{"id":17495,"date":"2015-11-14T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17495"},"modified":"2015-11-14T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:43:35","slug":"france-mourns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/14\/france-mourns\/","title":{"rendered":"France Mourns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Des policiers recouvrent le corps d'une des victimes des attentats \u00e0 Paris vendredi soir.\" src=\"http:\/\/i.f1g.fr\/media\/figaro\/805x453_crop\/2015\/11\/14\/XVMe05d9f40-8a7f-11e5-a4b7-0685e8719f87.jpg\" \/>From Le Figaro<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/world\/paris-rocked-explosions-and-shootouts-leaving-more-100-dead\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Alternet<\/span><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/world\/paris-rocked-explosions-and-shootouts-leaving-more-100-dead\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/a>&#8212; This is a running update based on information from The Guardian<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56475c42e4b091c2edb6cc6e\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">Police have raided a Brussels neighbourhood<\/a>&nbsp;where three of the attackers are believed to have lived, and made a number of arrests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the attackers at the Bataclan is understood to be a&nbsp;<a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56473ca8e4b06fb53392c680\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">30-year-old French national<\/a>, who was known to French police because of links to Islamic radicals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56473ca8e4b06fb53392c680\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">A Syrian and an Egyptian passport were found on the bodies<\/a>&nbsp;of the two suicide bombers who targeted the Stade de France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-564760d1e4b091c2edb6cc74\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">The Syrian passport belonged to a refugee who passed through Greece<\/a>, according to a Greek minister.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56473ad1e4b06fb53392c67b\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">German authorities say they have &lsquo;reasonable grounds to believe&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/a>a man arrested in Bavaria earlier this month, in a car loaded with explosives, may be linked to the Paris attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-564725f4e4b06fb53392c656\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">David Cameron has said the UK must be braced for British casualties<\/a>, without going into specifics. Romanians, Tunisians, Belgians and a Swede are among the dead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56475989e4b06fb53392c6aa\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">A 41-year-old man from France is being questioned by police<\/a>&nbsp;after &ldquo;what appears to be a firearm&rdquo; was discovered at Gatwick airport, Sussex police said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56471333e4b0ced428cb289a\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">Islamic State has released a statement claiming responsibility<\/a>&nbsp;for Friday night&rsquo;s attacks and has threatened further attacks against France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The group says the killings were in response to airstrikes against its militants in Syria, adding&nbsp;<a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-5647169ce4b06fb53392c642\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">France would remain a &ldquo;key target&rdquo;.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56471048e4b091c2edb6cc07\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">President Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande also said Isis was to blame<\/a>&nbsp;for the terror attacks across Paris that killed at least 127.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hollande has said the attacks were an&nbsp;<a data-component=\"in-body-link\" data-link-=\"\" draggable=\"true\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2015\/nov\/14\/paris-terror-attacks-attackers-dead-mass-killing-live-updates#block-56471048e4b091c2edb6cc07\" id=\"in body link\" name=\"in body link\">&ldquo;act of war &hellip; prepared and planned elsewhere, with outside involvement which this investigation will seek to establish&rdquo;<\/a>. He added that France will be &ldquo;ruthless in its response&rdquo; and declared three days of national mourning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">The news will be awash with questions, speculation, and hate in the coming days and weeks and months. &nbsp;At one point I read that these attacks are by far the worst on French soil since WWII.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">While ISIS claims responsibility and rejoices at the carnage, conservatives have pulled out all the stops on their vitriole. &nbsp;This and others from <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/tea-party-and-right\/right-wingers-already-giddy-over-paris-attacks\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Alternet<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a aria-label=\"James Woods (screen name: RealJamesWoods)\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\">James Woods&nbsp;<\/a><a aria-label=\"James Woods (screen name: RealJamesWoods)\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\">\u2714@RealJamesWoods<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If we can survive Obama and Kerry and Hillary until we can close our own borders, we might avoid this. <a data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisAttacks?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\">#ParisAttacks<\/a> <a data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/cheats\/2015\/11\/13\/france-closing-borders.html\" data-scribe=\"element:url\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2905NTM68c\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/cheats\/2015\/11\/13\/france-closing-borders.html\">http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/cheats\/2015\/11\/13\/france-closing-borders.html&nbsp;&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-datetime=\"2015-11-13T23:07:58+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/665305132242829312\">3:07 PM &#8211; 13 Nov 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-screen-name=\"thedailybeast\" data-user-id=\"16012783\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2722860646\/378326807a778b3cdf2bfe33348aab73_normal.png\" width=\"20\" \/>&nbsp;The Daily Beast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-scribe=\"element:heart\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=665305132242829312\">&nbsp;1,1421,142 likes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">From <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/actualites\/2015\/11\/13\/01001-20151113LIVWWW00406-fusillade-paris-explosions-stade-de-france.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Le Figaro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">, <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">French Prime Minister<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Manuel Valls said: <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong>&laquo;Nous r&eacute;pliquerons coup pour coup pour d&eacute;truire Daech&raquo;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong> (<\/strong>translation: We will repay blow for blow to destroy Daesh). &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bono and the members of U2 lay flowers at the Bataclan Theatre by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffJMitch\">@JeffJMitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JA7u6TiER\">pic.twitter.com\/7JA7u6TiER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bette Lynch (@BetteMLynch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMLynch\/status\/665610683170582528\">November 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And further down the page, The Metropolitan Opera showed solidarity with France by singing&nbsp;LaMarseillaise, the French national anthem.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">From <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/middle-east\/2015\/11\/14\/Arab-states-denounce-Paris-attacks-as-violation-of-human-values-.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>Al Arabiya<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt have been among the Arab states leading condemnations of the simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed 129 people and wounded 250 &#8211; 80 critically &#8211; on late Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">In addition, Saudi King Salman has sent condolences to French President Fran&ccedil;ois Holland and the people of France. &nbsp;But is he playing both sides of the fence? &nbsp;Saudi Arabia has been known to support ISIS in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Of course Ted Cruz wasted no time in politicising the Paris tragedy for his own political gain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/after-paris-attack-cruz-calls-more-tolerance-killing-civilians\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>Alternet<\/strong><\/span><\/a> &#8212; Ted Cruz continues to try to outflank&nbsp;the other Republican candidates&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/ted-cruz-atheists-shouldnt-be-president-united-states\">from the right<\/a>, wasting no time after yesterday&#39;s attacks in Paris to issue a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedcruz.org\/news\/cruz-america-must-stand-with-our-allies-against-the-scourge-of-radical-islamic-terrorism\/\">bellicose statement<\/a>&nbsp;insisting President Obama was too concerned with civilian casualties in Syria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It will not be appeased by outreach or declarations of tolerance.&nbsp;It will not be deterred by targeted airstrikes with zero tolerance for civilian casualties, when the terrorists have such utter disregard for innocent life. We must make it crystal clear that affiliation with ISIS and related terrorist groups brings with it the undying enmity of America&mdash;that it is, in effect, signing your own death warrant.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/isis-terror\/paris-attacks-what-does-daesh-mean-why-does-isis-hate-n463551\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">NBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">has a series of short videos which includes CAIR denouncing the attacks. &nbsp;We must be careful not to condemn all Muslims for these cowardly attacks. &nbsp;Perhaps if we all pull together as one people, we can defeat ISIS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Please join me in condolences for France, the dead and their families, the injured and their families, the first responders. &nbsp;Let our prayers and thoughts be with them in their time of need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Le Figaro Alternet &#8212; This is a running update based on information from The Guardian Police have raided a Brussels neighbourhood&nbsp;where three of the attackers are believed to have lived, and made a number of arrests. 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