Parisian Satire Mag Gunmen Caught On Cameras
[su_thin_right_skyscraper_ad]At least two individuals with mobile devices managed to capture the attack on the offices of satirical Paris-based weekly Charlie Hebdo. One was on an upper floor approximately across the street from the magazine’s offices:
A reporter for Agence Prèmieres Lignes also caught part of the attack on video:
French broadcast media caught the afternath of the attack:
CNN is reporting that witnesses to the massacre heard the gunmen “speaking perfect French” – and that they first entered the wrong address, several buildings away from Charlie Hebdo‘s ofices.
Make no mistake. This is an attack on the free press:
Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack.
At least two masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with police in the street outside before escaping by car.
The gunmen shouted “we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad”, witnesses say.
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.
A major police operation is under way in the Paris area to catch the killers.
Wayout January 7th, 2015 at 9:02 am
Surely no one is surprised at this turn of events.
OldLefty January 7th, 2015 at 9:13 am
No one has been surprised since WE warned you about supporting radical Islam for the past 60 years as a hedge against communism.
dave-dr-gonzo January 7th, 2015 at 9:20 am
You’ll have to excuse Wayoff. He cannot wrap his cerebral cortex around the concept of blowback.
OldLefty January 7th, 2015 at 9:26 am
Remember In the late 1980s, Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto, feeling the mujaheddin network has grown too strong, tells President George H. W. Bush, “You are creating a Frankenstein.”
My husband is from India, and they always believed that we supported radical Islam in Pakistan over democracy in India because Pakistan was more “capitalist”… meaning friendly to US businesses.
That didn’t work out so well.
fahvel January 7th, 2015 at 10:54 am
shoot, wahoo has trouble with his/her remote.
Stan Ubeki January 7th, 2015 at 10:28 am
Someone will blame it on Obama within the hour. Place your bets. Here’s the pool matrix.
Hannity – Coulter
Limbaugh – Boehner
Gohmert – Kelly
William January 7th, 2015 at 9:35 am
“These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America’s founding fathers.” — Ronald Regan while introducing the Mujahideen leaders to media on the White house lawns (1985).
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 1:30 pm
who bombed the NAACP office…I wonder
rational_thinking_one January 7th, 2015 at 9:15 am
The fact that no one is shocked to find out that Islamic extremists are behind this attack says so much about the Islamic faith. And of course no one of any significance in the Islamic community will loudly condone this atrocity. All in the name of a make believe fairy tale born and continued out of the ignorance of mankind.
dave-dr-gonzo January 7th, 2015 at 9:28 am
“Rational”? HahahahahaaaHAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAhahahaaaa!
“The fact that no one is shocked to find out that Islamic extremists are behind this attack says so much about the Islamic faith.”
No.
No one is shocked to find out that Islamic extremists are behind this attack, and that says so much about a small minority of extremists within any given religion. The Parisian gunmen are just as bad as, to cite just one example, Christianist thugs who murder obstetricians, or violent Christins who behead their victims (http://www.alternet.org/christian-beheading-conveniently-ignored-fox-news).
The fact that Islamic extremists are behind this attack says so much about tie between ultra-fundamentalism of all kinds and untreated mental disease which manifests as violent outbursts.
“And of course no one of any significance in the Islamic community will loudly condone this atrocity.”
In fact, prominent Imams in Paris have CONDEMNED this violence, according to multiple sources, including that Commie rag The Wall Street Journal. I’m sure you know that, and the fact that you don’t report that explicitly suggests that you are a bigot who chooses to associate an entire and highly factionalized and fractured religion with a tiny cluster of extremist groups who choose to bend a so-called holy book to satisfy their violent instincts.
You’re about as “rational” as your garden-variety ISIS member (and no, I’m not referring to the FX cartoon series “Archer”, nimrod).
fahvel January 7th, 2015 at 10:53 am
not bad Dave.
