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April 2, 2012

How a Terror Attack Saved Nicolas Sarkozy

Niall Ferguson, Newsweek

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Now Merah has confirmed what many have long feared: that in France,just as in the rest of Europe, Muslim immigrant communities have been successfully penetrated by extremist groups like Jund al-Khilafah, the al Qaeda-affiliated group that claimed responsibility for his attacks.

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