mabar said:Read it here first:
_http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3317923/Germany-scared-prior-France-friendly-earlier-bomb-threat-admits-coach-Joachim-Low.html said:Germany were 'scared' prior to France friendly due to earlier bomb threat, admits coach Joachim Low
Germany manager Joachim Low has admitted his side were 'scared' ahead of Friday night's friendly with France due to an earlier bomb threat in the capital.
Olivier Giroud and Andre-Pierre Gignac scored as Euro 2016 hosts France beat world champions Germany 2-0 in an encounter overshadowed by attacks in Paris as the game took place, which left dozens dead.
Police helicopters circled the stadium at the final whistle after French President Francois Hollande had left for the interior ministry.
'We are all in shock,' said Germany coach Low post-match. 'The game and the goals move into the background on a day like this.
'We were told in the changing rooms what had happened. All of us on the bench were a bit scared because of a bomb threat earlier today when we spent three hours outside (our hotel).'
Earlier on Friday, the German national football team had been evacuated from their hotel in Paris due to a bomb threat; an anonymous caller phoned in the threat at 9:50 am on Friday morning.
Police with sniffer dogs went on site to check for potential explosives and a security perimeter was established around the hotel. ---there are photos of the revision at the site
An explosion at the Stade de France during the match left three people dead and several more injured.
The president of the French Football Federation, Noel Le Graet said: 'The evening was spoiled by the events around the Stade de France. There was an explosion at the entrance of the J door causing three deaths and some wounded.
'But at this time, the stadium is secure. People can exit normally. The President of the Republic had to leave very early because of the shootings that took place in Paris to join the Interior Ministry.'
Thousands of fans banded together on the pitch after the final whistle, before evacuated. They were visibly distressed at their situation as French police attempted to regain control.
There was a shootout inside a nearby restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall where terrorists are said to be holding around 60 people hostage.
Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant on Rue Bichat, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings happened in January, at around 9pm.
There has been unconfirmed speculation that the person behind the attacks was a suicide bomber.'But at this time, the stadium is secure. People can exit normally. The President of the Republic had to leave very early because of the shootings that took place in Paris to join the Interior Ministry.' ---curious the repetition
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Found it also at IBT but... after trying several times, it says:
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Keyhole said:Terrible news
So sick and tired of the unnecessary death and suffering. There is just no need for it. With Charlie Hebdo and now this... I have a feeling things are going to go downhill from here pretty quickly in France.
Makes me wonder, since Hollande has declared a state of emergency across France, how will this situation affect SOTT and those at the Chateau ? Keep safe guys, and Im confident that you will be wise about the decisions you make regarding the material you are going to cover/produce on this.
You just never know how the authorities may react. Could be branding people "terrorists" left, right and center.
www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/13/eye_witness_accounts_from_inside_the_bataclan.htmlPearce: They were not wearing mask. They were unmasked. I've seen the face of one guy, one terrorist. He was very young. He was like 20 years old, 25 maximum. He wasn't wearing a beard or something. Like a random guy holding a gun, that's all. There were not masks.
Blitzer: Did you hear any words coming out of his mouth? He speaking in French or Arabic or anything you could discern?
Pearce: Nothing. Nothing. I heard nothing, just the yelling and screaming of the people. They didn't shout anything. They didn't say anything. Not Allah akhbar or something like this. They said nothing. They just shot. They just shoot. They were just shooting to people.
Blitzer: So they weren't questioning anyone who they were, they would just look at someone and shoot and kill them is that what you're saying?
Pearce: Yes.
Leave no witlessness to the real perpetrators. Smells like a very professional hit squad among the population and patsy's. Night time roof tops show no exposure to sn%7ers.Pierre said:Now the death toll has reached 120.
First of all, RIP all the victims and deepest condolences to their families.
Unfortunately, the Paris events are a direct and easily predictable consequence of the NATO/US/West’s actions and meddling in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, as well as elsewhere in the Middle East. ISIL (aka, Daesh or ISIS) is staffed in big part by former Saddam Hussein’s officers, who are Sunnis and who had been dismissed by the US after they took over Iraq. The rest of ISIL is formed from the armed opposition left over after Libya was destroyed by NATO (including French) strikes, parts of Al Qaeda, as well and other Islamist rebels financed by US, Saudis and Qatar.
Also, I never had the chance to officially say RIP to the 224 victims of the Russian Kogalymavia Airbus320 flight from Sinai, Egypt. Our most sincere condolences to the families of all victims.
I have some serious intel about who benefitted from blowing up the Russian Airbus320 in Sinai. An article is coming when I get a spare moment.
The attacks in Paris and the Russian Egypt flight catastrophe are directly related to Syria, Assad and Russia’s successful anti-ISIL operation.
