11/13 Paris Terror Attacks

At least 18 are dead after a series of explosions and shootings. There have been at least 4 separate, but coordinated incidents.

CNN live stream:
http://go.cnn.com/?stream=cnn

CNN also just announced that there are also 60 hostages being held in a theater.

Update: More than 128 dead. We got a new rating. Basically, everything went fucky.

 

[Ahffline]

Just heard from the CBC that the army's been called in as well.

 

[Strelok]

Speculation is it's internal not external based terror groups in France that perpetrated, and France has a massive arms smuggling problem (That can be sourced to corrupt military officials in Russia selling off their old stock in the midst of military modernization) the weapons could easily be sourced from.

 

[Cosmos]

I have to believe in Hell because I can't accept that these godforsaken terrorists might get away with slaughtering dozens of innocent people. Fuck these people so hard.

French Kiwis, please stay safe! I can't imagine how terrifying this must be...

 

[RP 520]

5 explosions have just been heard near the concert hall, Skynews just saying.

Edit: military and cops are assaulting the concert hall

 

[LiveFromNS]

France24 just reported that 2 or 3 unmasked men went in concert hall and shot two or 3 clips each.

 

[Strelok]

5 explosions have just been heard near the concert hall, Skynews just saying.

Edit: military and cops are assaulting the concert hall

Yeah the explosion sounds like a dynamic entry more than a bomb listening to the grainy clips. But thats personal speculation. Explosion followed by immediate gunfire would seem to suggest against a suicide bomb as you can't fire a gun after you blow yourself up.

 

[LiveFromNS]

7 locations

4 diff shooting locations, 1st was 10th district. 2nd was on border of 10th/11th. 3rd a big shopping mall, center of Paris and 4th at Stadium.

Now saying police assault at Bataclan underway.

 

[Strelok]

French President has officially closed the borders. Seems like a empty gesture, as France's terror attacks in recent years have been internal, and if it was external they would presumably have all their cells inside the country before going loud.

 

[cans.wav]

Bombs are exploding in the concert hall.

 

[Cosmos]

After a little digging, I've heard some people speculate that these attacks might partly be in retaliation for the (still unconfirmed) death of Jihadi John via drone strike. Do you think that holds any water?

EDIT: Although Jihadi John's death is still technically unconfirmed, US and UK officials are almost certain that it was him.

 

[Tempest]

Fox says they're executing hostages in the theater

 

[Strelok]

After a little digging, I've heard some people speculate that these attacks might partly be in retaliation for the (still unconfirmed) death of Jihadi John via drone strike. Do you think that holds any water?

Very unlikely. Something like this takes a good deal of planning. Internal or external, you need to get people in place, smuggle arms in, get things coordinated, etc. It doesn't get done in 48 hours.

 

[Zim]

When idiots get violent the innocent always suffer. That being said I hope France kicks these guy's asses so hard that their dead relatives feel it.

 

[cukurcuka]

Probably unrelated: fires going on in Calais right now

 

[Tempest]

After a little digging, I've heard some people speculate that these attacks might partly be in retaliation for the (still unconfirmed) death of Jihadi John via drone strike. Do you think that holds any water?

no this would have taken some time to plan Jihadi John was killed only this Morning.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Paris is now under curfew for the first time since WWII

 

[Germanicus]

This is the first time that the French government has declared a nationwide state of emergency since the Algerian War. One thing's for sure, I won't be able to sleep this night.

 

[TopCat]

This is awful news and my thoughts are with all those affected right now.

 

[Strelok]

Unconfirmed reports of french police having shot an unarmed civilian.

 

[LiveFromNS]

EDIT: Although Jihadi John's death is still technically unconfirmed, US and UK officials are almost certain that it was him.

I doubt this as they wouldn't have had time to plan something on this scale that quick.

I saw one guy tweet it was because of French settlements on West Bank. LOL

Also the shopping center was on Al-Qaeda's target list.

Ultimately it is just a bunch of murderers who need to be razed from the earth. They bring nothing to humanity and advancement of our planet. Worse still, they detract from the rest of the planet with their actions.