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French police killed the two gunmen suspected of Wednesday’s attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo while a third gunman died at a hostage scene in a kosher grocery store in Paris. Mark Kelly reports. Photo: Associated Press





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PARIS—France’s capital was transformed into a war zone as a three-day manhunt for militants who attacked the magazine Charlie Hebdo ended Friday when security forces in simultaneous raids killed three men suspected in the slaying of 17 people, including four hostages at a kosher grocery. The carnage played out in a multifront battle that frayed the nerves of a nation already on edge over the state of its security and social cohesion.  By the time the smoke cleared, police had killed Said Kouachi, 34 years old, and his brother Chérif Kouachi, 32—the two gunmen suspected of Wednesday’s attack on the French magazine. Authorities had cornered the French-born brothers at a printing facility near the capital’s main airport. (Latest: Charlie Hebdo puts Muhammad on cover of post-attack issue).




How the Paris Shooting and Hostage Standoff Unfolded




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On the city’s eastern edge, meanwhile, police stormed a kosher grocery where an alleged confederate of the two brothers held several people hostage at gunpoint. The man, 










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       32 years old, was killed. Officials said they believed he killed four hostages before police raided the store. On Thursday, Mr. Coulibaly allegedly shot and killed a female police officer in a southern suburb of Paris. Authorities continued searching Friday for a woman, 










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       in connection with the officer’s killing. As the violence unfolded Friday, France saw three native sons, hailing from one of Europe’s largest Muslim populations, attacking their countrymen on behalf of terrorist groups a continent away. 




Fench police faced off with gunmen on two fronts. How did the alleged terrorists end up in these final confrontations? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.


Political fallout from the attacks risks deepening the alienation of France’s five million-strong Muslim minority—a social and economic rift that has long made the country a powder keg for unrest.  “France isn’t finished with the threats facing it,” President François Hollande said in an address to the nation. “Unity is our best weapon.” While under siege Friday, the gunmen conducted phone interviews with French television. Chérif Kouachi said he had trained in Yemen and had received financing by an al Qaeda faction to launch attacks in France. Mr. Coulibaly allegedly told French TV he was acting on behalf of the terror group Islamic State.





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          A security officer directs released hostages after law enforcement stormed a kosher market in Paris to end the hostage situation there Friday. Police launched simultaneous assaults on the gunman at the market and at another location on two gunmen who were suspects in the killings of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo this week.
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          In a Paris cafe Friday people follow coverage of the hunt for suspects in Wednesday's deadly attack on satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo.
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          French police Special Forces engage in an assault and rescue at the kosher grocery store in eastern Paris where several hostages were held by a gunman Friday.
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          Special Forces members help hostages away from the grocery store in eastern Paris Friday. Four hostages in the store siege were killed.
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          Law enforcement storms the CTD printing building in an industrial area where two gunmen were also engaged in a hostage situation Friday. The gunmen, suspects in the shootings Wednesday at satirical French publication Charlie Hebdo, were killed in the raid.
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          French gendarmes escort children from the Henri Dunand school onto a bus to be taken to a safe location to be picked up by their parents in Dammartin-en-Goële Friday.
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          Helicopters with French intervention forces hover above the scene of the hostage-taking in Dammartin-en-Goële, France. The two main suspects in the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo killings were later killed at the scene.
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          Police marksmen take position on a roof in Dammartin-en-Goële, northeast of Paris, where two brothers suspected of killing 12 people in nearby Paris this week held one person hostage at a printing business.
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          Members of France’s elite police force arrive at the scene of a hostage taking on Friday at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goële, northeast of Paris.
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The terror crisis began in the early hours of Wednesday morning as two men wearing balaclavas, military fatigues and carrying AK-47 rifles walked into the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo and opened fire. The barrage left 11 people dead, including the publisher and some of France’s most celebrated cartoonists.  Fleeing the scene, the brothers evaded several police cars and killed one officer at point-blank range. In an abandoned getaway car, the brothers left behind Molotov cocktails, a GoPro camera and an important piece of evidence—the national identity card of Said Kouachi. That clue led investigators to Mr. Kouachi’s brother, Chérif, who had been convicted in 2008 for belonging to a terrorist group. Prosecutors said Chérif Kouachi had also traveled to Yemen in 2011. 







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Said, left, and Chérif Kouachi, the two gunmen suspected of Wednesday’s attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, were killed as police raided a building north of Paris.



