Critical Observer

140+ DEAD IN SERIES OF TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE

<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PNqajHwKdpYLkQ1CmVQXazJDDBJDv19b9WmxN6F0ubeRG0bmzV_9EmRiHI8kzFFoLzTlz5KkkWNEpbtPRcs5yTN18m69Svn_UkZcmHoGhtgHEenwKI4u5H73UoCD2FIl4TDPU9zKeuY/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PNqajHwKdpYLkQ1CmVQXazJDDBJDv19b9WmxN6F0ubeRG0bmzV_9EmRiHI8kzFFoLzTlz5KkkWNEpbtPRcs5yTN18m69Svn_UkZcmHoGhtgHEenwKI4u5H73UoCD2FIl4TDPU9zKeuY/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris have left at least 60 dead and paralysed the French capital with fear.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 11 were killed in a restaurant shootout and another 15 at the Bataclan concert hall where terrorists are said to be holding 100 people hostage.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two loud explosions were heard outside the Stade de France sports stadium where the French football team was playing a friendly match against Germany. U.S. security officials believe the attacks were coordinated. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scroll down for video </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="At least 26 people have been killed and at least seven wounded in terror attacks in central Paris tonight, it has been reported" class="blkBorder img-share" height="490" id="i-655bd2e3f2f3681d" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C84E600000578-3317776-image-m-37_1447451901151.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 26 people have been killed and at least seven wounded in terror attacks in central Paris tonight, it has been reported</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Bodies litter the streets of a Paris alley after a string of terror attacks in the French capital tonight " class="blkBorder img-share" height="424" id="i-d031b9ab3376a78f" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C8B2C00000578-3317776-image-a-43_1447451952970.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bodies litter the streets of a Paris alley after a string of terror attacks in the French capital tonight </span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Victims lay on the pavement outside Paris restaurant following a terror attack in the French capital tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-7a4c2a526b7cea2" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9FD000000578-3317776-image-a-49_1447452532686.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victims lay on the pavement outside Paris restaurant following a terror attack in the French capital tonight</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Two police officials said at least 11 people were killed in the restaurant shootout in Paris tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="437" id="i-4ecdeda4086c8f8b" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9FB000000578-3317776-image-a-50_1447452538240.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two police officials said at least 11 people were killed in the restaurant shootout in Paris tonight</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris" class="blkBorder img-share" height="422" id="i-a5f21ffa5abaca50" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C9B9400000578-3317776-image-a-57_1447454072163.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January" class="blkBorder img-share" height="762" id="i-423f3e9e00409bf5" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C70CE00000578-3317776-image-a-31_1447451363862.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="At least 11 people were killed in the restaurant, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January, and another 15 killed in the theatre" class="blkBorder img-share" height="412" id="i-79eae0482ecc6fdd" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C8EE400000578-3317776-image-a-38_1447451921328.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At least 11 people were killed in the restaurant, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January, and another 15 killed in the theatre</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="There was a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall tonight" class="blkBorder img-share" height="502" id="i-d8fb785547573957" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C846900000578-3317776-image-a-32_1447451564347.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There was a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall tonight</span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A man who was inside the theatre when the gunmen entered told a French radio station that the men shouted 'Allah Akbar' as they opened fire. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He added: 'The men came in and started shooting. Everyone fell to the ground. It was hell. I took my mum, and we hid. Someone near us said they have gone, so we ran out. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'I was only thinking of escaping. We're out now. I think people are still inside. It's a nightmare - a nightmare.' </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They also shouted, 'this is for Syria', another witness at the theatre claimed. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'We are all terrified, and have been told to get away as soon as possible,' said Gilles Avel, a 19-year-old student who was enjoying a night out with friends close to the Bataclan, where a band called the Eagles of Death Metal was playing.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'There were shots and then lots of people running. We knew there was a rock concert going on in the Bataclan.' </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anti-terrorist police and soldiers could be seen flooding into the area. There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the stadium was a suicide bomber.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An eyewitness said the two explosions were loud enough to be heard over the sound of cheering fans. Sirens were heard immediately and a helicopter was seen circling overhead.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Players briefly stopped in their tracks when they heard the twin blasts. Following news of the attack, thousands of fans - too scared to leave the stadium - poured onto the pitch.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a class="namedLink" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="video" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></a></span><br />
