Paris and the new normal
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris and the new normal

Al Jazeera  

Friday night’s attacks in Paris were a tragic reminder that with persistence and innovation, terrorists can and do strike their “enemies” at a time and place of their own choosing. Risk minimisation and impact maximisation French president calls Paris attacks an act of war by ISIL Among others, those steps include identifying targets that are both easy to attack and most likely to draw wide media attention, determining vulnerable gaps in security that can be exploited at each site, the selection of primary and alternate routes to and from each attack site, and rehearsing those routes. Live blog: Paris attacks Second, there was the use of three different terrorist tactics – suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, and a public venue assault that resulted in the taking of hostages. Finite resources While Friday night’s attacks in Paris are shocking, particularly in their scope and lethality, they are by no means surprising to counterterrorism officials in France or most other Western countries. However, since ISIL’s initial call to followers worldwide a year ago to conduct simple attacks in their home countries – in which France was specifically named – that message is believed to have inspired a number of such attacks by lone wolves or small cells operating at the grassroots level in Australia, Canada, the US, Denmark, and France.

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French intelligence agents arrest would-be ISIS suicide bombers as they foil Paris Olympics terror plots
8 months, 3 weeks ago

French intelligence agents arrest would-be ISIS suicide bombers as they foil Paris Olympics terror plots

Daily Mail  

French intelligence agents have arrested would-be ISIS suicide bombers after they thwarted two terror plots targeting the Paris Olympics. Pictured: A Paris police boat sails down the Seine on Thursday As the eyes of the world remain fixed on the French elections, the nation also has two big upcoming security challenges, Bastille Day on July 14 and the Olympic games …

Unsafe Europe: What repeated terror attacks tell us about their security preparedness
7 years, 10 months ago

Unsafe Europe: What repeated terror attacks tell us about their security preparedness

India TV News  

The ghastly Manchester terror attack that left 22 people dead and dozens others injured, has brought to fore how European nations are becoming increasingly unsafe. One does not need to look far back to realise how several major European cities have witnessed deadly terror attacks in the recent past. In the year 2004 and 2005, Europe witnessed two big terror …

Paris attack: Gunman kills cop before being shot dead, IS claims responsibility
7 years, 11 months ago

Paris attack: Gunman kills cop before being shot dead, IS claims responsibility

India TV News  

A police officer was gunned down in the heart of this capital on Thursday, just three days before French voters will cast ballots in the first round of the presidential election. Police have confirmed the identity of the gunman, but are withholding his name to allow time to determine whether he had any accomplices, Paris chief prosecutor François Molins said …

France thwarts ‘imminent attack;' 4 arrests, explosive found
8 years, 1 month ago

France thwarts ‘imminent attack;' 4 arrests, explosive found

Associated Press  

PARIS — Anti-terrorism forces arrested four people Friday in southern France, including a 16-year-old girl, and uncovered a makeshift laboratory with the explosive TATP and other ingredients for fabricating a bomb. France’s top security official said the raid thwarted an “imminent attack.” A police official said the teen had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group in a recent video. …

If France wants to tackle terrorism, it needs to accept that extremist ideology is the root cause
8 years, 4 months ago

If France wants to tackle terrorism, it needs to accept that extremist ideology is the root cause

The Independent  

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France marks 1 year since Paris attacks, wary and watched
8 years, 4 months ago

France marks 1 year since Paris attacks, wary and watched

Associated Press  

PARIS — Less insouciant, more policed — France is a changed place since Islamic State extremists killed 130 people in the country’s deadliest attacks a year ago. And every time we pass by here, we think of them,” said Sabrina Nedjadi, paying respects Sunday at two cafes in her diverse eastern Paris neighborhood targeted in the attacks. “Yes, terrorism will …

Terror Attacks Have Become Shockingly Common In France Over The Past 2 Years
8 years, 8 months ago

