Terror Attacks in Paris

[Winged Isis]

Paris attacks: France vows 'merciless' response to unprecedented atrocity

November 14, 2015 - 5:09PM

France has vowed a "merciless" response to an unprecedented terrorist atrocity: six co-ordinated attacks that stained Parisian streets with blood and left more than 120 people dead.

Dozens more victims were reported to be in critical condition in hospital.

According to French media reports, all the attackers are believed to have died, most by detonating explosive suicide belts they were wearing.

However, security services have told Parisians to stay indoors this weekend amid concerns that other conspirators or supporters may remain at large.

No group has yet claimed responsibility. Jihadist groups on Twitter celebrated the attack, and security services are working on the theory that a trained cell of Islamist extremists was behind it.


Paris is in lockdown after multiple shootings across the city and two suicide bombs detonated close to Stade De France Stadium which was hosting an international soccer match. Photo: Reuters
A French policeman assists a blood-covered victim near the La Bataclan concert hall. A survivor sits on a bus after escaping from the Bataclan concert hall. Survivors board a bus after surviving the gunfire at the Bataclan concert hall. A survivor walks in the street after surviving the Bataclan concert hall terror incident. A victim makes a phone call as she walks away the Bataclan concert hall. A victim is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall. Rescue workers help a woman after a shooting, outside the Bataclan theater in Paris. Investigating police officers work outside the Stade de France stadium after a suicide bomb was detonated during a match between France and Germany. An investigating police officer works outside the Stade de France stadium after an explosion. A woman is being evacuated from the Bataclan theater after a shooting in Paris. A man is being evacuated from the Bataclan theater after a shooting in Paris. A medic tends to a man in shock on a Paris street. Gunfire and explosions in multiple locations erupted in the French capital with early casualty reports indicating at least 60 dead. French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall. At least 30 people were killed in attacks in Paris and a hostage situation was under way at a concert hall in the French capital. View all 28 photos
On Friday night around 9pm, two suicide bombers detonated their weapons at cafes close to the Stade de France, where President Francois Hollande was watching the national football team play Germany.

He was evacuated by helicopter, and the terrified, confused crowd spilled onto the field.

Meanwhile, gunmen wielding AK-47 assault rifles opened fire at three cafes in the north-east of Paris, where diners were sitting at tables alongside the streets. Scores of people were shot, and more than 30 died.

A group of attackers also entered the nearby Bataclan concert hall, where a rock concert was in progress.

In the dark, they calmly strafed the young audience, who panicked, fled or fell to the ground.

Radio reporter Julien Pearce was inside the theatre, where the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal was performing.

He told CNN he saw two terrorists with Kalashnikov rifles, wearing black clothes, enter the room and start firing randomly into the crowd.

People screamed and fell to the floor, he said.

"It lasted for 10 minutes, 10 horrific minutes … we heard so many gunshots," Pearce said.

The "calm, determined" attackers reloaded three or four times, saying nothing as they fired.

"They said nothing. They just shot. They were just shooting … it was a bloodbath."

Another eyewitness said the attackers fired from a balcony down into the crowd. A third person claimed to have heard the attackers shouting about France's role in the Syria conflict.

Benjamin Cazenoves wrote on Facebook: "I'm still at the Bataclan​. First floor. Hurt bad! There are survivors inside. They are cutting down everyone. One by one. First floor quickly!!!!

He added: "Alive. Just cuts... Carnage... Dead bodies everywhere."

According to early reports three of the attackers blew themselves up, and a fourth died as police stormed the concert hall.

The attacks come just 10 months after the attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket by Islamist extremists.

The Bataclan​ theatre is just a few blocks from Charlie Hebdo's former office where the January attack took place.

Mr Hollande visited the theatre hours after the attack, which he called "an abomination and a barbaric act".

"France will stand firm," he said. "We are going to fight and our fight will be merciless."

US President Barack Obama led a chorus of world leaders condemning the attacks.

Mr Obama said US will do "whatever it takes to bring these terrorists to justice". France was an "extraordinary terrorism partner" and an attack on the French people was an attack on "all humanity".

British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed solidarity and offered any help needed.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who was in Berlin on his way to the G20 Leaders Summit in Turkey, described the attacks as an assault on all humanity and "the work of the devil".

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks as "despicable", while NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the Atlantic defence alliance would stand with France "strong and united" against terrorism.

France has declared a state of emergency, for only the second time since World War II.

All festivals and public gatherings have been cancelled on Saturday. Schools and colleges are shut and the public transport system is also expected not to run.

Parisians have been told to stay home.

[crewmeal]

And now we wait for the fallout. Who to blame, tighter security, less tourism to certain Countries, the usual stuff! What is the world doing about terrorism? Answers please.

