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### Viewing cable 06PARIS7884, FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 PARIS 007884

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
    SUBJECT: FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM

    REF: STATE 177128

    ¶1. In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive
    counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of
    terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in
    the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French
    terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London
    subway bombings in 2005, and continued to conduct extensive
    investigations into Islamic terrorism on French soil. The
    French government arrested approximately 70 people in 2006 on
    charges related to Islamic terrorism. In September, French
    authorities announced they had arrested their 400th suspect
    in connection with Islamic terrorism since the September 11
    attacks in the U.S. More than 150 of those have been jailed.

    ¶2. In September the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
    (GSPC) announced its union with al-Qaeda and declared France
    to be its number one target. Several high profile events in
    2006 -- including the local publication of the Danish
    Mohammed cartoon pictorials, heated debate on the
    interdiction of the veil in French public institutions, and
    the presence of French troops in Afghanistan and Lebanon --
    have been cited by various French authorities as factors
    manipulated by Islamic extremists to incite violence against
    the country. France,s chief counterterrorism judge,
    Jean-Louis Bruguiere, maintains that all terrorist threats
    currently faced by France can be directly linked to Iraq. In
    May, intelligence officials announced that 29 people had been
    detained in France for suspected association with terror
    networks related to Iraq. In September, officials noted that
    at least nine terrorists whose journey to Iraq began in
    France have been killed, with two incarcerated and another
    12-15 likely still engaged in combat against Coalition
    forces. Increasing Islamic radicalization in the local
    prison system also continues to worry French officials.

    ¶3. On January 23 the French government adopted new
    counterterrorism legislation that considerably strengthened
    police powers in criminal law and codified some current
    practices. Preliminary detention for terrorism suspects was
    extended from a maximum of four to up to six days. Current
    legislation allows the state to thereafter place suspects in
    pre-trial detention for up to four years when the evidence is
    strong or when they present an imminent threat. The law
    gives the government additional powers for the freezing of
    assets, video and telephone surveillance, allows increased
    monitoring of public transport records, and grants broader
    powers of official access to connection data held by internet
    cafes and to various personal data records. Sentences for
    convicted terrorists were increased from 20 to 30 years for
    leading or organizing an attack, and from 10 to 20 years for
    assisting a terrorist organization or operation. The new law
    also reinforced existing legislation that allows for the
    revocation of French nationality and eventual expulsion if
    the terrorist became a citizen through naturalization within
    the preceding 15 years.

    ¶4. Under the auspices of the Prime Minister, the French
    government published its White Paper on terrorism on March 7.
    The paper, a publicly available document, sets out the
    government,s overall policy efforts to combat terrorism. It
    includes attack scenarios, threat analyses, and technical as
    well as political responses to terrorism.

    ¶5. At the political and diplomatic level, France continued
    its active engagement with the United Nation,s Security
    Council (UNSC) Counterterrorism Committee (CTC), the G-8,s
    Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG), the UN,s 1267
    Sanctions Committee (for the Taliban and al-Qaeda), and the
    European Council,s Anti-Terrorism Strategy action plan.
    France is a founding member of the joint U.S./Russia Global
    Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism which was inaugurated
    in October. France is a member and contributor to both the
    Proliferation and Container Security Initiatives. The U.S.
    and France maintain regular bilateral counterterrorism
    consultations. France has also signed and ratified 12 of the

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    13 UN counterterrorism conventions. It signed, but has not
    yet ratified, the Convention for the Prevention of Acts of
    Nuclear Terrorism.

    ¶6. On the military front, French Special Forces participated
    in coalition operations in Afghanistan as part of Operation
    Enduring Freedom (OEF). France is also a key participant in
    Coalition Task Force (CTF) 150, a multinational naval force
    that patrols the Red Sea and Gulf of Yemen to interdict the
    movement of suspected terrorists between Afghanistan, the
    Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. It has twice
    commanded the Task Force and will assume command for a third
    time next year. France,s overall contributions in
    Afghanistan increased in 2006 and France currently commands
    the International Security Assistance Force,s (ISAF)
    Regional Command - Kabul. France is also a chief contributor
    to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with
    more than 1600 troops, which is under the command of a French
    General through February 2007. UNIFIL,s mission includes
    assisting the Lebanese Armed forces to secure its territory,
    including against Hizballah.

    ¶7. France continued to develop competencies and capabilities
    of TRACFIN, the Ministry of Finance,s terrorism financing
    coordination and investigation unit. Within the European
    Union, France played an active role in the Clearinghouse, the
    EU process for designation terrorist organizations. France
    has not designated HAMAS-affiliated charities, such as the
    French based Comite de Bienfaisance et Secours aux
    Palestiniens (Committee for the Well-Being and Assistance to
    Palestinians), arguing that it has no proven links to
    terrorism. France also continued to oppose any EU
    designation of Lebanese Hizballah as a terrorist
    organization, although it supported Hizballah's eventual
    disarmament, which it maintained would result in Hizballah,s
    gradual integration into Lebanese politics.

