Paris shootout, explosions, casualties

[Alana]

Who can say no to a police state now, eh?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live

22:55 The French president François Hollande says a state of emergency will be declared across France.

In a statement just delivered the president of the republic said he would seek military aid to ensure that no further attacks could take place in Paris and that a cabinet meeting was about to start to discuss the response to the attacks.

 

[Adaryn]

According to reports, a shooting is also going on in "Les Halles", in the center of Paris.
_http://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/_22890/

I was just listening about an attack at a mall next to the Louvre. Is that the same place?

It's pretty close (less than 1 mile). The Pompidou center (same area) is also mentioned. Unconfirmed as of now.

 

[Ca.]

Who can say no to a police state now, eh?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live

22:55 The French president François Hollande says a state of emergency will be declared across France.

In a statement just delivered the president of the republic said he would seek military aid to ensure that no further attacks could take place in Paris and that a cabinet meeting was about to start to discuss the response to the attacks.

They have closed the borders ?

 

[Adaryn]

Who can say no to a police state now, eh?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live

22:55 The French president François Hollande says a state of emergency will be declared across France.

In a statement just delivered the president of the republic said he would seek military aid to ensure that no further attacks could take place in Paris and that a cabinet meeting was about to start to discuss the response to the attacks.

They have closed the borders ?

23h58: François Hollande is announcing the future closing of French borders.

_http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/monde/paris-plusieurs-fusillades-en-cours-460240

 

[Adaryn]

French President François Hollande announced that he is declaring a nationwide state of emergency and closing the country's borders, he said in a brief statement Friday evening.

"We know where this attack came from," he said.

Hollande was speaking after terrorist attacks in Paris killed at least 39 in shootings and explosions. The president called for courage and sang-froid. "Facing terror, France must be strong," he said. "What the terrorists want is to scare us.

_http://www.vox.com/world/2015/11/13/9732746/paris-attacks-francois-hollande

Video of intervention: _https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekbNbzPTEw

 

[loreta]

Who can say no to a police state now, eh?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live

22:55 The French president François Hollande says a state of emergency will be declared across France.

In a statement just delivered the president of the republic said he would seek military aid to ensure that no further attacks could take place in Paris and that a cabinet meeting was about to start to discuss the response to the attacks.

They have closed the borders ?

23h58: François Hollande is announcing the future closing of French borders.

_http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/monde/paris-plusieurs-fusillades-en-cours-460240

Hollande also asked the help of the army. Also he knows that these attacks were made by terrorists. The state of emergency is something very huge. they will be able to arrests anybody, ask also for arms, from people. This information is done by RFI.

 

[loreta]

French President François Hollande announced that he is declaring a nationwide state of emergency and closing the country's borders, he said in a brief statement Friday evening.

"We know where this attack came from," he said.

Hollande was speaking after terrorist attacks in Paris killed at least 39 in shootings and explosions. The president called for courage and sang-froid. "Facing terror, France must be strong," he said. "What the terrorists want is to scare us.

_http://www.vox.com/world/2015/11/13/9732746/paris-attacks-francois-hollande

Video of intervention: _https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekbNbzPTEw

So no airplanes also?

 

[Ca.]

Israeli News feed
Haaretz - Israel News
Saturday, November 14, 2015.
Kislev 2, 5776 Time in Israel: 01:14 AM
_http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/1.685943
Multiple attacks in the French capital, dozens dead in shootings and suicide bombing attack. Government announces state of emergency, military mobilized, borders closed.

At least 60 people were killed in shootouts in central Paris and explosions were heard near a stadium where a soccer match was underway, French media reported on Friday. Around 100 hostages taken at Paris theater.

French President Francois Hollande declares state of emergency, says military mobilized around Paris, borders closed. An emergency cabinet meeting was set to begin.

Paris residents ordered to stay indoors.

One attack was a shooting at a restaurant in the 10th arrondissement of the capital. One witness said he heard gunshots as he was walking on a street close to Place de La Republique. When he arrived outside a restaurant he saw bodies on the ground.

