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Paris attack: Soldiers hit by car, police search for driver
CNN ^ | August 9, 2017 | James Masters and Bryony Jones

Posted on 08/09/2017 4:08:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

(CNN)Police in Paris are searching for a BMW car and its driver who rammed into a group of soldiers outside a barracks in a suburb northwest of Paris on Wednesday morning.

France's counter-terror unit is investigating the attack, which left six soldiers injured, three seriously, according to Paris police. The soldiers' injuries are not life threatening.

The attack happened at the Place de Verdun in Levallois-Perret around 8:00 a.m. local time. Levallois-Perret, a quiet and affluent neighborhood, is home to the headquarters of the DCRI, France's counter intelligence agency.

"There was no doubt that this was a deliberate act," the mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, told BFMTV.

Balkany said the car was "pre-positioned" in a small alleyway, waiting for troops from the 35th Infantry Regiment to come out of the building.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benlatreche; france; jihadineurope; paris; terrorism

1 posted on 08/09/2017 4:08:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

France needs to register all vehicles, oh wait, okay thry need to do background checks on drivers and require permits, oh wait, i know ban all vehicles.

There problem solved


2 posted on 08/09/2017 4:23:06 AM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wikikileaks via murdered ex-UK Amb, murdered he was, cover up it is)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Operation Sentinel soldiers targeted, again. Looks like French language media ain’t even trying to soft pedal this attack....


3 posted on 08/09/2017 4:44:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: stockpirate

I can’t help loving France for all their ridiculous left wing ideas, treachery, and idiocy. At least they call a spade a spade: in Canada jihadi attacks and crimes by Mohammedans are either ignored my the State and assistant media, or, if they are too big to be ignored, attributed to “mentally disturbed individuals...”


4 posted on 08/09/2017 4:45:10 AM PDT by golux
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Did he hit every soldier? In today’s terror-ridden Paris are the soldiers unarmed? How did the perp get away?


5 posted on 08/09/2017 4:51:11 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Peep did it in style. He was driving a Beemer.


6 posted on 08/09/2017 5:01:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla

Peep=perp.

Interesting questions regarding Operation Sentinel soldiers...Are they armed with live ammo? If so, are they allowed to expend it?


7 posted on 08/09/2017 5:03:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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“Are they armed with live ammo? If so, are they allowed to expend it?”.........

In odumbo’s world, since the driver didn’t shoot first, armed or not, the soldiers would just have to grin and bare it.


8 posted on 08/09/2017 5:07:01 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: DaveA37

In Chicago, that is indeed the policy. A vehicle driven at LE is not considered a weapon.


9 posted on 08/09/2017 5:10:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: DaveA37
grin and bare it....

Now that would be interesting! Alas this isn't the IDF.

idf-naked-01

10 posted on 08/09/2017 5:24:15 AM PDT by golux
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Ban all muzzies, and the problem goes away.


11 posted on 08/09/2017 6:24:28 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Insanity, even when disguised by a nice-sounding name, is still insanity.)
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To: mewzilla

Style schmile......my Ram 1500 would have, for his purposes, been more effective. Glad he didn’t.


12 posted on 08/09/2017 6:57:34 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Me, too :-)


13 posted on 08/09/2017 7:01:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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