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France- Imminent Terror Attack Twarted, 4 Arrested

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An "imminent" terror attack on French soil has been averted with the arrest of four suspects in Montpellier, Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said.

Three men and a girl of 16 were found with bomb-making materials by anti-terrorist police in a raid on a flat in the southern city.

Home-made explosives similar to those used in the Paris attacks of November 2015 were discovered

Since the beginning of 2015, at least 230 people have been killed in jihadist attacks in France.
Montpellier arrests: France police avert 'imminent' attack - BBC News
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One week after the Louvre attack, authorities have prevented another. The BBC suggests that 4 suspects were going to attack tourists with bombs and gun fire.

Congratulations to French police who've been under assault this week as riots rage across the country.

Thoughts?
 
truthatallcost said:
One week after the Louvre attack, authorities have prevented another. The BBC suggests that 4 suspects were going to attack tourists with bombs and gun fire.

Congratulations to French police who've been under assault this week as riots rage across the country.

Thoughts?
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Great news. Props to the po-po for shutting it down before they did some real damage, and possibly killing innocents.
 
truthatallcost said:
One week after the Louvre attack, authorities have prevented another. The BBC suggests that 4 suspects were going to attack tourists with bombs and gun fire.

Congratulations to French police who've been under assault this week as riots rage across the country.

Thoughts?
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True to liberal political correctness the report makes no mention of Islam or how these terrorists got into France
 
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Mac77 said:
True to liberal political correctness the report makes no mention of Islam or how these terrorists got into France
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Yeah, it's really annoying how these news sources wont go speculating about what investigations will probably confirm, but would rather wait for official findings.
 
Mac77 said:
True to liberal political correctness the report makes no mention of Islam or how these terrorists got into France
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It is rather interesting what they leave out of a story. Here is another version.
https://www.rt.com/news/376946-4-arrested-montpellier-terror-plot/
The second paragraph says it all.
Among the arrestees were a 22-year-old man and his 16-year-old girlfriend, both of whom were previously known to the authorities for their links to radical Islamists.
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Chagos said:
Yeah, it's really annoying how these news sources wont go speculating about what investigations will probably confirm, but would rather wait for official findings.
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It's the job of the journalists to report facts such as the religion or political affiliation or immigration/citizenship status of suspected terrorists

If it were a white Christian conservative trump voter the media would have broken a leg to find out and report
 
longview said:
It is rather interesting what they leave out of a story. Here is another version.
https://www.rt.com/news/376946-4-arrested-montpellier-terror-plot/
The second paragraph says it all.
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Don't be silly, the BBC is not French anyway. Beyond which nothing is left out as just one (of quite a few) French papers shows.
Un nouveau projet d'attentat a été déjoué ce vendredi matin à Montpellier, dans l'Hérault. Parmi les quatre personnes arrêtées figure une jeune fille de 16 ans qui aurait prêté allégeance au groupe Etat islamique.
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which translates as
A new plan of attack was thwarted this Friday morning in Montpellier, in the (district) Hérault. Among the four people arrested is a 16-year-old girl who allegedly lent allegiance to the Islamic State group.
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Montpellier : quatre personnes avec un projet d'attentat «imminent» interpellées - Le Parisien
Mac77 said:
It's the job of the journalists to report facts such as the religion or political affiliation or immigration/citizenship status of suspected terrorists
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once those are established, yeah.

Well, see above.
If it were a white Christian conservative trump voter the media would have broken a leg to find out and report
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don't be silly either, the French don't vote in US elections:roll:
 
longview said:
It is rather interesting what they leave out of a story. Here is another version.
https://www.rt.com/news/376946-4-arrested-montpellier-terror-plot/
The second paragraph says it all.
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The American people should increase their reliance on Russia to get information. Nobody in the establishment of this country is looking out for the needs of the American people anymore. I don't know if Russia was involved in the phishing that led to Hillary's server leaks, but if they were then it just shows their dedication to the truth. I've just about given up on journalists in this country at this point.
 
Chagos said:
Don't be silly, the BBC is not French anyway. Beyond which nothing is left out as just one (of quite a few) French papers shows.which translates as Montpellier : quatre personnes avec un projet d'attentat «imminent» interpellées - Le Parisienonce those are established, yeah.

Well, see above.don't be silly either, the French don't vote in US elections:roll:
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It is ok, that you do not find their selective editing disturbing, but I think reporters should report the entire
story, and not downplay the main element.
The BBC article mentioned,
She recorded a video in which she pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS), M6 Info reports.
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near the very end of the article.
So where in the French article did they mention that the suspect "allegedly lent allegiance to the Islamic State group"?
Was it by chance near the top of the article? It sure looks like the opening paragraph to me!
 
longview said:
It is ok, that you do not find their selective editing disturbing, but I think reporters should report the entire
story, and not downplay the main element.
The BBC article mentioned,

near the very end of the article.
So where in the French article did they mention that the suspect "allegedly lent allegiance to the Islamic State group"?
Was it by chance near the top of the article? It sure looks like the opening paragraph to me!
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and your point is?

