"The threat of terrorist attack against our country remains high," the office of President Francois Hollande said in a statement after a special meeting of top ministers.
"The head of state has decided to maintain the level of the army on the national territory at 10,000 troops in support of security forces from the interior ministry."
It added that "7,000 of them are deployed primarily for surveillance and protection at religious sites that are particularly threatened."
Soldiers have also been patrolling stations, media buildings and other potential targets since the jihadist attacks in Paris in January that left 17 dead.
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- France is deploying 15,000 police and security forces to bolster security around "sensitive" sites and Jewish schools in the country, in the wake of Islamist attacks that left 17 dead, authorities said Monday.
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that 10,000 soldiers would be called up from Tuesday to protect "sensitive sites in the whole country from tomorrow (Tuesday) evening," given the "scale of threats" to France.
The troop deployment would come on top of 5,000 police and security forces already mobilized Monday to protect some 717 schools and Jewish sites in the country.
The Jewish community has been particularly shaken by Friday's attack on the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris, which came just two days after two other gunmen -Said Kouachi and his brother Cherif Kouachi - stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, slaughtering 12 people.
Le Drian unveiled the fresh measures after an emergency meeting called by President Francois Hollande as attention turned to preventing a repeat of France's bloodiest attacks in half a century.
"This is the first time that our troops have been mobilized to such an extent on our own soil," the minister said, adding that he would prefer not to list the sites which are deemed sensitive.......................... http://elepiloges.blogspot.gr/2015/01/france-deploys-police-soldiers-15000.html
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Vigipirate : l'armée va adapter ses effectifs à la «menace terroriste»...
ReplyDeleteLe chef de l'Etat a annoncé le maintien des 10.000 militaires déployés dans le cadre du dispositif Sentinelle «au minimum jusqu'au début de l'été». Il a également déclaré qu'il y aurait encore moins de postes supprimés dans l'armée.
Les mesures exceptionnelles prises dans le cadre du plan Vigipirate deployé après les attentats de janvier vont êtres conservées. François Hollande a décidé de «maintenir l'engagement des armées sur le territoire national à hauteur de 10.000 militaires» en «soutien» des forces du ministère de l'Intérieur, a déclaré mercredi l'Élysée, à l'issue d'un Conseil de défense. Lors d'une conférence de presse, le ministre de la Défense Jean-Yves Le Drian a précisé que le dispositif Sentinelle sera maintenu «au minimum jusqu'au début de l'été, date à laquelle il sera réévalué».................http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/03/11/01016-20150311ARTFIG00257-vigipirate-l-armee-va-adapter-ses-effectifs-a-la-menace-terroriste.php
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