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...perfectly well sitting at your desk doing your math problem set. This time it’s Trüby Trio’s turn to offer their DJ-Kicks mix. The Trüby Trio are a group of three DJs: Rainer Trüby, Christian Prommer and Roland Appel. The latter two also work together as Fauna Flash, and apparently have earned quite a name for themselves on the German club jazz scene. The Trüby Trio refer to their style as “Dance Music Fusion” as it combines elements of jazz, house...
Untangling this mess is mind numbing, and that's the idea. "When you look at the people and networks involved, you quickly realize that the apparent lack of structure and seemingly random intersection of operatives is very much intentional," says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard. "They don't want police to be able to follow one person to another and follow the trail back up to someone calling the shots. In reality, it's a hell of a lot more amorphous than that...
...from wealthy donors in oil-producing countries, either out of dedication to his cause or as protection money. Islamic charities take in billions a year; much of it is used for good, but not all. "Behind one charity, business or Islamic group is another," says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard. "The result is that some of these millions are handed over to Islamic fighters and terrorists...
...French experience also shows that the commitment level of terror recruits is far from uniform, and that opens a gap exploited by the authorities. "The ones that truly believe are the ones who become suicide pilots," says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard. "The ones who don't - the ones responding to promises of money, and support for their families, or the ones simply acting out of hate - they end up with the grunt work of logistics, criminal activity, gun-running. Eventually, they'll burn out. When they do, they'll be valuable to intelligence people - if they're picked...
...FRANCE J'Accuse The scandal surrounding slush-fund payments by the Elf oil company threatened to implicate the current government as former Foreign Minister Roland Dumas provided Le Figaro newspaper with fresh allegations. Dumas, sentenced last month to six months in jail on corruption charges, said Employment Minister Elisabeth Guigou and Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine knew about illicit payments to secure the purchase of a German oil refinery for Elf. Guigou and Védrine, former presidential advisers to François Mitterrand, denied the allegations...