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|constitutes=mid-level deep event?, false flag?, bombing, hostage-taking, mass shooting, suicide attack?,Operation Gladio B
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|location=Paris, France<br />Saint-Denis, France<br />
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|location=Paris, Saint-Denis, France
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|start=13 November 2015
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|start=21:16, 13 November 2015
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|end=00:58, 14 November 2015
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|type=Mass shooting, bombing, hostage-taking, suicide attack
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|fatalities=141
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|injuries=352
 
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|ON_perpetrators=Abdelhamid Abaaoud
 
|ON_perpetrators=Abdelhamid Abaaoud
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|motive=* Islamic extremism
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|locations=Paris, France
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* Ideological objection to Paris as a capital of "abomination and perversion"<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Financial Times|date=14 November 2015|title=Paris attacks: Bloody atrocity signals shift in Isis strategy|access-date=14 November 2015|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f2135be4-8ac5-11e5-a549-b89a1dfede9b.html}}</ref>
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|description=A series of coordinated terrorist attacks in France. Suicide bomber remembered to bring his passport, which survived blast.
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* Retaliation for Opération Chammal (French airstrikes in [[Syria]] and [[Iraq]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Phipps |first2=Claire |last3=Bucks |first3=Jonathan |date=14 November 2015 |title=Paris attacks: Islamic State says killings were response to Syria strikes |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/14/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=14 November 2015 |quote=The group says the killings were in response to airstrikes against its militants in Syria, adding France would remain a "key target".}}</ref>
 
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* Foreign policy of [[François Hollande]] in relation to Muslims worldwide.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/this-is-because-of-all-the-harm-done-by-hollande-to-muslims/ ‘This Is Because of all the Harm Done by Hollande to Muslims’], ''The New York Times''.</ref>
 
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|locations=Paris, France, Saint-Denis, France 1: near, Stade de France, 2: Rue Bichat and rue Alibert (Le Petit Cambodge, Le Carillon) 3: Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi (Café Bonne Bière, La Casa Nostra), 4: The, Bataclan, theatre 5: Rue de Charonne (La Belle Équipe)
 
 
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'''Mass murder in Paris''' was perpetrated on Friday 13 November 2015, when a series of coordinated terrorist attacks — consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking — occurred in the French capital and in Saint-Denis, one of its northern suburbs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paris attacks: More than 100 killed in gunfire and blasts, French media say |publisher=CNN |date=14 November 2015 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/index.html |accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>
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'''Mass murder in Paris''' was perpetrated on Friday 13 November 2015, when a series of coordinated terrorist attacks — consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking — occurred in the French capital and in Saint-Denis, one of its northern suburbs.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/index.html</ref> 141 people were reported killed in the deadliest event in the European Union since the [[2004 Madrid train bombings|Madrid train bombings in 2004]].
  
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==Official narrative
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==Official narrative==
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Beginning at 21:16 hours (CET), there were six mass shootings in central Paris and three separate suicide bombings outside the Stade de France football stadium, where [[France]] were playing [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Soudain, l'une des bombes explose en plein match |url=http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/Soudain--l-une-des-bombes-explose-en-plein-match-27994743 |website=20 minutes (Switzerland) |accessdate=14 November 2015 |quote=On entend clairement, sur cette vidéo, la détonation de 21h16}}</ref>
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Beginning at 21:16 hours (CET), there were six mass shootings in central Paris and three separate suicide bombings outside the Stade de France football stadium, where [[France]] were playing [[Germany]].<ref>http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/Soudain--l-une-des-bombes-explose-en-plein-match-27994743</ref> The deadliest attack was at the ''Bataclan theatre'', where attackers took hostages and engaged in a stand-off with police which ended at 00:58 hours on Saturday 14 November 2015.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-34815972 </ref> Of the 141 people killed, 89 died at the Bataclan theatre<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34814203</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203</ref>, 11 at ''Le Carillon'' and ''Le Petit Cambodge'', 5 at ''La Casa Nostra'', 6 at ''Stade de France'', 18 at ''La Belle Équipe'', 3 died subsequently and 9 perpetrators (2 unnamed) died.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/15/paris-attacker-named-investigation-continues-live-updates</ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11996678/Paris-terror-attacks-victims-isil-suspects-Syria-arrests-live.html</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34826117</ref>  
  
