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[VAD]

Yup. Supposed to get on a plane for Warsaw tomorrow, and then travel on to Lyon, France this week. Likely an irrational fear, yes... but it sure doesn't make you feel comfortable about boarding that flight.

Lyon (the city where I live) is not a big a symbol as Paris, I don't think (and hope) there will be trouble.
I'm currently in London for the weekend and I hope the closing of the border will not be much of an issue (yes I do realize I'm selfish)
I don't know what to think of all this, for the first time in my life I feared for the life of loved ones and I'm actually afraid of the future and I shouldn't because it would mean the terrorists have won. I feel helpless this is not a problem that can be fixed with votes (such as the rise of far right politicians) but rather with violence and we all know by now what truly sad and disastrous events this brings.
Mike Oldfeld's Nuclear feels awfully appropriate ("When did it all went wrong?")

 

[dc89]

Damn, this is terrible.

Silly question, but is it still Friday the 13th over in France?

Not anymore, it will be Saturday now.

 

[Roberto Larcos]

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

 

[Puppet Shadow]

If there's 7 separate attacks, surely the authorities have apprehended some of the attackers, right?

I suspect the attackers aren't the type to just simply surrender.

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

Other interviewed witnesses who were there said the gunmen said nothing at all.

 

[Tugatrix]

the channel I'm following now have a journalist live digging on the internet, this something new

 

[Into]

Damn, this is terrible.

Silly question, but is it still Friday the 13th over in France?

No it ended some 40 min ago, its 00:40 central euro time. But it was Friday the 13th when this began. Newspapers already have their headlines

 

[Captain Smoker]

#BREAKING Police storm Paris concert hall where hostages held: security source

SOURCE: https://twitter.com/AFP/status/665311609712082944

Hopefully this ends well.

 

[superdeluxe]

This seems like a maximum psychological terror attack. I doubt the gunmen have any intention of trying to escape. Hostages are just to draw out the terror as long as possible. Shoot people one at a time and if they get rushed, just detonate so you can take military/law enforcement with you. Absolute evil.

Reminds me of Mumbai.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

 

[Labrys]

Damn, this is terrible.

Silly question, but is it still Friday the 13th over in France?

Frace uses central european, which is UTC+1, so it's the 14th and midnight over there

 

[charlequin]

As terrible as this news is why does there seems to be some downplaying it? So what if it is being reported by CNN and Fox? It is not that far fetched what they are reporting is happening.

All the English language media is reporting things that they source from the French media, which means they are all far behind timewise and actively confusing to cite.

 

[Chariot]

If the media could fucking stop telling us where the police is doing an assault at the moment. Every information could be crucial to the terrorists. We can seriously wait to know about what exactly happens.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

White Plan is now in effect for Paris hospitals (source: France 24)

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Reports of a huge explosion at Balaclan during assault.

POST A FUCKING SOURCE IF YOURE GONNA SAY SHIT LIKE THIS

 

[Kuldar]

Damn, this is terrible.

Silly question, but is it still Friday the 13th over in France?

No, it's saturday the 14th now.

 

[M52B28]

Good work, French police. The faster they get the hostage situation taken care of, the more they can focus on the next.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Damn, this is terrible.

Silly question, but is it still Friday the 13th over in France?

When it started, yes. It's now 0:40 there.

 

[Lum1n3s]

Vice News reporting:



https://news.vice.com/article/some-celebrate-paris-attack-on-social-media?utm_source=vicenewsfb

With tweets embedded in the article.

Maybe ISIS did this and planned it so that the blame can be put on Al Qaeda?

 

[Knoxcore]

stick to CNN or Fox if you want flashy graphics and theme songs.

That is overly harsh. I get people on here don't like CNN or Fox News but in the last 30 minutes CNN had eyewitness interviews and interviews with terrorist analyst. There is not much you can do when there is so little information coming in.

 

[Lonestar]

the guardian's reporters have statements from people who were inside the bataclan (warning: makes for uncomfortable reading)--has the situation there ended? one of them says that police entered the building and told hostages to run.

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

Some eyewitness reports at The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/13/shootings-reported-in-eastern-paris-live?CMP=fb_gu

eeeeeshh.....

 

[glow]

Has any group claimed responsibility yet?

 

[joeygreco1985]

I'm almost curious if someone inside has a Periscope.

I'm sure over the next few days all sorts of videos from the inside will come out

 

[wild wild rice]

French police are dark right now to prevent leaks that could compromise operation, apparently.

Makes perfect sense. I imagine these sorts of things have an added layer of complexity with ubiquitous social media.

 

[Herb Alpert]

TV has been ordered to stop broadcasting from the neighborhood of bataclan.

 

[Sölf]

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

And now there is that, of course.

 

[entremet]

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

NYT reported this earlier too.

 

[Ether_Snake]

This is horrible

It seems like the terrorists know what they're doing, diverting all the response teams by doing it in 7 locations

Seven locations but all in the same area, in fact even no that far from the Charlie Hebdo attacks. If it was more spread out maybe things would be even worst.

 

[HalterGratis]

Stay safe Parisians. France24 is the channel to watch...police are storming the concert hall...jesus this is awful

 

[Oersted]

Has any group claimed responsibility yet?

No

 

[Shiggy]

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

Landslide victory for Le Pen next time.


I'm scared about the people still in Bataclan.

 

[SaviourMK2]

What's a Falseflag?

 

[SomedayTheFire]

#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says

This conflicts with other "witness" reports that the shooters were completely silent.

 

[Chariot]

Maybe ISIS did this and planned it so that the blame can be put on Al Queen?

Why would they do that? They get a lot from being feared. ISIS is a terrorist franchise.

 

[Herb Alpert]

Has any group claimed responsibility yet?

This isn't over yet. The claim will come soon enough.

 

[raphier]

I guess people watching the french news channels can report ?

french media has a gag-restrain for bataclan situation. you will only hear about it when it's over.

 

[Shaanyboi]

My thoughts go out to the people of Paris today

Fucking horrible...

 

[RyudBoy]

No it ended some 40 min ago, its 00:40 central euro time. But it was Friday the 13th when this began. Newspapers already have their headlines

Ahh, probably just a coincidence, but damn.

 

[orochi91]

This conflicts with other "witness" reports that the shooters were completely silent.

Source?

 

[Lonestar]

Sky confirming ongoing assault on Bataclan

 

[JaseMath]

What's a Falseflag?

An inside job to push a political agenda.

 

[Glitchfire]

Live news feed from France: http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed...ackage-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

 

[The Outsider]

I just got home from work and saw this. I can't even process it.

 

[flipping_heck]

My thoughts are with France tonight! Be safe!

 

[jufonuk]

Fucking hell my Facebook feed had a French friend pop up she was at the concert , heard shots during a song , and fled she managed to get out.. Holy hell

 

[UltimaPooh]

What's a Falseflag?

An inside job.

IE 9/11 Truthers.

 

[Captain Smoker]

What's a Falseflag?

inside job / conspiracy theories / bullshit

 

[superdeluxe]

White Plan is now in effect for Paris hospitals (source: France 24)

What does that mean

 

[ClosingADoor]

What's a Falseflag?

That the government is behind the attacks to further their own agenda for something. People talking about that are idiots and should be ignored.

 

[OdysseusVA]

It'd be great if people read the title and simply looked a page or two back. Old news continues to be reported as "new".

 

[Joni]

What's a Falseflag?

Operations by one group pretending to be another. Like if Bush orchestrated 9/11 pretending it was Al-Qaeda, that would be a FalseFlag operation.