France holds 9 in anti-terror swoop, unveils new laws

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PARIS (Reuters) - France wants to put closed circuit cameras on more of its streets as part of new anti-terror plans unveiled on Monday just hours after police detained nine suspected Islamic militants.

... Mobile phone operators and Internet cafe owners will also be required to keep records of users and calls under a proposed new law, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said.

Earlier, police searched premises in the Yvelines and Eure regions outside Paris in dawn raids, a judicial source said. The suspects were taken to the headquarters of the domestic intelligence agency DST for questioning....


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note: something to be said for French savoir faire ('scuse my spelling please, I'm Polish) as opposed to NeoCon IdeoSpeak a la Rove (a criminal element unto itself).

All Telephone and Internet data will be stored - (hopefully only) for one year.
Another result of the American "Terra! Terra!" screaming after 9/11. I find it very scary.

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