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The slaughter at Charlie Hebdo sparked anger around the world. The magazine had for years stirred outrage and death threats with its caricatures lampooning Islam, just one of its many targets of satire. On Thursday, a policewoman directing traffic around a car accident in the southern Parisian suburb of Montrouge was shot and killed. Police homed in on Mr. Coulibaly after recovering a balaclava that contained his DNA. Mr. Coulibaly later claimed responsibility for the killing, saying he had “synchronized” the move with the Kouachi brothers. On Friday, the men slipped past a massive police search operation in the forested area northeast of the city, authorities said. In the early hours of the day, they hijacked a 









        
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The brothers didn’t get far, running into a police blockade. Police, after a short gunfight, chased the gunmen into an industrial district near Charles de Gaulle airport. On foot, the brothers took refuge in a small printing facility as police sealed off the area. Helicopters circled the building, snarling air traffic.  Unbeknown to the brothers, Lilian Lepère, an employee of the print shop, was hiding upstairs, authorities said. He proved crucial with text messages to police describing the whereabouts of the two gunmen.  Across town, Mr. Coulibaly walked into Hyper Cacher, a kosher market on the eastern edge of Paris, and fired an automatic rifle.  Police, now with a second standoff, sealed off a main Paris thoroughfare in the middle of rush-hour.  Mr. Coulibaly threatened to kill hostages in the market if police didn’t allow the Kouachi brothers to leave the print facility unharmed, police said. 


Related Coverage    Live Updates   France Wakes Stunned After Attacks, Suspect on Loose   Overburdened French Dropped Surveillance of Brothers   Suspects Claim to Be Acting for Islamic Extremist Groups   Hostages Believe Killed by Gunman Before Police Siege, Paris Official Says   Police Had Hidden Source in Raid North of Paris   Parisians Transfixed as Standoffs Play Out   France Confronts Deep-Rooted Problems Behind Attack   France’s Jews Shudder Over Being Targeted for Attack—Again   U.S., French Believe One Gunman Received Training in Yemen   State Department Warns U.S. Citizens To Be Vigilant After Attacks in France   Lebanese View France’s Violence in Context of Greater Woes   U.S. Shared Intelligence With French About Brothers’ Yemen Trip    Essay: The Mocking Tradition Behind Charlie Hebdo\   Essay: When I Questioned the History of Muhammad   French Author Stops Promoting Novel Amid Manhunt   Remembering the Victims   A Backlash Swells in Europe   Path of Terror Attack Suspect Points to Resurgent al Qaeda   Policeman Killed in Attack Emerging as a Hero   The Short Answer: What Is Charlie Hebdo?   Timeline of Terror Attacks in Past 20 Years  


North of Paris, meanwhile, negotiators from France’s elite police group were frustrated after trying unsuccessfully to reach the two brothers by cellphone.  As the standoff lingered, police ordered local residents to remain barricaded in their houses and evacuated children from nearby schools. As dusk fell, security forces made their move. In the suburb north of Paris, the Kouachi brothers wedged open a door and sprayed gunfire toward police. Authorities responded with stun grenades and sniper fire, prosecutors said, killing the two men. Moments later, a battery of police with shields and assault rifles assembled in block formation outside the kosher grocery in a scene captured live on TV. With the body of one hostage on the floor, police inched toward the market entrance and shot Mr. Coulibaly. Frantic hostages streamed from the building. Inside, police found the bodies of four hostages. Five other hostages were injured, two seriously. Two police were hit by bullets in the leg.  Late Friday, police were seeking Ms. Boumediene, a girlfriend of Mr. Coulibaly who investigators said had been in frequent contact with the wife of Chérif Kouachi.  As calm returned to the capital, residents were left to assess the fallout. “Clearly something is broken in France,” said Hervé Laurent, a 52-year-old business man. Near the kosher grocery, a 60-yearold Jewish resident 










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       said he planned to move to Tel Aviv, warning that others were likely to leave France the wake of the attacks. “If you think a lot of Jews left France last year, this year the number is going to be five times higher,” said Mr. Corcos, a volunteer at a synagogue in eastern Paris, who had come to visit the scene of the crime.   Another victim of this week’s chaos was France’s deep-rooted ambition of integrating its Muslim minority into the fabric of Republican society.  Only five years earlier, the French government had regarded Mr. Coulibaly as a model. In 2009, Mr. Coulibaly was an employee of Coca-Cola Co., earning him a spot in a special ceremony hosted by then-President 










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       at the Élysée Palace. On Friday, authorities said, Mr. Coulibaly stormed into the kosher grocery with an announcement for shoppers: “You know who I am, don’t you?”  —Jason Chow, William Horobin, Ruth Bender, Inti Landauro, Sam Schechner and Blandine Hénault contributed to this article.







