{"id":19752,"date":"2021-05-14T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19752"},"modified":"2021-05-14T14:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:34:55","slug":"french-soldiers-warn-of-civil-war-in-new-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/french-soldiers-warn-of-civil-war-in-new-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BBC – May 10, 2021<\/p>\n

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A new open letter has been published in France warning of the threat of civil war and claiming to have more than 130,000 signatures from the public.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French government of granting “concessions” to Islamism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It is about the survival of our country,” said the text, said to be issued anonymously by soldiers and appealing for public support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The French government condemned it, as well as a similar letter last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin called the latest letter a “crude manoeuvre” and accused its anonymous signatories of lacking “courage”, AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The letter to the government last month came from semi-retired generals. The minister in charge of the armed forces, Florence Parly, said they would be punished for defying a law that forbids reservists or serving members of the military from expressing opinions in public on religion and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, a candidate in next year’s presidential election, spoke out in support of the estimated 1,000 servicemen and women who backed the April letter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The new text was published late on Sunday by Valeurs Actuelles, although the numbers and ranks of its original signatories – said to be active members of the military – remain unclear.<\/p>\n

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