French judge opens criminal proceedings against terror suspects February 10, 2013 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A French judge has opened criminal proceedings against four men suspected of links with Islamist militant networks in west Africa, BBC News reported. The four, who were detained in the Paris area earlier this week, are being investigated for possible "association with a terrorist enterprise". Three are French and one is from Mali. The government has warned of possible militant attacks in France in the wake of the French operation in Mali. Two of the four men are to remain in preventive detention. The two others were released, but must report regularly to authorities. French officials have said they were arrested in connection with the case of a French national arrested in Niger while trying to join Jihadist groups in neighboring Mali last year. The man was extradited to France, where criminal proceedings were launched against him in August. Last week French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said: "We have to continue dismantling these networks that want to either commit attacks on our soil or take individuals overseas to carry out jihad." France increased its domestic terror threat level after French forces went into action in Mali on 11 January to push back militants who had captured Timbuktu and other parts of northern Mali. Partner news  Top stories Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian expert rules out Karabakh war renewal by Armenia  Alexander Krylov: the possibility of the renewal of Karabakh war should not be exaggerated in the face of the balance of power.German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts. |
