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Post by JohnP on Nov 14, 2015 11:24:43 GMT 1
I ask everyone to back off from in-fighting and quoting each other. This has been an horrific event for the whole world, most of who I'm sure would like to see an end to all these meaningless events. I say meaningless not to disparage the event but in a years time, like previous atrocities, it will have "faded" and been left behind as others occur. As a race we are not fit to be on this planet. Fair comment! |
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Post by bisdu on Nov 14, 2015 13:23:42 GMT 1
Watching the footage last night I was appalled....its all just awful. Today I have become aware of how close my family was to becoming statistics in this atrocity. We (and our son) are avid fans of the band Counting Crows....(we trekked off to Rome to see them in June). This week we spent wed - Friday in Paris with our son/grandkids in Disney...unbeknown to me our son had intended to surprise us with tickets for last nights Paris performance at the Bataclan....however one of the group was ill and the performance was cancelled....  |
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Post by happygirl on Nov 14, 2015 13:30:17 GMT 1
R.I.P. The dead,and may God give strength to the families.Amen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 14:29:42 GMT 1
Watching the footage last night I was appalled....its all just awful. Today I have become aware of how close my family was to becoming statistics in this atrocity. We (and our son) are avid fans of the band Counting Crows....(we trekked off to Rome to see them in June). This week we spent wed - Friday in Paris with our son/grandkids in Disney...unbeknown to me our son had intended to surprise us with tickets for last nights Paris performance at the Bataclan....however one of the group was ill and the performance was cancelled.... bisdu, that gave me the cold shivers reading it. It shows what a fine thread there is between life and death. |
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Post by bisdu on Nov 14, 2015 16:13:16 GMT 1
Yes BE, life is a lottery isn't it....not us but some other poor people.
Actually, as an aside to this story, on Wednesday evening the Disney shuttle buses were abruptly stopped, and the bus parking lot was filled with armed police.
Next day there was a noticeable armed presence at the entrance, which had not been in evidence the day before. we had assumed there had been a bomb hoax but am wondering now....
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Post by Ali on Nov 14, 2015 18:44:59 GMT 1
Channel Tunnel ?
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Post by happygirl on Nov 14, 2015 22:11:24 GMT 1
JP,Syrian registered refugees passport found on attackers body,how dare you assume he is a terrorist,wink,wink,pity they hadn't assumed at the border and shot the b####rd.
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Post by jackie on Nov 15, 2015 0:00:54 GMT 1
JP,Syrian registered refugees passport found on attackers body,how dare you assume he is a terrorist,wink,wink,pity they hadn't assumed at the border and shot the b####rd. So you're suggesting they shoot thousands of Syrians at the borders on the assumption they could be terrorists? |
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Post by littlemouse on Nov 15, 2015 4:56:00 GMT 1
a part of an article in Le monde 2. Ce qu’on ne sait pas encore Un réfugié syrien parmi les terroristes ? Le passeport d’un individu né en 1990 en Syrie a été retrouvé près de l’un des kamikazes du Stade de France. Selon les autorités grecques, les informations du passeport correspondent un réfugié enregistré par la Grèce en octobre. Mais les enquêteurs n’ont pas encore confirmé que le kamikaze était bien l’individu décrit sur le passeport. Il n’est pas connu des services de renseignement français.full article here www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2015/11/14/attaques-de-paris-ce-que-l-on-sait-ce-que-l-on-ignore-encore_4810154_4355770.html |
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Post by JohnP on Nov 15, 2015 10:15:55 GMT 1
As I understand it, so far one terrorist had a Syrian passport, another was an Egyptian national and one French. Obviously investigations are ongoing. At least one of the terrorists made their way to France via Greece using the refugees as a cover to aid their passage so I consider I am vindicated in my original concerns. I would also like to say that I do not consider the majority of refugees as a threat but given the shear numbers involved, it is not possible to carry out meaningful checks. When huge numbers of "refugees" are presenting themselves at one of Europe's borders, how can the security staff distinguish who are genuine? Friday's murderous slaughter was carried out by just a handful of evil pieces of deluded, barbaric sub-human b******s. Think on!
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