French authorities arrested a 32-year old nuclear engineer and his brother who were working in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland today.
They apparently intercepted messages between the engineer, a French citizen of Algerian origin and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that suggested possible targets in France. He also apparently signified his willingness to help carry them out.
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is based in Algeria and is composed of various Islamist elements that originally coalesced back in the 1990's to try and put an Islamist government in power in Algeria. They killed thousands and were especially noted for throat slittings ( particularly of women) and bomb attacks.
They have their tentacles into Algeria, Tunisia, ( where they were part of the group that truck bombed the ancient Djerba synagogue) Mali, Niger and Mauritania.
Certain people may think the War on Jihad is a thing of the past. They couldn't be more wrong.
Why would the Islamists want to attack France? While the United States does received token assistance from the French in places like Afghanistan and every now and then within the UN, it is not enough to actually make any difference. The bulk of French resources and efforts go to advance the cause of Islamic terrorists and to oppose the interests of the United States.
ReplyDeleteIslamic terrorists have few greater friends than the French and the French government. As such, it would make little sense for Al Qaeda or other Islamic terrorists to attack France or French targets. To do so would risk introducing an unstable element into a situation where they are clearing winning handily.
If France were attacked by Islamic terrorists, the end result would probably be a situation where France, its citizens, and its government are more supportive of Islamic terrorists than they currently are, however, their is a chance that they might become more receptive to actually assisting America. This is the unstable element. Why introduce it to a situation where they are winning? Far better for them to try and keep things running the same.
The fact that moles were found in Europe's top nuclear lab is hardly surprising. They have infiltrated all levels of the American and Western European governments. Their "tentacles" are every where.
Today the left is obsessed with American "imperialism." They think America must be opposed at every turn to where NONE of its interests can be fought or protected to any degree. In order to do this, one of the groups they have enabled is Islamic terrorists and the nations who support them.
The things the left most cherishes, at least in what they say, are things like tolerance, gay rights, women's liberation, environmentalism, and foreign aid to other other nations.
islamic terrorists, the nations who suppor them, and other governments such as those of Russia, China, and Venezuela who are generally supported by the left score quite low in the above mentioned areas, while the United States and its people generally score quite high in these areas.
I think some day the left may wake up and realize they supported the wrong side. I just hope and pray that when they do it is not to late. America may be gone by that time.