"Masked gunmen attacked the Paris offices of satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing 12 people before fleeing.
The attackers stormed Charlie Hebdo's Paris newsroom during an editorial meeting and began firing indiscriminately, police and prosecutors said. Witnesses told police that the gunmen shouted "we have avenged the prophet," according to Agence France-Presse. Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Corinne Rey said the gunmen spoke to her in fluent French and claimed to represent Al Qaeda, she told French newspaper l'Humanite.
A video, apparently filmed by an onlooker outside the office, shows two gunmen dressed in black, firing automatic weapons down the street and shouting "Allahu Akbar." Police official Luc Poignant told the Associated Press the gunmen left in a waiting car and later switched to a stolen vehicle.
France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed the deaths of 12 people in the attack. Four others were seriously wounded, the French prosecutor said. A police official told the Associated Press that one police officer was killed, along with Charlie Hebdo's publisher, Stéphane Charbonnier, and Charbonnier's police bodyguard."
France has a really serious problem with its Muzzie population. This is just an example of its militancy and there is probably more to come. Meanwhile we, too, have a major problem when it comes to these thugs, namely Obama.
“Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.” ¯ Winston S. Churchill
Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #3Come now folks. This isn't terrorism. It is "Man Caused Disaster".
BTW, what type of satirical magazine came out of a country that found Jerry Lewis Funny?
That's the ticket. You're right in line with the WH
Flashback: WH Condemned Judgement of ‘Deeply Offensive’ Charlie Hebdo by Pam Key 7 Jan 2015
On September 19, 2012 at the White House daily press briefing then press secretary Jay Carney condemned the judgement of Charlie Hebdo magazine for publishing “deeply offensive,” anti-Islamic cartoons.
Partial transcript as follows:
REPORTER: The French government has decided to temporarily close their embassies and schools in several Muslim countries after a satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, that published cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Is the White House concerned that those cartoons might further fan the flames in the region?
CARNEY: Well, we are aware that a French magazine published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the Prophet Muhammad, and obviously, we have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this. We know that these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential to be inflammatory. But we’ve spoken repeatedly about the importance of upholding the freedom of expression that is enshrined in our Constitution.
In other words, we don’t question the right of something like this to be published; we just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it. And I think that that’s our view about the video that was produced in this country and has caused so much offense in the Muslim world.