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French Teen Leads Bin Laden Cheer 

The Associated Press
Friday, Oct. 19, 2001; 3:13 p.m. EDT

STRASBOURG, France -- A French teen-ager was placed under investigation
after he allegedly organized a demonstration at his junior high
school where students called out "Long live bin Laden," judicial officials
said Friday. 

A juvenile court judge in Strasbourg placed the 15-year-old under formal
investigation -- one step short of being charged -- on Thursday for
"justifying acts of terrorism," the officials said. 

The judge ordered the student to remain under the surveillance of a
teacher. 

For adults, the charge of "justifying acts of terrorism" can carry up to 
five years in prison and a $42,000 fine. 

The teen-ager is believed to have organized a demonstration Monday at
the Lezay-Marnesia school in Strasbourg, in eastern France. About 100
students gathered in the courtyard, burned a pair of red-white-and-blue
underwear and cried out "Long live (Osama) bin Laden, down with the
Americans." 

Bin Laden is suspected in the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.