Terror Attacks Have Become Shockingly Common In France Over The Past 2 Years

Huff Post  

People mourn on July 15, 2016, near the scene where a truck mowed down revelers in Nice the night before. Jan. 7-9, 2015: Charlie Hebdo And Kosher Supermarket Attacks, 17 Dead Two gunmen invaded the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7, shooting 12 people dead. Feb. 3, 2015: Knife Attack Against Soldiers Guarding Jewish Center In the aftermath …

Nice attack in France couldn't be prevented: Why West's anti-terror strategy is failing
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack in France couldn't be prevented: Why West's anti-terror strategy is failing

Firstpost  

The Nice terror attack is evidence of our collective failure to understand the true dimensions of terrorism, and how to combat it. The Nice terror attack on 14 July, where a truck loaded with grenades plowed into Bastille Day crowds walking on the promenade of this beautiful French town, has killed around 84 people. Third, while good intelligence and a …

Clapper: IS capable of Paris-style strike in U.S.
8 years, 10 months ago

Clapper: IS capable of Paris-style strike in U.S.

The Hindu  

The dreaded Islamic State terror group has the capability to stage a Paris-style attack in the United States using its local cells to strike in multiple locations and inflict dozens of casualties, top American intelligence official James Clapper has said. ‘Something to worry a lot about’ “That’s something we worry about a lot in the United States, that they could …

'Paris terror attack was intelligence failure': CIA boss says Islamic State now planning attack on US soil
9 years, 1 month ago

'Paris terror attack was intelligence failure': CIA boss says Islamic State now planning attack on US soil

Firstpost  

“Paris was a failure of intelligence. They returned, unnoticed, and attacked six locations killing 130 people,” CIA Director John Brennan said. Washington: The Paris terror attacks in November that killed 130 people were an intelligence failure, America’s top spymaster has said, warning that the Islamic State is planning an attack on the US. “But the individuals involved have been able …

IS planning ‘large-scale’ Mumbai-style attacks in Europe: Europol report
9 years, 2 months ago

IS planning ‘large-scale’ Mumbai-style attacks in Europe: Europol report

The Hindu  

The Islamic State is plotting “Mumbai-style” terrorist attacks directed at soft targets such as public places and restaurants in Europe, and in France in particular, the European Union police agency Europol warned on Monday. Europol chief Rob Wainwright said that the ISIS had “developed a new combat style capability to carry out a campaign of large-scale terrorist attacks on a …

France foils jihadist plot, plans constitutional reforms for emergency police powers
9 years, 3 months ago

France foils jihadist plot, plans constitutional reforms for emergency police powers

Firstpost  

A jihadist plot was foiled last week in the French region of Orleans, southwest of Paris, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday, as the government prepared constitutional changes to enshrine emergency police powers. Paris: A jihadist plot was foiled last week in the French region of Orleans, southwest of Paris, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday, as the …

Terror in Paris
9 years, 4 months ago

Terror in Paris

The Hindu  

The massacre in Paris of more than 130 innocent people by terrorists owing allegiance to the Islamic State on November 13 has shaken and angered Europe and the international community. Hollande told the French journalist and writer Xavier Panon last year that French secret services had “delivered lethal weapons” to the rebel groups. Eventually, after “moderate” groups like the Free …

Paris attacks: Fear, mourning and indifference
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Fear, mourning and indifference

Al Jazeera  

The attacks that killed 130 remain the focus of many conversations in Paris but some outside the city feel no change. Like many others in France, the old friends are sharing their analysis of the Paris attacks that left 130 people dead. “We’re avoiding big public spaces and we try not to go out too much at night,” says Quentin, …

Paris attacks organizer was planning more carnage, prosecutor says
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks organizer was planning more carnage, prosecutor says

LA Times  

The man believed to have planned the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more had likely planned to carry out another suicide bombing days later in the French capital’s business district, the Paris prosecutor said Tuesday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud and an accomplice are believed to have been planning to attack La Defense on Nov. 18 or …