StoneyCurtisll January 7th, 2015 at 1:17 pm
Right On~!
rational_thinking_one January 7th, 2015 at 1:31 pm
I never said that Christian extremists were any better than Islamic. I think all religion is shit. However, the number of terrorists attacks carried out in the name of Jesus are far less than those carried out in the name of Allah. I’ll never understand why so many liberals feel the need to defend Islam. I’m in the Maher, Harris, and Dawkin’s camp for sure.
dave-dr-gonzo January 7th, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Hey dumbass, I didn’t say that you “said that Christian extremists were any better than Islamic” – but that’s a cuuuute li’l strawman and a nice though failed try at hijacking the thread. And you are wrong about the number of terrorists attacks carried out in the name of Jesus are far less than those carried out in the name of Allah – particularly in the United States. Or maybe you never heard of the Ku Klux Klan.
And I’ll never understand why you haven’t noticed that Charlie Hebdo is a LIBERAL magazine that has hardly defended Islam.
And it’s Dawkins, dumbass, not Dawkin’s.
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 8:04 pm
I’m with Charlie…Islam sucks, big time.
eyelashviper January 7th, 2015 at 11:09 am
Not the case at all. It happens all the time, yet is rarely reported in our press.
Here is an article about that very issue.
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2014/10/10/moderate-muslims-speak-out-against-terrorism/
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 1:28 pm
I wonder who bombed the NAACP office…hmmm
rational_thinking_one January 7th, 2015 at 1:33 pm
That event is not even remotely comparable to this. And I am not defending any other religion. I despise all religions.
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 1:39 pm
lol, because bombing black civil rights organizations is as merkin as apple pie to you
rational_thinking_one January 7th, 2015 at 1:44 pm
No, because 12 people died in France. And just because I make negative comments, doesn’t make me “‘merkin” like you are trying to imply. Would you consider Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins?
Also, I doubt the person yelled “In the name of Jesus Christ” when they set the bomb off. That crime was horrible, no doubt. But it had nothing to do with religion.
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 2:05 pm
and? Extremism is the same
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 8:00 pm
No it’s not. Extremists here, use mostly the power of Free Speech. Other extremists stifle Free Speech with the power of Bazookas.
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 8:04 pm
rotflmao…sure they do. ask dr. tiller, gabby, mcveign, now that was a talkative guy, westboro, teabaggers….
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 8:14 pm
These shootings were done by single people and not by extremist groups.
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 8:15 pm
rotflmao…when you referred to people here as lefty, I saw what you are .
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 8:29 pm
Actually you don’t know a thing about me. So I’ll tell you. Thanks for surmising though. I’ve been on Alan’s site since around ’08 and in most things, I’m left leaning. But with todays world such as it is, there are many things that don’t follow a left or right slant for me. So I need to make my own informed decisions on what I truly believe best for myself and my own future generations.
As far as using the word Lefty…that is Lefty’s handle….and I’m an absolute fan of hers. She’s been on this site, for near as long as I have and she has my utmost respect. She’s always been a brilliant contributor to Alan’s site, as have so many others, that I no longer see here.
Anyway, Tracey…thank our lucky stars we still have the freedom to openly agree and disagree.
Cheers
Jaz
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 8:30 pm
so what
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 7:54 pm
Maybe try concentrating on some global news, instead of always bringing the OP back to the US. France like much of Europe is also a Free Republic. What effects them, will ultimately effect us.
tracey marie January 7th, 2015 at 7:55 pm
Sure, and you think we will have single payer HC?
fahvel January 7th, 2015 at 10:52 am
I’m jealous – when our cops jump out of a van it’s a peugot – when your cops arrive it’s in a f’n sherman tank
Jaz January 7th, 2015 at 7:07 pm
“”Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern
weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious
totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and
we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie
Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always
been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity.
‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of
religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire,
and, yes, our fearless disrespect.””
— SalmanRushdie