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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> | + | '''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> 141 people were reported killed in the deadliest event in the European Union since the [[2004 Madrid train bombings|Madrid train bombings in 2004]]. |
==Official narrative== | ==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]].<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> 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> Of the | + | 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> 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> Of the 141 people killed, 89 died 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>, 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>{{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> |
===Perpetrators=== | ===Perpetrators=== | ||
| − | 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>{{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> 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> | + | 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>{{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> 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> Seven of the nine alleged perpetrators who died in the attacks have been named by anonymous "official sources", 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> 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> |
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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> | 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> | ||
| − | 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 targeting suspects through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_HUMINT HUMINT] | + | 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> |
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: | 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: | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 25 November 2015
 Locations of the attacks | |
| Date | 21:16, 13 November 2015 - 00:58, 14 November 2015 |
|---|---|
| Location | Paris, France |
| Blamed on | Abdelhamid Abaaoud |
| Type | • Mass shooting • bombing • hostage-taking • suicide attack |
| Deaths | 141 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 352 |
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.
Contents
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] Seven of the nine alleged perpetrators who died in the attacks have been named by anonymous "official sources", 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.[13] 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.[14]
Passports
The Independent stated that "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."[15] 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."[16]
On the other hand "Eight terror suspects named so far are not refugees and have EU passports."[17]
Motive
Corporate media have promoted the official motive of "blowback". The Financial Times called the bombers "Islamic extremists" who objected to Paris as a capital of "abomination and perversion"[18], while the New York Times speculated that it was retaliation against the foreign policy of François Hollande in relation to Muslims worldwide.[19] The Daily Mail reported Western "Security experts" as claiming that the attacks may have been a response to the reported murder by drone of Jihadi John. 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.[20]
Responses
The European Commission announced on 18 November 2015 a package of measures that "strengthens control of firearms across the EU".[21]
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,[22] and placed temporary controls on the country's borders.[23] 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.[24][25][26][27][28]
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".[29]
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.[30]
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.[31]
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."[32]
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,[33][34] owned the Bataclan theatre for more than 40 years until they sold it in September 2015.[35] 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.[36][37][38]
Patrick Pelloux, a "specialist of emergency medical services" whom reports connect at least incidentally to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, stated that a "multi-site attack exercise" had been planned for November 13th, 2015.[39]
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.[40]
See also
The Official Culprit
| Name | Description |
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| Abdelhamid Abaaoud | The official "mastermind" behind the mass murder in Paris - died conveniently in police shootout. |
References
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- ↑ "Mohamed Abrini: Belgian authorities issue international arrest warrant for new Paris attack suspect"
- ↑ 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
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