IS group claims Paris attacks, says France at 'top' of list

[rooster59]

IS group claims Paris attacks, says France at 'top' of list
MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks in Paris that killed 127 people and said France would remain at the "top of the list" of its targets.

An online statement said eight militants armed with explosive belts and automatic weapons attacked carefully chosen targets in the "capital of adultery and vice," including a soccer stadium where France was playing Germany, and the Bataclan concert hall, where an American rock band was playing, and "hundreds of apostates were attending an adulterous party."

The statement said France and its supporters "will remain at the top of the list of targets of the Islamic State."

"The stench of death will not leave their noses as long as they remain at the forefront of the Crusaders' campaign, dare to curse our prophet, boast of a war on Islam in France, and strike Muslims in the lands of the caliphate with warplanes that were of no use to them in the streets and rotten alleys of Paris," it said.

France is part of the U.S.-led coalition that has been striking the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq for the past year, and has been targeted by jihadists in the past because of its perceived tolerance of speech deemed offensive to Islam.

The claim was made in statements in Arabic and French released online and circulated by supporters of the group. Supporters also circulated an audio version read by an unidentified speaker whose voice strongly resembled that of an announcer for the IS radio station Al-Bayan. It was not immediately possible to confirm the authenticity of the statements, but they bore the extremists' logo and resembled previous IS statements.

The statements did not provide the nationalities or other information about the attackers.

French President Francois Hollande had earlier blamed the carnage on the Islamic State group and vowed to strike back.

French anti-terror police were working to identify potential accomplices. Authorities said eight attackers died, seven of them in suicide bombings, a new tactic in France. Police said they shot and killed the other assailant.

Jihadists have targeted France on a number of occasions, including in January, when gunmen stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine that had published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad deemed offensive to Muslims. That attack, which killed 12 people, was claimed by al-Qaida.

-- (c) Associated Press 2015-11-15

[trainman34014]

France is a very big, easy and wide open target for them for many reasons, not least in having millions of Muslims already living within its borders for many decades. Add the new Jihadi infiltrators arriving with the Refugee hordes now on the move, weapons moved across lengthy porous borders, many obtained from ex-soviet bloc countries who will sell weapons to anyone and they have a perfect situation to set up and carry out attacks almost at will. It's not going to be easy to stop them as 'The Intelligence Services' do not seem able to plant infiltrators among the bad Guys. God (if there is one) only knows where they will strike next.

[ezzra]

IS should have put a spin of the situation by saying that 7 innocents Muslim refugees were killed

by the eager to shoot French police while on a stroll in Gay Parie on a sight seeing tour........

[Bakseeda]

IS should have put a spin of the situation by saying that 7 innocents Muslim refugees were killed

by the eager to shoot French police while on a stroll in Gay Parie on a sight seeing tour........

Sorry Ezrra ..... There is NO such thing as an "innocent" Muslim. Have you ever read the Koran. A book filled with hate for infidels..!! And No respect for women.... (and it's Gay Paree) someone told me Muslims cannot spell . It's time to choose where you stand..!

[charmonman]

IS should have put a spin of the situation by saying that 7 innocents Muslim refugees were killed

by the eager to shoot French police while on a stroll in Gay Parie on a sight seeing tour........

Sorry Ezrra ..... There is NO such thing as an "innocent" Muslim. Have you ever read the Koran. A book filled with hate for infidels..!! And No respect for women.... (and it's Gay Paree) someone told me Muslims cannot spell . It's time to choose where you stand..!

I think ezzra was being sarcastic, the 7 "innocent" muslims being the 7 rabid beasts that perpetrated this atrocity (although I think there were more than 7).

[charmonman]

France is a very big, easy and wide open target for them for many reasons, not least in having millions of Muslims already living within its borders for many decades. Add the new Jihadi infiltrators arriving with the Refugee hordes now on the move, weapons moved across lengthy porous borders, many obtained from ex-soviet bloc countries who will sell weapons to anyone and they have a perfect situation to set up and carry out attacks almost at will. It's not going to be easy to stop them as 'The Intelligence Services' do not seem able to plant infiltrators among the bad Guys. God (if there is one) only knows where they will strike next.

I think the fact that these people exist and get away with such evil proves that there is no god.

[Baerboxer]

France is a very big, easy and wide open target for them for many reasons, not least in having millions of Muslims already living within its borders for many decades. Add the new Jihadi infiltrators arriving with the Refugee hordes now on the move, weapons moved across lengthy porous borders, many obtained from ex-soviet bloc countries who will sell weapons to anyone and they have a perfect situation to set up and carry out attacks almost at will. It's not going to be easy to stop them as 'The Intelligence Services' do not seem able to plant infiltrators among the bad Guys. God (if there is one) only knows where they will strike next.

I think the fact that these people exist and get away with such evil proves that there is no god.

Maybe. Or does it prove there is also a devil?

Edited November 15, 2015 by Baerboxer

[jacksam]

What is the reward that a jihadist martyr receives in the afterlife? Or did go out of favour

[dcutman]

They really didnt need to claim responsibility, the mainstream media already did that for them within minutes of the attacks.

Very reminiscent of 9/11, it took about five minutes after the first plane crashed for name OBL to pop out. But up to the day he was killed (if he ever was) he has never been listed as a suspect to that attack.

[jacksam]

They really didnt need to claim resIponsibility, the mainstream media already did that for them within minutes of the attacks.

Very reminiscent of 9/11, it took about five minutes after the first plane crashed for name OBL to pop out. But up to the day he was killed (if he ever was) he has never been listed as a suspect to that attack.

Who cares if OBL organized the attack. Which group of individuals do you consider responsible.?

French...Australian. ? Give me a break. Islam extremists might be a possible suspect

[metisdead]

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