Leadership: Compare & Contrast
Posted: November 16, 2015 Filed under: France, History, Self Defense, War Room, White House | Tags: Act of War, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, EUROPE, François Hollande, ISIS, Islamic state, Islamism, Jihadism, Leadership, Paris, Paris Attacks, Paris Massacre, Setback 1 Comment
[PHOTO] U.S. Capitol: Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of the Victims of the #ParisAttacks
Posted: November 15, 2015 Filed under: France, Global, History, Terrorism, War Room | Tags: Congress, Islamism, Jihadism, Mourning, Paris, Paris Attacks, Paris Massacre, Terrorism, Twitter, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Flag, Washington D.C. Leave a comment
7 Arrested In Belgium Over Paris Attacks
Posted: November 15, 2015 Filed under: France, Terrorism, War Room | Tags: Arrests, Associated Press, Belgium, Paris Attacks, Paris Massacre 1 Comment
PARIS (AP) — A Belgian official says seven people have been detained in Belgium linked to the Paris attacks.
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press in Brussels by phone, also said two of the seven attackers who died in Paris on Friday night were French men living in Brussels. He said one of the French attackers was living in the Molenbeek neighborhood, which is considered a focal point for religious extremism and fighters going to Syria….(read more)
Source: AP/Breitbart.com
BREAKING: French Jets Begin Major Airstrikes, Bombing Defacto ISIS Capital of Raqqa, French Defense Ministry Says
Posted: November 15, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, France, Global, Space & Aviation, Terrorism, War Room | Tags: ABC News, Air Campaign, Bombing, Council on Foreign Relations, EUROPE, French Defense Ministry, ISIS, media, Middle East, military, news, Paris Attacks, Paris Massacre, Raqqa, Twitter Leave a comment
France has launched a series of airstrikes on the ISIL-held Syrian city of Raqqa in the wake of the deadly Paris terror attacks.
The French Defence Ministry says 10 jets dropped 20 bombs on the terror group’s de-facto capital.
The attack included 12 warplanes.
“The first target destroyed was used by Daesh (another Arabic acronym for IS) as a command post, jihadist recruitment centre and arms and munitions depot,” a ministry statement said.
“The second held a terrorist training camp.”
The warplanes left for Syria from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry said….(read more)
Source: 9news.com,au
mirror.co.uk. reports: France retaliated to the Paris terror attack by launching deadly airstrikes on an Islamic State jihadi training camp in Syria tonight.
Yesterday French president Francois Hollande vowed to crush the extremist group who massacred 129 people on Friday night.
Less than 24 hours later, some 10 fighter jets pummeled the ISIS-held city of Raqqa with at least 20 bombs, according to the French defence ministry.
The jets hit command and control center, jihadi recruitment center, munitions depot and a training camp. AFP/Getty
President Hollande was told his country is under attack while watching France take on Germany in a friendly at the Stade de France.
His bodyguard is seen whispering into Francois Hollande’s ear 15 minutes into watching France take on Germany
Mr Hollande was immediately escorted upstairs to a secure area where he was briefed to the full extent of the situation before being scrambled away to a secure location. Read the rest of this entry »
Anonymous White House Official Denies that Charlie Hebdo Staff were Invited to See Obama
Posted: May 2, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cartoonists, Charlie Hebdo, France, Golf course, Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Olivier Knox, Palestinian people, Paris Massacre, Prime Minister of Israel, Rénald Luzier, West Bank Leave a comment
“Really, we just don’t understand the French.”
— Obama’s staff response, According to Luzier
The White House on Friday denied a report in a French magazine that the administration invited staffers from the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo to meet with and draw President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the bloody terrorist attack on the publication’s offices in Paris.
French President François Hollande, center, is surrounded by heads of state including, from left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as they attend the solidarity march in the streets of Paris. (Photo: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
“The idea was to have folks from Charlie to the White House. An interview? Awesome.”