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The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre, where attackers took hostages and engaged in a stand-off with police which ended at 00:58 hours on Saturday 14 November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-34815972 |title=Paris attacks updates |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
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===Perpetrators===
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The {{ccm}} cited "official sources" to relay the message that the so called "[[Islamic State]]" had used an unspecified website to claim responsibility for the attacks.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/world/paris-attacks/</ref><ref>http://www.france24.com/fr/urgent/20151114-lorganisation-etat-islamique-revendique-attentats-paris </ref><ref>http://www.disclose.tv/news/islamic_state_releases_official_statement_we_did_it_and_paris_is_just_the_start_of_a_storm/124426</ref> On 16 November 2015, corporate media named as the "mastermind" behind the attacks [[Abdelhamid Abaaoud]], who was reported killed 3 days later.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abdelhamid-abaaoud-belgian-man-identified-as-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-attacks-a6735871.html "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about the Belgian man identified as suspected 'mastermind' of Paris attacks"]</ref> Six of the eight alleged perpetrators who died in the Friday attacks were named by anonymous "official sources",<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34832512 "Paris attacks: Who were the attackers?"]</ref> and a manhunt launched for [[Salah Abdeslam]], a municipal employee in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek, who is believed to have rented a car in Belgium used in the Paris attacks.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/paris-terror-attacks-who-are-the-suspects "Paris terror attacks: who are the suspects?"]</ref> On 25 November 2015, Belgian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for 30-year-old suspect [[Mohamed Abrini]], who was shown on [[CCTV]] with [[Salah Abdeslam]] at a petrol station in northern France two days before the mass murder in Paris.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mohamed-abrini-paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-a6747606.html "Mohamed Abrini: Belgian authorities issue international arrest warrant for new Paris attack suspect"]</ref> Abdesalam was eventually captured in Brussels on 18 March 2016.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35846954 "Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested"]</ref> The ''[[New York Times]]'' observed that “Most of the men who carried out the Paris attacks were already on the radar of intelligence officials in France and Belgium”.<ref name=ga2016/>
  
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[[Islamic State]] claimed responsibility for the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/world/paris-attacks/|title=ISIS claims responsibility of Paris attacks|publisher=CNN|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.france24.com/fr/urgent/20151114-lorganisation-etat-islamique-revendique-attentats-paris |title=L'organisation État islamique revendique les attentats de Paris |date=14 November 2015 |publisher=France 24 |language=French |access-date=14 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disclose.tv/news/islamic_state_releases_official_statement_we_did_it_and_paris_is_just_the_start_of_a_storm/124426 |title=Islamic State releases official statement: 'We did it and Paris is just the start of the storm' |date=14 November 2015 |publisher=DiscloseTv |access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
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===Passports===
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In a [[lost and found ID]] development, "a [[Syria]]n passport has been found on the body of one of the suicide bombers at the Stade de France, French police have told Reuters."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-terror-attacks-syrian-passport-found-on-body-of-suicide-bomber-at-stade-de-france-a6734491.html</ref> ''[[Al Jazeera]]'' "spoke to explosives and forensic experts, who offered an explanation for how a paper document could survive a suicide blast despite close proximity to the bomber."<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/paris-attacks-give-rise-conspiracy-theories-151118093352559.html</ref> [[Tom Secker]] remarked "shades of 7/7 and 9/11".<ref>http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-25-delving-deeper-what-happened-in-paris/</ref>
  
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The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' reports Western ''"Security experts"'' as claiming that Friday's these attacks may have been triggered by the reported killing of [[Jihadi John]]. by a US drone strike 24 hours earlier on Thursday 12 November 2015. However the planning, coordination and weapons/explosives distribution logistics of the attacks demonstrate that the gestation period of the attacks had to have been much more than 24 hours.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3318419/Were-Paris-terror-attack-revenge-Jihadi-John-Security-experts-say-France-target-killers-brought-murderous-spree-forward.html "Was Paris terror revenge for Jihadi John? ISIS executioner's drone death may have accelerated attacks on France, experts say"]</ref>
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On the other hand "Eight terror suspects named so far are not refugees and have EU passports."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attacks-the-eight-terror-suspects-named-so-far-all-have-eu-passports-a6738821.html</ref>
  
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On 16 November 2015, the third day of national mourning in France, the suspected mastermind behind the attacks was named as [[Abdelhamid Abaaoud]], a 27 year old [[Belgian]] of [[Moroccan]] origin.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abdelhamid-abaaoud-belgian-man-identified-as-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-attacks-a6735871.html "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about the Belgian man identified as suspected 'mastermind' of Paris attacks"]</ref> Five of the jihadis who died in the attacks have been identified, and a manhunt has been launched for [[Salah Abdeslam]], a municipal employee in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek, who is believed to have rented a car in Belgium used in the Paris attacks.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/paris-terror-attacks-who-are-the-suspects "Paris terror attacks: who are the suspects?"]</ref>
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==French Military Were Present?==
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In July 2016, [[Global Research]] picked up on a Belgian news report of a member of parliament that suggested that 8 French military personnel were present inside the Bataclan during the siege, but did not intervene because they had been ordered not to.<ref name=ga2016>http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-paris-bataclan-terror-attack-six-french-military-were-present-instructed-not-to-intervene-people-died/5534527</ref>
  
