Amid ongoing terrorist attacks in the capital city of Paris, French President Francois Hollande has declared a national state of emergency, and announced the full closure of all national borders for an as-yet-determined period of time.
Further, officials in Ile de France, the department which encompasses Paris and the metro area, is advising all residents to stay indoors as police continue to try to contain the spate of attacks, which began Friday evening and reportedly included gunbattles, suicide bombings, and a major hostage taking at a concert, leaving at least 128 dead. The curfew in Paris is the first since 1944.
Details of the attacks are still unfolding, though loud explosions were audible within Stade de France, where the French national team was playing a football match against Germany. Hollande was present at the game, and was evacuated at halftime to deal with the growing crisis.
President Obama delivered a brief speech condemning the Paris attacks as “outrageous” and “an attack on all of humanity.” So far there has been no claim of responsibility, though much of the speculation seems to center around the possibility of ISIS orchestrating the attacks.
"full closure of all national borders"
By bombing Libya, Hollande assured today would happen, and now, shamefully unprepared, he is in full panic mode. It's time once again for the French to purge their Vichy government.
The borders aren't closed, Hollande didn't bomb Libya (Sarkozy did), there's no sign of panic and the Vichy government was thrown out in 1944 and, as far as I know, all are now dead.
Hollande invaded and shot up Mali.
So as not to leave a horn untooted: Curmudgeonvt predicted a "really colossal event to "refocus" the eye of the American public" just yesterday. I've not noticed him write such a thing before…
It mght have been better not to toot that particular horn! Curmudgeonvt assumed the other day that we all knew who Moshe Ya’alon was. I'd never heard of him but, thanks to another article on this website today, I see he's the Israeli defence minister. Someone who makes such an assumption must be either Israeki or close to Israel and if, therefore, he had some kind of advance warning of what was going to happen in Paris, then either it was an Israeli false flag operation (a prefectly plausible hypothesis) or Israeli became aware of what was about to happen and refrained from warning the French (also a prefectly plausible hypothesis). Thus, by having Curmudgeonvt "in on the secret", you point the finger at Israel. As I said, perfectly plausible, but, as yet, there's no evidence pointing in that direction.
wtf.
'speculation seems to center around the possibility of ISIS orchestrating the attacks.'
I don't believe anything coming from the corrupt corporate mainstream media.
Initially, last night, the French media were very sceptical about ISIS but a claim of responsibility on their behalf is being taken seriously by the French authorities, at least for the moment. The alternative would be supporters of Assad and, of course, behind Assad stands Putin. The attack on the concert hall and the suicide bombers with explosive belts reminds me of an attack on a theatre in Moscow carried out be Chechens, so Putin's Chechen hatchetmen would certainly be credible suspects. So far, though, there's nothing that points in that direction.
This could be a false flag attack. France's closing of its borders could deprive Marine Le Pen of an important issue in the next French presidential election. Le Pen's political party is anti-immigrant.
The problem with "false flags for everything" theories is they fit any attack at all.
It's like mysticism and daily horoscopes.
He did offer one motive…though maybe those aren't enough in themselves to justify suggesting it when the suggestion is always in-the-air, so to speak. The guy predicting one prior to this thought a 'colossal' 'refocus[ing]' event would come since the Afghan hospital bombing was the kind of heat not to let stick. That's about the timeframe (month or more) I'd imagine to prop up a few previously ready disposables; e.g., like ones Hoover Boyz reject for entrapment because they're semi-competent and genuinely motivated. And, of course, it really coulda been a few loonies with no connection to anyone beyond that it was convenient for someone–convenient being what 'terror' generally seems to be…
This is a valid point, although nothing yet know publicly points towards it. The presidential election isn't until 2017 and, in any event, given the electoral system, Le Pen has no chance of winning it but there are regional elections on 6 and 13 December. Le Pen is in second place in the polls, already a decline from her point of view, with about 26 – 28% of those who intend to vote. Since turnout tends to be very low in such elections, that probably will amount to not more than 10% of the total electorate. There will inevitably be a rally to Hollande and the FN's murky links to Russian financiers, through them to Putin and thorugh him to Syria and Assad may do more damage. They certainly seem very nervous, judging from their public statements so far.