<div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-5933164948144766116" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;">
<video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-5933164948144766116","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/5933164948144766116/1024x576_5933164948144766116.mp4","source":"Periscope","playerId":"default","title":"Bystander in Paris live records aftermath of Paris shooting","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C95C300000578-0-image-a-25_1447451621862.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C95C300000578-0-image-a-26_1447451626479.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228943/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228943/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228943},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228943.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":false,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228943/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"5933164948144766116","descr":"At least two people are feared dead after a shooting at a restaurant in the French capital."}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="A police officer stands guard on a street near the scene of a shooting in Paris, France" class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-540246281e90a30e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C943700000578-3317776-image-a-44_1447452074298.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A police officer stands guard on a street near the scene of a shooting in Paris, France</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January." class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-26be37f36e9c9b0e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C942800000578-3317776-image-a-45_1447452077498.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Witnesses have told of how they saw bodies littering the streets of Paris after a machine gun wielding attacker went on a rampage in central Paris " class="blkBorder img-share" height="805" id="i-2d06be1f22a13d90" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C7C5700000578-3317776-image-m-47_1447452243971.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Witnesses have told of how they saw bodies littering the streets of Paris after a machine gun wielding attacker went on a rampage in central Paris </span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant close to the Rue Bichat  at around 9pm" class="blkBorder img-share" height="428" id="i-a12a3782207a267c" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6C8E8500000578-3317776-image-a-48_1447452278872.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant close to the Rue Bichat at around 9pm</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the Stade de France stadium was a suicide bomber" class="blkBorder img-share" height="410" id="i-5d509a9ea45a2031" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CB53500000578-3317776-image-a-55_1447454033379.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There have been unconfirmed reports that the attacker near the Stade de France stadium was a suicide bomber</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police officers secure the Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany" class="blkBorder img-share" height="431" id="i-6dc5c8f3345dc79e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CB54600000578-3317776-image-a-56_1447454037009.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police officers secure the Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany</span></div>
</div>
<div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-4305945089699459901" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;">
<video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-4305945089699459901","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/4305945089699459901/1024x576_4305945089699459901.mp4","source":"AP","playerId":"default","title":"Police in Paris after violent attacks leave several dead","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CBBBE00000578-0-image-a-9_1447453602077.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CBBBE00000578-0-image-a-7_1447453598681.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228974},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228974.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228974/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"4305945089699459901","descr":"Heavy police presence in Paris after violent attacks that leave several dead"}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat at around 9pm</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An AK47 gunman attacked a Korean restaurant in the Bastille area of the city, while grenade blasts were also heard.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dozens of people were standing outside their cars on the junction opposite and the lights of polie cars could be seen above them.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eyewitness Ben Grant, who was in a nearby bar with his wife at the time, said he saw six or seven bodies on the ground.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He told the BBC: 'I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar. There are lots of dead people. It's pretty horrific to be honest. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'I was at the back of the bar. I couldn't see anything. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.'</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Emilioi Macchio from Italy was at a bar close to where the restaurant shooting took place, and said it 'sounded like fireworks'.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-8787206301474864241" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;">
