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posted by n1 on Saturday November 14 2015, @01:00AM   Printer-friendly

France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 40 people were killed in multiple shootings in Paris.

At least 15 people were killed near the Bataclan arts centre, where up to 60 people are being held hostage. Explosions and gunfire are reported.

Three people were killed in an attack near the Stade de France, with some reports suggesting a suicide blast.

Paris authorities have urged people to stay indoors.

Military personnel are being deployed across Paris.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/13/455943961/violence-reported-in-paris
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/index.html

Update #1 [BBC updates]:

Scores of people have been killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris

At least 100 people are reported to have died inside the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris

Others died in attacks near the Stade de France, where France were playing Germany, and at restaurants

France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders

Paris residents have been asked to stay indoors and military personnel are being deployed across the city

[...] Reuters. quoting an un-named official at Paris City Hall, says the current death toll in Paris is around 140.

Update #2:

According to the Paris prosecutor, of the four assailants who died during the sidge at the Bataclan, three committed suicide by detonating explosive vests. The prosecutor has warned that some of their accomplices may "still be on the loose".

[...] Here is what French president François Hollande told reporters outside the Bataclan concert hall just now: "To all those who have seen these awful things, I want to say we are going to lead a war which will be pitiless. Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities they must be certain that they are facing a determined France, a united France, a France that is together and does not let itself be moved, even if today we express infinite sorrow."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:32AM (#263082)

    It's like any religious interpretation - if you have evil in your heart you'll pick the passages that can be used to support your evil and ignore the ones that contradict it. If you have good in your heart you'll pick the passages that support your good. That includes people who demonize a religion too. You can tell runaway has evil in his heart because he's so quick to find it in others. Kind of like all those anti-gay conservatives who are actually in the closet - projecting their own fear and self-loathing on to others. He sees jihad as permission to make his bigotry and intolerance acceptable because "they did it first."

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @09:41AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @09:41AM (#263144) Journal

    Interesting point of view. Gays project fear and self-loathing . . .

    YOUR words, Pal, not mine.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:34PM (#263281)

      Interesting point of view. Gays project fear and self-loathing . . .

      YOUR words, Pal, not mine.

      What a perfect example! You just did exactly what I accused you of - picking the part to support your view and ignoring the part that contradicts so that you can feel justified about the evil in your heart.

      Here's the full statement:

      Kind of like all those anti-gay conservatives who are actually in the closet - projecting their own fear and self-loathing on to others

      So no, those were your words, buddy. Expressing the shit in your heart and literally trying to blame it on me for doing it first.

      Could you be any less self-aware?

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:44PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @03:44PM (#263284) Journal

        You're not being very rational here. Anti-gay conservatives who are actually in the closet are - by definition - gay. So, you are quite clearly stating that gays project fear and self loathing. Your statements have absolutely nothing to do with any evil that may or may not be in my heart.

        Again, those are YOUR words, not mine.

        Intersting, indeed.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:15PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:15PM (#263331)

          Wow, your lack of self-awareness is stunning in the size of its depth.

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:23PM

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @05:23PM (#263339) Journal

            Typical SJW kind of comeback. If I'm to stupid to understand, why do you bother to try arguing with me? You keep coming back, and coming back, but you don't say anything. Keep this up, and I'm going to file for divorce, and get an injunction on your ass for stalking.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @07:18PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @07:18PM (#263395)

              > If I'm to stupid to understand, why do you bother to try arguing with me?

              Because your purpose in life is to be a foil. A cautionary tale for people who think racists aren't idiots.

              • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @07:21PM

                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @07:21PM (#263400) Journal

                Well, one of us appears to be to stupid to understand that Islam is not a race. Think about it.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @08:10PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @08:10PM (#263430)

                  > Well, one of us appears to be to stupid to understand that Islam is not a race. Think about it.

                  Foiled again.

                  Islam is not a race but you are still a racist. [redflag.org.au]
                  Debunking the “Islam is Not a Race!” Argument [wordpress.com]

                  Meanwhile even the OED says you are wrong: [oxforddictionaries.com]

                  race:
                  1.1 A group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.; an ethnic group:
                      example: "They sought to weld the country's diverse ethnicities into a Brazilian race defined in historical and cultural terms."

                  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 14 2015, @08:21PM

                    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 14 2015, @08:21PM (#263435) Journal

                    I've run out of patience, and you've ceased to be amusing, so I'm not wasting time on your links. Islam is not a race. No amount of blathering will change that. Islam is a religious political structure, commonly followed by Arabs, Black Africans, and a multitude of Asians and Pacific islanders, as well as smaller populations in the western world. In point of fact, Islam hardly recognizes race, as near as I can tell. Islam sees men as men, and women as women, one of them being the property of the other. Islam is a patriarchal society that is equally applicable to all races.

                    You lose this one, Pal.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @10:50PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 14 2015, @10:50PM (#263487)

                      > I've run out of patience, and you've ceased to be amusing, so I'm not wasting time on your links

                      lol. Are you sure you didn't read any of those links because you practically quoted what one said. Are you not the greatest parody of racism on this site?

                      > You lose this one, Pal.

                      Yeah, sure I did. The Oxford English Dictionary just kicked your ass.