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MowCowWhoHow III

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:42 AM Nov 2015

'Rocket Launcher Found' In French Police Raids

Source: Sky News

Police have seized a rocket launcher as they carried out a series of raids across France, according to French media.

French PM Manuel Valls told radio station RTL that more than 150 searches have taken place across the country in the wake of terror attacks in Paris on Friday.

Sixty searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 hand guns and eight other "weapons of war" being seized, according to Le Figaro.

A Kalashnikov assault rifle is also reported to have been among the haul.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1588358/rocket-launcher-found-in-french-police-raids



France anti-terror raids: rocket launcher seized in Lyon – local media

Dozens of police searches and raids took place over Sunday night across France in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told local media on Monday.

At least 129 people were killed in coordinated attacks across central Paris on Friday night.

French police seized a rocket launcher and arrested several people during a raid in Lyon, according to French broadcaster BFMTV

http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/15/police-question-relatives-of-paris-attack-suspect
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'Rocket Launcher Found' In French Police Raids (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Nov 2015 OP
Doesn't anyone think it's strange... CJCRANE Nov 2015 #1
You know better than to interject logic into this. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #2
Yes, it's a big plot by the "west" to enable terrorist attacks on themselves. tabasco Nov 2015 #3
Western leaders are either incompetent, negligent or complicit. Take your pick. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #4

CJCRANE

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1. Doesn't anyone think it's strange...
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 06:36 AM
Nov 2015

that the west supported jihadi rebels with tons of weapons, then encouraged millions of migrants to come to Europe, then voided the Dublin protocol to allow them to come into the heart of Europe without any checks?

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
4. Western leaders are either incompetent, negligent or complicit. Take your pick.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 03:39 PM
Nov 2015

It seems pretty obvious that if you give weapons to jihadis, let in millions of unvetted migrants and leave your borders open, then they're going to come back and attack you. I pointed this out at last a year ago.

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