Rénald Luzier, better known by his pen name, Luz, told the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles that U.S. officials conceived of the visit as a way to make up for the absence of a top American official at a march in support for Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 11, one week after the attack.
“We would have gone there directly. Except that they wanted to have a cartoonist come to draw Obama. This isn’t Montmartre. I said, ‘If he comes to Paris, I’ll put Budweiser in the fridge and I’ll draw him.’”
— Rénald Luzier
U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley attended the demonstration, along with leaders of Germany, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
“We have seen some reports that a Charlie Hebdo staffer claims to have received, and declined, an invitation to the White House. These reports are not true. No such invitation was ever extended.”
— White House official, on condition of anonymity
But the absence of Obama, Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary of State John Kerry led to accusations from American conservatives that the president was turning his back on freedom of speech. The attack, by two brothers of Algerian descent, was in apparent retaliation for cartoons that many Muslims saw as blasphemous. Twelve people were shot to death and 11 injured.
“Obama didn’t send an important representative, and sending John Kerry to see [French President François] Hollande wasn’t enough,” Luzier said. Read the rest of this entry »
Charlie Hebdo Resumes Regular Publication
Posted: February 24, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Comics, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Brussels, Cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, Copenhagen, France, Freedom of speech, Magazines, media, Muslim, Newspapers, Paris, Paris Massacre Leave a comment
Charlie Hebdo resumes regular publication after attack
Je Suis Aléatoire
Posted: February 11, 2015 Filed under: Global, Mediasphere, Politics, War Room, White House | Tags: Antisemitism, Barack Obama, Charlie Hebdo, France, Islamic extremism, Islamism, Israel, JE SUIS CHARLIE, Jewish, Jihadism, Kosher Deli, Paris, Paris Massacre, Terrorism 1 Comment
Graffiti of the Day: Charlie Hebdo
Posted: January 17, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Censorship, Global, Religion | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Graffiti, Islamism, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Street art 1 Comment
Pro-Censorship Lefties Defend Islam
Posted: January 16, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics, Religion | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Communism, Hogwarts, Islam, Left Wing, media, Muslim, news, Paris March, Paris Massacre, Pro-Censorship, Rupert Murdoch, Socialism, Theocracy, Twitter 1 Comment
‘French Town Struggles to Understand Radicals’ Pull’: International New York Times Front Page, Friday, January 16, 2015
Posted: January 16, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Global, Mediasphere | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, France, Islamism, Jihadism, media, New York Times, news, Paris Attacks, Paris Massacre Leave a comment
[PHOTO] Paris Massacre Victim Burial: Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Custom Coffin
Posted: January 15, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Global, War Room | Tags: Anti-establishment, Arab Spring, Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, France, French language, Funeral, Muslim, Paris, Paris Massacre, satire, Twitter 1 CommentThis was the coffin a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist was buried in http://t.co/OuNf7asQBs pic.twitter.com/h9fgF3y0gj
— i100 (@thei100) January 15, 2015
[VIDEO] Bill Clinton on Muslim Immigration and ‘The World’s Greatest Double Standard’
Posted: January 15, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Politics, Religion, White House | Tags: Bill Clinton, Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Hot Air, Islamism, Jihadism, media, news, Paris March, Paris Massacre, Seth Meyers, Television 2 Comments. @GregGutfeld : Bill Clinton ‘Saying Publicly What Wimps Say Privately’ http://t.co/uwyo9QIPjU @TheFive pic.twitter.com/1huIAom1TG
— FoxNewsInsider (@FoxNewsInsider) January 15, 2015
Limiting Free Speech: Did The Pope Get It Right? Charles C.W. Cooke Doesn’t Think So
Posted: January 15, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: Charles C. W. Cooke, Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, National Review, Paris March, Paris Massacre, Pope Francis, The Philippines Leave a comment
Two Little Girls in Beijing Pen ‘I Am Charlie’
Posted: January 14, 2015 Filed under: Asia, Censorship, China, Global, War Room | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Edward Wong, Islamism, Jihadism, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire 1 CommentRT @Yishabelle: One of the best #IamCharlie I have seen! Two little girls in Beijing… pic.twitter.com/ciXgvi3sgE
— Edward Wong (@comradewong) January 15, 2015
‘I Do Apologize For Any Of Our Viewers Who May Have Been Offended By That’
Posted: January 14, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: Andrew Kirell, Charlie Hebdo, France, Freedom of speech, media, Mediaite, news, Paris, Paris March, Paris Massacre, Self-Censorship, SkyNews, Twitter 1 CommentCharlie Hebdo Writer Holds Up Muhammed Cover on Sky News; Network Cuts Away and Apologizes
Andrew Kirell reports: While several major news outlets in the United States have resisted showing the Muhammed-depicting cover of Charlie Hebdo‘s first issue following last week’s massacre, it appears as though their squeamishness is not nearly as severe as that of media in the United Kingdom.