"I was on my way to my sister's when I heard shots being fired. Then I saw three people dead on the ground, I know they were dead because they were being wrapped up in plastic bags," student Fabien Baron told Reuters.

Also late Friday, two explosions were heard outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris during a France-Germany friendly football match. It was unclear if the events were linked.

French President Francois Hollande and his interior minister rushed were rushing from the soccer match to the ministry to deal with the unfolding situation, an official said.

People are being held hostage at the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris after several shots were fired, French news channel BFM TV reported on Friday.

Shooting at the Bataclan began one hour into the concert of a California rock group called Eagles of Death Metal, BFM TV said, adding that one or two people came in and began shooting in the air.
read more: _://www.haaretz.com/world-news/1.685943

An Associated Press reporter in the stadium Friday night heard two explosions loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans. Sirens were immediately heard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.

Fusillades meurtrières dans les 10eme et 11ème arrondissement de Paris
Published on Nov 13, 2015
Vidéo exclusive de la fusillade au Bataclan ou plusieurs centaine de personne serait prises en otages ou on annonce au moins 30 morts !
Fusillades meurtrières dans les 10eme et 11ème arrondissement de Paris, 18 morts, 3 explosions dont 2 au stade de France qui ont fait 3 morts et une prise d'otage au Bataclan.
Sa y ait le monde va en couille????
_https://youtu.be/sB-wMQ808BA

 

[aragorn]

One witness who escaped from the Bataclan, Julian Pearce, theatre says here that the shooters didn't say anything, didn't shout anything.
Shooters unmasked, aged 20-25, no beard, "like a random guy wearing a Kalaschnikov", not saying anything.

Listen here:

https://twitter.com/AC360/status/665305789628727297

Could someone download this before it disappears (I'm not sure how to do it, and I have to go to sleep now)?

 

[loreta]

Here what means State of Emergency in France:

France
Three main dispositions concern various kind of "state of emergency" in France: article 16 of the Constitution of 1958 allows, in time of crisis, "extraordinary powers" to the president. Article 36 of the same constitution regulates "state of siege" (état de siège). Finally, the April 3, 1955 Act allows the proclamation, by the Council of Ministers, of the "state of emergency" (état d'urgence).[22] The distinction between article 16 and the 1955 Act concerns mainly the distribution of powers: whereas in article 16, the executive power basically suspend the regular procedures of the Republic, the 1955 Act permits a twelve-day state of emergency, after which a new law extending the emergency must be voted by the Parliament. These dispositions have been used at various times, in 1955, 1958, 1961, 1988, 2005, and 2015 (see below).


The state of emergency in France is framed by the Constitution of 1958, which states that it can be decreed by the Président de la république in the Council of Ministers, but must be confirmed by Parliament in order to be held after 12 days. State of emergency gives authorities the power to:


Regulate or forbid circulation and gathering in some areas (including by the use of curfew)
Close places of gathering
Conduct house-to-house searches at any time without judicial oversight
Censorship
It may also give the military authority the power to act in place of civilian authorities, if a decree specifies it explicitly. It is unclear, however, how some of the legal possibilities can be implemented due to various legal changes since the 1950s.

Article 16 of the Constitution gives the head of government "extraordinary powers" in exceptional cases, leading to an effective "state of exception":
When the institutions of the Republic, the independence of the nation, the integrity of its territory, or the fulfillment of its international commitments are under grave and immediate threat and when the proper functioning of the constitutional governmental authorities is interrupted, the President of the Republic shall take the measures demanded by these circumstances after official consultation with the Prime Minister, the Presidents of the Assemblies, and the Constitutional Council.
He shall inform the nation of these measures by a message.

These measures must be prompted by a will to ensure within the shortest possible time that the constitutional governmental authorities have the means of fulfilling their duties. The Constitutional Council shall be consulted with regard to such measures.
Parliament shall meet ipso jure.
The National Assembly may not be dissolved during the exercise of emergency powers.