Hollande is scum and an absolute imbecile, and France is maybe the worst colonial power remaining in the world.
I can only get a little troll in my throat as I remember how Charlie Hebdo mocked the bombing of the Russian airliner only days ago
In fact, the only European colonial power left in the world is the Russian Federation, which has about 30 million non-Europeans living in its Caucasian and Siberian empire.
What's so bad about Hollande ? What makes him worse than Obama , for example ? You didn't specify. And why is France worse than us as a colonial power ? We certainly have alot more vassal states than the French empire had at its height .
Hollande, you are about 40 years too late to close your borders, merde-for-brains. 'Camp of the Saints' time is here. You reap what you sow.
destroy afghanistan, destroy algeria, destroy syria, destroy iraq,
destroy somalia, destroy libya…..all countries with no means of
self defense.
bomb isis…….they hit back…….surprise!!!
they obviously hate you for your freedom!
No everything is a coincidence .Just few days after the EU agrees that Producers must clearly label products coming from settlements built on land illegally occupied by Israel and sold in EU which an Israel minister says EU labelling 'disguised anti-Semitism',while prime Minister Netanyahu noted, "we remember what happened when Europeans marked Jewish goods". The EU decision is a distortion of justice and logic".
Israel will tell France,and the rest of Europe ,"do not condemn us for whatever we do the terrorism of the Palestinians".Then,"cui bono"?
If Paris slaughter a false flag — What then?
Now I ask you, as Saudi Arabia is the creator and major supporter of the Islamic State, would such state sponsored brutal imperialism have been executed without first Gaining permission from the new Dictator of Saudi Arabia? And as Obama during his first month in office entered into a trade deal with Saudi Arabia worth $65 billion, a war materials for Saudi oil deal, would not permission also need to be granted by Empire USA?
And as the ruling elite of France would have known automatically who did it and why, would not permission also need to be granted by the richest and most powerful men in France?
France has lately been playing a dirty role in most of Africa.It has ignited many conflicts among different ethnic groups such in Mali,Niger,Chad,Senegal,and Libya between Tuaregs,Berbers,Tiébos,and other groups.In 1990's ,It pushed the Algerian military to cancel an election that "Islamist" group was certain to win that would bring an devastating defeat to francophone "socialist" elites who ruled Algeria for decades.It supported dictators who followed the French dictates and examples.For all of the machinations,the french people are paying the price.
A claim of responsibility has been made on behalf of ISIS, which is being taken seriously by French police. The frontiers haven't actually been closed, the French are merely carrying out systematic checks. That's not uncommon under the Schengen Agreement and, in trains, for example, often consists of teams of two officers, one from each country. Cynical me, you may say, but I'd guess that checks will continue until after the second round of the regional elections on 13 December! What everybody is talking about in France, though, is the sophisticated nature of the attacks, which go far beyond what ISIS has done before. Choosing the occasion of a major football match was very clever inasmuch as it tied down a huge numebr of police. Probably those police not needed in and around the stadium, in a working class suburb north of Paris, were stood down when the match started and had gone off to get something to eat, beleiving they wouldn't be need before the crowd started to come out about an hour or so later. French media are also quoting a rather foolish statement by Assad in which he more or less said, "you asked for it".
Is not time that the truth should be told instead of stating absurd reasons for what happened instead of looking for scapegoats?Would the French government decide that Muslims must eat pork in order to prove their adherence to the principle of French secularism as some towns in France are doing?