“I’m very sad, very sad that journalists in UK do not support us, that journalists in UK betray what journalism is about by thinking that people cannot be grown enough to decide if a drawing is offending or not. Because you are not even showing it.”
Hebdo writer Caroline Fourest appeared Wednesday evening on SkyNews to tout her magazine’s hot-selling post-attack issue, with cover art showing Muhammed holding up a “Je Suis Charlie” sign and a caption reading “All Is Forgiven.”
“It is completely crazy that in UK you cannot show a simple drawing as that.”
— Hebdo writer Caroline Fourest
“I’m very sad, very sad that journalists in UK do not support us, that journalists in UK betray what journalism is about by thinking that people cannot be grown enough to decide if a drawing is offending or not,” she said to the hosts of SkyNews Tonight via satellite. “Because you are not even showing it.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Former Charlie Hebdo Writer Blasts Self-Censoring Media As MSNBC Censors Mohammed Drawing on Charlie Hebdo Cover
Posted: January 14, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: Assault weapon, Caroline Fourest, Charlie Hebdo, France, Islamism, Jihadism, media, MSNBC, Muhammad, news, Paris, Paris Massacre Leave a commentFormer Charlie Hebdo Writer Blasts Self Censoring Media As MSNBC Blurs Mohammed Drawing
Street Art: Charlie Hebdo Grafitti
Posted: January 14, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Censorship, Global | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, France, Grafitti, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Street art 1 Comment
Waiting for Kiosk to Open: ‘Survivors’ Issue of Charlie Hebdo Selling Out Across Paris
Posted: January 14, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Censorship, Global, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: Alexander Marquardt, Charlie Hebdo, France, Islamism, Jihadism, Paris, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Terrorism, Twitter Leave a comment
Alexander Marquardt via Twitter
Charlie Hebdo’s New Issue Flies Off Newsstands
PARIS— Into Landrauro reports: French commuters rushed Wednesday morning to newsstands to buy copies of Charlie Hebdo, the first issue of the satirical magazine since eight of its staff members were killed by Islamist gunmen last week.
Even though it has become a cause célèbre, the weekly—known for mocking all forms of authority, including some that have rushed to its defense—stayed true to form by printing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad holding a “Je suis Charlie,” or “I am Charlie,” sign on its cover. Several cartoons inside the issue mocked Islamist fighters.
#CharlieHebdo #soldout at #Paris #France #newsstand #kiosk #rightnow pic.twitter.com/hZ3w9dzV18
— csdickey (@csdickey) January 14, 2015
As early as 6.30 a.m., it was difficult to find copies of the magazine in the few newsstands already open, even though the weekly’s distributors had said they were ready to print as many as 3 million copies—50 times the normal circulation. Read the rest of this entry »
Where to Buy the New Charlie Hebdo
Posted: January 13, 2015 Filed under: Global, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, Religion | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Islamism, Jihadism, Magazine, media, Newspaper, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Terror, Time Leave a comment
French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo will release its first issue Wednesday since last week’s attack left eight journalists dead at its Paris office, but only a few hundred copies of the first printing are set to reach the United States over the next few days.
