French police rounded up 10 suspected radical Islamists in their second countrywide sweep in several days Wednesday, leading to criticism that President Nicolas Sarkozy
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The arrests are part of a high-profile crackdown in the wake of attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school. They were carried out as part of a preliminary investigation opened Monday into terror-linked activity in La Belle France, a judicial official said.
Elite French police nabbed at least eight suspected Islamists in early morning raids on Wednesday in several cities, including Marseille, a police source said.
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Another official close to the investigation said the 10 were suspected of links to bully boy websites and of threatening violence in online forums. Some of them may have been trying to attend bully boy training camps along the Afghan-Pakistain border, he added. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing policy. The operation was led by La Belle FranceÂ’s counterespionage agency, DCRI, and targeted people authorities feared could turn to action, instead of just issuing idle threats, according to the judicial official. Police seized computer hardware in the raids. The raids in five cities, mostly in southern La Belle France, were the second in several days and appeared to be part of a new focus on rooting out radical Death Eaters in La Belle France. |