Paris attacks: Isis 'chemical weapons' warning issued by French PM Manuel Valls
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Isis 'chemical weapons' warning issued by French PM Manuel Valls

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Manuel Valls said France faced a serious threat from …

Without initiative, Paris attacks will change nothing
9 years, 4 months ago

Without initiative, Paris attacks will change nothing

Al Jazeera  

In politics, as in war, success belongs to those who can seize the initiative. Interactive: Enemy of enemies: The rise of ISIL Wrong assumptions Another assumption is that Paris will be a game-changer in galvanising the international community’s response to ISIL. The Paris attacks will only be a game changer if Hollande is able to accelerate the currently leisurely pace …

After the Paris attacks, what next?
9 years, 4 months ago

After the Paris attacks, what next?

CNN  

Story highlights U.N. Security Council appears ready to adopt what would amount to an international declaration of war on ISIS EU interior ministers consider proposal to reinsitute boder controls CNN — Incredible as it seems, a week has passed since the terrorist attacks shattered the peace of Paris, killing 130 people. The U.N. Security Council appears ready to adopt what …

France seeks help in thwarting extremists; 3rd body found in suspect’s apartment
9 years, 4 months ago

France seeks help in thwarting extremists; 3rd body found in suspect’s apartment

LA Times  

Hundreds of people spilled onto the field of the Stade de France stadium after explosions were heard nearby during a match between the French and German national soccer teams. One week after the coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State in Paris, Cazeneuve and the other EU interior and justice ministers opened an emergency meeting on the next steps to take …

Paris confirms IS’s weakness
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris confirms IS’s weakness

The Hindu  

It should come as no surprise that radical Islamists associated with the Islamic State have engaged in >terrorist attacks in Paris. The Islamic State, or ISIS, has always called on Muslims to engage in violent, lone wolf, attacks in the West, if they are unable to “emigrate” to its territory in Syria and Iraq. So what explains the Paris attacks, …

Paris attacks: Terrorism to be 'unambiguously' condemned in French mosques at Friday prayers
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Terrorism to be 'unambiguously' condemned in French mosques at Friday prayers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The French Muslim Council will …

Paris attacks: Isis propaganda magazine praises 'blessed' massacres and threatens more terror in Europe
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Isis propaganda magazine praises 'blessed' massacres and threatens more terror in Europe

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has praised “eight knights” …

How Paris has changed the war on terror forever
9 years, 4 months ago

How Paris has changed the war on terror forever

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen Septembers ago, terror came home to America and soon after, the US declared war on terror. Since then, the war on terror has stayed a sometimes tortuous course even as US President Barack Obama tried to exit two wars he had inherited from his predecessor in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Schengen Visa regime enables a traveler to visit 26 …

Shooting in Paris during anti-terrorist police operation
9 years, 4 months ago

Shooting in Paris during anti-terrorist police operation

India TV News  

Paris: Two people have died including a woman who blew herself up in the ongoing raid against suspected perpetrators of Paris terror attack in the Saint Denis area of northern Paris. Police said, two suspects in last week's Paris attacks — a man and a woman — have been killed in a police operation north of the capital. The Paris …

Paris terror: How French intelligence failed
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris terror: How French intelligence failed

CNN  

Story highlights France is reeling following its second major terror attack this year Robertson: There were a number of glaring failures on the part of intelligence services Borderless European travel and a failure to share data contributed, he says Paris CNN — In January, terror descended on the French capital when black-clad gunmen stormed the offices of satirical magazine Charlie …

Paris attacks: Hating Muslims plays right into Isis's hands
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Hating Muslims plays right into Isis's hands

The Independent  

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Paris attacks: Francois Hollande will meet with Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin to 'unify' against Isis - live updates
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Francois Hollande will meet with Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin to 'unify' against Isis - live updates

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The French Prime Minister has …

Paris attacks latest: More than 120 dead after night of terror in French capital - updates
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks latest: More than 120 dead after night of terror in French capital - updates

