Wednesday, December 08, 2004

According to the French intelligence service, among the 2,000 foreigners fighting the American army in Iraq are several dozen Frenchmen

Dominique Dhombres :
Five young Frenchmen have been killed in Iraq since July in the ranks of the guerilla [sic] fighting the American army, we learned … during the TF1 evening news. The information comes from the French intelligence service.

…the TF1 team was able to film a class, in [the La Villette neighborhood] establishment which welcomes young people from the entire world … One spends entire hours learning the Koran by heart. …

According to the French intelligence service, among the 2,000 foreigners fighting the American army in Iraq are several dozen Frenchmen.

Of course, if Dominique Dhombres were talking about religious schools in the States (Islamic, Christian, fundamentalist, or other), he would have shaken his head and made a big case about how America's tendencies towards absolutism and fanaticism were making the entire world much more divided and much more dangerous…

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