was recruited from a mosque in France to fight with the insurgents. |