World View: Up to 2,000 Nigerian Civilians Killed in Three-Day Boko Haram Massacre
After a coordinated three-day rampage on the town of Baga in northeast Nigeria, as well 15-20 other nearby towns, up to 2000 resident civilians have been killed.
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ISIS Supporter Hacks Websites of Towns Near Paris
While officials have not demonstrably linked the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to the Charlie Hebdo massacre, websites of a number of towns in France fell victims to a cyber-attack replacing the content of their sties with Islamic State flag in apparent celebration of the mass shooting.
Iran Denounces Charlie Hebdo Attack but Bans Journalists from Joining #JeSuisCharlie
Iran denounced the Charlie Hebdo massacre but refused to allow Iranian journalists to show solidarity with their murdered counterparts. Authorities blocked the journalists from the old building for the Association of Iranian Journalists.
We Are All Charlie Hebdo
The massacre of the staff of Charlie Hebdo takes its place among the despicable crimes committed in the name of Islamic fundamentalism. As the nation of France and the world come to terms with both horror and grief, details are emerging about the perpetrators of this atrocity and the means by which it was carried out.
Round Two: Dershowitz Explains Why France’s Softness on Terrorism Was Wrong
For the second consecutive night, legal scholar and commentator Alan Dershowitz appeared on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” to discuss the flaws with France’s policy on terrorism. On Thursday’s episode, Dershowitz and O’Donnell engaged in an impromptu heated
Report: Fmr. French Official ‘There Are Too Many of Them, and Far Too Few of Us’
CNN Chief Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin reported that a former official in Paris’ Counterterrorism and Espionage Department told him that the country lost track of Charlie Hebdo terror suspect Cherif Kouachi because “there are too many of them, and far too
SEAL Vet Lawmaker: Obama’s Foreign Policy Incites Terrorists
Freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a former Navy commander and Congress’ only SEAL veteran, said Obama’s foreign policy fueled the terrorist attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead on Wednesday.
Officials: Paris Attacker Met With Al Qaeda Chief Awlaki In Yemen
One of the two French jihadist brothers responsible for the Charlie Hebdo killings had in the past personally met with deceased chief Al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al Awlaki, according to a senior member of Yemen’s intelligence services who told Reuters
Radical Islamists Mourn Deaths of Charlie Hebdo Killers
Twitter accounts associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) and radical Islam mourned the deaths of brothers Said and Cherif Kouchai and Amedy Coulibaly in France. French officials killed the two brothers, the men who allegedly slaughtered twelve innocent people at Charlie Hebdo, on Friday after they hid in a printing press building in Dammartin-en-Goele, just north of Paris.
#Je Suis Juif (I am a Jew)
At least four, possibly five French Jewish hostages, probably women who were shopping for the Sabbath, were killed by Jihadists before the French police stormed the kosher supermarket. The male and female pair of jihadists were demanding the freedom of the Charlie Hebdo jihadists.
Can Charlie Hebdo’s Spirit Include Israel?
The Islamist massacre at Charlie Hebdo has understandably captured global attention because it was a barbaric attack on France and freedom of expression. In a moment of defiant moral clarity, “je suis Charlie” emerged as a popular phrase of solidarity with the victims. Hopefully such clarity persists and extends to those facing similar challenges every day in the Middle East.
Charlie Hebdo Shooters Cornered with Hostages Near Charles de Gaulle Airport
The manhunt for the Charlie Hebdo killers led to a day of chaos in Paris, as the perpetrators – Cherif Kouachi, 32, and his brother Said Kouachi, 34 – went to ground in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, not far from Charles de Gaulle airport. At the same time, the man who murdered an unarmed French policewoman yesterday, now believed to be a member of the same terrorist cell as the Kouachi brothers, has taken hostages of his own, and reportedly offered to trade them for the brothers’ freedom – an offer the French authorities are unlikely to accept.
