the abrahamics are a violent lot. On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:00:03 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > *12 killed at French satire newspaper that ran Muhammad cartoons > <http://nypost.com/2015/01/07/police-say-shots-fired-at-french-satirical-paper/>* > > January 7, 2015 | 6:21am > > By Associated Press > > *12 killed at French satire newspaper that ran Muhammad cartoons* > > Posted: January 7, 2015 > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Firefighters carry an injured man on a stretcher in front of the Charlie > Hebdo offices after armed gunmen stormed the offices leaving at least one > dead. > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: French President Francois Hollande arrives after a shooting at the > Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper] > > French President Francois Hollande arrives at the offices of Charlie > Hebdo. > > Reuters > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve ,center left, and Paris’ > Mayor Anne Hidalgo, center right, arrive at the satirical newspaper > offices. > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > [image: FRANCE-CRIME-MEDIA-SHOOTING] > > Getty Images > > Back to the Start > > *Share this:* > > PARIS — Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper > Wednesday, killing 12 people before escaping, in France’s deadliest terror > attack in at least two decades. > > Modal Trigger > <https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/536531491.jpg>[image: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/536531491.jpg?w=250&h=378] > > Armed gunmen face off with police officers after the attack at the Charlie > Hebdo offices.Photo: Getty Images > > French President Francois Hollande said the attack on the Charlie Hebdo > weekly, which has frequently drawn condemnation from Muslims, is “a > terrorist attack, without a doubt,” and said several other attacks have > been thwarted in France “in recent weeks.” > > France raised its alert to the highest level, and reinforced security at > houses of worship, stores, media offices and transportation. Top government > officials were holding an emergency meeting. > > Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre confirmed 12 people > were killed. > > Luc Poignant, an official of the SBP police union, said the attackers > escaped in two vehicles. A witness, Benoit Bringer, told the iTele network > he saw multiple masked men armed with automatic weapons at the newspaper’s > office in central Paris. > > The extremist Islamic State group has threatened to attack France, and > minutes before the attack Charlie Hebdo had tweeted a satirical cartoon of > that extremist group’s leader giving New Year’s wishes. Charlie Hebdo has > been repeatedly threatened for publishing caricatures of the Prophet > Muhammad, among other controversial sketches, and its offices were > firebombed in 2011. > > Modal Trigger > <https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/file_france_charlie_hebdo_attack1.jpg>[image: > > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/file_france_charlie_hebdo_attack1.jpg?w=300&h=200] > > A copy of Charlie HebdoPhoto: EPA > > The 2011 firebombing came after a spoof issue featuring a caricature of > the Prophet Muhammad on its cover. Nearly a year later, the publication > again published crude Muhammad caricatures, drawing denunciations around > the Muslim world. > > Wednesday’s attack comes the same day of the release of a book by a > celebrated French novelist depicting France’s election of its first Muslim > president. Hollande had been due to meet with the country’s top religious > officials later in the day. > > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdm1zY3YyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjA2NDE5MjA-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnNDM2ZW5sBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDIwNjQxOTIw> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNWZ2NWR1BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQyMDY0MTkyMA--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > >
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