The conditions are both that the state is confronted to exceptional circumstances and that the regular institutions are disrupted and cannot effectively govern.[23] This amendment to the Constitution of the Fifth Republic has been qualified as "liberticide" by critics.[23] Invoked on 23 April 1961 during the Algerian War; normal functioning of institutions was quickly restored.[23]
In the judgment Rubin de Servens of March 2, 1962, the Conseil d'État judged that he could not himself invoke article 16, as that constituted an "act of government". Furthermore, the State Council considered that it could only pronounce on rulings which were not legislative acts carried out during this period. Thus, a legislative measure (although the role of Parliament is not specified, just that it is not to be dissolved) which breaches fundamental liberties cannot be appealed against before the Conseil d'État.[23]
Article 36 of the Constitution is concerned with the state of siege (in French), which can be decreed by the Council of Ministers for a period of twelve days which can only be extended with the approval of the Parliament. A state of siege may be declared in case of an "imminent peril resulting from a foreign war [guerre étrangère, or simply "war"] or an armed insurrection (une insurrection à main armée).[24] Military authorities may take police powers if they judge it necessary. Fundamental liberties may be restricted, such as the right of association, legalization of searches in private places day and night, the power to expel people who have been condemned for common law matters or people who do not have the right of residence in the territory, etc.


Since 1955 a state of emergency has been decreed six times:
In 1955 in Algeria due to independentist unrest
In 1958 due to the uprising in Algeria
In 1961 after the Generals' putsch (invocation of article 16 from April 23 to September 29, 1961[23])
In 1984 in New Caledonia due to independentist troubles
During the 2005 civil unrest in France President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency on November 8, 2005. It was extended for three months on November 16 by the Parliament, which was dominated by the UMP majority. On December 10 France's highest administrative body, the Council of State, ruled that the three-month state of emergency decreed to guarantee calm following unrest was legal. It rejected a complaint from 74 law professors and the Green party, declaring that the conditions that led to the unrest (which began on October 27), the rapid spread of violence, and the possibility that it could recur justified the state of emergency. The complaint challenged the state of emergency's necessity and said it compromised fundamental liberties.[25][26][27]
In 2015, following a series of shootings and explosions.
In 1972 the Common Program of the Left (issued from an alliance between the Socialist Party and the Communist Party) proposed to repeal article 16. François Mitterrand's program in 1981 did not include this proposition. The Socialist government of Pierre Bérégovoy included a reform of this article in its project of Constitutional reform in 1992, but the project was not implemented. Also in 1992, the Vedel Commission created by François Mitterrand proposed to give to the Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council), on the concerted initiative of the President of the Republic and the presidents of the Assemblies, the mission to determine that the conditions required for the use of article 16 were in fact met.[23]
On July 23, 2008 a constitutional act was passed which, among other amendments, added a paragraph to article 16 of the Constitution[28] which stated that after 30 days the Constitutional Council can be requested to determine whether the conditions that justified the use of article 16 are still current; the ruling is public. At any time beyond 60 days the Council rules on this issue without the need for a referral.
On November 13, 2015 the French government issued a state of emergency in light of several attacks in Paris.

From Wikipedia. You can be sure that this is the beginning... in Europe.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#France

 

[Alana]

These things should NOT be happening! To anyone, anywhere! Not to people going out to eat on a Friday night in Paris, not to people catching the metro in London or Madrid, not to people in NYC, not in Mumbai, not in Syria, not in Gaza. Not to universities in the US. Not people getting on a plane to go or come back from their vacations. This is SO WRONG on so many levels. It's inexcusable, I am sick of it, the sheer shameless boldness of going around (or the psychos at the top, sending their robotic stooges around to do their job) killing all kinds of people randomly, just because a leader started to be more friendly with Russia, or because the nation is not following the official line. It is ridiculous, totally inhumane, utterly inexcusable.

I can't believe that in one lifetime I have seen so many senseless attacks on real people, I can't believe that it is becoming the "norm" and we are all getting used to seeing this kind of sh#$@%#$@% and we NEVER see the real culprits pay for it, they always get away. And they barely started showering us with the propaganda yet, all the BS they will be saying tomorrow, the aftermath, the closing down and fencing in and the scapegoating of other innocent people! I don't accept it, it is unacceptable to me, and I am so sorry for all the terror people are going through, all the pain for losing their loved ones, and I am SO pissed off at the perpetrators! Damn it, why don't the comets ever come when you want them to?!

