Exactly........not to bright of them as I see it...especially in light of the fact they'd been bombed before.
Posted on 01/07/2015 11:30:11 AM PST by maggief
Corrine Rey and her daughter saw two other cartoonists being killed
They threatened her into giving them entry code for the office building
She says men 'who spoke perfect French' claimed to be Al Qaeda terrorists
Attackers were reportedly heard shouting: 'the Prophet has been avenged'
The masked men asked people's names before killing editor and cartoonist
'There were several corpses on the floor,' said office worker from building
He entered room right after attackers had gone to see 'blood everywhere'
A young mother and cartoonist who survived the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris today said she had let the suspected Al Qaeda killers into the magazine office.
Corrine Rey said she had returned from picking up her young daughter from a kindergarten when she was confronted by two heavily armed men wearing balaclavas.
'I had gone to pick up my daughter at day care, arriving in front of the magazine building, where two masked and armed men brutally threatened us,' said Ms Rey, who draws under the name 'Coco'.
'They said they wanted to go up to the offices, so I tapped in the code,' said Ms Rey, referring to the digi-code security system on the inter-phone.
Miss Rey and her daughter hid under a desk, from where they saw two other cartoonists being executed.
'They shot Wolinski and Cabu,' she said, 'It lasted five minutes. I had taken refuge under a desk.
She said the men 'spoke French perfectly' and 'claimed they were 'Al Qaeda terrorists'.
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It’s impossible to know what is the right thing to do.
Terrorists confront you with guns, making demands. You have a split second to decide if you give them a code (not sure of what they’re going to do) or let them murder your child.
Would you tell them to go ahead and kill YOUR child? I can’t imagine any parent making any other decision in such a situation.
So you would trade 12+ coworkers lives for your life and your child, okay.
How about 20? 50? 100?
“Give it a rest” my ass.
That unarmed mom was the gatekeeper to the entire building.
Lots of people would stand up and protect others. Very few would expect a mother to offer her child to be murdered to save others. Its an even bet that the people who died in that office knew the girl and would not have wanted to live at the expense of her death.
Today isn’t the day to be a dick.
I believe if they were aremed it wouldn’t have made much difference as they’d just use do a suicide bomber or car to accomplish their deed. They did hit them once before with a bomb. You’d think the paper administrators would have secured the building better after the first time rather than have a woman clerk at the door.
Well, en-demoned. Still, if the facility was hardened, it would take a lot more bother and risk on their part to do it. No sense in rolling out a virtual welcome mat, which the existing setup did.
Yes, a terrible security plan. See #53.
Sounds like the plan was a grenade that failed to open the door.
They’d try perhaps, but with more remoteness required comes more difficulty. It should not be made easy.
Let’s admit it was a TERRIBLE security plan, see my #53.
No, it's not impossible: it's just not easy.
Yep, you can have my life but not my kids’ lives. I would have done the same thing probably.
True, but I am pretty sure I can speak for any mother.
It's not her death you moron: it's their way of life.
Where did you read about a grenade exploding at the door? I have not read anywhere yet that they fired a shot before getting to their primary target, the 2nd floor office.
From what I have gleaned, the plan depended on a silent entry. The “weak link” was letting a mom with a kid know the security code. They may have watched her return from lunch every day. If so, they get an F- for their security plan, considering they had already been bombed, and were a major terrorist target.
Suggest we start implementing that here.
Exactly........not to bright of them as I see it...especially in light of the fact they'd been bombed before.
Yeah, we’re “dicks” for pointing out the obvious. The terror plan relied on that “weak link” with a child and the code guarding the door.
I’m just amazed how many folks right off the bat admit they’d trade 12+ lives for their own and child.
Come on, tell us your number. 20? 50? 100?
Concur. Let's give it a rest. In the meantime, counter-propaganda organizations like this could use help with their security plans. I don't know why this wasn't a near total telecommute operation, frankly.
I agree.
There should have been a way to send a warning (second button, addition to the security code) that there was danger about to enter.
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