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==Victims==
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==Responses==
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139 people were killed, of which
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The [[European Commission]] announced on 18 November 2015 a package of measures that "strengthens control of firearms across the EU".<ref>http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6110_en.htm</ref>
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* 129 immediate victims:
 
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** Bataclan:&nbsp;89
 
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** Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge:&nbsp;11
 
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** La Casa Nostra:&nbsp;5
 
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** Stade de France:&nbsp;6
 
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** La Belle Équipe:&nbsp;18
 
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* 3 subsequent deaths
 
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* 7 perpetrators<ref>{{cite news|author= Claire Phipps|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 November 2015|accessdate=15 November 2015|title=Paris attacker named as Ismaïl Omar Mostefai as investigation continues – live updates|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/15/paris-attacker-named-investigation-continues-live-updates}}</ref> ,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11996678/Paris-terror-attacks-victims-isil-suspects-Syria-arrests-live.html|title=Paris attacks latest|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=BBC staff|title=Paris attacks: Police seek 'dangerous' Salah Abdeslam|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34826117|accessdate=16 November 2015|agency=BBC|date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> 89 of them at the Bataclan theatre.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paris shootings: Casualties in city centre and explosion at the Stade de France |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34814203 |accessdate=13 November 2015 |publisher=BBC News |date=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Paris shootings and explosions near the Stade de France kill 18 |publisher=BBC News |date=13 November 2015 |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203 |accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> A further 415 were admitted to hospital with injuries sustained in the attacks, including 80 people described as being seriously injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34825270|title=Paris attacks updates (15 Nov)|accessdate=15 November 2015|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>  In addition to the victims, seven attackers died, and the authorities continued to search for any accomplices remaining at large. The attacks were the deadliest in France since the Second World War,<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|last1=Fraser|first1=Isabelle|last2=Henderson|first2=Barney|title=Paris shooting: terrorists attack French capital – as it happened on Friday Nov 13|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11995543/Paris-shooting-terrorists-attack-french-capital-as-it-happened-on-Friday-Nov-13.html|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Slaughter|first1=Graham|title=Paris on edge: Recent terror attacks in France|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/paris-on-edge-recent-terror-attacks-in-france-1.2657928|website=CTV News|publisher=CTV news|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> and the deadliest in the European Union since the [[2004 Madrid train bombings|Madrid train bombings in 2004]].
 
  
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In an immediate response, French President [[François Hollande]] announced an unprecedented state of emergency, the first since the 2005 French riots,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nossiter |first1=Adam |last2=Breeden |first2=Aurelien|last3=Clark|first3=Nicola |title=Paris Attacks Were an 'Act of War' by ISIS, Hollande Says |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=14 November 2015|date=14 November 2015}}</ref> and placed temporary controls on the country's borders.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dalton|first1=Matthew|last2=Varela|first2=Thomas|last3=Landauro|first3=Inti|title=Paris Attacks Were an 'Act of War' by Islamic State, French President François Hollande Says|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-were-an-act-of-war-by-islamic-state-french-president-francois-hollande-says-1447498080|website=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=14 November 2015|date=14 November 2015|quote=Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on a social media account, but didn't provide specific information that would allow the claim to be verified. It said the attacks were retaliation for French airstrikes against the group in Syria and Iraq.}}</ref> People and organisations expressed solidarity including through social media. President Hollande declared the attacks an "act of war",<ref>{{cite web|title = Paris attacks: Hollande blames Islamic State for 'act of war'|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34820016|publisher = BBC News|accessdate = 14 November 2015|date = 14 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nossiter|first1=Adam|last2=Breeden|first2=Aurelien|last3=Bennhold|first3=Katrin|title=Three Teams of Coordinated Attackers Carried Out Assault on Paris, Officials Say; Hollande Blames ISIS|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html|accessdate=14 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/14/us-france-shooting-hollande-idUSKCN0T30JG20151114|title=Hollande says Paris attacks 'an act of war' by Islamic State|publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation|accessdate=14 November 2015|date=14 November 2015}}</ref> and on 15 November 2015 launched France's largest single airstrike of [[Opération Chammal]], its contribution to the anti-ISIS bombing campaign, by striking numerous targets in [[Al-Raqqah]], Syria in retaliation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rubin|first1=Alissa|title=France Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria in Retaliation for Attacks|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/europe/paris-terror-attack.html|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref>
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French President [[François Hollande]] immediately declared the attacks an "Act of War" and announced the first state of emergency since the [[2005 French riots]],<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html</ref> and placed temporary controls on the country's borders.<ref>http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-were-an-act-of-war-by-islamic-state-french-president-francois-hollande-says-1447498080 quote=Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on a social media account, but didn't provide specific information that would allow the claim to be verified. It said the attacks were retaliation for French airstrikes against the group in Syria and Iraq.}}</ref> People and organisations expressed solidarity including through social media.
  
