Sarkozy Death Threat: Bullet Mailed To French President

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and three top government ministers have been sent anonymous death threats in letters stuffed with bullets, a judicial official said Tuesday.

Counterterrorism agents are investigating the mailings to Sarkozy, Justice Minister Rachida Dati, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Culture Minister Christine Albanel _ the latest members of the governing conservative party to be targeted by such a letter campaign, the officials said.

The two-page, typed form letters feature disjointed messages addressed to "purveyors of freedom-killing and fascist laws," the judicial official said. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

The Associated Press saw a copy of the letter, which speaks of a mysterious "Cell 34" and evokes 1,000 combatants before concluding, "This letter is the last. There will be a black out. Total silence."

The official said the letters contained 9 mm or .38-caliber bullets.

A total of 10 politicians were named in the letter _ and seven of them have already received one, the official said. Neither the author of the letter nor a possible motive is known, she said. It was not clear where the letters were mailed from.

The letter to Sarkozy's office was received Feb. 26, according to prosecutors. The presidential Elysee Palace said earlier Tuesday it had not received such a letter.

Bordeaux City Hall reported that Mayor Alain Juppe _ a former conservative prime minister _ had also been mailed such a letter and bullet.

Two senators from Sarkozy's party received similar threats last week.

"I'm staying completely calm," Juppe told reporters Tuesday in the southwestern French city. "It's the job of police services to analyze things, and take the proper measures. I have no intention of changing my agenda."

Comments

[research]

He's a Conservative.

Believes the rich are better at governing, but

that governmnet is bad.

He's probably deceiving to gain sympathy.

[Horst]

It must have been sent by one of Carla Bruni's 1,864 ex-boyfriends.

[123dee]

Sarkozy is a decent man, France is peaceful. I hope all peaceful countries will get rid of their
trouble makers. I wish him and his wife healthy long lives.

I was pretty impress with our drug arrests last week, almost 800 criminals .

[kshawNCvoter]

oh no........­shocking. i like this little guy and his pretty wife.

[DonVito]

I smell the Corsican boys in this.
Back in the 50's and 60's they used to do that.
They must be unhappy with this Hungarian that passes himself off as a Frenchman; the economic situation must have affected their business considerably. Nobody likes to lose money.

[MagisterLudi]

Maybe be they can make him an offer he won't be able to... understand. In broken French.

[miltonista]

This letter is probably from a group of bitter socialist welfare bums... who are going to lose public funding of their lethargic lifestyles. Sarkozy and the other conservative leaders are like Reagan, trying to peel back the unsustainable socialist state that France has become.

This is what happens when you create a dependent society with the government as drug pusher.

And since socialism / communism advocates violent overthrow of the system... this type of activity is perfectly 'moral'.

way to go, progressiv­es.. you have created a societal monster. and you did this in the name of altruism.

[NormGoldman]

Nothing like making mindless generalizations. Do you even know anybody on welfare?

[miltonista]

yeah... the entire neighborhood l live in... in los angeles.

[NormGoldman]

Nothing like uneducated generalizations. Go listen to your leader Rush for more idiotic talking points.

[miltonista]

those were entirely my talking points... i don't think rush has even mentioned this story.

[NormGoldman]

I think that the CEO's of US financial institutions are lowlife welfare bums, don't you?

[miltonista]

agreed... let them fail... let bad companies fail, and the good ones survive without government intervention.

[x004Ronin]

Good to know that the far right never did anything bad in Europe, like in Germany and Italy in the 1930's.

I would expect no less of a falsehood from a conservative who probably believes FDR caused the Great Depression­...

[miltonista]

Hit_ler was a progressive before he was a fas_cist..­. he was not 'right wing' by any means.

no, bad Fed policy caused the market crash... Hoover's policies didn't help... but FDR's policies sent the economy into a nosedive..­. only through massive spending during WW2 did we get out of it...

learn your history.

[MaximMaximus]

Have you ever lived in Europe? I highly doubt that you did. You shouldn't be commenting on things about which you know no knowledge nor experience.

[jweider]

If you are going to mail someone a bullet, shouldn't you also mail them a gun so that they can use it?

[miltonista]

wow... jweider... I'm going to shun you.

Perhaps, if you are against Sarkozy's policies, you should try persuading a majority of citizens to your side of the argument instead of advocating violence. You're no different than a religious fanatic.

The way you see the world is unhealthy.­.. seek help.

[jweider]

I'm not against Sarkozy's policies. Actually, the point I was trying to make is that mailing someone a bullet is a really stupid and pointless thing to do. As far as violence goes, I think guns are for losers.

[AnalyzeIT]

I'm sorry I was having a glass of wine too relax and read......­... your comment made me spit it across my key board. Thanks!!! LOL

Regardless, you are correct. :)))

[jweider]

Well I'm glad someone got it!

[rwbinjax]

Would you be so happy if the bullets were mailed to President Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi? I do not think you would find it funny. I do not find this funny.

[Dayahka]

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Every leader in the world gets death threats. The overt ones are not the ones you need to worry about so much as the hidden threats, the ones you cannot investigate because you don't know about them.

[research]

Old Rove trick.

Send yourself a threat.

[KCFreedom]

Or bug your own office and blame the Dems, like Rove did in Texas

[PromiseLand]

Those bullets could've been used more productively.

[MagisterLudi]

Yes, on you.

[jingles01]

Interesting comment. I wonder if you would have expressed the same sentiment had the bullets been mailed to President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Haary Reid. Somehow, I do not think so.

[davidwayneosedach]

I would imagine all foreign leaders receive veiled threats from time to time. Actions speak louder than words.

[whoknew---]

You are probably right...bu­t a bullet...t­hat really is a strong "veiled" threat....

[kennteh]

As strong as mailing someone dead fish wrapped in their relative's clothing..­.. and a bullet to match!