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Is Chérif Kouachi a classic case of prison radicalisation? : Comments
By Romain Quivooij, published 23/1/2015Between 2005 and 2006, Chérif Kouachi, one of the two Charlie Hebdo attackers, was imprisoned in the Fleury-Mérogis jail. While this appears to have facilitated his behavioural transition to violent extremism, it did not constitute a 'triggering event'.
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Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 1:24:09 PM
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Arjay, I have mentioned this before: don't write about economic or assorted financial topics (e.g. gold) until you have actually researched them. Your understanding of international finance is presently nil, so making any statement is going to cause you embarrassment.
Take this one, for example: >>Switzerland left the Euro and their currency rose by 30% in one day.<< The Swiss never joined the Eurozone, so couldn't leave it. The Swiss Franc - supported over many years by the sort of banking laws that you tell us you despise when they apply to other countries - has been their currency for over two centuries, and that situation is not about to change. (Incidentally, it may be of interest to you to know that the SFr was unlinked from gold in 2000 - by referendum; a subsequent referendum to re-link them was defeated last November. They're not dumb, these Swiss.) What happened with the SFr was this: the Sfr was fixed against the Euro for a while. Then they unfixed it. "The SNB introduced the exchange-rate peg in 2011, while financial markets around the world were in turmoil. Investors consider the Swiss franc as a “safe haven” asset, along with American government bonds: buy them and you know your money will not be at risk. Investors like the franc because they think the Swiss government is a safe pair of hands: it runs a balanced budget, for instance. But as investors flocked to the franc, they dramatically pushed up its value. An expensive franc hurts Switzerland because the economy is heavily reliant on selling things abroad: exports of goods and services are worth over 70% of GDP. To bring down the franc’s value, the SNB created new francs and used them to buy euros. Increasing the supply of francs relative to euros on foreign-exchange markets caused the franc’s value to fall (thereby ensuring a euro was worth 1.2 francs)." http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/01/economist-explains-13 Read the rest of the article. Try to understand it as best you can. But next time, do your research before, not after you have made an idiot of yourself. Posted by Pericles, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 9:05:46 AM
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when talking to kafirs.