<video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-8787206301474864241","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/8787206301474864241/1024x576_8787206301474864241.mp4","source":"Twitter","playerId":"default","title":"Breaking: Aftermath of Explosion at Stade de France","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CA56B00000578-0-image-a-19_1447452324969.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CA56B00000578-0-image-a-17_1447452322101.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228972},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228972.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228972/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"8787206301474864241","descr":"Video shared on social media purportedly shows the aftermath of an explosion at the Stade de France just outside of Paris."}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="height: auto; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack" class="blkBorder img-share" height="415" id="i-92358e272b96aa24" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C632F00000578-3317776-image-a-25_1447449962604.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="French officials said there was an explosion in a bar near a sports stadium as well as a shootout in a Paris" class="blkBorder img-share" height="471" id="i-3c708d91cd529eb6" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C632F00000578-3317776-image-m-27_1447449971580.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">French officials said there was an explosion in a bar near a sports stadium as well as a shootout in a Paris</span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January " class="blkBorder img-share" height="423" id="i-d816ff7655d5cc71" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C641F00000578-3317776-image-a-28_1447450202028.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January </span></div>
</div>
<div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January" class="blkBorder img-share" height="845" id="i-d77c7aad2b5c7fb3" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/21/2E6C642600000578-3317776-image-a-29_1447450677812.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January</span></div>
</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div>
<div class="moduleFull mol-video" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="item" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
<div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-1990479744642532613" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px !important;">
<video class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls="" data-opts="{"useFreewheel":false,"linkBaseURL":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#v-1990479744642532613","isMobile":false,"src":"http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2015/11/13/1990479744642532613/1024x576_1990479744642532613.mp4","source":"Reuters","playerId":"default","title":"Fans rushed out of Stade de France following deadly explosion","preload":"none","initialVideo":true,"thumbnail":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CCAC000000578-0-image-a-3_1447454319152.jpg","poster":"http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/13/22/2E6CCAC000000578-0-image-a-1_1447454316344.jpg","plugins":{"flyout":{},"autoplay-next-video":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/related-videos.json","countdown_time":10},"related-videos":{"videos":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/related-videos.json"},"tracking":{"trackingType":"embedded","channelShortName":"news","sponsored":false,"referenceId":1228975},"social-share":{"embedUrl":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1228975.html"},"ads-setup":{"screen":{"width":636,"height":358},"videoAdServerUrl":"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=[size]&iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&ciu_szs=&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&url=[referrer_url]&correlator=[timestamp]","adsEnabled":true,"useIMASDK":false,"adsCancelTimeout":5000},"sources":{"url":"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/api/player/1228975/video-sources.json"}},"videoId":"1990479744642532613","descr":"During a soccer match between France and Germany, explosions were heard near the Stade de France just outside Paris. Several people were killed in almost simultaneous attacks in Paris."}" preload="none" style="-webkit-user-select: none; bottom: 50px; color: #b1b1b1; font-size: 10px; height: calc(100% - 85px); left: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 36px; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; width: 636px;"></video></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Paris' deputy mayor said the attacks were a horrific reminder of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">‘It's a heavy recollection of what happened in January (C. Hebdo). Now we are struck again. This is harder. I am shaken,’ he said. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David Cameron said that he was 'shocked by events in Paris' and pledged to do 'whatever we can to help', adding: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people.'</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The restaurant targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">France has been on edge since ISIS extremists launched a bloody attack on the satirical newspaper and a kosher grocery that left 20 people - including the three attackers - dead.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo left 13 dead when two Paris born terrorists slaughtered its cartoonists and general staff members.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Four Jewish shoppers were also murdered in the same set of attacks inside a Kosher supermarket in nearby Vincennes. </span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The French capital has been on a high state of alert ever since, with security services warning that another attack was always likely.</span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ISIS's online supporters have already started to celebrate the devastating attack in Paris, using the hashtag 'Paris in fire' on social media, but it has not been confirmed whether the terror group is behind the attacks.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#ixzz3rPmB6LMA" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317776/Machine-gun-fire-heard-central-Paris-police-flood-scene-not-far-Charlie-Hebdo-shootings.html#ixzz3rPmB6LMA</a><br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span></span>

