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French Soldier Stabbed While On Patrol Near Paris (Attacker: Bearded man, Arab clothing)
Reuters ^ | Saturday, May 25, 2013 | Reporting by Nicolas Bertin; Writing by Nick Vinocur; Editing by Andredw Roche

Posted on 05/25/2013 11:09:09 AM PDT by kristinn

A French soldier patrolling a business neighborhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said.

The soldier was patrolling in uniform with two other men as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan when he was approached from behind around 1800 p.m. and stabbed in the neck with a knife or a box-cutter.

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Peyvel said the man was able to flee into a crowded shopping area in the La Defense business neighborhood before the two other soldiers, who were walking in front of him, were able to react.

French daily Le Parisien cited a police source as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man of North African origin about 30 years old, and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket.

However, Peyvel declined to confirm or deny that description and said further details about the attacker's identity would be forthcoming.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; eussr; france; islam; jihad; paris; parissoldier; parisstabbing; paristerrorattack; rop; waronterror; woolwich
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To: 1010RD
That’s a story not being taught in America’s government schools. Find a good source and email the story to your list. There was a very good post about it here on FR not too long back.

I went to Catholic parochial school in the 50s and 60s. We learned about the Holy Crusades by some big nasty nuns that could took no S*** from us kids and told us about how Islam tried to take over Christian lands and how we did not bend over and take it like is being done today...

81 posted on 05/25/2013 1:27:48 PM 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: Shadow44
From what I could tell in France, there's several visible levels of law enforcement. At the train stations, the police were Federal police -- the 'Gendarme Nationale' -- which is sort of like a combo of DHS and FBI here in the USA. This is where France's elite counter-terror unit 'GIGN' comes from. They're like France's version of the UK's SAS.

In Paris, there's city Metro cops, some of whom get to drive special lightning-fast little Peugot patrol cruisers. They will weave in and out of traffic going the wrong way and driving on the sidewalks if they want. I also saw big Yamaha 1300s motorcyles being used by the police more often that I saw patrol cruisers.

There's also the French Army patrolling around in the big tourist areas, and in the most sensitive places where hundreds of citizens might be a target for a terrorist attack, they use the Foreign Legion paratroopers. They roam around in squads of six or eight, with multiple squads in view.

And sometimes, the French Army stages military exercises in Paris. They just send in whole divisions for maneuvers.

82 posted on 05/25/2013 1:32:49 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: 1010RD
They're carrying mags, just not inserted. The senior rank in the squad seems to be readied with a mag. I don't understand the wisdom of that either, unless it's to reduce accidental discharges I expect.

In the UK, mags are inserted. No round in chamber, they say.

83 posted on 05/25/2013 1:35:45 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: carriage_hill
I think you're damn right and it's just a matter of time before it shows up on 'BREAKING NEWS' and makes all our hearts sink.
84 posted on 05/25/2013 1:39:36 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: kristinn

Bearded? Obviously an Amish.


85 posted on 05/25/2013 1:52:37 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: kristinn

Sirhan Sirhan...


86 posted on 05/25/2013 1:56:57 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: kristinn

Do the French actually know how to “watch my 6”!! Good grief!! You are walking in the area of Mohammed’s Morons (the M&M’s).


87 posted on 05/25/2013 1:57:18 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: PghBaldy

Whoops. Apparently Sirhan is Christian.


88 posted on 05/25/2013 1:59:52 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Biggirl

‘Guns, etc - - ‘

Snug, snug, snug, snug - - -

sorry - couldn’t resist - I see words backards at times. . .


89 posted on 05/25/2013 2:00:34 PM PDT by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: kearnyirish2

Didn’t this happen at a recruiter in the US already?


I think it was in Alabama or Georgia. Recruiters should be armed or carry concealed.


90 posted on 05/25/2013 2:06:46 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Progov
I anticipate this will be happening right her in America before long.

In New York or California most likely, where the odds of a CCW holder taking them out will be nil. San Diego immediately comes to mind as a target rich environment.

91 posted on 05/25/2013 2:08:09 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: kristinn

I know what Ike, FDR, Truman or Reagan would’ve done. What a Muslim will do remains to be seen, huh?


92 posted on 05/25/2013 2:11:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: kristinn

Before long we’re going to be praising the Crusaders.


93 posted on 05/25/2013 2:13:08 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: kristinn; carriage_hill; All
Yes I'd forgotten about those incidents.

In addition there were the shootings (murders) of CIA employees in McLean, Va. who were waiting at a stop light. The state of Virginia actually managed to execute the Pakistani muslim animal who did the shootings. There was a shooting at the top of the Empire State Building by another crazy, fanatic muslim who was "offended" about something. I believe some people were killed in that incident also. And of course the 2001 9/11 attack and the previous 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. Yes indeed, the Islamic/Arab war against America has ongoing for some time.

94 posted on 05/25/2013 2:32:48 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: laplata

Perhaps not by the victim, but surely by a bystander.


95 posted on 05/25/2013 2:39:38 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Biggirl

And this exactly the reason that the UN, the muslim in chief, democrats and RINOs want us to be disarmed.

To them, islam is not a threat, but Christianity certainly is.


96 posted on 05/25/2013 2:47:52 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Progov

2 recruiters in Georgia have already been attacked by a Muslim.

We’re still asleep on the homefront.


97 posted on 05/25/2013 2:49:48 PM PDT by HiJinx (Just kill the bill, already...)
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To: Progov

Already happened in Ft. Hood and Arkansas.


98 posted on 05/25/2013 2:54:03 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

But in the rest of the country, CCW is honored.


100 posted on 05/25/2013 3:04:10 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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