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Gun attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo kills 11
BBC ^ | 2015-01-07

Posted on 01/07/2015 3:34:09 AM PST by cartan

Edited on 01/07/2015 4:08:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people and injuring 10, French officials say.

Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers opened fire with assault rifles before escaping.

Police have launched a major operation in the Paris area in their hunt for the attackers.

Charlie's latest tweet was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs.

The magazine was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

President Francois Hollande is at the scene and is planning to hold an emergency cabinet meeting.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: charliehebdo; france; francemagazine; frenchmuslims; globaljihad; isis; islam; nogozones; paris; religionofpeace; ropma; terrorattack; terrorism; voltaire; zus
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They still cannot take a joke.
1 posted on 01/07/2015 3:34:09 AM PST by cartan
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To: cartan
Ah, another thread is here already.
2 posted on 01/07/2015 3:36:31 AM PST by cartan
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To: cartan

Showing us, once again, that RADICAL islam is the REAL islam, regardless of what they try and tell us.


3 posted on 01/07/2015 3:37:21 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: cartan

Witness the fruits of diversity you idiot Frenchies.

Are you so tolerant that you’re willing to invite vipers of every brood into your nest so that they will kill you?


4 posted on 01/07/2015 4:08:49 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: cartan
I think the French should follow Barack Obama's lead and arrest all the survivors of this publication for publicizing that which offends Muslims and which led to the death of these poor people today just as Obama contended that a video led to deaths in Benghazi and which prompted Obama to cause its producer to be arrested.

Then the premier of France should repair immediately to the UN and apologize to the Muslim world for the offensive satire.


5 posted on 01/07/2015 4:11:07 AM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: cartan

I expect the French to apologize to the Muzzies any minute now.


6 posted on 01/07/2015 4:33:59 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: cartan

Complicit

http://youtu.be/lPKf5IUGn_Y


7 posted on 01/07/2015 4:37:44 AM PST by LSUfan
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To: cartan

“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”


8 posted on 01/07/2015 4:39:24 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (The greatest trick the Soviets ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.)
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To: cartan

“The future cannot belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”

And, of course, this terrorist attack in France has nothing to do with Islam.


9 posted on 01/07/2015 4:49:25 AM PST by Will88
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To: cartan

Nothing to see here, just some workplace violence. Or a lone wolf...oh, wait.


10 posted on 01/07/2015 4:53:27 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

The prophet of Islam will have his place in the Lake of Fire along with his God, Satan.


11 posted on 01/07/2015 4:57:19 AM PST by LukeL
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To: LSUfan

Well that youtube is evidently true.

Those 11 Westerners have no future.


12 posted on 01/07/2015 5:05:01 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: cartan

13 posted on 01/07/2015 5:12:14 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

14 posted on 01/07/2015 5:12:48 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: LSUfan; All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhfFK5m8xw ... scary factual video to couple with your video LSU


15 posted on 01/07/2015 5:19:22 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: cartan

Will Hollywood make heros of the French and Dutch members of the media who have been murdered by jihadists? We all know the obvious answer.


16 posted on 01/07/2015 5:20:55 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: nathanbedford

My fear is what you offer in satire will be the actual outcome. If not the French government doing so, then at least these publications themselves will start self-censorship.

Who will now want to print anything “disrespectful” of Islam in a country where it is illegal for private citizens to arm themselves, and criminals by their very nature disregard what has been made illegal?

When bullies can terrorize their victims like this, and the government cannot/will not protect them, and even limits their ability to fight back, then maybe the only sensible thing is to acquiesce to the bullies demands?


17 posted on 01/07/2015 5:30:50 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

>>“The future must not belong to those who
>>slander the prophet of Islam.”

“...in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile,
the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every
denomination”
—Thomas Jefferson

And that’s why they hate America.


18 posted on 01/07/2015 6:05:54 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionaly blank.)
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To: cartan
President Francois Hollande is at the scene and is planning to hold an emergency cabinet meeting.

Well, duh. Gotta make sure there's not some sort of backlash against those with cultural differences.

I suggest a period of empathy and understanding. At least until every infidel is dead.

19 posted on 01/07/2015 6:09:46 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: cartan

In solidarity every newspaper, periodical, web site, blog etc. should post a cartoon satirical of Mohammad today. Any Spike Jones wanna bees who can make a song parodying Islam.


20 posted on 01/07/2015 6:12:24 AM PST by artichokegrower
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