140+ DEAD IN SERIES OF TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE

A series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris have left at least 60 dead and paralysed the French capital with fear. A...

Read Article »

SYRIA THREATENS TO TARGET FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3uBNyjUVc19QQ1D6uruVVEidUDrKRaS-EG5JMccsGb-l5dP1dL7jcAjcZIL0wdc5wv2p1-AlM0xOZ8J8LB3jOKUSvQu6Y5eV4DzOgHS_eO0RPu17Lmk7ltWDvWBMcA3jM0nU_Q14ElQ/s1600/000001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3uBNyjUVc19QQ1D6uruVVEidUDrKRaS-EG5JMccsGb-l5dP1dL7jcAjcZIL0wdc5wv2p1-AlM0xOZ8J8LB3jOKUSvQu6Y5eV4DzOgHS_eO0RPu17Lmk7ltWDvWBMcA3jM0nU_Q14ElQ/s640/000001.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The <a href="http://francophone.sahartv.ir/infos/moyen_orient-i9222-le_porte_avions_fran%C3%A7ais_sera_directement_vis%C3%A9_s'il_s'approche!_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_syrien)" style="background-color: transparent; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Iranian news agency Sahar</a> claims Syrian Gen. Mohammad Issa has warned the French his country will target the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle if it approaches the Syrian coast.</i></span></span></h2>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On November 5 French President <a href="http://famagusta-gazette.com/france-to-send-aircraft-carrier-charles-de-gaulle-to-fight-is-p30665-69.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Francois Hollande</a> said the aircraft carrier would be sent to Syria.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The deployment of the battle group formed around the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was decided to participate in operations against IS and its affiliates,” the French presidential office at the Élysée Palace announced.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On September 27 the French began airstrikes in Syria. On Tuesday Defense Minister <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/france-strikes-oil-sites-syria-defence-minister-160803916.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jean-Yves Le Drian</a> said France began bombing “the Islamic State group’s oil infrastructure,” which is Syria’s oil infrastructure captured by ISIS.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.infowars.com/france-targets-syrian-infrastructure/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Infowars has detailed</a><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">how the French effort is designed to cripple the Syrian economy and force Bashar al-Assad from power.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Issa claims the Western coalition has not targeted ISIS in Syria and striking the country’s oil wells is a violation of Syrian sovereignty.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlier this year it was reported most of the U.S. airstrikes concentrated on ISIS targets in and around Kurdish Kobani, a symbolic target. The area is about the size of Rhode Island and less than 2% of Syria.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/airstrikes-syria-kobani-statistics-operation-inherent-resolve" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony Cordesman</a>, military and national security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, characterized the effort as a “sideshow.”</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taking out Syria’s oil infrastructure under the guise of fighting ISIS will sabotage Russian and China’s gas energy projects in the country.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If Syria becomes stable, Russian companies that have frozen their activity will be ready to start again within a short period of time in realizing projects that were agreed before the crisis,” <a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/162481/russia-to-restart-16-bln-oil-gas-projects-in-syria" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #194e8e; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gissa Guchetl</a>, the executive director of the Russian Union of Gas and Oil Industrialists, said in July.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com</span></span></div>

SYRIA THREATENS TO TARGET FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER

The Iranian news agency Sahar claims Syrian Gen. Mohammad Issa has warned the French his country will target the aircraft carrier Charl...

Read Article »