[Jayway]

Oh I know the answer, crewmeal ! Let the invaders in by the thousand and there will be no terrorists any more, just our new rulers - - -

[Who2]

Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar (one of the highest Sunni authorities in the Muslim world) has strongly condemned the attacks in Paris, state news agency Mena reports.

Speaking during an international conference organized by the Ministry of Religious Endowments today, Al-Tayyib called the Paris terror attacks "chaotic", and stressed that Islam is innocent of terrorism. He also called for international cooperation to counter terrorism.

A local lad from the Hassasna tribe in Gurna....

[Dusak]

No matter how well a country's anti terrorist precautions are, how tight their security is, they can never hope to screen every single person 24/7. They will, the terrorists, with the determination that fuels them, be successful in most of their attempts. IS has claimed responsibility which comes as no great surprise. Another waste of innocent lives.

[carrie]

What I would like to know is why? What is the ultimate goal of these people? Is it to form a caliphate because if it is they will have to kill one hell of lot of Muslims first.

[crewmeal]

Whoever kills an innocent it is as if he killed all of humanity person

Quran 5:32

[Scottishtourist]

What I would like to know is why? What is the ultimate goal of these people? Is it to form a caliphate because if it is they will have to kill one hell of lot of Muslims first.

Maybe you're in best position to find out about this Carrie.
You live in an Islamic country.You have Muslim friends.You respect the culture,you abide by the rules.
Why don't you just ask all your Muslim friends what they think of this?

Would their answers surprise you?

[carrie]

NO their answers wouldn't surprise me.

[Brian Yare]

"Suicide attacker 'tried to enter stadium'

One of the suicide attackers at France’s national football stadium, the Stade de France, had a ticket and tried to enter with a match under way, the Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper spoke to a security guard who said the male attacker was discovered wearing an explosives vest at the entrance where he detonated it."

If the targets were Hollande and Merkel then the consequences will be quick and severe. I see WWIII starting very soon. Luxor
may be as safe as anywhere else in the world! Putin has already cleared the ground of his citizens!

[LovelyLadyLux]

What I would like to know is why? What is the ultimate goal of these people?

The goal is global conquest, the total elimination of the infidel and the establishment of an ISIS caliphate led by whomever the next Supreme Grand Pooh-Bah happens to be. HIS goal is to acquire power, control and through that wealth and as lavish a lifestyle as he cares to indulge in a la his minions who will do his every bidding including and up to taking their own lives as through this jihad they will obtain everlasting glory.

[newcastle]

We'll all have seen the "Egypt is Safe" campaign in the Egyptian media and on social forums, particularly in the aftermath of the Sinai plane crash.

By a curious irony the Paris events have provided the campaign with its best argument.

I think the inhabitants of UK and Europe should feel a lot less safe tonight than those of Egypt!

ISIS, possibly in reaction to recent losses around its central base, has lashed out and shown it can reach soft targets anywhere. And indiscriminately. No tourist targets in Paris, just ordinary citizens gathering in ordinary social events.

ISIS revel in the publicity its terror attacks engender and a massacre in Europe or UK will attract much more attention than (another) one in Egypt or its daily barbarities in Syria and Iraq.

Egypt is Safe?....well......possibly much safer than elsewhere.

[LovelyLadyLux]

"Safety" is going to equate to ease of access (ingress and egress), opportunity, the $$ availability at the time and persons willing to suicide themselves for the cause.

IF Egypt suddenly turns up however many who feel offing themselves will give them eternal Glory then the next attack is going to be Egypt. If this same group turns up in Berlin then it'll happen there.

As you say "soft" targets are everywhere - BUT - where the next attacks happen will also depend upon ISIS/Daesh own game plan. Are they happy to just keep creating terror about the globe OR are they ultimately going to focus on solidifying their Caliphate and turn their attention to their own people/land/territory?

OR they might lay quiet for awhile while they focus on recruitment. Having suicide bombers means they DO have an issue with retention so am sure they're always on the look out for new recruits.

[Who2]

This from a well known Egyptian born author...

I AM SO TOTALLY UP-TO-HERE WITH HEARING ABOUT "ISLAM"!!!
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, in fact ALL RELIGIONS should be eradicated as far as I am concerned. They have been the cause of countless genocides, tortures, wars supressions and pervesions over the last three millennia.
The recent revival of "fundamentalist Islam" --the political root of which goes back to the medieval crusades and, in modern times, the fatally flawed creation of the State of Israel in 1948-- has now gone FAR TOO FAR. It must be stopped. It is time to call a spade a spade and to stop pussyfooting with political correctness or worried about being accused of "Islamophobia" or, worse, fearing a fatwa. A religious movement that wants women to be veiled from head to toe, that condemns and persecute gays, that kills people for drawing satirical and political cartoons, that shrieks "prayer" five times a day on loudspeakers etc. etc. has no place in the 21st century, let alone in Western liberal democracies.
My advice to "moderate Muslims" is to get into gear and start removing all fundamentalist and all fanatical factions from their midst, and stop letting the Christian West do their dirty job for them. Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan --which are military powers in their own rights-- should get off their arses and start cleaning up the "radicalism and fundamentalism" mess that they allowed to develop in the name of "Islam". Contrary to all the conspiracy theories being flaunted on Facebook and elsewhere, this is NOT a mess caused by the greedy "West". It is an Islamic mess, and it is Muslims themselves that must clean it up.
Enough's enough.