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===Weapon they fear most is tolerance===
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On 15 November 2015 France launched the largest single airstrike of [[Opération Chammal]], its contribution to the anti-ISIS bombing campaign which started in September 2014, by striking numerous targets in [[Al-Raqqah]], Syria in retaliation.<ref>http://www.france24.com/en/20151012-france-pm-valls-terrorists-have-no-passports-air-strikes-french-jihadists-syria</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34820016</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html</ref><ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/14/us-france-shooting-hollande-idUSKCN0T30JG20151114</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/europe/paris-terror-attack.html|publisher=New York Times</ref>
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On 15 November 2015, writer and broadcaster [[Iain Macwhirter]] wrote an article advocating the use of tolerance as a weapon:
 
  
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“France is at war,” said [[François Hollande]] on the morning after the worst attack on French soil since the [[Second World War]]. But at war with what? [[Islamic State]] isn’t a country. They don’t invade with armies, but with fear.
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On 15 November 2015, writer and broadcaster [[Iain Macwhirter]] wrote an article which concluded "The one thing the terrorists want is for governments to launch another [[War on Terror]], just as America did after [[9/11]]. So let’s hear no more of it. The weapon Islamic extremists fear most is tolerance".<ref>[https://iainmacwhirter.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-only-weapon-is-fear-is-tolerance/ "The only weapon IS fear is tolerance"]</ref>
  
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You can’t go to war with an organisation that doesn’t stand and fight and nor can you punish people who’ve already sacrificed their lives. Hollande said the perpetrators of the Paris attacks will be pursued “without mercy”. But you can’t sentence a suicide bomber to death.
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Alternative media commentators have observed that the attacks were quickly seized upon by governments as a pretext for increased expenditure on the "[[war on terror]]". [[Craig Murray]] blogged that "this kind of sickening political opportunism is the true disrespect to the innocent dead." The attacks came a fortnight before a mass demonstration in Paris, planned to take place ahead of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference 2015 UN Conference on Climate Change], was banned under the state of emergency.<ref>[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/11/a-change-of-political-climate/ "A Change of Political Climate"]</ref>
  
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IS are terrorists whose primary objective is not to occupy but to polarise; to encourage repressive measures from the state against Muslims, and to force non-Muslim communities to regard followers of Islam as ‘enemies within’.
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Interviewed for ''[[Russia Today]]'' by [[Afshin Rattansi]], former [[MI5]] agent [[Annie Machon]], now director of [[Law Enforcement Against Prohibition]] (LEAP), highlighted how the intelligence agencies were drowning in the torrent of information derived from universal surveillance instead of taking preemptive action by targeting suspects through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_HUMINT HUMINT].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko6RTKqGgvU&feature=youtu.be "Former Intelligence Officer on Attacks in Paris"]</ref>
  
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They know that the influx into Europe of large numbers of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East is reawakening latent xenophobia in French society. IS are doing a recruiting job for the far right Front Nationale of [[Marine Le Pen]] who is expected to win next month’s regional elections in Northern France. They want Europe to rebuild its borders and end free movement.
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On 19 November 2015, [https://www.facebook.com/gordon.duff.121 Gordon Duff] of [https://www.facebook.com/Veterans-Today-170917822620/ Veterans Today] wrote that the Paris terror attacks could have been expected not only because of the "huge Islamic population" in Paris, but because NGOs that have supported "terrorism" in Syria and Iraq are headquartered there:
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:"The idea that [[France]] was to be punished for its role inside [[Syria]] is absurd. [[Jabhat al-Nusra]]’s leaders strut around Paris like they own it, perhaps purchased with the [[Qatar]]i cash they bask in. Qatar has been bankrolling terrorist groups in Paris quite openly. These groups are [[ISIS]].
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The Paris attacks seem to have been consciously targeted at concerts and cafes attended by urban liberals who celebrate multiculturalism and for whom religious or racial intolerance is abhorrent. It was retaliation against the Paris that came out in force to express solidarity with the victims of ''Charlie Hebdo'' in January.
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:"What is the difference between a group of terrorists living in Paris for 'political reasons' no one seems to know but the French 'leadership' has long accepted and 'terror cells' such as those now being described as '[[Belgium|Belgian]]' that recently butchered over 100 French citizens?
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:"What we are saying is simply this, France has been quite hospitable to ISIS and al-Nusra and these organisations have no reason whatsoever to bite the hand that feeds them, French, Saudi or Qatari, no more than they have never done anything against [[Israel]]."<ref>[http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/11/19/neo-ending-the-business-of-terror/ "NEO – Ending the Business of Terror"]</ref>
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“They curse our prophet” said the IS statement. The rhetoric may be mediaeval but the tactics are twenty first century. These are digital zealots, connoisseurs of popular culture, who may even possess a grim sense of irony. Their main attack in Paris was at a rock concert fronted by the American garage band "Eagles of Death Metal".
 