    ¶8. The government continued its policy of expelling
    non-French citizens engaged in terrorist activities or speech
    that promoted hate or incited violence. Among those ordered
    expelled from France during 2006 were at least 20 imams from
    Algeria, Bangladesh, Morocco, and Pakistan. Chelali
    Benchellali, an Algerian imam resident in France since 1961,
    was expelled to Algeria in September. He was convicted to
    six months, time served, in June of contributing to a
    Chechnyan network terrorist plot. Several of Benchellali,s
    family members were also convicted on similar terrorism
    charges. His youngest son, Mourad, was a Guantamano detainee
    for more than three years and is still facing trial in France.

    ¶9. The government also exercised its power to repeal French
    citizenship and deport convicted terrorists. Adel Tebourski,
    a Tunisian and French dual-national citizen, who was arrested
    in 2001 and sentenced in 2005 for his contribution to the
    September 9, 2001 assassination of Afghan War Chief Ahmad
    Shah Massood, was stripped of his French nationality by
    decree on July 19, and expelled to Tunisia on August 7.
    Karim Bourti, a French GSPC supporter, was also stripped of
    his citizenship in May.

    ¶10. Since May 2005, the government revoked the security
    clearances of 72 individuals working in private companies at
    Paris, Charles de Gaulle international airport. The majority
    of those were announced in early November 2006. A handful of
    those concerned brought legal action against the government
    and were subsequently reinstated. The government claimed
    that the individuals, while not terrorists, posed a security
    risk to the airport based on background checks that showed
    Islamic extremist sympathies. The Prefect charged with
    governing the area noted that background checks are conducted
    on a regular basis and that a number of security clearances
    are revoked annually.

    ¶11. Key judicial proceedings in 2006 on Islamic terrorism
    related crimes included:

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    - On June 13, 25 Islamic militants tied to a Chechen
    jihad network that allegedly planned to bomb a commercial
    center in Paris and the Eiffel Tower were sentenced in June.
    Several members of the group, including Menad Benchellali and
    Merouane Benhamed, received the maximum sentence of 10 years.

    - Five of six former Guantanamo detainees who were
    expelled to France in 2004 and 2005 are currently no longer
    in detention (they were initially detained for many months
    after their arrival in France). Brahim Yadel, however,
    remains in custody for violating the terms of his conditional
    release. All six former detainees face further charges in
    France for terrorist conspiracy. In September 2006 the trial
    was halted when a judge ordered further investigations into
    the role of alleged visits of French intelligence authorities
    to Guantanamo. The trial is scheduled to reconvene on May 2,
    ¶2007.

    - Karim Mehdi, a Moroccan national, was sentenced to nine
    years on October 26 for terrorism related activities. Mehdi
    is alleged to have ties with September 11 terrorists (Ramzi
    bin al Shaibah and Ziad Jarrah) and is suspected of planning
    an attack on the island of Reunion in 2003. Mehdi will also
    be deported following his sentence and not allowed in France
    for a minimum of six years.

    - Rachid Ramda, who was extradited to France from the UK
    in December 2005 after ten years in detention, was sentenced
    to ten years on March 29 for his role in the 1995 Paris
    subway and train attacks.

    - On November 12, France,s chief counterterrorism judge,
    Jean-Louis Bruguiere, sent the cases of three suspects
    allegedly connected to the 2002 Djerba, Tunisia attacks, to
    the Paris Court of Assizes. Khalid Cheik Mohammed, Christian
    Ganczarski and Walid Nawar are suspected of assisting
    convicted terrorist Belgacem Nawar in the Djerba al-Qaeda
    attacks whose victims included two French citizens. Cheik
    Mohammed remains in U.S. custody at Guantanamo.

    ¶12. Three individuals were detained in France in late
    November (two on November 25 and one on November 29) after
    being expelled from Syria. They are suspected of attempting
    to transit through Syria in order to join insurgents fighting
    against Coalition forces in Iraq. Another nine individuals
    were deported from Egypt in mid-December under similar same
    charges. However all were released after a brief period of
    detention.

    ¶13. French police cooperated closely with Spanish authorities
    in the Basque region throughout 2006. Several arms caches
    were discovered in France, and a number of arrests of Basque
    Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) suspects were made throughout
    the year. Several were extradited to Spain. One attack,
    allegedly claimed by Ipparetarek or an Ipparetarak
    sympathizer (a defunct French Basque nationalist group),
    occurred in France on June 11 against the Hotel Ostap, owned
    by famed chef Alain Ducasse. There were no injuries and only
    minimal damage.

    ¶14. During the first six months of 2006, 176 attacks or
    attempted attacks occurred on the French island of Corsica.
    112 of those were claimed by the National Front for the
    Liberation of Corsica- Combatants Union, or by the National
    Front for the Liberation of Corsica of October 22. Three
    people, including two military personnel, were superficially
    wounded in 2006. Three terrorists were killed during the
    year by accident while attempting to carry out attacks. The
    government has a widespread police presence in the region and
    arrested dozens of people throughout the year in connection
    with various attacks. The groups tend to target secondary
    residences, and avoid serious damage or casualties.
    Separatist groups appear to have largely given up their
    political battle for independence but continue to wage an
    intimidation campaign aimed at foreigners or mainland French
    citizens interested in permanent residence or secondary homes

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    on the small island.

    Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
    http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
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