"After years of French controversies over headscarves, pork has become the new battleground in the nation’s uneasy debate over national identity and the place of Islam. Bacon and sausage school dinners are being used by rightwing politicians to hammer home what it means to be French. Court battles and vicious political spats have erupted as protesters warn that controversial menu changes are sending a message to Muslim or Jewish children that to be truly French, they must eat roast pork. Politicians, as they go to war over the ham on school dinner plates, are fighting about the true meaning of French secularism and whether it has been hijacked and twisted by the right in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks…
n the past eight months, decisions by some rightwing mayors to end pork-free school meals – with the full support of the former president Sarkozy – have sparked outrage, petitions and court battles http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/pork…
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Is not time that the truth should be told instead of stating absurd reasons for what happened instead of looking for scapegoats?Would the French government decide that Muslims must eat pork in order to prove their adherence to the principle of French secularism as some towns in France are doing?
Why is it that group running "SITE" always the first provide information about every such event so quickly and before ant body else??
The terrorist operation in France was planned a long time ago. As usual terrorists take their passports with them when goying in action.Living in a period were even your frigde give your position, the us and french secret forces could not see that a terrorist action was planned : all this to justify a ground operation on Syrian territory. All this is distuisting.Human lives do not count anymore.
Will the war party now demand to enter Syria? A hastily-invoked article 5 leading to WW3?
The bomb on the Russian airliner took far more lives, including children. Where was the rhetoric abut "attack on all humanity" then?
For all crypto-Nazis of the world, Muslims will substitute for or are already being substituted for Jews. It will soon become very ugly.
And because we have been made to feel like victims by our media, more sinned against than sinning, and never any follow-up on what we have done to others (false reasons for terrible Iraq war, sweeping under the rug of the MSF hospital attack, a plethora of "sins" if you will that are easily evaded acknowledging) it will thus be easy to approach suffering people from the Muslim world with callous brutality. I won't even go into the suspicious nature of so many of these attacks against us, that bring about the possibility of these harsh measures.
Right now, in the US, there is Donald Trump, so very popular among many white males, who is talking about mass deportations. I seem to recall that in places where the Holocaust did its work (like Hungary), the word the J-people were told to describe what was to happen to them, was "deportation". Whatever one believes about death camps, it is clear that if you gather people into a small space, people you are determined to eliminate from your society, they will begin to starve, get sick and die, no matter whether you kill them deliberately or not (although let's not mess around – they quickly eliminated those who could not work, such as babies, the old and the crippled). Ugly moods in a populace produce this kind of thing, and the mood is growing while the flames are being fanned by media and government. Demagoguery is going to have its day and everyone will suffer in the long run – but they think short-term and remember nothing.
if you read le monde article of 14 November 'Attaques à Paris : la COP21 est maintenue' u will see borders are not closed, only strengthened, as per earlier plan re the climate summit –
Paris climate summit still on – Politico 14 nov –
France announced in October that it would reinstate border controls with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain between November 13 and December 13, according to an internal note it sent to other EU countries… http://www.politico.eu/article/paris-terrorist-at…
(translated) Border control was restored a few hours before the attacks, with 30,000 police mobilized precisely to secure entry to the territory before the Paris conference on climate. http://www.latribune.fr/economie/international/at…
I wonder if Michael believes Assad and/or Putin is behind this? He’s not been quite clear on that. Also, it’s fine to speculate that Russia or Syria is involved, rather than the simplest explanation of those who said they did, but to speculate otherwise is crazy?
TRUMPS WALL is beginning to look pretty good!
Well, yes, it looks pretty good — to those who see what they want to see instead of what's actually there.
To people who are willing to acknowledge reality, Trump's wall still looks the way it always looked: Like a very expensive form of masturbation.
Nov 14, 2015 French and German Intelligence Services Knew Paris Attack Was Coming a Month Ago
There should be no doubt that the number one reason for the alleged Paris Terror attacks is to completely lock down Paris in order to totally control the upcoming Climate Summit. That’s not to say there aren’t other very significant purposes operating in the backgrground, especially concerning some quite stealthy geopolitical strategies.
https://youtu.be/Nn3a7Afi4z8
a fascinating 9/11 detail from The Times of Israel article about the Bataclan being sold:
His brother Joel, the co-owner, told Channel 2 that they sold the theater on September 11, and he recently immigrated to Israel. http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-owners-recent…