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Hostages fled a kosher grocery in Paris as police burst in, killing a gunman allied with the suspects in the massacre of a magazine staff Wednesday. Four hostages died.



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Bob Washick
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 Speaking of god .. and one commentator wrote:  could god be a Catholic ... and I say ... there is a march of solidarity for the Jews of Paris, for the Jews of the world ... that march of solidarity ... seems to be devoid of:  Catholic Cardinals, clergy and nuns ... I wonder what Catholicism said about the extermination of French Catholics, French Jews and others:  NOTHING, Pius said, nothing ... because they were on a lesser level than Italian Catholics ... and ask any Catholic clergy who is on top of your pyramid ... and you will find, today a constant way to cover up the hatred created by the Catholic church.  
















Robert Curry
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"Deadly Raids End Terror Spree in Paris"I call this "religious news". This is all that religion is good for, never ending violence to defend ridiculous fantasies.
















Bob Washick
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 Robert Wood .... someone commented and you reported it as a:  Veiled Threat ... Just who is wearing the veil.  
















Mariam Mohammed
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How come this article fails to mention the muslim policeman who was killed during this sad incident?
















William Hadney
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Yesterday Kevin Burns pointed out to me in a reply to my posting el-Sisi's speech below that it had already been published by the WSJ -  "They did [WSJ].  The speech was on 12-28 actually."http://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-al-sisi-1420760154But, having been printed in the "Notable & Quotable" section of the Opinion page, I still  come back to the comment posted by Ardath Blauvelt below the speech on that page:  "Thank you [WSJ] for printing at least this much -- every speech decrying religious jihadi interpretation of the Koran by Islamic leaders should be reproduced on every western newspaper's front page.  It would give courage to others,…"  It needs maximum exposure, and the Notable & Quotable section simply doesn't cut it.
















Jacob Maczuga
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Welcome to the world given to us by the liberal leftists.  A world of opposites and avoidance of the truth.
















BRIAN BEAR
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  If a
Christian,Hindu or Jewish terrorist entered a muslim grocery store or muslim news office and killed 16 people in the name of their religion, the Hindu, Christian
and Jewish leaders would immediately  condemn the attack and be protesting
in the streets, hand in hand, with Muslim leaders boldly proclaiming that this
violence must stop and does not represent the views of their religion's teaching. In public, French
Jews no longer wear prayer caps or anything identifying them as Jewish for fear
of being harassed or beaten by muslim hooligans.  The moderate Muslim
leaders in France are silent.  They are not protesting or walking hand in
hand with Jewish leaders to condemn this.  By being silent on
antisemitism in France, as well as,  on world wide extremist muslim terrorism,
moderate Islam is tacitly condoning this behavior. Where is the million man muslim march against Islamic extremist terrorism?  
















BRIAN BEAR
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Where is the million man Muslim march protesting against Islamic extremist terrorism?  
















BRIAN BEAR
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President Holland, and President Obama are very strong in their opinion
that this is not Islamic terrorism and is not in anyway a result of Islamic
teaching and does not represent the overwhelming majority of Muslims.  The
question then becomes, where is the voice of moderate Islam?  If a
Christian or Jewish terrorist entered a muslim grocery store or muslim news
paper office and killed 16 people in the name of their religion, the Christian
and Jewish leaders would immediately  condemn the attack and be protesting
in the streets, hand in hand, with Muslim leaders boldly proclaiming that this
violence must stop and does not represent the views of Judaism and
Christianity.  The incidence of antisemitic violence in France has risen
over 40% over the last year and over 100% in the last 5 years.  Jewish
houses of worship must have armed guards at all times.  In public, French
Jews no longer wear prayer caps or anything identifying them as Jewish for fear
of being harassed or beaten by muslim hooligans.  The moderate Muslim
leaders in France are silent.  They are not protesting or walking hand in
hand with Jewish leaders to condemn this.   By being silent on
antisemitism in France and world wide terrorism in general by Muslim extremist,
moderate Islam is tacitly condoning this behavior. There is no other valid
conclusion.  Fear of retribution by the extremist is a weak and phony
excuse.  It is only a matter of time before more violence is directed at
Jews, Christians, Hindus or anyone else who does not submit to Sharia law.  
















