strategypage.com - 2/8/2009
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James Dunnigan February 6, 2009 For each of the last few years, the French Army has had about five Moslem soldiers refusing to serve in Afghanistan. These soldiers claim religious reasons for the refusal, insisting that the Koran forbids Moslems fighting Moslems. Over the last five years, France ...
iht.com - 2/3/2009
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iht.com —
LYON : Prime Minister François Fillon on Monday
rejected demands that the French government seek to stimulate
consumer spending, rather than follow his plan to stimulate corporate and infrastructure investment, to lift France out of its economic ...
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Paris rejects 'Obama-style' stimulus program - ...
patterico.com - 2/6/2009
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patterico.com —
Apparently, the plan is too socialistic for France
: Prime Minister François Fillon on Monday rejected demands
that the French government seek to stimulate consumer spending, rather than follow his plan to stimulate corporate and infrastructure ...
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France Rejects “Obama-style” Stimulus
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JAMES DUNNIGAN: France Fears Its Islamic Soldiers….
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JAMES DUNNIGAN: France Fears Its Islamic Soldiers.
France Fears Its Islamic Soldiers
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Strategy Page:
by James Dunnigan
For each of the last few years, the French Army has had about five Moslem soldiers refusing to serve in Afghanistan. These soldiers claim religious reasons for the refusal, insisting that the Koran forbids Moslems fighting Moslems. Over the last five years, France has been detecting, or at least fearing, loyalty problems among the fifteen percent of its soldiers who are Moslem. The military insists that these second and third generation French soldiers of, for the most part, Arab descent, are loyal.
But many ...
Barcepundit (English edition) —
... THAT SHOULD BE a cause for concern: Spanish Air Force soldier arrested for editing and publishing Internet Jihadist videos calling for attacks on Spain. It's not only a problem in France. . ...
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