Tag: Paris Attacks
Posted on Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 05:15:13 PM EST
Tags: Isis, Paris attacks (all tags)
ISIS media center al Hayat released a video today of the Paris attacks. It has some photos that were in the most recent issue of Dabiq magazine, shows the attackers making statements (not together), has a lot of gruesome beheadings, highlights its encryption of messages, and ends with a threat to Great Britain.
I don't publish links to ISIS videos, so don't put them in comments. But I also won't say as do some arrogant journalists, "I watched it so you don't have to." If you want to know what ISIS is saying through it's videos, spend some time googling al hayat and you'll find it. [More...]
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Posted on Wed Nov 18, 2015 at 11:23:23 AM EST
Tags: Paris Attacks, ISIS (all tags)
Update: Belgian and other intelligence officials say Abaaoud is dead. The French prosecutor says he's not among those arrested.
French police raided an apartmment in the St. Denis area where attack suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud (aka Abdul Hamid Aba Oud,) and some others were believed to be holed up. Reports are that seven people were arrested (some nearby the apartment), and two or three people were killed. While Charlie Hebdo reported Abaaoud was arrested , the Daily Mail (best photos) and other media report that has not been confirmed.
'Hasna', a female cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, blew herself up when the cops arrived at the building. Some police were injured and a police dog was blown up. [More...]
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Posted on Sat Nov 14, 2015 at 01:24:17 PM EST
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In November, 2014, just days after the mass beheadings of Syrian pilots by Jihadi John and 16 or 18 other fighters, in which Peter Kassig's severed head appears, French ISIS members released a video, What Are You Waiting For?" It reportedly served as one of the inspirations for Almedy Coulibaly's Charlie Hebdo attacks. You can watch a copy with English translations here. I wrote about it at length here. SITE described it here and the Daily Mail here.
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Posted on Sat Nov 14, 2015 at 11:24:55 AM EST
Tags: Paris Attacks (all tags)
ISIS has released an official statement (English audio here) claiming responsibility for the Paris attacks and explaining why.
On the attackers: One of the attackers came through Greece with refugees. Three are from the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels. [More...]
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