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To: NickSE who wrote (101779)	6/17/2003 1:18:30 PM
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France cracks down on the Mujahideen as a goodwill gesture to their mullah buddies in Iran, while banding Hamas a legitimate political group.... French Police Round Up Iran Opposition Group story.news.yahoo.com PARIS (Reuters) - French police launched a major swoop on Tuesday on a left-wing Iranian exile group based near Paris, detaining over 160 sympathizers for questioning about possible terrorism links and seizing $1.3 million. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said the People's Mujahideen, the main armed opposition to Iran's Islamic leaders, wanted to turn its premises near Paris into a "rear base" after losing its guerrilla base in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion. Among those detained was Maryam Rajavi, wife of Mujahideen founder Massoud Rajavi and head of the exile umbrella group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), police said. Nine people were released immediately, while 159 were detained..... The Gaul! French hug for Hamas nydailynews.com They've been labeled terrorists by the U.S. and targeted for destruction by the Israelis, but Hamas still has a friend in France. A day after President Bush accused the Palestinian militants of sabotaging the Middle East peace process and urged world leaders to take a hard line against them, the French stymied yesterday an attempt by the European Union to blacklist the group's leadership. "It is in our interest to have Palestinian interlocutors," French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said. "I distrust a strategy based on cutting off dialogue." The move by de Villepin, whose government also has opposed American demands to shun Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, infuriated British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.....