France's interior minister asks police to probe far-right leader's angry tweets of IS photos
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France's interior minister has asked judicial police to look into tweets by far-right leader Marine Le Pen of gruesome photos of actions of the Islamic State group — her response to a broadcast journalist broadly comparing her party to the organization.
Le Pen tweeted the photos after Jean-Jacques Bourdin, known for his brash style, said on BFM TV that her National Front party and IS both focus on identity so share a "community of spirit."
"Daesh is THIS!" Le Pen said in tweets showing executions, using the Arabic acronym for the group.
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The minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, told lawmakers he has taken the case to a section of the judicial police that deals with illicit content on the Internet. He called the tweets "propaganda photos of Daesh."