 

[loreta]

These things should NOT be happening! To anyone, anywhere! Not to people going out to eat on a Friday night in Paris, not to people catching the metro in London or Madrid, not to people in NYC, not in Mumbai, not in Syria, not in Gaza. Not to universities in the US. Not people getting on a plane to go or come back from their vacations. This is SO WRONG on so many levels. It's inexcusable, I am sick of it, the sheer shameless boldness of going around (or the psychos at the top, sending their robotic stooges around to do their job) killing all kinds of people randomly, just because a leader started to be more friendly with Russia, or because the nation is not following the official line. It is ridiculous, totally inhumane, utterly inexcusable.

I can't believe that in one lifetime I have seen so many senseless attacks on real people, I can't believe that it is becoming the "norm" and we are all getting used to seeing this kind of sh#$@%#$@% and we NEVER see the real culprits pay for it, they always get away. And they barely started showering us with the propaganda yet, all the BS they will be saying tomorrow, the aftermath, the closing down and fencing in and the scapegoating of other innocent people! I don't accept it, it is unacceptable to me, and I am so sorry for all the terror people are going through, all the pain for losing their loved ones, and I am SO pissed off at the perpetrators! Damn it, why don't the comets ever come when you want them to?!

Alana, you express what I feel and not just me... It is intolerable.

I was thinking listening to this "thing" that is Hollande that in some part of all of this, all this horror, our ignorance is responsible of accepting these things like Hollande and all the Hollandes in this planet; our ignorance, our indifference, our stupidity... and because of all of this, our ignorance, we are not protected and we suffer the consequences having people like Hollande et cie. We are like kids, not mature at all, accepting these sick politicians. Our ignorance is responsible of our sufferance. Just knowledge protects. But humanity is very far of this.

I feel so sad and angry and me too I wait the comets but when are they coming!!!

 

[Ca.]

Here what means State of Emergency in France:
On November 13, 2015 the French government issued a state of emergency in light of several attacks in Paris.

From Wikipedia. You can be sure that this is the beginning... in Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#France

Michael Horowitz
Geopolitical and security analyst, Head of Business development for @Levantinegroup. I tweet about MENA. Views are my own
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/665308303891656706/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

A tally of 43 confirmed dead, 55 critically injured, 77 injured in 6 different locations.

 

[David]

Bizarre I was watching 9/11 documentary of sorts on Youtube, and then having a look at recent posts and saw this thread pop up first... (false flag) synchronicity maybe...

It's just too much BS... did somebody merge a wrong turn somewhere.

 

[RedFox]

It'll be interesting to see if there are any other events in other EU countries, and other countries closing borders.
If that happens, the hostage situation ends badly and they link them to refugees, I'm calling a Reichstag event which will likely lead to camps for refugees. For their/our 'protection'.

These things should NOT be happening! To anyone, anywhere! Not to people going out to eat on a Friday night in Paris, not to people catching the metro in London or Madrid, not to people in NYC, not in Mumbai, not in Syria, not in Gaza. Not to universities in the US. Not people getting on a plane to go or come back from their vacations. This is SO WRONG on so many levels. It's inexcusable, I am sick of it, the sheer shameless boldness of going around (or the psychos at the top, sending their robotic stooges around to do their job) killing all kinds of people randomly, just because a leader started to be more friendly with Russia, or because the nation is not following the official line. It is ridiculous, totally inhumane, utterly inexcusable.

I can't believe that in one lifetime I have seen so many senseless attacks on real people, I can't believe that it is becoming the "norm" and we are all getting used to seeing this kind of sh#$@%#$@% and we NEVER see the real culprits pay for it, they always get away. And they barely started showering us with the propaganda yet, all the BS they will be saying tomorrow, the aftermath, the closing down and fencing in and the scapegoating of other innocent people! I don't accept it, it is unacceptable to me, and I am so sorry for all the terror people are going through, all the pain for losing their loved ones, and I am SO pissed off at the perpetrators! Damn it, why don't the comets ever come when you want them to?!

Agreed!