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International
Nazis Unknown assailants molotov French synagogue
2002-04-04
  • Unknown assailants flung molotov cocktails into a building which includes a synagogue in the southern French city of Montpellier, but caused no damage. The firebombs were thrown through a window and started a brief blaze in local government offices next door to the synagogue. The fire was spotted by a police patrol and quickly extinguished.
    With all of two synagogues in the city, they could manage to keep both under surveillance.
    Sources close to the investigation said three people had been arrested.
    Wonder what color turbans they were wearing? Or were they old fashioned brownshirts, with maybe a hakenkreuz armband or two?
    Senior government officials including the mayor of Montpellier and the prefect of the Herault department were at the scene Thursday morning to condemn the attack and praise the readiness of the security services.
    Since the Bad Guys were caught, maybe there's a little more than pro forma piety in the condemnation. We'll see if the Bad Guys get two weeks of no teevee.
    Security around the city's two synagogues had been stepped up since Sunday's attack in Marseilles in which a synagogue was destroyed.
    Investigators should be real interested in the recent travels and contacts of those arrested. They might just be stupid and acting on their own, or they might be gauleiters in something a little more sinister. My guess would be a junior-grade "khalifate" plot run out of somebody's mosque.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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