Hollande calls for international coalition to defeat 'Daesh'

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Hollande calls for international coalition to defeat 'Daesh'



PARIS: -- Speaking just after the end of a police operation he described as “risky” and “heavy”, President Hollande told a conference of French mayors that the raid to the north of Paris targeted people linked to Friday’s deadly attacks in the French capital – and was aimed at neutralising the terrorists.

“These acts confirm once more for us that we are at war. A war against a terrorism that has decided itself to wage war against us,” he said.

He also spoke of the renewed airstrikes against ISIL in Syria.

France has called for a global coalition to defeat the radicals and has launched three large air strikes on Raqqa — the de-facto Islamic State capital in northern Syria. Russia has also targeted the city.

“The operations in Syria have been intensified. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has just cast off (for the region). In the eastern Mediterranean it will allow us to multiply by three our capacity to carry out strikes. I have called on the international community to take its part (of responsibility) in what can only be a common task: to wipe out Daesh,” he said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Wednesday the bombardments have killed at least 33 ISIL militants over the past three days.

The French president also responded to those criticising European policies towards migrants and refugees.

“Some have wanted to establish a link between the influx of refugees coming from the Middle East and the terrorist threat. The truth is that this link exists because the inhabitants of areas in Iraq and Syria flee because they are martyred (tormented) by the very same people we are attacking today.”

Hollande’s speech was greeted with applause and followed by a rendition of the Marseillaise from the assembled mayors.

On Monday the French president outlined new measures designed to counter the terrorist threat in the wake of the Paris attacks.

French opposition leader and former president Nicolas Sarkozy has strongly criticised François Hollande, claiming he failed to take adequate measures after the jihadist attacks in Paris in January.

The attacks, including an assault on the magazine Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters and a Jewish supermarket, killed 17 people. Several attacks have been foiled since, according to the authorities.

Sarkozy said anti-terrorist measures should have been boosted immediately.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-11-19

[noitom]

Cheers for Hollande and the French services. Daesh must be exterminated.

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.

[Steely Dan]

War, yes too right it's war. Who are we fighting? Islamic terrorists of course, now say it again so we all get it. Islamic terrorists, not lone wolves, not insane people, not people misunderstanding Islam but people interpreting Islam to be a fascistic totalitarian cult intent on conquest. In a war you kill the enemy, take their territory, remove their funding, kill or detain their supporters and prevent their ideology ever taking root again.

Yes this needs an international effort alright and is probably the defining struggle of this era. Global warming and any other issue should take a back seat as of now.

[JDGRUEN]

War, yes too right it's war. Who are we fighting? Islamic terrorists of course, now say it again so we all get it. Islamic terrorists, not lone wolves, not insane people, not people misunderstanding Islam but people interpreting Islam to be a fascistic totalitarian cult intent on conquest. In a war you kill the enemy, take their territory, remove their funding, kill or detain their supporters and prevent their ideology ever taking root again.

Yes this needs an international effort alright and is probably the defining struggle of this era. Global warming and any other issue should take a back seat as of now.

And YET ... only in recent hours Hollande announced another 30,000 immigrants to be allowed... contradictory nuttiness...

[than]

Few month ago Russian has propose a large alliance against DAESH, but France and other western country reject it......

[razer]

Where is EU Supreme Angela Merkel standing side-by-side in solidarity with Hollande?

Did I miss something or is she keeping a low profile?

[Berkshire]

I was wondering what the term "Daesh" was about. Well here it is:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/word-isis-doesn-article-1.2438861

[Thorgal]

Cheers for Hollande and the French services. Daesh must be exterminated.

Based on a #hashtag Tweet with prompt deleted account and a miraculous intact Syrian passport found in the decor of Paris...

What did France do for the Syrian Christians of Syria during the past 5 years...

Edited November 19, 2015 by Thorgal

[RickBradford]

Cheers for Hollande and the French services. Daesh must be exterminated.

What's the point of fighting a war in Iraq or Syria when Europe has lost control of numerous parts of its own territory?

Belgian Official: We Lost Control Of Muslim Neighborhood Of Paris Terrorists

http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/16/belgian-official-we-lost-control-of-muslim-neighborhood-of-paris-terrorists/

Many of the Paris banlieues, including Saint-Denis are no-go areas as well.

And now we invite hundreds of thousands more of these people, 70% of whom are males of fighting age, into Europe as well. This is not a refugee stream, it's an army.

Bomb the desert into glass, if you want, it will make no difference.

As a commenter said recently: "We have arrived at the point where the consequences of the West’s intellectual disarmament at the hands of political correctness begins to have disastrous consequences in the lives of hundreds of millions of people."