France is on high alert
By Olivier Guitta
A week after arresting nine suspected terrorists, French police arrested four more on Monday. They are suspected to be part of the Safe Bourrada cell. Among the four, two are French men converted to Islam while in jail. Indeed, prison is one of the best recruiting venues for Islamists.
Furthermore French anti-terror judge Jean Louis Brugiere declared to Le Figaro:
"The terrorist threat is high. Never ever has the radicalization been so strong; We are witnessing a change of the networks with new actors including younger and younger recruits, even sometimes minors." For instance, the youngest French jihadist on record was a fourteen-year-old of Malian descent who went to fight in Iraq and was killed in July 2004 by US troops.
Regarding converts, Brugiere added:"They are without any doubts the most radical. Also women are converting for the cause." In fact, jihadists are always on the lookout for a French woman because she cannot be easily spotted and also by marrying her, the jihadist gets right away French legal status.
In fact, terrorist cells are adapting and are now recruiting new individuals who are way below the radar.