France has declared a state of emergency, closed down the airport and borders. This may signal the turnaround in the EU’s policy of open borders. This also may signal a turnaround of the EU policies towards refugees that are flooding Europe.
The attacks in Paris, already blamed on ISIL and refugees, may trigger a tough response from the French government. The closure of other EU countries’ borders is also possible.
The most worrisome is that if it is classified as an attack on one of the NATO members, this may become the signal for NATO mobilization. We all know how much criticism NATO has drawn in recent years, some calling for its disbanding as an organisation that has outlived its usefulness. This is a perfect storm for NATO. Such situation may confirm their usefulness and provide justification for their existence. It appears that there is already a groundwork for such NATO mobilization being prepared by MSM and Obama.
Considering the above, the attacks in Paris may have been a false flag designed to provoke NATO mobilization. The attack on the Russian Airbus320 in Egypt may have been orchestrated for the same purpose, among others: to make NATO countries agree to mobilization and intensification of bombings of ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
These things are often designed to be multi-prong. This may have also been a warning to Hollande to toe the line. At the time of the attacks Hollande was at the stadium watching a match in close proximity to the explosions. Another thing that strikes me is that the match was between France and Germany. This effectively means that the warning was a hint to Germany to toe the line as well.
A similar warning took place previously when German plane Germanwings crashed in France. This happened immediately after Hollande and Merkel dared to defy the US in how they approached the Ukraine crisis, working with Russia on trying to stop war in Donbass. It also has to be noted that Russian plane blown up over Sinai was of the French manufacturer Airbus.
This effectively means the following:
After Russia’s successful bombing campaign in Syria, it was proven how ineffective (or how corrupt) the US/West’s bombings were. Thanks to Russian air support, Syrian army is now advancing on four directions at the same time, having gained control over half of the territory previously controlled by ISIL, with attack on their capital planned in the near future. Such miraculous turnaround was absolutely impossible to imagine just a few short weeks ago, before Russians went to Syria.
If it keeps up, Syria will be ISIL-free in a few months. I wrote in Earth Shift Report 5: SYRIA GAME CHANGER that Russian jets would squeeze out US and NATO airforce planes out of Syrian airspace because they wouldn’t risk colliding directly with the Russians. And it has happened in the exact way predicted.
All Russia needs is for the US and West to get out of the way and let them do their job. This seemingly started happening with Obama/Kerry changing their rhetoric, talking negotiations and intel sharing. However, I fear that one thing is being said to Lavrov’s face and something entirely different behind the closed doors. I never thought that US/NATO/Pentagon would just accept the humiliation of being outplayed and sidetracked in Syria. They would do everything in their power to make Russia’s job as difficult as possible.
This possibility could arise out of Paris attacks. If NATO countries mobilize, NATO planes may crowd into the same air space as Russian planes, creating dangerous and volatile situations. To avoid collisions, they may insist on no-fly zones (remember Libya no-fly zone that led to the destruction of the country?). NATO airforce is completely ineffectual compared to the Russian airforce in a combat situation. However, I’m afraid they may be very effective at interfering/getting in the way of Russia doing her job.
And should any countries, such as France or Germany, attempt to conduct their own independent policies, they will be sent reminders.
The biggest concern of mine is that they may be able to tie up Russia’s hands in Syria, like they did in Ukraine, creating a zone of permanent frozen conflict and preventing Russia from resolving it. This will tie up Russian resources. It is undoubtedly one of the goals.
Besides, US still wants to unseat Assad and they are peeved that Syrian ‘moderate’ opposition is meeting in Moscow, discussing peaceful elections, new constitution and power sharing with Assad. Syrian opposition started sharing intel on ISIL locations with Russia and joining Assad’s army to fight the Islamists. In other words, Moscow managed to achieve in two months what the US/West couldn’t (or rather wouldn’t) in years.
There is another consideration why US and their NATO vassals desperately need to orchestrate a return. US is losing its grip on the Middle East, including Iraq, where they still have troops. Iraq government they themselves had brought to power, had created a joint Russia-Iran-Iraq anti-ISIL center in Baghdad. Somehow, US didn’t notice that at first. But when Iraq president and parliament tried to ask Russia for help in bombing ISIL on Iraq territory, US had a hysterical response. My prediction was that US wouldn’t let Iraqis ask for Russian help (read more in ESR5: Syria Game Changer). Iraqis are frustrated with the fact that US is not even trying to fight ISIL. US has to put them in their place. Mobilizing NATO could indirectly serve this purpose.
Worst case scenario: should US/NATO leaders turn out to be complete maniacs (and from what I am seeing, they may be), this can generate a situation of no return, leading to the new World War.
