Not immune

My opinion is the point is being missed here. Paris firm on hostages as Allawi cites threat:

The Islamic Army of Iraq, the shadowy group holding the hostages, on Saturday night issued a 48-hour ultimatum to France over the headscarf ban, although it did not specifically threaten the lives of the two newsmen. But on Monday night, after the original deadline expired, their captors told the Al Jazeera news channel that they would extend the ultimatum by 24 hours, according to Agence France-Presse.

Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot were shown in a video on Al Jazeera calling on the French government to revoke the ban and on the French people to demonstrate against the legislation.

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But Iraq’s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said bluntly that the kidnapping proved that France’s position on Iraq, presumably its opposition to the war and the absence of a troop presence - offered it no protection from terrorism.

Whether or not France opposed the war is irrelevant. Their reason for opposing the war, be they based on morals or money, is irrelevant. What is relevant is that Iraq now has these murderous kidnapping groups, who will do pretty much anything to anyone to get some satisfaction. And we don’t know if what the US is doing there is making things better or worse.