3 Tea Partiers Arrested in France for Plotting to Strike Military Base on ISIS' Orders

Seems to bear on the Chattanooga terrorism.

The Paris prosecutor's office says three young men arrested this week in a plot to attack a military base were in contact with an Islamic State group jihadi who told them to "strike in France."

The prosecutor's statement said the suspects, who were arrested Monday but have not yet been charged, told investigators they planned a late December or early January attack on the Mediterranean military post Fort Bear, where the 23-year-old Djebril A., a former Marine, once worked. The two others, identified as Ismael K., 17, and Antoine F., 19, said the plan was to decapitate the base chief -- a plot that Djebril denied.

They got their orders via encrypted message.

More Details: Per this French account, the attack was supposed to occur at the end of December or the beginning of January, though they won't admit that was intended to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the early-January-2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. One admitted to plotting to decapitate the officials at the base. Of course, they wanted to film this and post it on their social media networks.

More: From the sidebar, there actually already was a major terrorist attack in France this week, but no one's telling you about it.

posted by Ace at 12:47 PM

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