BRIAN BEAR
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If a Christian or Jewish terrorist entered a muslim grocery store or muslim news paper office and killed 16 people in the name of their religion, the Christian and Jewish leaders would immediately  condemn the attack and be protesting in the streets, hand in hand, with Muslim leaders boldly proclaiming that this violence must stop and does not represent the views of Judaism or Christianity.   In public, French Jews no longer wear prayer caps or anything identifying them as Jewish for fear of being harassed or beaten by muslim hooligans.  The moderate Muslim leaders in France are silent.  They are not protesting or walking hand in hand with Jewish leaders to condemn this.   By being silent on antisemitism in France and world wide Islamic terrorism in general, moderate Islam is tacitly condoning this behavior. There is no other valid conclusion.  Fear of retribution by the extremist is a phony excuse.  Where is the million man Muslim march against extremist? 
















john fitzgerald
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 It is impossible for Muslims to integrate into any western society. Sharia will not allow it, and they are not allowed to ignore under penalty of death
















Bob Acker
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The future belongs to those who slander the prophet of Islam, that stinking pedophile.
















Steve Makler
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 A telling indication of how delusional the lefties are is that they believe in the "Republican war on woman" but don't believe in the Islamists war on western civilization and decency no matter how many dead bodies they leave behind.
















Mariam Mohammed
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Wow Joseph Rothman, you are one racist person. Makes you no different than these guys in the article btw.September 11 was such a sad extremely discusting act of terror and no one denies that. But for you to say what u said below to muslims around the world, wow. I feel sad for you.Look at what Israel, i wont say "jews" cuz thats racist and i dont believe all jews agree with what Israel has done and is doing- but killing and taking over a country that was already inhabited and stealing their land etc leading the the UN to establish UNRWA specifically for the palestinians to help them financially, or with food or shelter all over the world cuz their country was stolen. What do u call that?Yes, there are extremists in Islam, Judaism, christianity etc etc etc, theyre all wrong and nothing at all justifies their actions. Extremists committing crimes should be taken to court and tried.Only cuz u see Islam mentioned in the news alot duznt mean that other extremists from other religions arnt committing the same crimes. It just means that their crimes are not highlighted in the news. Just incase you are not aware of this.
















William Ford
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So much for the model Muslim. His true colors came out.
















Joseph Rothman
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On September 20, 2001, former President Bush said "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists" which is exactly the message to all Muslims.  Now is the time to speak up because the world isn't hearing much condemnation from Muslims of your extremist brethren and their barbaric behavior.  You can't have it both ways, so get off the fence and show your true colors or extremism will become "normal-ism" and you will lose the label "religion of peace" forever.  
















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Dear Bobby Sax,I cant find your comment anymore. Have you deleted it?This is "MM". My account had to be reset for me to be able to comment. Neway, you are correct about the definition. Who said i Islam is defined as "peace"? i said its all about peace, ie. its teachings are all about peace. And whats wrong with the definition of Islam being complete submission to God? Isnt that what nuns do?or any religious group? When you submit to God and follow the true teachings you will see that no crimes would be committed or any extreme actions. Again like i said, just like all religions, you will find extremist which are clearly not following the teachings. The only reason Islam is highlighted alot is for political gain, trust me alot of crimes are committed in the name of religion by religions other than Islam but theyre not mentioned in the news as a crime committed in the name of so and so religion. The religion of the crime commiters isnt even mentioned.Neway, More education is required.
















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France:  This is what you get for welcoming in the Muslims...you reap what 
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Jerry Redmond
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France, the EU, and the U.S. should take immediate steps in a coordinated fashion by introducing the following preliminary steps and actions:< Terrorists caught after such a murderous rampage on their soil must execute those caught under their Treason Laws;< the immediate and extended families of these terrorists must have their citizenship immediately revoked as well as passports and deported to their country of origin regardless of how long they have been resident in the country;< those young men who have been identified as leaving their country in the West to wage war on behalf of Terrorist Organizations in the Middle East have to have their passports revoked immediately, and their families they have left behind will join them( see above point);< there can be no appeal by those so ordered to vacate the country once ordered by the Soverign Country and all of these Acts should come under a special War Act to fight these murderous thugs domestically.It's time to clean house on this Cancer that is either home grown or foreign.
















Steve Makler
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 Something tells me that this "if they're violent they can't possibly be Muslims" baloney just isn't going to fly. Of all the insane rubbish propagated by the lefty mental cases to obscure reality, this one takes the cake.
