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But it was real death metal flying into their bodies of dozens of young Parisians from Kalashnikovs wielded by young Muslim fanatics. The message was clear: the young people in the West play at death; IS do the real thing.
 
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IS says that it is targeting Paris in part because of the bombing in Syria, but principally because it is “the capital of adultery and vice”. The cover of the "Eagles of Death Metal"’s latest album “Zipper Down” depicts a woman in a leather bomber jacket revealing her breasts. The imagery will not be lost on the legions of young impressionable Muslims on the Internet.
 
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This is culture wars with Kalashnikovs. The only way to defeat IS, as with all terror, is to withstand it. The people of Paris understand this instinctively. On BBC radio yesterday a young parisian announced that “everybody is going to go out and eat cheese and drink wine like we always do on Saturdays”. That’s the spirit.
 
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Hurling militant rhetoric and more drones at IS only makes it stronger. The best way to combat this kind of threat, is to keep calm and carry on. That’s how Britain withstood the [[IRA]]’s mainland bombing campaign which killed as many people and nearly blew up the [[Margaret Thatcher|Prime Minister in 1984]].
 
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The one thing the terrorists want is for governments to launch another [[War on Terror]], just as America did after [[9/11]]. So let’s hear no more of it. The weapon Islamic extremists fear most is tolerance.<ref>[https://iainmacwhirter.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-only-weapon-is-fear-is-tolerance/ "The only weapon IS fear is tolerance"]</ref>
 
  
 
==Background==
 
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France's military has been involved in airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since 19 September 2014, known by the codename ''Operation Chammal''. In October 2015, France struck targets in Syria for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Middle east – 'Terrorists have no passports,' French PM says of Syria air strikes |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20151012-france-pm-valls-terrorists-have-no-passports-air-strikes-french-jihadists-syria |publisher=France 24 |accessdate=14 November 2015 }}</ref> ISIS specifically mentioned the airstrikes when they claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIS expresses fury over French airstrikes in Syria; France says they will continue|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/isis-expresses-fury-over-french-airstrikes-in-syria-france-says-they-will-continue-1.2658642|work=CTV News|date=14 November 2015}}</ref>
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France had been on high alert for "terrorism" since the ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'' events and the [[Île-de-France attacks]]. France had also increased security in anticipation of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, scheduled to be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and had restored border checks a week before the attacks.
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France had been on high alert for terrorism since the [[Charlie Hebdo]] events and the January 2015 [[Île-de-France attacks]]. France had also increased security in anticipation of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, scheduled to be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and had restored border checks a week before the attacks. The ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting in January 2015 occurred in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, where the Bataclan theatre is situated. France witnessed other, smaller, attacks throughout 2015, including the stabbing of three soldiers in Nice guarding a Jewish community centre in February;<ref>{{cite web|title=French soldiers wounded in Nice Jewish centre attack|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31118020|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=14 November 2015|date=3 February 2015}}</ref> an attempt to blow up a factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier in June, resulting in the death of an employee;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Peter|last2=Malik|first2=Shiv|title=France launches terror inquiry after decapitated body found in factory attack|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/26/one-dead-in-attack-on-french-factory|website=The Guardian|accessdate=14 November 2015|date=26 June 2015}}</ref> and a shooting and stabbing spree on a Thalys train in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chrisafis|first1=Angelique|title=France train attack: Americans overpower gunman on Paris express|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/amsterdam-paris-train-gunman-france|website=The Guardian|accessdate=14 November 2015|location=Paris, France|date=22 August 2015}}</ref>
 