[Major Thom]

The speed at which information being released on this attack is phenomenal, they have made arrests in Brussels, know the car they used, know the name of one of the terrorists, know that 2 of them came to Europe making out they were refugee's.

What a pace, well done to the people investigating. Blows your mind!!!

[newcastle]

This from a well known Egyptian born author...

I AM SO TOTALLY UP-TO-HERE WITH HEARING ABOUT "ISLAM"!!!
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, in fact ALL RELIGIONS should be eradicated as far as I am concerned. They have been the cause of countless genocides, tortures, wars supressions and pervesions over the last three millennia.
The recent revival of "fundamentalist Islam" --the political root of which goes back to the medieval crusades and, in modern times, the fatally flawed creation of the State of Israel in 1948-- has now gone FAR TOO FAR. It must be stopped. It is time to call a spade a spade and to stop pussyfooting with political correctness or worried about being accused of "Islamophobia" or, worse, fearing a fatwa. A religious movement that wants women to be veiled from head to toe, that condemns and persecute gays, that kills people for drawing satirical and political cartoons, that shrieks "prayer" five times a day on loudspeakers etc. etc. has no place in the 21st century, let alone in Western liberal democracies.
My advice to "moderate Muslims" is to get into gear and start removing all fundamentalist and all fanatical factions from their midst, and stop letting the Christian West do their dirty job for them. Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan --which are military powers in their own rights-- should get off their arses and start cleaning up the "radicalism and fundamentalism" mess that they allowed to develop in the name of "Islam". Contrary to all the conspiracy theories being flaunted on Facebook and elsewhere, this is NOT a mess caused by the greedy "West". It is an Islamic mess, and it is Muslims themselves that must clean it up.
Enough's enough.

An interesting post Who2.

Unfortunately not one which I feel able to discuss in any way , or from any perspective, without risking dire consequences (if one wishes to live here)

I pass

[newcastle]

This from a well known Egyptian born author...

I AM SO TOTALLY UP-TO-HERE WITH HEARING ABOUT "ISLAM"!!!
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, in fact ALL RELIGIONS should be eradicated as far as I am concerned. They have been the cause of countless genocides, tortures, wars supressions and pervesions over the last three millennia.
The recent revival of "fundamentalist Islam" --the political root of which goes back to the medieval crusades and, in modern times, the fatally flawed creation of the State of Israel in 1948-- has now gone FAR TOO FAR. It must be stopped. It is time to call a spade a spade and to stop pussyfooting with political correctness or worried about being accused of "Islamophobia" or, worse, fearing a fatwa. A religious movement that wants women to be veiled from head to toe, that condemns and persecute gays, that kills people for drawing satirical and political cartoons, that shrieks "prayer" five times a day on loudspeakers etc. etc. has no place in the 21st century, let alone in Western liberal democracies.
My advice to "moderate Muslims" is to get into gear and start removing all fundamentalist and all fanatical factions from their midst, and stop letting the Christian West do their dirty job for them. Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan --which are military powers in their own rights-- should get off their arses and start cleaning up the "radicalism and fundamentalism" mess that they allowed to develop in the name of "Islam". Contrary to all the conspiracy theories being flaunted on Facebook and elsewhere, this is NOT a mess caused by the greedy "West". It is an Islamic mess, and it is Muslims themselves that must clean it up.
Enough's enough.

An interesting post Who2.

Unfortunately not one which I feel able to discuss in any way , or from any perspective, without risking dire consequences (if one wishes to live here)

I pass

[Who2]

The speed at which information being released on this attack is phenomenal, they have made arrests in Brussels, know the car they used, know the name of one of the terrorists, know that 2 of them came to Europe making out they were refugee's.

What a pace, well done to the people investigating. Blows your mind!!!

Bit like finding passports at 9/11 as well, amazing detective work..right!..
spare me..

[Who2]

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[Stevepj]

Whoever kills an innocent it is as if he killed all of humanity person

Quran 5:32

" I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve.Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"
Quran 8:12

What is the definition of an innocent in Islam? A Muslim?