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I’ve had enough. This is getting ridiculous. Heck, it has been ridiculous for years: we can’t let tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people from the Middle East into Europe and the United States. This mass immigration wave has to end. Now. We have known for months that ISIS uses the ‘refugee crisis’ to smuggle people into Western Europe. These individuals then form sleeper cells that are put on standby until ISIS’ leaders call on them to carry out attacks. This is basically what happened yesterday: ISIS’ sleepers laid low for a while, but acted when the...

Germany's interior minister on Saturday made a plea against linking the terror attacks in Paris to the record influx of asylum seekers into Europe."I would like to make this urgent plea to avoid drawing such swift links to the situation surrounding refugees," Thomas de Maiziere said, noting that there have already been "appalling scales of attacks against asylum seekers and asylum seeker shelters".Besides beefing up police presence and border controls, the minister said after a crisis cabinet meeting that security forces will also keep a close watch on far-right extremists.

Angela Merkel said in her first speech to the Paris attacks, the answer of the West to terror must be that "we live our values ​​confidently" One of the values ​​is "the right of everyone to seek his fortune and live" - ​​apparently as a throwback to the refugees. The declaration of the Chancellor in the wording: (snip) "And then we also give a clear answer as a citizen. The other words, we live by the compassion, of charity, of the joy of the community We believe in the right of everyone to the right of everyone to seek his...

Created the thread as a single thread to continue yesterday's initial thread (linked above). Post any news, tweets or rumors that may not justify a separate thread. Any other thread links would be welcome. Let's see how this works.

A Paris suicide bomber who was carrying a Syrian passport passed through Greece as a refugee in October, according to a Greek minister. The passport was retrieved from one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium as part of last night's coordinated attacks, which killed at least 127 people. The passport holder, who is understood to be 25, passed through the island of Leros of October 3 as a refugee, where he was identified ‘according to EU rules’. But Greece’s deputy minister in charge of police, Nikos Toscas, did not know if the...

French President Francois Hollande promised early Saturday morning that France would respond to terrorist attacks that killed more than 120 people with a "pitiless" war against the group responsible. "We are going to lead a war which will be pitiless," he said at the Bataclan, the site of one of the attacks, according to the Guardian. "Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities, they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow," Hollande added....

Now is the time when NATO must take the threat from the Islamic State seriously. France is a NATO nation and has been attacked by a foreign power. That means that the North Atlantic Treaty must be invoked and activated. It is time for the full weight and force and the North Atlantic Alliance be brought to bear to end the caliphate once and for all–no matter what it takes to do so.

Fox News reports that jihadi web sites are rejoicing over today’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The line we have heard more than once from ISIS-related sites is, “The American blood is best, and we will taste it soon.” The French are tougher than many realize, but they are not the primary targets of Muslim extremists. This morning, in a burst of bad timing, Barack Obama said on ABC that ISIS is “contained.” Far from being contained, ISIS is on a roll, from the Sinai, where they apparently brought down an airplane full of Russian tourists, to Paris, France. No one...

ISIS claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital. Described by France's president as an act of war, were designed to show the country would remain in danger as long as it continued its current policies, Islamic State said "To teach France, and all nations following its path, that they will remain at the top of Islamic State’s list of targets, and that the smell of death won’t leave their noses as long as...

Full headline:ISIS BEHIND PARIS ATROCITY French president says 'act of war' leaves at least 127 dead, 180 wounded as authorities hunt for accomplices BREAKING NEWS: FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE says ISIS is behind Friday’s terror attacks at six sites around Paris that left at least 127 dead and 180 others injured as the manhunt continues for any accomplices to the massacre that marked the city’s deadliest day since World War II. LIVE BLOG COVERAGE OF PARIS TERROR ATTACKS VIDEOS: French president confirms ISIS behind attacks ISIS claims responsibility for Paris attacks 'IT WAS CARNAGE': Survivors describe horrific scene inside Paris...

The Iraq and Syria based terror army ISIS has claimed responsibility for the horrific terror attacks across Paris last night.

<p>PARIS (AP)--The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris that killed over 120 people.</p> <p>The claim was made in a statement in Arabic and French released online Saturday and circulated by supporters of the group. It was not immediately possible to confirm the authenticity of the statement, but it bore the group's logo and resembled previous statements issued by the group.</p>

A suspended Twitter account affiliated with the Islamic State allegedly tweeted about the Paris terrorist attacks before they began and said that Rome, London, and possibly Washington, D.C. are next.An alleged screenshot by Anonymous affiliated @AnonRevolt_ of the suspended user @isis_9966 appears to be a warning to Parisians at 10:34 p.m. Paris time on November 13. The attacks began at 12:48 a.m. on November 14. The alleged tweet by ISIS also threatened that there would be attacks in London and Rome on November 14 or 15. This was noticed by @VestraPvP.ISIS affiliated accounts on Twitter claiming the Paris attacks for...

Scotland Yard has said the security services will be reviewing the terror threat level to the UK, while policing in public areas may stepped up today in the wake of Friday's terror attacks in Paris. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the current threat level to Britain was at its second highest - severe - meaning that an attack is "highly likely". But it could be raised later, after intelligence is considered and the emerging picture from Paris is discussed at the government's Cobra emergency committee, he suggested. David Cameron will chair the Cobra...

The Bataclan Theater was built in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval.Islamic terrorists may have targeted Bataclan Club in Paris Friday due to its Jewish owners.At least 100 people were slaughtered at Bataclan Friday by Islamic extremists.Hat Tip Dana LoeschIslamists wearing kaffiyehs protested the club in 2008 at a gala for Israeli Border Police.(video at link)Times of Israel reported: French magazine Le Point says the Bataclan theater has for years been the target of anti-Zionist groups as its Jewish owners often put on pro-Israel events.The publication quotes a member of the extremist group Army of Islam, who told French security...

A Syrian passport has been retrieved from one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium in Paris last night, according to two French police officers. The second of the suicide bombers is believed to have been as young as 15 years old. Meanwhile, witnesses reported hearing at least two of the terrorists at the Bataclan Theatre speaking perfect French.

BERLIN-The attacks in Paris stunned Europe and deepened one of the European Union's greatest crises: the tide of migration from the war-torn Middle East and elsewhere sweeping in from across the Mediterranean. In Germany, the attacks quickly galvanized opponents of Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy, with critics saying that it had become clearer than ever that the migrants from the Middle East represented a grave security threat. In Poland, a country that had already opposed Ms. Merkel's stance, leading politicians doubled down and warned they wouldn't honor an earlier agreement to take in refugees. Ms. Merkel has been under intensifying...

He walked right in-- Breaking: At least one terrorist in the deadly Paris attacks registered as a refugee on Leros Island in October.Migrants disembark from the catamaran Terra Jet at the Athens' port of Piraeus, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. About 1,800 refugees arrived from the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos as the country has been overwhelmed by record numbers of migrants this year. The terrorist was carrying a Syrian passport. The passport was found on the terrorist who blew himself up outside the soccer stadium. #Greece PublicOrderMin Toskas confirms Paris attacker w Syrian passport was registered as refugee on...

AT LEAST one of the terrorists responsible behind the slaughter of 127 people in the Paris terror attacks was a Syrian refugee. A Greek government official revealed one of the terrorists who died in the seige on the French capital had passed through the southern European country. A passport was found near the body of the gunmen, which revealed he passed through the island of Leros, suggesting he arrived in Greece by boat. Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, in charge of police forces, has released the following statement: "On the case of the Syrian passport found at the scene of...

<p>Fatalities are reported in an incident involving an explosion and a shootout in Paris, police said. Ambulances were on site, officials said.</p>