Scott Horsburgh
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How about some praise for Lilian Lepère?  He (yes) was hiding upstairs at the print shop and texted police to give them the whereabouts of the Kouachi terrorists.  Without his involvement, who knows how many more might have been killed?
















William Hadney
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"...a speech last week (1-05-2015) by President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt on the need for a “religious revolution” in Islam.
 Speaking at Cairo’s Al Azhar University,…" - 
 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/01/president-sisis-speech
"I am referring here to the religious clerics. We have to
think hard about what we are facing—and I have, in fact, addressed this topic a
couple of times before. It’s inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most
sacred should cause the entire umma [Islamic world] to be a source of
anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world. Impossible!
That thinking—I am not saying “religion” but “thinking”—that
corpus of texts and ideas that we have sacralized over the years, to the point
that departing from them has become almost impossible, is antagonizing the
entire world. It’s antagonizing the entire world!
Is it possible that 1.6 billion people [Muslims] should want to
kill the rest of the world’s inhabitants—that is 7 billion—so that they
themselves may live? Impossible!
I am saying these words here at Al Azhar, before this assembly
of scholars and ulema—Allah Almighty be witness to your truth on Judgment Day
concerning that which I’m talking about now.
All this that I am telling you, you cannot feel it if you remain
trapped within this mindset. You need to step outside of yourselves to be able
to observe it and reflect on it from a more enlightened perspective.
I say and repeat again that we are in need of a religious
revolution. You, imams, are responsible before Allah. The entire world, I say
it again, the entire world is waiting for your next move . . . because this umma
is being torn, it is being destroyed, it is being lost—and it is being lost by
our own hands."
















Sailesh Kapadia
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The key difference between Europe and the US seems to be that we assimilate immigrants and after a generation they perceive themselves as Americans. Although Europe has been less discriminating in who they let in particularly when they needed to add to their labor force after the loss of so many men in WW-ll, there was always a perceptible schism between the immigrants and the natives. This is a possible  reason why,  immigrant descendants born in Europe still identify themselves more strongly with the country and culture of their ancestors than with the country and culture in which they live.
















jerome rathskeller
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To bad they couldn't have been captured and tortured to get more info on the sleeper cells hanging out in progressive Europe , Home of the Prefunctory Nobel Prize.
















jerome rathskeller
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I'm thinking France armed these terrorists indirectly to begin with.
















jerome rathskeller
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If France had the guts to raise their taxes they could hire better security for their nation and increase wine production.
















jerome rathskeller
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France should follow their hero Obama's lead and open their borders wide open to let these maniacs in their socialist progressive country.
















jerome rathskeller
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Those lucky virgins.
















Rahul Sharma
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Europe does not have what it takes to confront terrorists. The terroristswill always succeed in their mission unless tough measures are adopted.I had suggested one such measure in my post yesterday, but the terror sympathizers infesting this forum had my post deleted.So au revoir, France, until the next tragic incident.
















Otto Lichius
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The French suffer from complex of inferiority and suppress pluralism in their own society. They segregated the minorities and this is not new.  It is not an open society like America.  
















james Murphy
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I grieve for the victims, their family members and all of France. I visited the Charlie Hebdo Twitter feed and encountered the photo linked below, which I found to be hurtful (and I'll admit it, God forgive me, fleetingly shockingly humorous); my reaction to such "speech" was acute, transient sadness. Are we truly shocked by the fact that individuals who publicly desecrate what is held to be deeply sacred by others become the targets of offended lunatics?  https://mobile.twitter.com/Charlie_Hebdo_/photo
















WILLIAM CURTIS
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How's that multicultural thing working out for ya? Whoever sold the idea that multiculturalism is a workable way for countries to absorb immigrants was a great salesman and totally wrong. People are defined by their culture, and will fight wars to defend it. For years the US was proud to be a "melting pot" and that worked - but then the politically correct began to embrace multiculturalism - and now race relations are becoming really bad. If you want to live by different laws and disdain our values - go find your own country. I recommend California as a great place to call home.    
















Brian A Gray
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I hope Liberals take notes on this incident and remember that Hillary will work to take away our right to protect ourselves.  The best deterrent to terrorism is their knowledge that bullets can fly both directions. 
















Richard Wisner
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Remember "Oil For Food", my friends?  Brace yourselves.
















