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| France: Government Introduces Terrorism Legislation | France: Government Introduces Terrorism Legislation |
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| France’s Socialist government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would give the police more power to arrest people who travel to camps for training in conflict zones like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The draft law, which incorporates aspects of one proposed by the last government, is intended to help “detect when people, collectively or individually, embark on the road to radicalization and terrorist violence,” said a government spokeswoman, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. “The terrorist threat remains at a very high level,” she said, citing the murders of seven people, including soldiers and three Jewish children, last March in Toulouse by Mohammed Merah. Mr. Merah attended terrorist training camps but was not taken seriously by the police. Mr. Merah was killed in a shootout. The government will also extend through 2015 police powers to intercept electronic or Internet communications of terrorism suspects. | France’s Socialist government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would give the police more power to arrest people who travel to camps for training in conflict zones like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The draft law, which incorporates aspects of one proposed by the last government, is intended to help “detect when people, collectively or individually, embark on the road to radicalization and terrorist violence,” said a government spokeswoman, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. “The terrorist threat remains at a very high level,” she said, citing the murders of seven people, including soldiers and three Jewish children, last March in Toulouse by Mohammed Merah. Mr. Merah attended terrorist training camps but was not taken seriously by the police. Mr. Merah was killed in a shootout. The government will also extend through 2015 police powers to intercept electronic or Internet communications of terrorism suspects. |
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: | This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: |
| Correction: October 4, 2012 | Correction: October 4, 2012 |
The | An earlier version of this item and its headline misstated the status of the draft law. It has been introduced. It has not been tabled or put on hold. |