FRANCE FIRES FIRST AIRSTRIKES ON EXTREMISTS IN SYRIA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEk_03MH9QQghdwxpZos44-tN-prwEt7ZbhFRcGt6zyNVEcNgCmhI2PqbZ_9p54XEycY0cyHZxff_ikpMukvNw5Ds4Nx09sn6u27Pai0pPI4E2pFjB5lWkCxUCK3eWbE6GONi1Puv87c/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEk_03MH9QQghdwxpZos44-tN-prwEt7ZbhFRcGt6zyNVEcNgCmhI2PqbZ_9p54XEycY0cyHZxff_ikpMukvNw5Ds4Nx09sn6u27Pai0pPI4E2pFjB5lWkCxUCK3eWbE6GONi1Puv87c/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
PARIS — Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria in a five-hour operation on Sunday, President Francois Hollande announced, making good on a promise to go after the group that he has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France.<br />
<br />
The multiple airstrikes were the first in Syria by France as it expands its mission against IS, until now centered in Iraq.<br />
<br />
“The camp was totally destroyed,” Hollande said Sunday after arriving at the United Nations, before the start of a major development summit and the U.N. General Assembly bringing together world leaders.<br />
<br />
“We’re sure there were no casualties” among civilians, he added.<br />
<br />
The French president’s office announced the strikes, without details, in a statement hours earlier.<br />
<br />
“Our nation will strike each time our national security is at stake,” the statement said.<br />
<br />
Hollande told reporters the strikes on the training camp, and others to come, were aimed at “protecting our territory, cutting short terrorist actions, acting in legitimate defense.”<br />
<br />
However, the limited strikes will likely have but a limited effect. The U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out regular airstrikes that punish but have failed to decimate IS, which controls large swaths of Syria.<br />
<br />
Hollande’s decision to carry out targeted strikes on strategic IS sites is coupled with France’s bid to press for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Beyond military objectives, the strikes serve to bolster France’s position in helping to find a solution to a crisis that also includes Russia and Iran.<br />
<br />
“France is talking with everyone and excluding no one,” Hollande said at the U.N. While “all concerned parties” must be included, he also stressed that “the future of Syria cannot (include President) Bashar Assad.”<br />
<br />
Sunday’s air raids on the IS training camp site in the Euphrates valley lasted about five hours, the Defense Ministry said, with fighter jets — five of them Delta-winged Rafales, taking off from Jordan and the Persian Gulf, the ministry said without naming the Gulf location.<br />
<br />
Hollande said more strikes “could take place in the coming weeks if necessary.” The targets were identified in earlier French reconnaissance flights and with information provided by the coalition.<br />
<br />
The president announced earlier this month a change in French strategy — expanding its airstrikes over Iraq into Syria.<br />
<br />
France has carried out 215 airstrikes against IS extremists in Iraq as part of the coalition since last year, the Defense Ministry said earlier this month. But it previously held back on engaging in Syria, citing concern over playing into Assad’s hand and the need for such action to be covered by international law.<br />
<br />
Officials now evoke “legitimate defense” as spelled out in the U.N. Charter to support strikes in Syria.<br />
<br />
France has already been attacked by extremists claiming ties to IS. Hollande — who has ruled out sending ground troops into Syria — has cited “proof” of plans for attacks on France and the growing danger to Syrian civilians, with a large chunk of the population fleeing in a massive exodus.<br />
<br />
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France was going after IS “sanctuaries where those who want to hit France are trained.”<br />
<br />
The goal of the strikes is to “slow, break, stop if possible the penetration of Daesh,” Gen. Vincent Desportes said on the iTele TV station, using the Arabic acronym for IS.<br />
<br />
“More than ever the urgency is putting in place a political transition,” including elements of the moderate opposition and Assad’s regime, the statement said.<br />
<br />
The French government has insisted that while it is part of the U.S.-led coalition, France is deciding independently who and what to hit in Syria.<br />
<br />
Hollande announced on Sept. 7 France’s intention to start airstrikes, days after the photo of a dead 3-year-old Syrian boy galvanized public concern about Syrian refugees fleeing to save their lives.<br />
<br />
In his statement Sunday, Hollande said: “Civilian populations must be protected from all forms of violence, that of IS and other terrorist groups but also the murderous bombardments of Bashar Assad.”

FRANCE FIRES FIRST AIRSTRIKES ON EXTREMISTS IN SYRIA

PARIS — Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria in a five-hour operation on Sunday...

Read Article »

FRANCE: Compensation to Russia for Mistral warships

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBTxLk96UkUmbgAVfJC8oWUigV-0zuWQgbwU3voBT_selHXz8qEPKs5KlD3MBxU4EoenWffEkir6FRpMMNO9C8RFMpj_GzwbgE9NYUYbquRdtMr23taVeBNR0v2uc4PVwNgUfsz0JL-k/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBTxLk96UkUmbgAVfJC8oWUigV-0zuWQgbwU3voBT_selHXz8qEPKs5KlD3MBxU4EoenWffEkir6FRpMMNO9C8RFMpj_GzwbgE9NYUYbquRdtMr23taVeBNR0v2uc4PVwNgUfsz0JL-k/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
France will refund €950 million ($1 billion) to Russia for the cancelation of the sale of two Mistral-class warships, but won’t have to pay penalties, AP reported, citing legislation published Friday. In a bill to be submitted to France’s lower house of parliament next week, the government detailed for the first time the agreement reached with Russia last month. The document claims that the “only condition” laid down by Russia is to receive the money “as soon as possible.” The amount reportedly includes all advances paid by Russia. The two ships are currently in the port of the western French city of Saint Nazaire, and their upkeep entails expensive additional costs that the government refused to detail.

FRANCE: Compensation to Russia for Mistral warships

France will refund €950 million ($1 billion) to Russia for the cancelation of the sale of two Mistral-class warships, but won’t have to p...