I thought I’d publish this warning. In truth, I believe that Putin and Lavrov will be able to defuse the situation and to create a more cooperative solution for all. Unfortunately, these two are the only adults in the room, with Western ‘leaders’ being not up to the task. However, hopefully, the sense of self-preservation of the Europeans will be enough to keep them on the side of reason.
On another note, personal attacks are taking place on Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu and Sports Minister Vitaliy Mutko, together with the entire Russian sport. All these simultaneous attacks are designed to disorient, destabilize and tie up Russian resources, as well as to distract from real problems in the West, Middle East and Ukraine. I will talk about the latter attacks in the upcoming article.
Divisions rife as Syria talks open in Vienna
AFP, Vienna Saturday, 14 November 2015
Some 20 countries and international bodies meet in Vienna again Saturday groping for a way out of Syria’s horrific civil war, with deep divisions over President Bashar al-Assad’s future and which rebel groups to back.
The second such gathering in two weeks comes as Syrian rebels suffer a number of setbacks in Syria and Iraq at the hands of Assad’s army helped by Russian air strikes, and Kurdish forces backed by the U.S.
Before leaving for Vienna, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned that a quick breakthrough was unlikely in the talks which bring together key players like Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and U.N. special envoy Steffan de Mistura.
“I cannot say... that we are on the threshold of a comprehensive agreement, no,” said Kerry, who arrived in the Austrian capital on Friday afternoon for preliminary talks with his Saudi, Turkish and UN counterparts.
“The walls of mistrust within Syria, within the region, within the international community are thick and they are high.”
In over four years, fighting between Assad’s regime and rebel groups as well as ISIS militants has killed over 250,000 people and forced millions into exile, leaving many of them stranded in neighboring states.
Others have headed to Europe, where authorities have been on alert after several deadly militant attacks this year.
In the latest, 127 people were killed in a wave of coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday, including a massacre during a rock concert by men shouting “Allahu akbar” and blaming France’s military intervention in Syria.
At the last talks on October 30, the participants urged the U.N. to broker a peace deal between the regime and opposition to clear the way for a new constitution and U.N.-supervised elections.
Building on that, this round of talks in the Austrian capital will try to agree on a roadmap for peace that would include a ceasefire between Assad’s forces and some opposition groups.
‘Assad must go’
But a key issue - which was absent from the last meeting’s declaration - remains Assad’s future.
Western and Arab countries want him out of the way in order to allow a transitional government to unite the country behind a reconciliation process and to defeat ISIS.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Friday that Assad “has to go”.
He added, however, that Western powers “recognize that if there will be a transition he may play a part, up to a point, in that transition”.
But Russia, carrying out air strikes against Syrian rebels since late September, is together with Iran sticking with Assad, seeing him as the best bulwark against ISIS.
“Syria is a sovereign country, Bashar al-Assad is a president elected by the people,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Friday.That aside, the talks will focus on deciding which of the Syrian government, rebel and opposition factions - none of whom will be represented at the talks - will shape the country’s future.
But deciding which of the many opposition groups are moderate enough to be acceptable and which to sideline as “terrorists” is likely to be no easy task.
“It will require deep breaths on several sides, including the U.S. side,” Hammond said on Tuesday.
Violence rages
On the ground, widespread fighting was raging in Syria and Iraq and further afield, with ISIS claiming a twin bomb attack in Beirut on Thursday that killed 44 and wounded least 239.
The attack, the biggest ever attributed to ISIS in Lebanon, harked back to a campaign against the Shiite movement Hezbollah between 2013 and 2014, ostensibly in revenge for its military support to Assad.
But in Syria, Assad’s army scored its second important victory in two days on Thursday by capturing Al-Hader, a former opposition bastion largely controlled by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and other militants.
Bolstered by the Russian air strikes, the breakthrough came just 48 hours after regime forces broke a siege by ISIS of the Kweyris air base in the east of Aleppo province.
On Friday the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces coalition of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters it had ejected ISIS from Al-Hol, a key position on the border with Iraq for the supply of arms and equipment.
In Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Yazidi minority fighters, backed by U.S.-led air strikes, liberated the town of Sinjar and cut a key ISIS supply line, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Friday.
And the U.S. military said Friday that is “reasonably certain” that it killed “Jihadi John”, the notorious militant with a British accent in grisly ISIS execution videos, in a drone strike in Syria.
U.S. President Barack Obama said the U.S. has now halted the expansion of ISIS, calling in an interview broadcast Friday for a stepped up drive to “completely decapitate” the militants’ operations.
Last Update: Saturday, 14 November 2015 KSA 11:46 - GMT 08:46
Renaissance said:If anyone wants to watch RT live coverage online, here's the link:
https://www.rt.com/on-air/
sToRmR1dR said:The death toll has reached 127, another 192 are injured and 80 of them are in poor condition:
_http://tass.ru/en/world/836433