WaPo reported France's interior minister on Wednesday presented a long-awaited anti-terrorism bill to the cabinet, rejecting allegations that it would trample on civil liberties. The bill would stiffen prison sentences for convicted terrorists, allow police to monitor citizens who travel to countries known to have terrorist training camps and broaden the use of surveillance cameras. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has led the effort to strengthen France's laws against terrorism in response to the bombings in July of London's transit system, rejected claims that the proposed measures would create a police state.
It is about time. I hope the other European countries will do the same. There are a lot of Muslims in Europe, and while all of them are certainly not Islamoterrorists, I suspect there are enough in many countries that they should keep an eye on them, or they will soon find themselves under Sharia law."My job is to ensure the safety of people," Sarkozy told reporters following Wednesday's cabinet meeting. The government hopes the bill, drawn up by the Interior and Justice ministries, will be passed by Parliament before the end of the year. President Jacques Chirac's political party controls both houses. France already has some of Europe's toughest anti-terrorism laws, enacted after attacks here in the 1980s and 1990s.
They, and the rest of Europe, needs tougher laws.
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"They, and the rest of Europe, needs tougher laws."
Well, of course. But where will they get the stones to enforce them?
When the Islamoterrorists decide to blow something up in their country, they will develop the stones to enforce them very quickly. Unfortunately people will have to die first.
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