French Defence Minister Florence Parly has vowed to punish active soldiers who signed an open letter warning the country is headed to "civil war" Fabrice COFFRINI AFP/File
* Twenty retired generals, as well as serving officers, signed the ferocious rebuke
* Incendiary letter claims France at risk of 'disintegration' at 'hands of Islamists'
* Defence Minister Florence Parly warned 'these are unacceptable actions'
* She added that those serving officers who signed letter would be disciplined
Emmanuel Macron has threatened to punish generals who signed an open letter warning that the country is heading for 'civil war' because of radical Islam.
Twenty retired generals, as well as several serving soldiers, signed the letter which warned that failure to act against the 'suburban hordes' - a reference to the predominantly immigrant population of the housing estates which surround French cities - will lead to deaths 'in the thousands.'
The government strongly condemned the letter, which was published on the 60th anniversary of a failed coup d'etat by generals opposed to France granting independence to Algeria.
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WNU Editor: A lot of former French soldiers signed onto this letter. 20 former Generals along with 120 former senior staff and 1,000 others who were in lower ranks.
Update: Support for opposition leader Le Pen appeares to be growing in the French military .... France's Armed Forces minister is furious after hundreds of retired solders pledge to support far-right presidential candidate Marine le Pen (Daily Mail).
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