Gay Mayor of Paris faces Threat

[david uk]

reading this, what struck me most was not the threat to him by Al Qaeda, as Europe has lived with terrorist threats of all descriptions for decades, but how great it is that a major world city like Paris has an openly gay mayor who is tipped as a candidate for President in a few years.


The Socialist mayor of Paris has been given increased police protection after US security services informed their French counterparts that he might be attacked by terrorists.

While monitoring internet traffic related to Al-Qaeda the CIA discovered that Bertrand Delanoe was listed as a target.

As mayor of France's biggest city, he is the most prominent gay politician in the country.

"I am calm. I have the information I need and I have complete confidence in the work of police headquarters vis-a-vis security problems in general, terrorism in particular and finally the protection of the mayor of Paris," Mr Delanoe said on TV station iTele.

A police spokesman confirmed that the mayor was being given more security and stressed that the threat did not come directly from the terrorist organisation.

Mr Delanoe is running for a second seven-year term as mayor of Paris in March and he is viewed as a potential 2012 presidential candidate for the Socialists.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6536.html

[Eva]

There is a rumour going around here in the Netherlands that the queen's middle son is gay (I think he is the middle one...) The royal family denies it and he married a woman. I still think he is gay.

Eva

[hoops]

Eva, he probably is... just married to stop the rumours and to produce an heir of course. who would know better someone from the "community" or his family...think about it, you must be right!
daviduk, yes that is a big deal...an awesome deal
peace
hoops