Read Article »

MONSANTO GUILTY OF CHEMICAL POISONING - FRENCH COURT

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXscTU5Jh47bPrkyMv7006_rN9VCbSghyMN6t2urNA6mTj7mj273dVHaDHjz1uxObUVIVP8ZaZPvrT_hD3geGW_kY7zj1rFG4g7UIrWfAWzUZYGOr566K2Ebz0X7C7AGki6Vws1SRzDF0/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXscTU5Jh47bPrkyMv7006_rN9VCbSghyMN6t2urNA6mTj7mj273dVHaDHjz1uxObUVIVP8ZaZPvrT_hD3geGW_kY7zj1rFG4g7UIrWfAWzUZYGOr566K2Ebz0X7C7AGki6Vws1SRzDF0/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. biotech company’s Lasso weedkiller.<br />
<br />
The decision by an appeal court in Lyon, southeast France, confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court in France, that ruled Monsanto was “responsible” for the intoxication and ordered the company to “fully compensate” grain grower Paul Francois.<br />
<br />
Monsanto’s lawyer said the company would now bring the decision before France’s highest appeal court.

MONSANTO GUILTY OF CHEMICAL POISONING - FRENCH COURT

A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he ...

Read Article »

FRANCE OPPOSES BIG PHARMA VACCINES

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsX42xXEOT1aS9j5T6ip2yQuH1B3QEQX_3Ks3KWZGII3vV4TL74-MKwkPCL4qG8gfCg9Oc8FO8T2_uOYVBQftPwoay3f8ldxocmXIaoAqdYinlvzEJKYAMr7QSFYBllQrC8JloDkA_rQ/s1600/00000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsX42xXEOT1aS9j5T6ip2yQuH1B3QEQX_3Ks3KWZGII3vV4TL74-MKwkPCL4qG8gfCg9Oc8FO8T2_uOYVBQftPwoay3f8ldxocmXIaoAqdYinlvzEJKYAMr7QSFYBllQrC8JloDkA_rQ/s640/00000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Get used to it. We live in an Orwellian landscape. When there is a really serious story that needs to be censored, it is. It gets little or no play. It’s buried. And vaccines is one of those stories.<br />
<br />
Here, from thevaccinereaction.org, is a shocker: “The French National Debate on Vaccines,” by Marco Caceres, August 19:<br />
<br />
“Between 2005 and 2010, the proportion of French people in favour or very in favour of vaccination dropped from 90% to 60% (2013 INPES Peretti-Watel health barometer). The percentage of French people between the ages of 18 and 75 who are anti-vaccination increased from 8.5% in 2005 to 38.2% in 2010. In 2005, 58% of doctors questioned the usefulness of vaccines administered to children while 31% of doctors were expressing doubts about vaccine safety. These figures must surely have increased since then.”<br />
<br />
France has punched a gaping hole in the fake consensus about vaccines.<br />
<br />
In the US and other countries, people are taught there is an overwhelming positive attitude about vaccines. Allowing this story about France to leak and bleed into major media would refute that lie in a second.<br />
<br />
Not only is consensus built through relentless propaganda, but when the consensus doesn’t exist because the propaganda fails, that fact is blacked out.<br />
<br />
To put it another way, major media exist to invent consensus, and when they can’t, they hide the fact.<br />
<br />
American medical reporters for mainstream outlets are among the worst journalists in the world. Over the years, I’ve spoken to some of them. They try to radiate scientific authority, but behind that front they’re a) brainwashed morons or b) sold-out pharmaceutical shills.<br />
<br />
The shills hype medical drugs, vaccines, and just-over-the horizon research breakthroughs with the phony conviction of late-night infomercial spokespeople.<br />
<br />
One reason a high percentage of the French oppose vaccines is: out in the countryside, they still know what good clean food is. Based on several conversations I’ve had with people who live there, the fresh local produce makes American food, by comparison, taste like cardboard. The French understand that real nutrition is a key to preserving health.<br />
<br />
That’s why pharmaceutical giants are rooting hard for GMOs and pesticides, and are, in some cases, producing them. The more GMOs and chemical poisons on the land, the lower the level of general health, and the easier it is to peddle vaccines and drugs as a necessary answer.<br />
<br />
That’s how the game is played.

FRANCE OPPOSES BIG PHARMA VACCINES

Get used to it. We live in an Orwellian landscape. When there is a really serious story that needs to be censored, it is. It gets little o...

Read Article »