The issue, which was created entirely by its surviving staffers using workspace and equipment provided by others, is set for an initial printing of 1 million copies, well above its typical 60,000. If demand is high enough, there is an option to print 2 million more. It will be available at newsstands across France but for those outside the country who want to pick one up, it’s a bit trickier.
LMPI, a distributor of foreign magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, told TIME that Charlie Hebdo has been unavailable in the U.S. since 2010 due to low sales. But it will resume delivery…
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[CARTOON] ‘Liberty, Equality…Whatever’
Posted: January 13, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: Barack Obama, Cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, Comics, Editorial, EUROPE, Islamism, Jihadism, Nick Anderson, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, White House Leave a comment
New York Post Front Page: ‘CHARLIE FORGIVES’ Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Global, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: cartoonist, Charlie Hebdo, France, media, New York City, New York Post, news, Newspapers, NYC, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, Tabloid Leave a comment
New York Post front page for Tuesday, January 13, 2015
[VIDEO] Predictably, Jon Stewart Adorably Trashes Obama for Paris Rally Absence, for Easy, Harmless Laughs, Wears Beret
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, EUROPE, French language, I AM CHARLIE, John Kerry, Jon Stewart, Paris, Paris March, Paris Massacre, satire, The Daily Show 1 CommentJon Stewart went after President Obama for his absence at the Paris unity rally yesterday, asking bewilderedly, “Couldn’t Obama have at least sent a friend?”
When Cartoon Worries Were Simpler
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Censorship, Humor, Religion | Tags: Anxiety, Charlie Hebdo, Comics, design, Ernie Bushmiller, Global Panic, Illustration, Islamism, Nancy, Paris Massacre, satire, Terror, Terrorism, Worry Leave a comment
Freedom of Satire: Who’s Pro-Freedom, Who’s Pro-Censorship? Majority of Republicans Think Media Should Publish Mockery of Religion, Democrats, Not So Much
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Charles C. W. Cooke, Charlie Hebdo, Democrats, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, GOP, Hot Air, Paris Massacre, satire, Theocracy Leave a comment
Theocrats! MT @hotairblog: Majority of GOP think media should publish satires of religion; plurality of Dems disagree http://t.co/MiGr5s7NYF
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 12, 2015
‘Mahomet en une du Charlie Hebdo de mercredi’: In Controversial New Cover The Big Mo Himself Holds Sign Saying ‘I Am Charlie’
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Breaking News, Censorship, Global, Humor, Religion | Tags: Albert Uderzo, Antisemitism in Europe, Charlie Hebdo, Culture of France, France, French language, Libération, Muhammad, Muslim, Paris, Paris Massacre, satire 3 Comments
Translation from French to English:
The next issue of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the first since the terrorist attack that decimated the… writing is completed.
Charlie Hebdo will be well on the newsstands on Wednesday 14th January. As every week. The journalists of the satirical weekly cordoned off around 21:30 Monday their first edition since the attack that killed 12 people, Wednesday, January 7 in Paris. In these exceptional circumstances, the number ( 1178 ) will be drawn 3 million copies.
“All Is Forgiven. I Am Charlie”
Hosted in the premises of Liberation, writing resumed work on Friday with the aim of showing that Charlie Hebdo is not dead. The design of a designed by Luz is the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign “I’m Charlie.” Associated with the drawing, comments: “All is forgiven”.
Note: this is computer-translated from the original French into English, some of the phrasing is irregular, and a few words appear to be missing. I offer it as-is, I think it’s mostly self-evident.
Bravo Charlie Hebdo!
