Friday, October 08, 2004
Nuancing....The French Fear of the T Word
A news story regarding the bombing of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris:
PARIS - A package bomb exploded in front of the Indonesian embassy in Paris before dawn Friday, causing minor injuries to about 10 people and shattering windows of nearby apartments.
"This is clearly an act with criminal intentions," said Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin, who rushed to the scene in the wealthy 16th arrondissement in western Paris.
"As far as we know, there was no specific threat but we are investigating," he told journalists.
Nine of the 10 injured were taken to hospital. Most appeared to have slight cuts from flying glass or to be suffering from shock, reporters at the scene said.
President Jacques Chirac, on a visit to Hanoi, reassured Jakarta of France's support following the blast.
"All means will be deployed to shed light on this criminal act," he told the Indonesian representative at an Asia-Europe meeting, Dorod Jatun Kundjoro-Jakti.
Interesting to note that the bombing is near the aniversary of the Bali bomb. In Indonesia there is no quibbling with the T word.Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian president-elect condemned the blast as an act of terrorism.
One day, perhaps, the French will realize that no secular country, in fact no country not in lock-step with the goals of the Islamo-fascist movement, is immune from terrorism, call it what you will.
Hat tip to Backcountry Conservative!
