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Terrorists who attacked French magazine displayed professional training
Long War Journal ^ | 07 January 2015 | Bill Ardolino, Bill Roggio

Posted on 01/07/2015 8:05:27 AM PST by Lorianne

The attack appears to have been executed by hardened and well-trained fighters who may have received instructions at a training facility overseas, or locally in France. The attackers may also be ex-military.

The professionalism of the two attackers is seen in a brief video that shows the execution of one of the two French policemen on the street outside of Charlie Hebdo's headquarters [the graphic video is reproduced below]. The video was captured by witnesses at the scene of the attack and was published on Liveleak.

The two attackers move in side-by-side formation and fire deliberately while shooting at a French police officer who is four to five car lengths away. After the officer is shot and downed, the two gunmen move quickly towards the policemen. One shoots and executes the officer in stride. Both men move past the body, peer up the street for additional targets, then peel off and move back to the black car and leave the scene of the attack.

The tactic of using heavily armed gunmen to attack well defended military targets or lightly defended civilian targets is commonly used by jihadist groups, including al Qaeda, the Islamic State, the Taliban, and a host of allies in the war-torn countries of Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Nigeria. But jihadist groups have also executed such attacks on civilians outside of war zones, including in Mumbai, India in 2008 and Nairobi, Kenya in 2013.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: charliehebdo; cowards; france; islam; muslims; paris; rop
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1 posted on 01/07/2015 8:05:27 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Tight shot group on Police windshield evidence of good gun control. Full auto group size of dinner plate.


2 posted on 01/07/2015 8:07:42 AM PST by Tugo (Stop Obama!)
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To: Lorianne

I suspect they were some who went to fight with ISIS, got some training and returned home to France to attack on behalf of ISIS.


3 posted on 01/07/2015 8:09:10 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Lorianne

Not unlike the terrorists jorge busho has welcomed into America, no doubt. jeb will do likewise if he can. Zero’s obviously with that program.


4 posted on 01/07/2015 8:10:26 AM PST by LouAvul (If government is the answer, you're asking the wrong question.)
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To: Lorianne

As Obama said, the future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam ... these trained killers were just carrying out Obama’s wishes ...


5 posted on 01/07/2015 8:13:14 AM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Lorianne

The magazine was actually sending arms to the Zionist state. That’s the only reason Mohammedans ever attack any living soul.


6 posted on 01/07/2015 8:13:47 AM PST by all the best
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..waiting for Obama to come out and say they were a bunch of “lone wolves” wanting to commit workplace violence..


7 posted on 01/07/2015 8:14:59 AM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: Lorianne

It’s just a woke place event as Obama call it.


8 posted on 01/07/2015 8:16:59 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Lorianne
Terrorists who attacked French magazine displayed professional training

Now we get to see the media display their professional training in spin jobs.

9 posted on 01/07/2015 8:17:40 AM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: LouAvul

Muzzies migrated into the US long before Jorge was prez and their daily growth in numbers will continue always because they are the ROP.

And don’t you forget it!


10 posted on 01/07/2015 8:29:43 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Lorianne

Remember to kiss a leftwing socialist - we have them to thank for all of this. Isn’t diversity wonderful?


11 posted on 01/07/2015 8:35:10 AM PST by skeeter
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12 posted on 01/07/2015 8:36:39 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 353FMG

It’s a good thing that gun laws in France protect people from this kind of violence.


13 posted on 01/07/2015 8:39:29 AM PST by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: Lorianne

The French need to take a page from the Israelis. Hunt the terrorists down and kill them and their families. Make sure it looks non related. SSS.


14 posted on 01/07/2015 8:42:06 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Lorianne
With the open borders of the eurozone, these islamoterrorists could've come from anywhere and entered France.

Good thing we have secure borders here. /sarc

15 posted on 01/07/2015 8:44:37 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (OK. Now How many votes do we need to IMPEACH and REMOVE the bastard?)
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To: Lorianne

Didn’t look very professional at all from my point of view. They were running in circles for crying out loud. Minimal amount of weapons training and possibly some small amount of tactical movement trading, but professional... Hardly.


16 posted on 01/07/2015 8:47:10 AM PST by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Lorianne

‘... executed by hardened and well-trained fighters who may have received instructions at a training facility overseas, or locally in France. ‘

Thats an interesting stmt esp the last part. How could they have been trained in France given the stringent gun control laws???? I bet there are others too that prohibit para-mil training.


17 posted on 01/07/2015 8:48:13 AM PST by 556x45
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"Terrorists who attacked French magazine displayed professional training"

But they're all "lone wolves" right?

/sarcasm

18 posted on 01/07/2015 9:09:31 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Lorianne

From the video I saw, it seemed more like they sent the Jay-vee team.


19 posted on 01/07/2015 9:43:41 AM PST by Noamie
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To: Lorianne

So, how professional do you have to be to shoot a bunch of unarmed people?


20 posted on 01/07/2015 9:53:01 AM PST by G-Bear (I am NOT a "vigilante." I am an "undocumented police officer.")
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