This page in its original French is here, at Libération
The Australian‘s Unambiguous Headline
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Global, Mediasphere, Religion, War Room | Tags: Australia, Charlie Hebdo, Islamists, media, news, Paris Massacre, The Australian, Twitter 1 Comment
‘Truth without Fear” – via Twitter – @RSS_Org
‘SORRY CHARLIE’: New York Post Cover for Monday, January 12, 2015
Posted: January 12, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Charlie Hebdo, Colts, Golden Globes, Hillary Clinton, media, New York, New York City Police Department, New York Post, news, NFL, NYC, Packers, Paris Massacre Leave a comment
New York Post front page for Monday, January 12, 2015
The Empire State Building Went Dark For Charlie Hebdo Victims
Posted: January 11, 2015 Filed under: Global, War Room | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Chrysler Building, Condé Nast Building, Empire State Building, Islamism, Jihadism, New York City, One World Trade Center, Paris Massacre, Rockefeller Center, Terrorism 1 Comment
Gesture of solidarity comes as over a million take to the streets of Paris
The Empire State Building went dark for five minutes at 8 p.m. on Sunday, displaying only red, white and blue lights — the French tricolor — at its pinnacle to show solidarity with the victims of the terror attacks on French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. Read the rest of this entry »
Memo to New York Times’ Dean Baquet: Don’t Piss On Us And Tell Us Its Raining
Posted: January 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Censorship, Mediasphere, Religion | Tags: Antisemitism, Barack Obama, Charlie Hebdo, Christianity, Dean Baquet, Easter, Editorial board, EUROPE, Islam, Jews, Media bias, Mollie Hemingway, Paris Massacre, The New York Times Leave a comment
Mollie Hemingway writes:
…It’s absolutely not true that the New York Times cares one whit about the religious (or otherwise) sentiments of peaceful families in Brooklyn. If they did, they wouldn’t run so many depictions of anti-semitic caricatures in stories about anti-semitic caricatures. Or of blasphemous anti-Christian art in stories about blasphemous anti-Christian art. Or of gross ethnic and racial stereotypes in stories about gross ethnic and racial stereotypes. When the New York Times wrote about Catholic outrage over an art exhibit that featured a “black Madonna with a clump of elephant dung on breast & cutouts of genitalia,” that story featured a color photo of the art in question. Heck, it still does. Right there on the web site.
International New York Times Front Page: ‘The World Stands With France’
Posted: January 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Diplomacy, Global, Mediasphere, Religion, War Room | Tags: Anti-Semitism, Charlie Hebdo, EUROPE, Islamism, Jihadists, media, New York Times, news, Paris March, Paris Massacre Leave a comment
World Leaders Gather in Paris, Americans Express Anger at U.S. Leadership Vacancy
Posted: January 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, Religion, War Room | Tags: al Qaeda, Charlie Hebdo, European Jews, France, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Islam, Islamism, Jihadism, Paris, Paris Massacre Leave a comment
White House criticized for absence at Paris rally http://t.co/s6lHUeIEDWpic.twitter.com/UfCYFLYJ6V
— The Hill (@thehill) January 11, 2015
Hundreds of thousands Millions of French citizens are joined by dozens of foreign leaders, among them Arab and Muslim representatives, in a march in Paris today in honor of the 17 victims of this week’s terror attacks.
