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| French Iraq recruiters are jailed | |
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| A French court has convicted seven men accused of recruiting poor young Muslims in Paris to fight against US-led forces in Iraq. | A French court has convicted seven men accused of recruiting poor young Muslims in Paris to fight against US-led forces in Iraq. |
| The sentences ranged from 18 months in prison to seven years in prison, with the cell's ringleader being jailed for six years. | The sentences ranged from 18 months in prison to seven years in prison, with the cell's ringleader being jailed for six years. |
| The men were tracked down and arrested after a young Frenchman was found dead in the Iraqi city of Falluja in 2004. | The men were tracked down and arrested after a young Frenchman was found dead in the Iraqi city of Falluja in 2004. |
| Five of the seven men are French and the other two are from North Africa. | Five of the seven men are French and the other two are from North Africa. |
| They were arrested in 2005, suspected of being part of an Islamist cell recruiting volunteers to join the Iraqi insurgency. | They were arrested in 2005, suspected of being part of an Islamist cell recruiting volunteers to join the Iraqi insurgency. |