Just when you thought it was safe to visit France...

So I opened my on-line copy of The Tablet and out fell this little gem. It would seem that the French coppers are not nearly as incompetent as Peter Sellers (as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films) made out.

Witness the following: " French police officers investigating a group of young Islamic radicals have uncovered bomb-making materials and weapons... most of the arrests were made on Saturday in a number of cities across France and the police said then that some guns and ammunition had been found. In Strasbourg, one suspect, Jérémie Louis-Sidney, 33, fired on the police and was shot dead." Furthermore, "the police said on Saturday that they found a list of Jewish institutions and their addresses when searching the homes of the detainees."

Pretty scary stuff.

By Brian Goldfarb.