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or the French Learn to fight



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...semitic_attack

Teenager Stabbed in Anti-Semitic Attack

Sat Jun 5, 8:43 AM ET

By PIERRE-YVES ROGER, Associated Press Writer

PARIS - A Jewish teenager was stabbed in the chest by a man crying "God is great," officials said. It was the second attack in a week on a young Jewish man.

The 17-year-old victim, who was not identified, was attacked Friday afternoon as he left a Jewish school in Epinay-sur-Seine, north of Paris in the rough Seine-Saint-Denis district, said local officials on condition of anonymity.

The victim was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and the attacker fled. Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin visited the site where the attack occurred.

Witnesses said a man shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) then plunged a knife into the young man before fleeing.

The victim's injuries were not life-threatening, said Gilles Taieb, a spokesman for the Jewish Consistoire, which directs Jewish religious life.

Last Sunday, the 17-year-old son of a rabbi was attacked by a group of young men as he was about to enter his home in suburban Paris.

France, for all its pontification of knowing what to do in the world, is headed for some big internal strife. there is a huge islamic population, and these attacks are getting more and more frequent.