Mass Shooting At Newspaper In Paris

11 dead. 2 gunmen , no motive yet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/w...e-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

 

From BBB http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883:

"The latest tweet on Charlie Hebdo's account was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi."

 

Yahoo now has a 12th person dead.

 

Let's not jump to conclusions regarding motive. It could be homegrown maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something. It could be anything.”

 

10 journalists and 2 cops are dead.

Let me repeat that, for those more interested in other aspects of this.

10 journalists and 2 cops are dead.

 

Agree. There's obviously rumors but urge restraint until the proper authorities can provide conclusive evidence. It's
still a very fluid situation.

 

Maybe the motive is religious in nature.

Apparently, this paper had mocked the Pope:



You know how violent Catholics can get when you mock the Pope.

 

As we know The Catholic anti abortionists can be very radical.

 

There will likely be major delays today in air travel. Suggest phoning ahead to your departure airport for
updated travel information

 

How will newspapers cover this story?

Do they reprint some of the cartoons that Muslims found offensive, as a part of telling the story?

 

The media is bending over backwards to avoid mentioning a possible motive.

Charlie Hebdo has been attacked in the past for satirizing Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Its offices were firebombed in 2011 after publishing a cartoon of the prophet on its cover promising “100 lashes if you don’t die laughing!”

The cover of the newspaper on Wednesday featured a caricature of Michel Houellebecq, a controversial novelist whose sixth novel, “Submission,” predicts a future France run by Muslims, in which women forsake Western dress and polygamy is introduced. On the cover, Mr. Houellebecq is depicted as a wizard and smoking a cigarette. “In 2022, I will do Ramadan,” he is shown saying.

The book’s publication, ahead of presidential elections in 2017, comes as the increasingly influential far-right National Front has helped spur a loud and often acrimonious debate about immigration. The attack comes as nearly 1,000 French citizens have gone or planned to join jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria last year, further fueling concerns about radical Islam encroaching into France.

 

No one in their right mind would openly defend such a heinous act, but in instances like this, it's always interesting (and unbelievably frustrating) to take note of who isn't saying anything.