  
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Two Jewish brothers, Pascal and Joël Laloux,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/paris-bataclan-theater-targeted-isis-because-jewish-owner-concert-venue-has-history-2185017|title=Concert venue has history of anti-Semitic attacks|work=International Business Times|date=14 November 2015|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bataclan.fr/bataclan.php|title=History of le Bataclan|publisher=Bataclan|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref> owned the Bataclan theatre for more than 40 years until they sold it in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/paris-theater-had-been-owned-by-a-jewish-family/|title=Paris Theater Had Been Owned by a Jewish Family|author=Dan Bilefsky|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 November 2015|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> The venue had been threatened several times because of their public support of Israel. In 2011, a group calling itself "Army of Islam" threatened the theatre because of this support.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/le-bataclan-une-cible-regulierement-visee-14-11-2015-1981544_23.php|title=Pourquoi le Bataclan est-il régulièrement visé ?|work=Le Point|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = French mag: Bataclan an Islamist target due to Jewish owners|url = http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/french-mag-bataclan-an-islamist-target-due-to-jewish-owners/|website = The Times of Israel|accessdate = 14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Fransk magasin: – Bataclan har jødiske eiere|url = http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Fransk-magasin---Bataclan-har-jodiske-eiere-8243620.html|website = Aftenposten|accessdate = 14 November 2015}}</ref>
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Two Jewish brothers, Pascal and Joël Laloux,<ref>http://www.ibtimes.com/paris-bataclan-theater-targeted-isis-because-jewish-owner-concert-venue-has-history-2185017</ref><ref>http://www.bataclan.fr/bataclan.php</ref> owned the Bataclan theatre for more than 40 years until they sold it in September 2015.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/paris-theater-had-been-owned-by-a-jewish-family/</ref> The venue had been threatened several times because of their public support of Israel. In 2011, a group calling itself "Army of Islam" threatened the theatre because of this support.<ref>http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/le-bataclan-une-cible-regulierement-visee-14-11-2015-1981544_23.php</ref><ref>http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/french-mag-bataclan-an-islamist-target-due-to-jewish-owners/</ref><ref>http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Fransk-magasin---Bataclan-har-jodiske-eiere-8243620.html</ref>
  
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Islamic State and its branches claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks which took place in the weeks leading up to the mass murder in Paris. On 12 November 2015, twin suicide bombings took place in Beirut, [[Lebanon]], killing 43 people. On 31 October 2015, [[Metrojet Flight 9268]], carrying mostly Russian passengers crashed in the [[Sinai Peninsula]], Egypt, killing 224 people, for which [[IS]]'s [[Sinai Province]] claimed responsibility. On the day of the Paris attacks, IS's lead executioner, [[Jihadi John]], was reported to have been killed by a US drone strike<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/13/us-air-strike-targets-mohammed-emwazi-uk-terrorist-known-as-jihadi-john |title='Jihadi John': high degree of certainty US airstrike killed Mohammed Emwazi, sources say |work=The Guardian |date=13 November 2015}}</ref> and IS lost control of Sinjar in Iraq to Kurdish forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/13/middleeast/iraq-free-sinjar-isis/index.html|title=Sinjar has been liberated from ISIS, Kurds say|author=Jason Hanna and Ed Payne, CNN|date=13 November 2015|publisher=CNN|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref>
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A [[terrorism drill]] is reported to have happened on the day of the Paris attacks, just a few hours before.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-17/hours-before-the-terror-attacks-paris-practiced-for-a-mass-shooting</ref> [[Patrick Pelloux]], a "specialist of emergency medical services" (who reportedly notified [[François Hollande]] of to the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]]) volunteered the information that a "multi-site attack exercise" had been planned for November 13th, 2015.<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/11/14/paris-terror-attack-the-road-so-far/</ref>
  
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The Paris attacks happened on the first day of the Muslim lunar month of ''Safar'', which in 2015 fell on 13 November.<ref>{{cite web | last=Taheri | first=Amir | title=The jihadis' master plan to break us | website=New York Post | date=2015-11-15 | url=http://nypost.com/2015/11/15/the-jihadis-master-plan-to-break-us/ | accessdate=2015-11-16}}</ref> Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Safar migrates throughout the seasons. Safar has a religious significance within Islam, as it is named after Prophet Muhammad's “ghazwa” (religious raid) against the "infidel" at Safwan in 623. Islamic State has referred to the Paris attacks as a "ghazwa" (religious raid). When performed within the context of Islamic warfare, a ''ghazwa'''s function is to weaken and demoralise an enemy in preparation for their eventual conquest and subjugation.<ref>Cambridge History of Islam, p.&nbsp;269</ref>
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The [[Islamic State]] reportedly claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks which took place in the weeks leading up to the mass murder in Paris. On 12 November 2015, twin suicide bombings took place in Beirut, [[Lebanon]], killing 43 people. On 31 October 2015, [[Metrojet Flight 9268]], carrying mostly Russian passengers crashed in [[Egypt]], killing 224 people, for which [[IS]]'s [[Sinai Province]] reportedly claimed responsibility.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/17/middleeast/russian-metrojet-crash-bomb/ "Russia says bomb brought down jet in Sinai, offers $50 million reward"] ISIS: Soda Can Part of Russian Jet Bomb</ref>
  
 
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* [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]]
 
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 18 March 2022

Event.png Mass murder in Paris (mid-level deep event?,  false flag?,  bombing,  hostage-taking,  mass shooting,  suicide attack?,  Operation Gladio B) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Locations of the attacks
Date21:16, 13 November 2015 - 00:58, 14 November 2015
LocationParis,  France
Blamed onAbdelhamid Abaaoud
Deaths141
Injured (non-fatal)352
DescriptionA series of coordinated terrorist attacks in France. Suicide bomber remembered to bring his passport, which survived blast.

