PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - France has arrested 55 militant Islamists this year and the country's prisons have become a favourite recruiting ground for such groups, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said in an interview published on Thursday.
While some Islamists are still travelling to Iraq, Pakistani and Afghan networks have strengthened, and "training and indoctrination sites" are now concentrated in that area, Alliot-Marie said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro.
"I can reveal that 89 Islamist activists were arrested in France in 2007, and that 55 others have been arrested on our soil since the start of the year," she said.
Prisons and some poor suburban neighbourhoods, many of which house large numbers of families of African and North African origin, were among recruiting networks' favoured targets. Read more ...
While some Islamists are still travelling to Iraq, Pakistani and Afghan networks have strengthened, and "training and indoctrination sites" are now concentrated in that area, Alliot-Marie said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro.
"I can reveal that 89 Islamist activists were arrested in France in 2007, and that 55 others have been arrested on our soil since the start of the year," she said.
Prisons and some poor suburban neighbourhoods, many of which house large numbers of families of African and North African origin, were among recruiting networks' favoured targets. Read more ...
Source: Reuters
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