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BBC:
'Bin Laden' in warning to France after kidnap in Niger
Osama Bin Laden has reportedly tied the kidnapping of five French people in Niger to France's treatment of its Muslim minority.
An audio message said to have been recorded by the al-Qaeda leader says the abduction was retaliation for "France's injustice to Muslims".
It says forthcoming French curbs on the full veil are "colonial oppression".
The speaker identified as Bin Laden also tells France to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
Continue reading the main story Related storiesFrance holds 12 in terror raidsFrance asks al-Qaeda for demands
Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US and other atrocities, is America's most wanted man.
Believed by some to have been killed years ago, he is said by others to be still alive, living in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
'Free women'
Five French citizens and two others were abducted by al-Qaeda militants at a uranium mine in Niger last month.
It is thought they are now being held in the north-west of neighbouring Mali.
Officials in Mali and Niger recently told France's AFP news agency they believed the captives were still alive.
The speaker on the recording, broadcast by Qatar-based satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, says the kidnapping was "in retaliation for [France's] tyranny... against [the] Muslim nation".
France, he says, believes it has "the right to prevent free women from wearing the hijab".
To protect its security, the speaker goes on, France must "withdraw from the damned war of [former US President George W] Bush in Afghanistan".
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Green Energy
BBC:
'Bin Laden' in warning to France after kidnap in Niger
Osama Bin Laden has reportedly tied the kidnapping of five French people in Niger to France's treatment of its Muslim minority.
An audio message said to have been recorded by the al-Qaeda leader says the abduction was retaliation for "France's injustice to Muslims".
It says forthcoming French curbs on the full veil are "colonial oppression".
The speaker identified as Bin Laden also tells France to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
Continue reading the main story Related storiesFrance holds 12 in terror raidsFrance asks al-Qaeda for demands
Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US and other atrocities, is America's most wanted man.
Believed by some to have been killed years ago, he is said by others to be still alive, living in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
'Free women'
Five French citizens and two others were abducted by al-Qaeda militants at a uranium mine in Niger last month.
It is thought they are now being held in the north-west of neighbouring Mali.
Officials in Mali and Niger recently told France's AFP news agency they believed the captives were still alive.
The speaker on the recording, broadcast by Qatar-based satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, says the kidnapping was "in retaliation for [France's] tyranny... against [the] Muslim nation".
France, he says, believes it has "the right to prevent free women from wearing the hijab".
To protect its security, the speaker goes on, France must "withdraw from the damned war of [former US President George W] Bush in Afghanistan".
- Polls: More Than 70% Of The French Expect That France Will Be Forced Under Submission To Islam
From Guy Milliere: More than 8,000,000 Muslims live in France, most of whom are French citizens, and the Muslim population in France continues to grow. France is now the main Muslim country in Europe. Successive French governments can decide to expel...
-
Newsmax: France Holds 11 as Europe Faces Terror Alert Tuesday, 05 Oct 2010 PARIS - Anti-terrorist police arrested 11 suspected Islamic militants on Tuesday in swoops in and around Marseille and in Bordeaux after Western governments issued warnings about...
-
Debka: Europe on high alert for Al Qaeda suicide attacks on transport hubs The high level of preparedness for terrorist attack - "reinforced red" - maintained in France since Sept. 16 was quietly expanded this week to most of the big international air...
- France Surrenders Again
Now that the Democrats are running the government, we can finally get some more allies in the War on Terror - hat tip Eric. Viva Francois sKerry!France Plans to Withdraw Its Special Forces From Afghanistan Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- France will withdraw...
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It is just a question of time before France will pull out entirely from Afghanistan. Now we have the news that several hundred of the best French troops are to withdraw. France plans to withdraw around 200 special forces from southern Afghanistan at the...