Ahmed Merabet RIP #JeSuisAhmed
The French police officer, Ahmed Merabet, who was murdered last week in Paris, will not be forgotten there soon.
His family gave a press conference yesterday, his brother also a police officer said:
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My brother was Muslim and he was killed by two terrorists, by two false Muslims....Islam is a religion of peace and love. As far as my brother’s death is concerned it was a waste. He was very proud of the name Ahmed Merabet, proud to represent the police and of defending the values of the Republic – liberty, equality, fraternity.
I address myself now to all the racists, Islamophobes and antisemites. One must not confuse extremists with Muslims. Mad people have neither colour or religion.
I want to make another point: don’t tar everybody with the same brush, don’t burn mosques – or synagogues. You are attacking people. It won’t bring our dead back and it won’t appease the families.
A colleague tweeted:
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I am not Charlie, I am Ahmed the dead cop. Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so.
Link with short video:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ahmed-merabet?
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The leaders marching minus the people
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Yes there is a need for security, with so many VIPs, but yesterday the BBC reported and showed images of the leaders at the head of the march. Well, they were not.
Maybe the best cartoon so far
A report from the banlieues
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Paris’s Muslim Suburbs Blame Jews for CharlieIn France, the projects don’t look like ghettoes, but they’re filled with a poisonous mix of conspiracy theories and a some support for murderous jihadis.
Link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...is-burbs.html?
19,000 French websites under attack
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19,000 French civilian websites are under attack by hackers, according to France's head of cyberdefense. The scope of attacks is unprecedented, Rear Admiral Arnaud Coustillire said at a press conference Thursday.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/15/tech...ked/index.html
How did the Paris terrorists get hold of their weapons?
A long report 'How did the Paris terrorists get hold of their weapons', with the sub-title:
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Said and Cherif Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly had amassed a €25,000 arsenal, including Kalashnikovs, rocket launchers, grenades and tear gas cannisters. How did they get hold of their weapons, and where did they come from?
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...r-weapons.html
Paris mayor may sue Fox News
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...news/22062179/
Paris mayor may sue Fox News over no-go-zones report
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday that she may sue Fox News because the network "insulted" the city with its coverage of "no-go zones" that are supposedly only for Muslim residents.
Such zones don't exist and Fox News has repeatedly apologized for the errors.
For those who are fortunate enough not to be tortured by U.S. entertainment media mislabeled as news, Fox News is one of our news programs notorious for its inaccurate reporting to push a political agenda. It is good to see them held accountable, but it isn't the only clownish news station.
The inaccurate reporting of the 4th estate isn't a minor issue, these reports shape public opinion, which in turn shapes political decisions. Recent incidents in the U.S. concerning police shootings of blacks has resulted in inaccurate news reporting. CNN reported excessively on one of these incidents (Ferguson) by speculating, creating perceptions that were proven to be false. This resulted in officers being judged by misinformed public opinion before the legal process could actually sort out the facts. Sad state of affairs, certainly not new, but one would think the public would hold the media more accountable when the mistakes clearly are not accidental.
Urban Siege in Paris: A Spectrum of Armed Assault
Urban Siege in Paris: A Spectrum of Armed Assault
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A report from the banlieues in The Economist
A typically optimstic report, from the banlieu Trappes south-west of Paris:http://www.economist.com/news/europe...tions-and-some
It ends with a personal story which illustrates nothing is predictable:
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Back in Trappes, Bachir Hajjoubi prepares to collect his children from school. The son of a Moroccan labourer, he has an administrative job in a glass-engraving works in Mesnil-le-Roi, an hour away by train, and coaches boys in football. “I love France,” he says. But he worries about youngsters who “become radicalised through rejection”. Was Mr Valls right to speak of apartheid? His words were “a bit strong, but also a bit true”. The paradox lies in the solution that Mr Hajjoubi has found for his own sons. He took them out of the local state primary and put them into a private Catholic school—where, with a big share of Muslim pupils, ethnic and religious diversity thrives.
Paris Attacks 2015 (catch all)
Excellent.
Looks like someone did a great job. But Texans and Marines are going to be insufferable for the next few days :)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361
The quickest medals ever?
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Three Americans and a Briton have been awarded France’s highest honour – the Légion d’honneur – for their roles in stopping a suspected terrorist attack on a train.
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Yes, they got a local award from the Mayor of Arras, so the second fastest medals and certainly for such a medal as the Légion d’honneur.
It wasn't the Americans who went first?
Clarity or smoke? The true version takes time to emerge:
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By then it had emerged that the first person to react, who was shot as he tried to wrestle the AK from Ayoub El-Khazzani, was French-American. And someone else was already grappling with the gunman before this first – ie second – respondent got involved. But because both wished to remain anonymous the French were left in the position, not entirely unfamiliar, of expressing gratitude for foreign help. Then the number two was revealed as
Mark Moogalian, whose French wife came forward to explain how he had been shot after rushing the gunman and how Spencer stuck a finger into an artery to stop him bleeding out. At the time of writing the identity of the person who first confronted the gunman remains unknown.
Link:http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...eally-so-clear
Paris Attacks Live Update Sites
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ISIS Daesh claims responsibility
From the BBC's rolling coverage (11.02AM):
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In a statement published online, the jihadist group said the attacks were designed to show France it remained a "top target". The group claims it studied the target locations and carried out the attack using "eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles".
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The statement claims that "eight brothers wearing explosive vests and assault rifles targeted carefully chosen locations in the heart of the French capital". It goes on to call Paris the "capital of abomination and perversion".
"In a holy attack facilitated by Allah, a group of believers and soldiers of the caliphate – may Allah give it might and victory – targeted the capital of abomination and perversion, the one that carries the banner of the cross in Europe, Paris.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-34815972
Paris, ISIS, and the Long War Against Extremism
Paris, ISIS, and the Long War Against Extremism
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