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President Sarkozy announced that France would begin to draw down its more than 4,000 troops from Afghanistan. The withdrawal would begin in months and would be “in a proportional manner and in a timeframe similar to the pullback of the American reinforcements.”

Police arrested six men linked to Islamic terrorists, including an “Indian native” and several Frenchmen, during separate raids in Paris and “two of its heavily immigrant suburbs.” The cell leader has “a high level of technical training.”

France has implemented its ban on facial coverings, which includes nijabs and burkas. Two women were briefly detained and then fined $217 during a protest against the ban in Paris.