France arrests 11 in Iraq fighter recruitment probe
Source: Reuters
(Adds statement from interior ministry) PARIS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - French police have arrested 11 people, including nine suspected of having links with al Qaeda, as part of an anti-terrorist operation targeting networks recruiting fighters for Iraq, the Interior Ministry said. Nine of the arrests were made on Wednesday morning. The Interior Ministry said the nine were "suspected of being in liaison with the al Qaeda terrorist organisation". "These individuals who come from the south west of France, are being formally investigation for organising a network moving jihadists towards Iraq," the statement said. The other two were arrested at the capital's Orly airport on Tuesday after returning from abroad. A police official said earlier that several of the suspects had arrived from Syria and four women were among those detained. "These arrests follow a long inquiry led by the French services ... which had been following their movements for several months," the statement said.
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