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As many as 120 people …

Paris terror attack: What we know so far
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris terror attack: What we know so far

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 132 people were …

After Paris attacks, we now know what a 26/11-style attack looks like, says British daily
9 years, 4 months ago

After Paris attacks, we now know what a 26/11-style attack looks like, says British daily

Firstpost  

After the terror strikes in Paris, we now know what a Mumbai-style terror attack looks like, said a British daily, adding that “this is war in which we are all equally at risk”. London: After the terror strikes in Paris, we now know what a Mumbai-style terror attack looks like, said a British daily, adding that “this is war in …

‘New terror attacks being planned in France, other European countries’
9 years, 4 months ago

‘New terror attacks being planned in France, other European countries’

Hindustan Times  

The French Prime Minister has said that authorities believe new terror attacks are being planned in France and in other European countries following the carnage in Paris. “We know that operations were being prepared and are still being prepared, not only against France but other European countries too,” Manuel Valls said on Monday. Raids conducted, dozens arrested Meanwhile, French police …

Paris attacks: Belgium connection probed as terrorist past of Brussels district of Molenbeek under spotlight
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Belgium connection probed as terrorist past of Brussels district of Molenbeek under spotlight

ABC  

Prosecutors have revealed a growing Belgian connection to the Paris attacks, with officials conceding a poor district in Brussels with past links to international terrorism is a "gigantic problem" and a hotbed for extremism. Belgian prosecutors have also said two of the seven assailants killed in Friday's attacks were Frenchmen who had lived in Brussels, while two cars tied to …

Fighting terror from Mumbai to Paris
9 years, 4 months ago

Fighting terror from Mumbai to Paris

The Hindu  

Terror has struck France >for the second time this year, this time with even more damage and loss of innocent lives, from soccer fans to diners. The 13/11 Paris attack is large-scale killing, targeted against the general public; intended to spread terror and to convey that the French would pay for their war efforts in Syria right inside the French …

Hope and clarity in Paris
9 years, 4 months ago

Hope and clarity in Paris

The Hindu  

Parisians are no strangers to violence. The ruthless treatment meted out to anti-colonial activists in Indo-China and Algeria in the mid-twentieth century made the French army, police and intelligence services a model of how to root out ‘terrorism’. French security services have also been used across the Sahel to protect France’s significant natural resource extraction operations from Islamist militant groups …

Paris travel Q&A: How will terror attacks affect travel and tourism?
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris travel Q&A: How will terror attacks affect travel and tourism?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since flights and Eurostar trains are operating normally, and …

Paris attacks: More than 140 feared dead after shootings and explosions stun France
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: More than 140 feared dead after shootings and explosions stun France

The Independent  

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Paris shootings and explosions: President Francois Hollande condemns 'terrorist attacks of unprecedented proportions'
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris shootings and explosions: President Francois Hollande condemns 'terrorist attacks of unprecedented proportions'

The Independent  

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Paris-like attacks may occur again, expert says
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris-like attacks may occur again, expert says

India TV News  

Paris-like attacks may occur again, expert says Paris: The terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and over 300 injured aren't "one off" and similar deadly attacks are likely to occur again, an expert on terrorism has said.Magnus Ranstorp told Paris: The terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and over 300 injured aren't "one off" …

Paris attack: Isis warns 'This is just the beginning' after killing at least 127 people in French capital
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attack: Isis warns 'This is just the beginning' after killing at least 127 people in French capital

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has claimed that the …

Details emerge of coordinated Paris attacks
9 years, 4 months ago

Details emerge of coordinated Paris attacks

Al Jazeera  

France says it will keep striking ISIL in Iraq and Syria after group claims responsibility for attacks that killed 129. French President Francois Hollande said Friday night’s attacks in Paris were “an act of war” organised from abroad by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group with internal help. Valls told TF1 television the government also planned to extend …

