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by Assault on free expression
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 10:55 AM
An assault on Freedom of expression in Europe
French police said at least 12 people, including two police officers, are dead after an attack at the Paris headquarters of the satirical weekly paper Charlie Hebdo.
Late Wednesday morning, masked gunmen stormed the weekly's offices, bursting into an editorial staff meeting and opening fire with automatic rifles.
Ten members of the Charlie Hebdo staff died in the attack, prosecutors said. Among the dead were four cartoonists, including co-founder Jean “Cabu” Cabut and editor-in-chief Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier.
The gunmen said "Allahu akbar" and that they were avenging the Prophet Muhammed, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters.
After dozens of shots rang out, two assailants were seen calmly leaving the scene. One police officer was seen being shot as he lay wounded.
A police union official said the assailants - Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said there were three - remained at large and there were fears of further attacks.
The government declared the highest state of alert, increasing security at transport hubs, religious sites, media offices and department stores as the search for the assailants got under way.
Another 20 people were injured in the attack, including four or five critically. Police union official Rocco Contento described the scene inside the offices as “carnage.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Charlie Hebdo is well-known for courting controversy with satirical attacks on political and religious leaders and has published numerous cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad. Jihadists online have repeatedly warned that the magazine would pay for its ridicule.
President Francois Hollande, who will address the nation on television at 8:00 p.m. (1900 UTC), rushed to the scene of what appeared to be a carefully planned attack. Sirens could be heard across the city.
“An act of indescribable barbarity has just been committed today in Paris,” Hollande said. He then defended the media: "No act of barbarity will ever extinguish freedom of the press."
France last year reinforced its anti-terrorism laws and is already on alert after calls from Islamist militants to attack its citizens and interests in reprisal for French military strikes on Islamist strongholds in the Middle East and Africa.
“I am extremely angry. These are criminals, barbarians. They have sold their soul to hell. This is not freedom. This is not Islam and I hope the French will come out united at the end of this,” said Hassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Drancy mosque in Paris's Seine-Saint-Denis northern suburb.
Chalghoumi, who also went to the site of the attack, said of the gunmen: “We must be firm with them, because they want terror, they want racism, they want to pit people against each other.”
"France, and the great city of Paris where this outrageous attack took place, offer the world a timeless example that will endure well beyond the hateful vision of these killers," President Barack Obama said Wednesday, adding that America's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the terrorist attack.
The White House said Obama has directed the administration to provide any assistance needed "to help bring these terrorists to justice."
In a joint appearance with Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Wednesday's Paris attack, saying, "Each and every American stands with you today."
Kerry said the U.S. stands with France in "solidarity and commitment" in "confronting extremism."
He also addressed the people of France in French.
Schetyna said his country is "deeply touched" by the attack, saying, "We stand together with France today."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also condemned the shooting.
“This abominable act is not only an attack on the lives of French citizens and their security. It is also an attack on freedom of speech and the press, core elements of our free democratic culture," Merkel said.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists described the attack as a brazen assault on free expression.
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by Stand with Charlie Hebdo
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 11:20 AM
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There is only one response to those who try and muzzle our free speech.
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by More CIA All CIA Duh Antics
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 6:26 PM
More of The CIA's Post 9-11 All CIA Duh Antics aka CIA False Flag Terror Attacks. Any information the CIA's Media Mongrels report will be carefully manufactured. And of course Europe, will have it's excuse to get further involved with The CIA's Post 9-11 War on Islam called The War on Terror by The CIA's Crocking Heads CNN NBC ABC CBS FOX BBC, which began with The CIA's 9-11 All CIA Duh Terrorist Attacks against American Citizens on American Soil which in turn was followed by The CIA's Post 9-11 All CIA Duh Anthrax Attacks, in which The CIA tried to Blame The Usual Suspects aka Islam for their Crime but ended up Changing their False Stories time after time until it became an Unsolved Crime since solving it would mean pointing the Finger at Langley, Virginia. You will see similar False Press Leaks coordinated by CIA Psyops Teams in Paris just as you did with CIA All CIA Duh Boston Marathon Bombing, Madrid Train Bombings, Numerous CIA All CIA Duh Mosque and Shrine Bombings in The Middle East, and London 7-7 CIA All CIA Duh Terrorist Attacks just to name a few. So expect The CIA's Militants with Badges and Guns to hand you a Lee Harvey Oswald very soon.
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by excellent idea. Thank you, La imc
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 6:46 PM
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We stand with Charlie Hebdo
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by Stand With Charlie Hebdo
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 6:48 PM
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Stand With Charlie Hebdo
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by banksy
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 6:56 PM
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We will never allow extremists to silence our voices or too curtail our freedoms
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by Standing with france
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 10:49 PM
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Standing with France
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by Standing with france
Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 at 10:51 PM
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Indymedia stands for freedom of the press. These cartoons need to all over Indymedia. they can't stop us.
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by spook fest?
Thursday, Jan. 08, 2015 at 6:43 AM
you can always tell when the agi-prop spooks are on overtime. Your taxes at work.
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by Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
Thursday, Jan. 08, 2015 at 9:02 PM
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Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
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by Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
Thursday, Jan. 08, 2015 at 9:09 PM
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Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
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by Je Suis Charlie
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at 4:07 PM
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Je Suis Charlie
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by one more for the collection
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at 10:43 PM
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Robert Crumb does "Je Suis Charlie" in style
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by dead nessie idVer:07cc85cda14265a2a9d58c61893
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 at 6:06 AM
"you can always tell when the agi-prop spooks are on overtime. Your taxes at work." Said a lazy jobless Stasi who was allowed to emigrate here, and remain here, on our dime. http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/1614/6714/original.jpg
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by nobody
Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 at 8:40 AM
The publication is obviously racist.
That's why it was a target.
The main organization that suppresses, or can suppress, free speech is the government.
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by Gayle
Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 at 9:38 PM
Not a word about the 4 Jews massacred in France for the crime of being Jewish. Complete silence
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by In the know
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at 12:25 AM
Don't delude yourself, Gayle. White lives don't matter. White Jewish lives especially don't matter
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by wise
Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 at 10:49 AM
Since when has the Zionist movement been reluctant to kill Jews for its own agenda?
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