the War on Islam --- it's fun to watch religious myth believers persecute each other ... except for the fact they are using US tax dollars to fund their wars.
On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 8:59:20 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > Should be the European 9/11 resulting in Europe joining the War on Islam. > > > > B > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/gunmen-storm-paris-satirical-newspaper-killing-at-least-11/2015/01/07/f358b17a-9660-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert > > > Gunmen storm Paris satirical newspaper, killing at least 12 > > A French police official says 11 people are dead in a shooting at a > satirical weekly newspaper in central Paris. Charlie Hebdo has drawn many > threats for its controversial caricatures. (AP) > > By Brian Murphy <http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/brian-murphy> January > 7 at 9:29 AM > > Masked gunmen opened fire Wednesday in the offices of a satirical > newspaper in Paris that had faced previous threats for Muslim-related > cartoons, killing at least 12 people before escaping in what France’s > president described as a terrorist attack. > > French officials immediately raised the country’s terrorism alert to its > highest level and launched a massive manhunt for the suspected assailants > who stormed the newspaper Charlie Hebdo > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/french-weekly-has-history-of-angering-muslims-with-cartoons/2015/01/07/b91ff2b4-966c-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.html> > > — where the Arabic cry of “Allahu Akbar” could be heard amid the gunfire, > according to video posted by France’s state-run broadcaster. > > France’s top security official said three gunmen carried out the shootings > — the country’s bloodiest terrorist attack in nearly two decades. > > Across Paris, meanwhile, security was stepped up at media outlets, > transportation hubs and other key sites. The attack also is likely to raise > calls for tougher crackdowns on suspected extremists. > > French President Francois Hollande called the shootings a “terrorist > attack without a doubt,” but authorities had no immediate comment on > possible suspects or motives. > > “Journalists and police officers have been cowardly assassinated . . . > France is in a state of shock after this terrorist attack,” Hollande said > after visiting the scene. > > The weekly had drawn repeated threats for its caricatures of the Prophet > Muhammed and other sketches and articles on Muslim figures. > > Just hours before the attack, the magazine on its Twitter account posted a > cartoon entitled “Still No Attacks in France” depicting Islamic State > leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi giving a New Year’s greeting. > > “Just wait,” the drawing shows a fighter saying. “We have until the end of > January to present our New Year’s wishes.” > > The cover of the newspaper’s latest edition also notes the release of a > book, “Submission,” a fictional account of France led by an Islamic party > that imposes strict codes such as banning women from the workplace. > > In his end-of-year address last week, Hollande raised concerns about > “rising, worrying threats” of terrorism and growing intolerance in France, > which is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population. > > A police official, Luc Poignant, told the Associated Press that the > attackers escaped in two vehicles. > > *Top government officials, meanwhile, planned an emergency meeting*. > Hollande said that several other terror attacks have been thwarted “in > recent weeks,” but gave no further details. > > Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, said 12 people > were killed, the Associated Press reported. At least 20 others were > injured, including four listed in critical condition, police said. > > Matthieu Lamarre, a spokesman for the Paris mayor’s office, said most of > the dead were from the newspaper staff. At least one victim is a police > officer, he said. > > There was no immediate claim on responsibility, but messages of praise > appeared on Web sites and other online forums linked to Islamist militants, > said the Washington-based SITE monitoring group, which tracks extremist > posts. > > The attack occurred just hours after the newspaper’s latest edition hit > newsstands. Other witnesses described at least two hooded gunmen entering > the offices. > > Video carried by France 24 showed people scrambling onto a rain-slicked > roof during the attack, the deadliest in France since 1995 when a string of > bombings over several months were blamed on an Algerian rebel group. A > total of eight people were killed in the attacks. > > In 2011, the Charlie Hebdo offices were firebombed in apparent response to > a cover cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, which it described as a “guest > editor.” The fire caused no injuries, but caused significant damage to the > offices. > > The newspaper published other Muhammad caricatures that draw denunciations > around the Islamic world. > > Charlie Hebdo — whose name purportedly borrows from Charlie Brown of the > “Peanuts” cartoon strip — began publication in 1992 with staff member > reunited from a previous satirical publication that closed in the early > 1980s. > > It has lampooned a range of subjects, including popes, presidents, > entertainers and others in addition to occasional pieces of serious > journalism such as investigative stories. One cover depicted an Orthodox > Jew kissing a Nazi soldier; another showed former Pope Benedict XVI dancing > with a member of the Swiss Guard. > > But its irreverent treatment of Islamic subjects has brought the harshest > response. > > “Muhammad isn’t sacred to me,” Chief editor Stephane Charbonnier, who > publishes under the pen name “Charb,” told the AP in 2012. “I don’t blame > Muslims for not laughing at our drawings. I live under French law. I don’t > live under Quranic law.” > > In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest condemned the attack in > “the strongest terms.” > > British Prime Minister David Cameron called the attack “sickening.” > > NATO Secretary General Jens Stolenberg condemned the attack and expressed > solidarity with France. > > “This was a barbaric act and an outrageous attack on press freedom,” he > said in a statement from NATO headquarters in Brussels. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbjYwNHAzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjA2NDE4MzU-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYmllZXE0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDIwNjQxODM1> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! 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