Bob Washick
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@Robert Curry         Speaking of Defending Ridiculous Fantasies:  A new documentary  on the History Channel ... Hitler is an actor ...  the horrors of the Holocaust shown, the hatred, the chambers etc,  something new was added:  At the end of he war Staffenberg plotted to assassinate Hitler .... but WAIT, Hold the Camera, hold the action ... Staffenberg in this film is Having Holy Communion in a Catholic church, the same church he would have attended when Hitler, also a Catholic, overtook country after country, gassed and tortured millions ... but now we have him at Communion!!! ... just another way for the Catholic church to cover up and Defend Ridiculous Fantasizes about Jews ... and I might add when I stated that the nuns guided little Jewish children to their deaths and research ... that clip was reduced to just ... some Jewish children ... The Catholic Church appearing so good and so holy on the outside, while rotten to its inner core ... don't you think or don't you think.    .
















jerome rathskeller
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@Jacob Maczuga They are basically fascist neo Nazis incognito.
















Jerry Kolkhorst
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@Steve Makler Your so right, I have been waiting ever since 911 for it to happen here, it WILL come. Democrats had better learn these guys hate us and being nice to them means nothing.
















William Hadney
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Yesterday Kevin Burns pointed out to me in a reply to my posting el-Sisi's speech that it had already been published by the WSJ -  "They did [WSJ].  The speech was on 12-28 actually."http://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-al-sisi-1420760154But, having been printed in the "Notable & Quotable" section of the Opinion page, I still  come back to the comment posted by Ardath Blauvelt below the speech on that page:  "Thank you [WSJ] for printing at least this much -- every speech decrying religious jihadi interpretation of the Koran by Islamic leaders should be reproduced on every western newspaper's front page.  It would give courage to others,…"  It needs maximum exposure, and the Notable & Quotable simply doesn't cut it.
















William Hadney
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In no other news source that I've read in the past week has al-Sisi's speech been mentioned.  It disgusts me, because I feel it is a sure sign the news is being managed to reduce pressure on Muslims (and Islam in general) to undergo serious internal change.  That is why, finding it this morning in "First Things", I immediately posted it to this article and another in the WSJ.  This is a case of a very prominent MODERATE Muslim, speaking out about the need for Islam to undergo dramatic change.  So what happens?  The MSM completely ignores it!  Such stupidity boggles my mind.
















Bobby Sax
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@William Hadney This is a good start. Now, if only King Saud would join eL-Sisi and make an equivalent statement.
















Eileen Weber
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@Sailesh Kapadia Thew new illegals coming in will not assimilate. They won't learn english.
















bruce miller
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@Sailesh Kapadia Maybe.But then there's this:  "Only five years earlier, the French government had regarded Mr. Coulibaly as a model. In 2009, Mr. Coulibaly was an employee of Coca-Cola Co., earning him a spot in a special ceremony hosted by then-President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée Palace."So President el-Sisi was much closer to the truth than our "progressive" commenters like to acknowledge.  That branch of Islam is no religion and does not merit being treated as such.  And its adherents do need to be watched, profiled and segregated - just as if they were carrying a deadly disease. Because they are.
















Arnoldo Delgadillo
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@Rahul Sharma how is this different from school shootouts and how have we confronted them ? 
















EZRA SEGAL
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@Rahul Sharma wow, so you must be a counter-terrorism expert, right? They killed the suspects after coordinated and simultaneous raids -- so in the span of less than 72 hours had eliminated those responsible for the atrocities, yet somehow 'Europe does not have what it takes to confront terrorists'?.... humor me and remind me how long it took the United States to find and kill Osama Bin Laden?...quite certain it wasn't done within 3 days, in fact, if memory serves it took two Presidents and 10 years...but please..continue with your intelligent comments -- 'au revoir France, until the next tragic incident' truly shows your deep sense of sensitivity and a wholesome moral compass... 
















Bob Acker
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@Otto Lichius Otto's psychotic comment just below was deleted.  It was even more vile and disgusting than this one, believe it or not.
















Bob Acker
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@Otto Lichius Yes, it's certainly their own fault for resisting the murderers.  No doubt about that.
















Rahul Sharma
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@EZRA SEGAL @Rahul Sharma  You have no idea what you are talking about. Read the following article about how French intelligence dropped the ball:http://www.wsj.com/articles/kouachis-links-to-yemen-overlooked-by-french-intelligence-1420837677?cb=logged0.5398324935582006The level of freedom available to terrorists to plan and carry out attacks in Europe is unprecedented due to laxity.
















Frank Murray
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@Bob Acker @Otto Lichius We believe it. 














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