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2017-10-11 Europe
2 suspects detained in thwarted 2015 French train attack
[Ynet] French authorities have detained two people in the investigation into an attempted Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group attack on a high-speed train thwarted by three American passengers in 2015.
As Fred described them at the time, "...a Zoomie, a Doggy, and some guy they knew." You can read about those long-ago excitements here and the following days, dear Reader.
A judicial official said Tuesday that the two were detained Monday on orders of the counterterrorism judge leading the probe. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
because the investigation is ongoing, would not provide further information.

French media reports said the two suspects are believed to have a link to detained attacker Ayoub El Khazzani, who was overpowered by Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,n passengers on the train from Amsterdam to Gay Paree. El Khazzani's lawyer says he acted on orders from the leader of the IS cell that later targeted Gay Paree in deadly attacks.
Posted by trailing wife 2017-10-11 01:56|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top
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