RT @Mr_Slater: More people filled streets for #ParisMarch today than celebrated French liberation in 1944. pic.twitter.com/7n0nEpjFYF
White House criticized for absence at Paris rally http://t.co/s6lHUeIEDW pic.twitter.com/UfCYFLYJ6V
— The Hill (@thehill) January 11, 2015
— Sir Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson) January 11, 2015
Inspired by the #ParisMarch Thank you to the millions who showed up! #Israelpic.twitter.com/p9VvArwhkv
— Act for Israel (@ActForIsrael) January 11, 2015
World leaders even gave a seat 4 #BarackObama and he never showed #ParisMarch#JeSuisCharlie#FranceUnityMarch#shamepic.twitter.com/4orEpkZbcY
— Wayne Dupree ★彡 (@WayneDupreeShow) January 11, 2015
“@YankReb69: Found him! #ParisMarchpic.twitter.com/NthezcdGFW” @BradThor 😂
— DaveConlon (@DaveCC1109) January 11, 2015
“@RT_com: #ParisMarch:Largest demonstration in French history (VIDEO, PHOTOS) http://t.co/5vu6HEwScQpic.twitter.com/tlnx5W2YLY” Pure Solidarity
— maciej skarbonkiewic (@skarbon1) January 11, 2015
Good question. Where was Obama? Playing golf? #ParisMarch pic.twitter.com/ihPvD2VO7x
— Tim Parfitt (@tjparfitt) January 11, 2015
Front Pages React to Paris Terrorist Attack on Charlie Hebdo
Posted: January 10, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Global, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Agence France-Presse, Anti-establishment, Asia, Cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, France, Jihadism, journalism, media, Newspapers, Paris, Paris Massacre, satire, Terrorism 2 Comments
Twelve people were killed on Wednesday when police in Paris said three gunmen attacked the office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The terrorist attack sent shock waves through the global media community, prompting an outpouring of support for the victims as officials condemned the violence and authorities hunted the assailants. Here is a selection of front pages, set for publication Thursday, that led with the tragedy…(see more)
Sacré Bleu! Robert Crumb Weighs In
Posted: January 9, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Censorship, Comics, Global, Humor | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Comics, Comix, France, Illustration, media, Paris, Paris Massacre, R. Crumb, Robert Crumb, satire, Terrorism 3 Comments
‘Paris Est Charlie’: L’arc de Triomphe Tonight
Posted: January 9, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Breaking News, Censorship, Global, Mediasphere | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, France, Freedom, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Islamism, JE SUIS CHARLIE, L’arc de Triomphe, Liberty, Paris, Paris Massacre, Terrorism, Twitter 1 Comment
mashable.com – #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com
KOUACHI BROTHERS REPORTED DEAD
Posted: January 9, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere, Religion, War Room | Tags: Breaking news, cartoonist, Charlie Hebdo, France, Industrial Park, Jihadism, Kouachi Brothers, media, Muhammad, news, Paris, Paris Massacre, Said Kouachi, Terrorists 1 Comment
BREAKING: Police official: Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre killed, hostage freed.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2015
Several hostages freed at Jewish supermarket in Paris. Photo Thomas Samson #AFP pic.twitter.com/C9ltgMT0Wl
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) January 9, 2015
French police said Friday that a gunman who had been holding at least five hostages in a kosher market in eastern Paris was dead, CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.
French media reported that as many as 10 people ran out of the market after explosions and gunfire were heard near the market.
Earlier, the gunman threatened to kill the hostages if police launched an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the massacre, a police official told The Associated Press.
Less than an hour after the gunman made his threat, gunfire was heard at the location of the standoff involving the brothers around the town of Dammartin-en-Goële, about 25 miles northeast of Paris.
The police official told the AP several people had been wounded when the gunman opened fire in the market near Paris’ Porte de Vincennes Friday afternoon and were able to flee and get medical care.
Earlier, a police official told the AP that the man declared “you know who I am” when he opened fire.
An Interior Ministry spokesman told RTL-TV that police believe five individuals were taken hostage, possibly including a child. A police union source told the Reuters news organization that one person was seriously wounded.
Paris police believe the suspect is Amedy Coulibaly, 32. Police are seeking information on him and his girlfriend, Hayat Boumeddienne, 26, in connection with the deadly shooting of a police officer on Thursday morning just south of the capital in Montrouge. Both were suspected of being armed and dangerous.
French President Francois Hollande ordered the country’s top security official to the scene of the market, an official in the presidency told The Associated Press. The police official declined to be named when discussing the unfolding situation. Read the rest of this entry »
The Kouachi Brothers Suspected in Charlie Hebdo Massacre were Named in a 2010 Plot to Spring an Islamist from Jail
Posted: January 8, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Diplomacy, Mediasphere, Religion, War Room | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, Foreign Policy, Islamism, Jihadism, Kouachi Brothers, Paris Massacre, satire, Terrorism, Twitter 1 Comment
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