Mass murder in Paris was perpetrated on Friday 13 November 2015, when a series of coordinated terrorist attacks — consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings, and hostage-taking — occurred in the French capital and in Saint-Denis, one of its northern suburbs.[1] 141 people were reported killed in the deadliest event in the European Union since the Madrid train bombings in 2004.

Official narrative

Beginning at 21:16 hours (CET), there were six mass shootings in central Paris and three separate suicide bombings outside the Stade de France football stadium, where France were playing Germany.[2] The deadliest attack was at the Bataclan theatre, where attackers took hostages and engaged in a stand-off with police which ended at 00:58 hours on Saturday 14 November 2015.[3] Of the 141 people killed, 89 died at the Bataclan theatre[4][5], 11 at Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge, 5 at La Casa Nostra, 6 at Stade de France, 18 at La Belle Équipe, 3 died subsequently and 9 perpetrators (2 unnamed) died.[6][7][8]

Perpetrators

The commercially-controlled media cited "official sources" to relay the message that the so called "Islamic State" had used an unspecified website to claim responsibility for the attacks.[9][10][11] On 16 November 2015, corporate media named as the "mastermind" behind the attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who was reported killed 3 days later.[12] Six of the eight alleged perpetrators who died in the Friday attacks were named by anonymous "official sources",[13] and a manhunt launched for Salah Abdeslam, a municipal employee in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek, who is believed to have rented a car in Belgium used in the Paris attacks.[14] On 25 November 2015, Belgian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for 30-year-old suspect Mohamed Abrini, who was shown on CCTV with Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station in northern France two days before the mass murder in Paris.[15] Abdesalam was eventually captured in Brussels on 18 March 2016.[16] The New York Times observed that “Most of the men who carried out the Paris attacks were already on the radar of intelligence officials in France and Belgium”.[17]

Passports

In a lost and found ID development, "a Syrian passport has been found on the body of one of the suicide bombers at the Stade de France, French police have told Reuters."[18] Al Jazeera "spoke to explosives and forensic experts, who offered an explanation for how a paper document could survive a suicide blast despite close proximity to the bomber."[19] Tom Secker remarked "shades of 7/7 and 9/11".[20]

On the other hand "Eight terror suspects named so far are not refugees and have EU passports."[21]

French Military Were Present?

In July 2016, Global Research picked up on a Belgian news report of a member of parliament that suggested that 8 French military personnel were present inside the Bataclan during the siege, but did not intervene because they had been ordered not to.[17]

Responses

The European Commission announced on 18 November 2015 a package of measures that "strengthens control of firearms across the EU".[22]

France

French President François Hollande immediately declared the attacks an "Act of War" and announced the first state of emergency since the 2005 French riots,[23] and placed temporary controls on the country's borders.[24] People and organisations expressed solidarity including through social media.

On 15 November 2015 France launched the largest single airstrike of Opération Chammal, its contribution to the anti-ISIS bombing campaign which started in September 2014, by striking numerous targets in Al-Raqqah, Syria in retaliation.[25][26][27][28][29]

Media comment

On 15 November 2015, writer and broadcaster Iain Macwhirter wrote an article which concluded "The one thing the terrorists want is for governments to launch another War on Terror, just as America did after 9/11. So let’s hear no more of it. The weapon Islamic extremists fear most is tolerance".[30]

Alternative media commentators have observed that the attacks were quickly seized upon by governments as a pretext for increased expenditure on the "war on terror". Craig Murray blogged that "this kind of sickening political opportunism is the true disrespect to the innocent dead." The attacks came a fortnight before a mass demonstration in Paris, planned to take place ahead of the 2015 UN Conference on Climate Change, was banned under the state of emergency.[31]

Interviewed for Russia Today by Afshin Rattansi, former MI5 agent Annie Machon, now director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), highlighted how the intelligence agencies were drowning in the torrent of information derived from universal surveillance instead of taking preemptive action by targeting suspects through HUMINT.[32]

On 19 November 2015, Gordon Duff of Veterans Today wrote that the Paris terror attacks could have been expected not only because of the "huge Islamic population" in Paris, but because NGOs that have supported "terrorism" in Syria and Iraq are headquartered there:

"The idea that France was to be punished for its role inside Syria is absurd. Jabhat al-Nusra’s leaders strut around Paris like they own it, perhaps purchased with the Qatari cash they bask in. Qatar has been bankrolling terrorist groups in Paris quite openly. These groups are ISIS.
"What is the difference between a group of terrorists living in Paris for 'political reasons' no one seems to know but the French 'leadership' has long accepted and 'terror cells' such as those now being described as 'Belgian' that recently butchered over 100 French citizens?
"What we are saying is simply this, France has been quite hospitable to ISIS and al-Nusra and these organisations have no reason whatsoever to bite the hand that feeds them, French, Saudi or Qatari, no more than they have never done anything against Israel."[33]

Background

France had been on high alert for "terrorism" since the Charlie Hebdo events and the Île-de-France attacks. France had also increased security in anticipation of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, scheduled to be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and had restored border checks a week before the attacks.