Horror in Paris
9 years, 4 months ago

Horror in Paris

The Hindu  

With at least 127 people dead by Saturday evening and many more wounded, Paris will keep counting its dead for a while. But if the Ankara bombing in early October >that killed about 100 people and Thursday’s Beirut bombing >that killed at least 40 were carried out on the periphery of the “Caliphate”, with the Paris attacks the IS jihadists …

Paris attack live: Attackers wore 'identical' explosive devices and worked in three teams, French prosecutor says
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attack live: Attackers wore 'identical' explosive devices and worked in three teams, French prosecutor says

The Independent  

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France terror assaults attack on humanity PM Modi – India TV
9 years, 4 months ago

France terror assaults attack on humanity PM Modi – India TV

India TV News  

London: Describing the terror assaults in France as an “attack on humanity”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the UN to define terrorism before it is too late so that the world knows who is backing terror and who is against it. Condemning the terror attacks in Paris that claimed over 120 lives, Modi said, “What happened in Paris yesterday …

World leaders condemn Paris attacks, Syrian president terms them a 'result of French policy'
9 years, 4 months ago

World leaders condemn Paris attacks, Syrian president terms them a 'result of French policy'

Firstpost  

While France deals with the horrors of Friday night when a series of attacks killed more than 140 people in Paris, leaders from nations around are offering support and condemning the attacks, the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. President Pranab Mukherjee: “Strongly condemn terrorist attacks in Paris, India stands firmly by France, my heart goes out …

'Paris attacks similar to 26/11 Mumbai attacks'
9 years, 4 months ago

'Paris attacks similar to 26/11 Mumbai attacks'

The Hindu  

The “multiple-coordinated” terror attacks in France, which killed over 100 people bear striking resemblance to the 26/11 Mumbai attacks of 2008. Just like the >Mumbai attacks, popular eating joints and restaurants in France's capital Paris were attacked by a group of at least eight suicide bombers, seven of whom blew themselves up. In a pattern similar to the Mumbai attacks, …

New York, other US cities beef up security after Paris attacks
9 years, 4 months ago

New York, other US cities beef up security after Paris attacks

Live Mint  

New York: New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats. The New York police department said officers from its Counterterrorism Response Command and other …

Paris attacks: Obama, Hollande pledge to work together to 'defeat the scourge of terrorism'
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris attacks: Obama, Hollande pledge to work together to 'defeat the scourge of terrorism'

Firstpost  

President Francois Hollande and his US counterpart Barack Obama vowed to reinforce their counter-terrorism cooperation following Friday’s attacks in Paris, according to a White House statement. Paris: President Francois Hollande and his US counterpart Barack Obama vowed to reinforce their counter-terrorism cooperation following Friday’s attacks in Paris, according to a White House statement. “The two leaders pledged to work together, …

Paris under attack
9 years, 4 months ago

Paris under attack

The Hindu  

A stadium, a concert hall, a succession of cafes and bars around Paris came under attack. Attacks on several sites around the French capital left more than 140 people dead on Friday night. Here's a look at some of the targets of the attack: Paris terror attacks A series of shootings and explosions took place in Paris on 13 and …

Security heightened in US; “heartbreaking,” says Obama
9 years, 4 months ago

Security heightened in US; “heartbreaking,” says Obama

The Hindu  

Cities across the US were on high alert following the terror attacks in Paris though there were no reports on any specific threat to any city. Police chiefs in several cities said the heightened patrolling and other measures were general in nature, following the Paris attacks, and keeping in mind the busy sporting weekend in the US, with several events …

World leaders condemn attacks, offer support
9 years, 4 months ago

World leaders condemn attacks, offer support

The Hindu  

UN reacts UN Secretary—General Ban Ki—moon on Friday condemned “the despicable terrorist attacks carried out today in various locations in and around Paris,” and demanded “the immediate release of the numerous individuals reportedly being held hostage in the Bataclan theatre.” Narendra Modi calls the attacks offers support Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris that …

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