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From: ashcroft@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Dazed and Confused)
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Subject: Re: Frenchmen getting bombed, why them?
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 16:45:10 EDT
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In a sense it is France's own fault.  Their attitude in the past has been
very relaxed when it comes to terrorism - they basically left them alone in
the hope that the terrorists would leave France alone.  This irritated a lot
of the other Europeans esp. the W. Germans who wanted help dealing with the
Baader Meinhof, and the Spanish who didn't like the way that Basque ETA
terrorists got sanctuary of sorts in Southern France.  Consequently the
French have not developed their anti-terror tactics to the same degree as
say, the British or the Germans.  Allegedly the French had to ask to use
the German computer files as they had none of their own - the Germans were
shocked to say the least.

So now the French are really getting it.  Apparently there is not much
sympathy in other European capitals for the difficulty the Surete is having.
Had they not wimped out before they would be having less difficulty now.