Two Jewish brothers, Pascal and Joël Laloux,[34][35] owned the Bataclan theatre for more than 40 years until they sold it in September 2015.[36] The venue had been threatened several times because of their public support of Israel. In 2011, a group calling itself "Army of Islam" threatened the theatre because of this support.[37][38][39]

Exercise

A terrorism drill is reported to have happened on the day of the Paris attacks, just a few hours before.[40] Patrick Pelloux, a "specialist of emergency medical services" (who reportedly notified François Hollande of to the Charlie Hebdo shooting) volunteered the information that a "multi-site attack exercise" had been planned for November 13th, 2015.[41]

Recent mass murders

The Islamic State reportedly claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks which took place in the weeks leading up to the mass murder in Paris. On 12 November 2015, twin suicide bombings took place in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 43 people. On 31 October 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268, carrying mostly Russian passengers crashed in Egypt, killing 224 people, for which IS's Sinai Province reportedly claimed responsibility.[42]

See also

 

The Official Culprit

NameDescription
Abdelhamid AbaaoudThe official "mastermind" behind the mass murder in Paris - died conveniently in police shootout.
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References

  1. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/Soudain--l-une-des-bombes-explose-en-plein-match-27994743
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-34815972
  4. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34814203
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203
  6. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/15/paris-attacker-named-investigation-continues-live-updates
  7. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11996678/Paris-terror-attacks-victims-isil-suspects-Syria-arrests-live.html
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34826117
  9. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/world/paris-attacks/
  10. ↑ http://www.france24.com/fr/urgent/20151114-lorganisation-etat-islamique-revendique-attentats-paris
  11. ↑ http://www.disclose.tv/news/islamic_state_releases_official_statement_we_did_it_and_paris_is_just_the_start_of_a_storm/124426
  12. ↑ "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about the Belgian man identified as suspected 'mastermind' of Paris attacks"
  13. ↑ "Paris attacks: Who were the attackers?"
  14. ↑ "Paris terror attacks: who are the suspects?"
  15. ↑ "Mohamed Abrini: Belgian authorities issue international arrest warrant for new Paris attack suspect"
  16. ↑ "Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested"
  17. ↑ a b http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-paris-bataclan-terror-attack-six-french-military-were-present-instructed-not-to-intervene-people-died/5534527
  18. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-terror-attacks-syrian-passport-found-on-body-of-suicide-bomber-at-stade-de-france-a6734491.html
  19. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/paris-attacks-give-rise-conspiracy-theories-151118093352559.html
  20. ↑ http://www.spyculture.com/disinfowars-25-delving-deeper-what-happened-in-paris/
  21. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attacks-the-eight-terror-suspects-named-so-far-all-have-eu-passports-a6738821.html
  22. ↑ http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6110_en.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html
  24. ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-were-an-act-of-war-by-islamic-state-french-president-francois-hollande-says-1447498080 quote=Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on a social media account, but didn't provide specific information that would allow the claim to be verified. It said the attacks were retaliation for French airstrikes against the group in Syria and Iraq.}}
  25. ↑ http://www.france24.com/en/20151012-france-pm-valls-terrorists-have-no-passports-air-strikes-french-jihadists-syria
  26. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34820016
  27. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/world/europe/paris-terrorist-attacks.html
  28. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/14/us-france-shooting-hollande-idUSKCN0T30JG20151114
  29. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/europe/paris-terror-attack.html%7Cpublisher=New York Times
  30. ↑ "The only weapon IS fear is tolerance"
  31. ↑ "A Change of Political Climate"
  32. ↑ "Former Intelligence Officer on Attacks in Paris"
  33. ↑ "NEO – Ending the Business of Terror"
  34. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/paris-bataclan-theater-targeted-isis-because-jewish-owner-concert-venue-has-history-2185017
  35. ↑ http://www.bataclan.fr/bataclan.php
  36. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/paris-theater-had-been-owned-by-a-jewish-family/
  37. ↑ http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/le-bataclan-une-cible-regulierement-visee-14-11-2015-1981544_23.php
  38. ↑ http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/french-mag-bataclan-an-islamist-target-due-to-jewish-owners/
  39. ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Fransk-magasin---Bataclan-har-jodiske-eiere-8243620.html
  40. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-17/hours-before-the-terror-attacks-paris-practiced-for-a-mass-shooting
  41. ↑ http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/11/14/paris-terror-attack-the-road-so-far/
  42. ↑ "Russia says bomb brought down jet in Sinai, offers $50 million reward" ISIS: Soda Can Part of Russian Jet Bomb
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