French Insurgents in Iraq Concern Official
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French militants who join the fight against U.S.-led forces in Iraq could one day return to strike terror in France and elsewhere, the defense minister warned Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Hopes for a speedy release of two French  hostages in Iraq gave way to expressions of doubt and concern  Tuesday after a statement setting out new demands for their  release was posted on a Web site.
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Prominent members of rebel Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement have become the latest  targets in a shadowy insurgency gripping Iraq, raising fears of  more unrest in a country plagued by violence.
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Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq are rising, despite confusion over which group is now holding them.
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PARIS, Sept 19  - French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said Sunday he could not confirm the authenticity of a statement attributed to the Islamic Army in Iraq saying it was releasing two French hostages, but Prime Minister Jean-Pierre
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N'DJAMENA  - The French and U.S. embassies in Chad were preparing their nationals there for possible evacuation on Saturday as advancing rebels opposed to President Idriss Deby threatened the capital N'Djamena from the northeast.
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The &quot;chaotic&quot; offensive in Fallujah may endanger the release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin claimed today.
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French and Ivory Coast military commanders appealed for calm Monday in Abidjan, as government supporters, whipped into a frenzy by reports that French tanks were
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France appears reluctant to commit its own forces to save the government, but the rebels are unlikely to win much recognition if they win
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PARIS - Iraqi militants wanted President George W. Bush re-elected because he would keep US soldiers in Iraq, and that would boost the position of the insurgents, a French reporter says.
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Hopes for a speedy release of two French hostages in Iraq gave way to expressions of doubt and concern Tuesday after a statement setting out new demands for their release was posted on a Web site.
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The U.S. military expects insurgents may try to carry out "spectacular" attacks that would inflict major casualties in a bid to disrupt Jan. 30 elections and intimidate Iraqis who might go to the polls, a top U.S. official said Friday.
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The kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq has injected new tension into France's debate over banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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For the United States and France, Lebanon is no Iraq. After clashing over the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein, French and American officials are &#151; in the words of a French diplomat &#151; working "hand-in-hand" in the aftermath of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.
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One Iraqi official says American representatives have met with some militants.
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Military officials said they know why the leader of a notorious insurgent group in Iraq has eluded capture.
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France is stepping up its local contacts in Iraq over the mysterious disappearance of a French reporter and her translator in the country, the prime minister said.