Let me guess: the French article says it from the beginning and the BBC cunningly hides it in a footnote?

Now there's perfidious Albion for ya, those devious Brits indeed.:mrgreen:
 
reinoe said:
The American people should increase their reliance on Russia to get information. Nobody in the establishment of this country is looking out for the needs of the American people anymore. I don't know if Russia was involved in the phishing that led to Hillary's server leaks, but if they were then it just shows their dedication to the truth. I've just about given up on journalists in this country at this point.
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There is a Russian saying "There is no truth in the news and no news in the truth" so the Russian news is a bit suspect also.
 
longview said:
There is a Russian saying "There is no truth in the news and no news in the truth" so the Russian news is a bit suspect also.
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How dare you attack a newspaper like Pravda, the very meaning of its name being "truth"?

Ooops, wrong century altogether, excuse me.;)

But RT is its successor so I guess we still have an analogy.
 
Chagos said:
and your point is?

Let me guess: the French article says it from the beginning and the BBC cunningly hides it in a footnote?

Now there's perfidious Albion for ya, those devious Brits indeed.:mrgreen:
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What is the principal point of the story? That Islamic terrorist who were planning an attack were stopped.
Why would the BBC downplay that element of the story?
 
longview said:
What is the principal point of the story? That Islamic terrorist who were planning an attack were stopped.
Why would the BBC downplay that element of the story?
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Maybe they just found it more newsworthy that a terrorist attack was thwarted? Maybe they didn't find it necessary to highlight that the attack was NOT planned by the Salvation Army? Maybe official confirmation of ties to jihadism came in late?

How the heck do you think anyone can downplay the jihadist angle of an unveiled terrorist plot in France these days anyway?

Sounds like you're trying to make a story out of thin air.

The story (and cause for relief) to me was that the attack was thwarted. Nobody need tell me where the attack plans were rooted.
 
longview said:
It is ok, that you do not find their selective editing disturbing, but I think reporters should report the entire
story, and not downplay the main element.
The BBC article mentioned,

near the very end of the article.
So where in the French article did they mention that the suspect "allegedly lent allegiance to the Islamic State group"?
Was it by chance near the top of the article? It sure looks like the opening paragraph to me!
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Give poor old Chagos a break. He has a hard row to hoe - it's not easy arguing that no terrorist act has anything to do with Islam. Ever. How would you like to try to explain, week in week out, that Islam is kind, tolerant, gentle and all round lovable? That anyone criticizing it is, by definition, a Nazi, a racist and all the other things he calls me?
 
longview said:
There is a Russian saying "There is no truth in the news and no news in the truth" so the Russian news is a bit suspect also.
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Not to mention RT is the English-language mouthpiece of the Russian government.
 
Carjosse said:
Not to mention RT is the English-language mouthpiece of the Russian government.
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Who seemed to retain the accuracy of the French story much better than the BBC did!
 
Sweden said:
Give poor old Chagos a break. He has a hard row to hoe - it's not easy arguing that no terrorist act has anything to do with Islam. Ever. How would you like to try to explain, week in week out, that Islam is kind, tolerant, gentle and all round lovable? That anyone criticizing it is, by definition, a Nazi, a racist and all the other things he calls me?
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Looks like you're the one needing the break more.

Having to deal with not understanding what is written by making assumptions all the time can't really be fun. Especially when it leads to such hilarious misconceptions as you appear to suffer. But do carry on by all means, I'm sure your attempts to grapple with reality are entertaining to the one or other here.
 
longview said:
Who seemed to retain the accuracy of the French story much better than the BBC did!
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I think the BBC kept the accuracy, as well. If you actually read the whole thing.
 
Chagos said:
Maybe they just found it more newsworthy that a terrorist attack was thwarted?
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It's more newsworthy that this was a Muslim terror attack that was being plotted. Not the other way around. Trying to downplay the fact that radical Islamic Terrorists are flooding the nation is not in France's best interests. That should have been the first thing mentioned.
 
longview said:
Who seemed to retain the accuracy of the French story much better than the BBC did!
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People keep crapping on Russia, but it increasingly looks like Russians are the only ones looking out for the best interests of Americans and Europe. This story isn't even being reported at all in the American media.

Washington Post didn't report this until only two hours ago and even then they fail to mention the fact that these people were planning a much larger attack. Even when reporting the news the Washington Post leaves out pertinent details and tries to downplay the seriousness of it all.

I'll take RT over just about any American news organization.
 
reinoe said:
It's more newsworthy that this was a Muslim terror attack that was being plotted. Not the other way around. Trying to downplay the fact that radical Islamic Terrorists are flooding the nation is not in France's best interests. That should have been the first thing mentioned.
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Yeah well, you don't get to decide in what sequence details of any event are reported and thus you don't get to decide what is more newsworthy.

Tough!
 
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