'We are here to support freedom. We will not be beaten':

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 11, 2015 | By Laurie Hanna and Emily Davies and Peter Allen

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'We are here to support freedom. We will not be beaten': Paris sees 1.5 MILLION people stage defiant march alongside world leaders including David Cameron in moving tribute to 17 terror victims

British PM Cameron, US Attorney General Eric Holder and French President Francois Holland are taking part Giant letters attached to statue in Place de la République spell 'Pourquoi?' as small groups sing national anthem 2,000 police officers and 1,400 soldiers deployed in Paris as officer describes atmosphere as 'extremely tense' Up to 1.5million people flood Paris for march today, while 600,000 rally in other towns and cities around France More than one million people gathered in Paris today to stage a defiant march alongside world leaders in a moving tribute to the 17 terror victims.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, US Attorney General Eric Holder and French President Francois Hollande were among the leaders taking part.

The politicians stood arm in arm to lead the march, which was preceded by a declaration from Mr Hollande that 'today, Paris is the capital of the world'.

Giant letters attached to a statue in the Place de la République spelt out the word ‘Pourquoi?’ (‘Why?’) and small groups sang the national anthem.

As many as 1.5million people flooded Paris for the march today, while 600,000 rallied in towns and cities around France outside of the capital.

Other noted world leaders in the city included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Italian PM Matteo Renzi.

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French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by leaders including Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (left), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (fourth right), Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (third right) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (right)

[tet68]

Odd, Eric must be standing behind someone, I can’t see
him...

[Irenic]

I guess if it makes them feel better, I think the Islamist generally laugh about this. The only real statement I see here is Bibi, I think he means business.

[tennmountainman]

Cameron and the rest of the Euro leaders have allowed the Muslims
in their country run wild. It will only get worse.

[HMS Surprise]

Too little, too late. France surrendered to the worst of all national evils: political correctness.

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He’s having a croissant and some brie.

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DOZENS OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SET TO JOIN MARCH

Today’s historic mass rally in Paris is expected to draw more than a million people and a long list of world leaders in tribute to 17 people killed in three days of Islamist attacks.

It will include dozens of heads of state and government, along with French political leaders from both the left and right. Here is a list of world political figures who have confirmed their attendance:

EUROPE

French President Francois Hollande

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

British Prime Minister David Cameron

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker

European Parliament President Martin Schulz

European Union President Donald Tusk

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boïko Borissov

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven

Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibachvili

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz

NORTH AMERICA

US Attorney General Eric Holder

Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney

MIDDLE EAST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman

Jordanian King Abdullah II and Queen Rania

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan

Qatari Sheikh Mohamed Ben Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani

Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled ben Ahmed Al Khalifa and Prince Abdullah Ben Hamad al-Khalifa

AFRICA

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Gabonese President Ali Bongo

Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou

Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi

Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra

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The Euros intend to bury their muslim problem in marches, flowery speeches, stuffed bears, and tender candlelight vigils. Stick a fork in that puppy.

[dainbramaged]

Marches, flowers, chants and hashtags are fine but the only thing these head chopping orcs understand is brute force, pain and cruelty.

[factoryrat]

So is holder calling for some moderation on behalf of the muslims? Or is obama using holder to send a message to the french to back off from dissin’ his muslim homies?

[Oldexpat]

He’s probably still in bed with some hot Algerian-French chick.
This demo will be safe just as long as they stay away from the no go zones.
If they tried it there they would be hit by multiple RPG rounds.

[txhurl]

Well, it’s a good practice start, next time the 1.5mil should be armed and armored, and swarm the NO-GO hoods, taze all residents, and dump them into the river. Take all of three hours.

[Capt. Tom]

Cameron and the rest of the Euro leaders have allowed the Muslims in their country run wild. It will only get worse.

I remember when we lost about 3,000 people in the 9-11 attacks the French and others were crying crocodile tears and saying WE ARE ALL AMERICANS NOW.

But as soon as Pres. Bush said he wanted to go after the terrorist's support group militarily, they bailed out.
French leader Chirac even went as far as going around the world and trying to talk leaders out of supporting Bush in that endeavor.

I don't see this as being much different other than a feel good statement with no teeth in it. -Tom

[FatherofFive]

British Prime Minister David Cameron, US Attorney General Eric Holder and French President Francois Hollande were among the leaders taking part.

Notice 0bama wouldn't stand against the Muslims. Not at all surprising.

And Holder was representing the Muslim Brotherhood wing of the WH.

[albie]

Everybody’s an MLK wannabe.

[HMS Surprise]

Yes. The solution is not marches. The solution is mass, forced, deportation and jail for all Muslims who espouse Shariah within the borders of France.

[Sacajaweau]

I think Holder was just sent as a spy.....”Find out what they’re saying about me”....and ask them if they think that I should be President of the World”.

[FatherofFive]

but the only thing these head chopping orcs understand is brute force, pain and cruelty.

Problem is, what the understand is dying makes them a martyr and gives them 72 virgins in paradise

[LongWayHome]

We are living in the “age of delusion” with the the Western elite minus Netanyahu.

[HMS Surprise]

It would take at least a week to do it right.