French Police Classified Second Police Shooting as ‘Terrorist Attack’
French authorities classified the death of police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 25, a terrorist attack. The shooting is France’s second terrorist attack within a span of 24 hours. Two gunmen slaughtered twelve people at Charlie Hebdo headquarters on Wednesday as they screamed, “Allahu Akbar!” Even though both are considered terrorist attacks, authorities did not initially link the attacks, though reports are now surfacing that the three suspects may be related.
It’s Time to De-Romanticize Terror
We have all heard the dramatic tale of how terrorists come from poor, oppressed families and are virtually forced into terrorism to escape discrimination and poverty. Young, desperate and idealistic, they turn to terror as their only way out of the hellhole into which society has buried them.
Blue State Blues: Why Ezra Klein is Minimizing Radical Islam
By deflecting attention from the cartoons, Klein is actually trying to protect Western ideas about the state, the individual, and freedom. Yet he cannot bring himself to identify the threat to those ideas, because doing so would mean admitting that the multicultural project, to which the left is politically wedded, has failed.
France Surrenders: ‘Adieu’ to the 75% Supertax
Nothing calls to mind the sad vision of a perennial 1970s-style economic sclerosis more than France–and nothing is more representative of Gallic stubborn refusal to live in the real world than its flagship 75% top rate of taxation.
Second Hostage Crisis in Paris: Terrorist Holds Up Kosher Grocery
A man believed to have been the suspect in yesterday’s shooting of unarmed policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe yesterday has taken women and children hostage at a kosher grocery store in the eastern Parisian district of Porte de Vincennes.
Slate: Marine Le Pen’s Far Right Seize the Moment in France
Jonathan Laurence, and associate professor of political science at Boston College and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, writes in Slate that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front political party, is “ready to seize the moment” after Wednesday’s Islamist massacre at the offices of satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Al-Qaeda Hit List Resurfaces on Twitter with Charlie Hebdo Editor Crossed Off
Charlie Hebdo editor and cartoonist Stéphane Charbonnier, also known as Charb, appeared on a hit list in the March 2013 issue of al-Qaeda’s Inspire propaganda magazine. Twitter accounts posted the same picture on Wednesday, but with a huge red X over Charbonnier’s picture.
Andrea Mitchell: What Does France Need to do Given ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Stances?
On Thursday, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asked what France had to do given its “anti-immigrant stance in some quarters” in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. During an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas
Cartoonist Who Let Terrorists into Charlie Hebdo Building: They Threatened my Daughter
Corinne Rey, a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist know as “Coco” who was the first to encounter the terrorists that massacred twelve at the satirical magazine’s headquarters, told French media that the men identified themselves as Al Qaeda and threatened the life of her daughter in order to get through.
CNN Reporter in Full Meltdown: Those Who Disagree With Me on Muhammad Cartoons Are Agents for Israel
On Wednesday night, CNN International Correspondent Jim Clancy entered full meltdown mode on Twitter after critics fired back at his assertion that magazine Charlie Hebdo’s Prophet Muhammad cartoons did not criticize the prophet. Clancy went on a conspiratorial and borderline anti-Semitic tirade, accusing those who disagreed with him as being propagandists for Israel.
Opinion: The Right Not to Offend
I don’t much feel like re-posting the Muhammad cartoons for which Charlie Hebdo became famous. It’s not a matter of fear, or political correctness. A decade ago, I was living in the heart of the Muslim community in Cape Town, writing articles against fundamentalism and in defense of the U.S. and Israel even while I enjoyed breaking Ramadan fasts with friends and neighbors. I did so at some considerable risk to my personal safety. I was lucky to meet religious Muslims who wanted nothing to do with violence–and it is precisely because of those relationships that I choose not to offend, even while standing with Charlie Hebdo.
Manhunt for Charlie Hebdo Terrorists: Streets to Paris Shut Down
The manhunt continues into Thursday for the two jihadist gunmen suspected of slaughtering twelve individuals at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. French officials have attempted to zero-in on their location exact location throughout the day.
PEGIDA Responds: Paris Attack Shows Islamist Threat
(Reuters) – Anti-immigrant groups in Germany seized on Wednesday’s deadly attack in Paris, with leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and PEGIDA saying it showed the threat of Islamist violence.
