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Le fléau du terrorisme

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The plague of terrorism

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Un terroriste

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A terrorist / a gunman

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Terroriser

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To terrorize

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Commettre un attentat

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To stage a terrorist attack

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Un groupe terroriste

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A terrorist group / a terror group

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Une organisation terroriste

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A terrorist organisation

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Un loup solitaire

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A lone wolf

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La violence aveugle / gratuite

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Random violence / gratuitous violence

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La violence pour la violence

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Violence for the sake of violence

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L’Etat islamique, l’EL, Daesh

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Islamic State / Isis

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Un Islamiste radical

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A radical Islamist

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Se radicaliser

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To radicalize / to become radicalized

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Les milieux islamistes radicaux

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Radical Islamic circles

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Le terrorisme est contraire à l’Islam

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Terrorism is unislamic

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Un acte de terrorisme

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An act of terrorism

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Poser / faire exploser une bombe

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To plant / to detonate a bomb

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Désamorcer une bombe

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To defuse a bomb

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Une attaque à la bombe

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A bomb attack

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Une vague d’attentats

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A wave of bombings

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Une alerte à la bombe

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A bomb scare

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Une menace d’attentat

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A bomb threat

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Une fausse alerte ( à la bombe)

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A bomb hoax

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Une voiture piégée / un colis piégé

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A car bomb / a parcel bomb

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La voiture était piégée

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The car was booby-trapped

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Un poseur de bombes

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A bomber

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Un kamikaze

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A suicide bomber / a kamikaze

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Une attaque kamikaze

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A suicide bombing

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Faire sauter un avion

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To blow up a plane

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Détourner un avion

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To hikack / to skyjack a plane

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Un pirate de l’air

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A hijacker / a skyjacker

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Un détournement d’avion

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A plane hijacking

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Détenir / décapiter un otage

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To hold / to behead a hostage

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Etre pris en otage

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To be taken hostage

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Tuer des innocents

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To kill innocent people

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Un djihadiste

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A jihadist

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Faire le djihad

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To do jihad

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Un fanatique

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A fanatic / a zealot

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Revendiquer un attentat

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To claim responsibility for an attack

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Le 11 septembre

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9/11

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Il ne se passe pratiquement pas une semaine sans qu’un nouvel acte de terrorisme ne soit commis dans le monde

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Hardly a week goes by without an act of terrorism taking place somewhere in the world

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Les attentats frappent sans discernement des innocents qui se trouvaient simplement au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment

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Terrorist attacks indiscriminately affect innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time

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Les actes terroristes sont des crimes. Aucune cause ne saurait justifier le terrorisme

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Terrorist acts are criminal. No cause can justify terrorism

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Le 11 septembre 2001, trois avions américains détournés par des terroristes se sont écrasés sur le World Trade Center Et le Pentagone, faisant près de 3000 morts.

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On September 11th, 2001, three US planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the WTC and the Pentagon, killing almost 3,000 people.

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Il faudrait que les terroristes détournent 50 avions par an Et tuent tout le monde à bord avant que l’avion devienne plus dangereux que la voiture

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Terrorists would have to hijack 50 planes a year and kill everyone aboard before flying became more dangerous than driving

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L’Amérique est une menace pour les terroristes car elle donne de l’espoir aux opprimés qui vivent dans les pays non-démocratiques d’où ils viennent

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America is a threat to the terrorists because it gives hope to the oppressed people of the undemocratic countries from which they come

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L’assassinat de quelque 130 personnes à Paris avait essentiellement pour but de faire peur à la France

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The purpose of assassinating some 130 people in Paris was primarily to scare France

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Rien ne justifie l’assassinat des dessinateurs de Charlie Hebdo, quels qu’aient été les motifs des terroristes

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There is no justification for the assassination of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, no matter what motivated the terrorists

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Les terroristes croient qu’ils sont engagés dans une guerre entre le bien et le mal, la foi Et le mensonge, la civilisation et la barbarie

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The terrorists believe they are involved in a war between right and wrong, faith and falsehood, civilisation and barbarity

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Ils croient que leur lutte pour défendre leurs croyances justifie toutes les tactiques

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They believe all tactics are justified in the struggle to defend their beliefs

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L’Etat islamique a revendiqué la décapitation d’un otage britannique en représailles à l’engagement de la Grande-Bretagne en Irak et en Syrie

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Islamic State claimed responsibility for the beheading of a British hostage in retaliation for Britain’s involvement in Iraq and Syria

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