Terrorist attacks in France

PMR wrote:I too question the use of grinning smileys in this thread

its a signature. nothing more. been using it for years.

It would save continuing adverse comments if you changed it.

There are times when it's horribly inappropriate.

Freedom wrote:It would save continuing adverse comments if you changed it.

There are times when it's horribly inappropriate.

i posted on page one this thread the uncensored video of the shooting of one of the police officers. you'll notice the absence of the signature. why? i felt it inappropriate and there's the rub. i'll decide when it's appropriate not anyone else. feel free to edit posts if you think it necessary.

what i do find ironic is hearing UK polititions claim this attack on journalists is an attack on democracy and freedom of speech which pretty much sums up the leveson report which some were in favour of implementing.

Don`t know what to think of this

Marky wrote:what i do find ironic is hearing UK polititions claim this attack on journalists is an attack on democracy and freedom of speech which pretty much sums up the leveson report which some were in favour of implementing.

Ahem.

Resistor wrote:

Marky wrote:what i do find ironic is hearing UK polititions claim this attack on journalists is an attack on democracy and freedom of speech which pretty much sums up the leveson report which some were in favour of implementing.

Ahem.

What  hypocrite that man is.  When previously he was employed to "control what was printed by the press"        

His first priority is himself, and the ability to use a tragedy (religious or political) is so familiar in politics.     It seems he is trying to piggy-back

common response for the use of votes.       All in my own opinion.


JE SUIS CHARLIE VIVE LA FRANCE

Well they are now hiding in the woods like the cowards that they are.Lets hope the French police shoot to kill and finish it.

And the nature of these terrorists is ? they will get no help from their mates !

Marky are you hear to cause disruption or play games?  Please stop it now and try and discuss things sensibly, thanks.

candyfloss wrote:Marky are you hear to cause disruption or play games?  Please stop it now and try and discuss things sensibly, thanks.

ah, couple posts deleted. who's playing games? gosh, you guys must have had a bad time over at planet bennett. are you any better?

Marky wrote:

candyfloss wrote:Marky are you hear to cause disruption or play games?  Please stop it now and try and discuss things sensibly, thanks.

ah, couple posts deleted. who's playing games? gosh, you guys must have had a bad time over at planet bennett. are you any better?  

Last warning Marky!  Such a serious thread, so many died, yet you are here causing disruption.

candyfloss wrote:

Marky wrote:

candyfloss wrote:Marky are you hear to cause disruption or play games?  Please stop it now and try and discuss things sensibly, thanks.

ah, couple posts deleted. who's playing games? gosh, you guys must have had a bad time over at planet bennett. are you any better?  

Last warning Marky!  Such a serious thread, so many died, yet you are here causing disruption.

i say something you delete it. are you leveson? or bennett.

Thank goodness he`s gone - so unashamedly out to upset people - we should have taken notice of the sinister avatar.

I`ve been distracted from MBM case since yesterday - this Paris episode has hit me hard.

Last night on Newsnight they interviewed Gil Mihaely who is a French historian and editor of Causeur - it really got me thinking. He was talking about the challenges of multi-cultural tensions and that if people come to a new country it implies they have to leave behind some of their customs and adopt new customs in the new country they choose. He doubted whether integration could ever work if they were not prepared to adapt. He stated that their countries of origin are sometimes just far too different, not only in their religion, but their systems of honour, their status of women, their customs etc. He has a point.

Opposing his views was Mahara Samlatoro (not sure of spelling) a Professor of African Diaspora - she said many people of different cultures were now French citizens and the French had to accept the different religions/customs etc. This annoyed me rather - anyway it`s set me thinking.

Could never really understand him even though he's been around a long time.

He shouldn't of disrespected this thread.

A shame.

Well here we are being scared to death again.....

I have an incling of what you mean Mimi. It's a chicken and egg thing......do the perceived freedoms and financial opportunity seen and coveted by others stem from the mores and values of the established social group, then change when a new group attempts to impose itself upon it. We lose what was there! Not so much plus ca change as cest la vie!

Tomorrows papers full of fear and where are these 'terrorists' ?
Hiding in the woods,all two of them !
There will always be so called 'terror' attacks,they will remain random and few.That will be in part due to the fact that all the major Citys in the Western World are multicultural.
These particular murderers,thats all they are at the moment,seemed well equipped which has to be a concern,never the less they are the ones on the run and i dont see hoards of warriors running to help them.Cowards that are not seemingly prepared to die quite yet for whatever their principles are supposed to be.Not to be underestimated but treated with the contempt they deserve.
Sometimes we just have to trust the Government and security services to do their jobs,fallible tbough they often are.And they will use these events to remind us of the terrible threat we all face next time the oil reserves look a little low,or whatever other reason becomes them.And the tabloids will do whatever they like to sell as many papers as they can.
All us lucky ones will go about our business as usual and most will be sparing a few thoughts for those who have been killed rather than worrying about whats around the next corner.
Hopefully these murderers will be dead in a ditch come the morning with rats gnawing at their bones.

There were some 6 or 7 attacks on Queen Victoria's life. 

They were called anarchists then. Same thing except we are paying their benefits these days.

I thought the latest heat seeking helicopters could easily pinpoint the heat coming from a person, even in a forest and dense undergrowth, so I`m wondering, if these shooters are in that area as the French police seem to think, the shooters have an underground hideaway. If not, I`m doubting they are actually still in that area.

Breaking News

Posted at 09:05
At least one person has been killed and several injured in the shootout ahead of a hostage taking in Dammartin-en-Goele, according to Reuters news agency.



09:13
Le Figaro newspaper says that negotiations are under way with the two kidnappers but this remains unconfirmed.

'Noose tightening'

Posted at 09:24
A local journalist in the area where the suspects are currently being hunted, Yoann Deleu, says: "I think that the noose is tightening now on the suspects. According to the authorities on site the situation is coming to an end probably in the next few minutes."

09:28
The siege is taking place in a printing business in Dammartin-en-Goele, according to local media.



09.31
French police and security services have been seen moving to secure an industrial area in Dammartin-en-Goele, where the suspects are believed to be hiding.

Chris Morris
BBC News, near Dammartin-en-Goele

Posted at
tweets: Building where gunmen believed to be holed out is construction or printing company. Schools close by - police trying to get e/one to safety

09:37
Residents of Dammartin-en-Goele have been asked to stay indoors.
Students have also been confined to their schools, says the statement on the town's website

Key Points

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[*] Two suspects in Wednesday's attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo are believed to be surrounded by police in a building near Paris

[*] Brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi are suspected of killing 12 people

[*] Shots were fired earlier on Friday north-east of Paris as police chased a car believed to contain the suspects

[*] Thousands of police - supported by helicopters - are involved in the security operation
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