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4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school
cnn ^ | 3/19/2012 | staff

Posted on 03/19/2012 3:33:14 AM PDT by tobyhill

A gunman opened fire on a Jewish school in southern France Monday, killing four people -- the third shooting in the area in 10 days.

The shooting in the city of Toulouse left a teacher and three children dead, including a 3-year-old, said local prosecutor Michel Valet. A fourth child was injured.

The gunman arrived shortly after 8 a.m. and fled on a motor scooter after the shootings. He is believed to have used two different guns, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said.

"It's a horrible tragedy," Brandet said on CNN affiliate BFM.

It's the third shooting by a man on a motorcycle in southwest France since March 11, and authorities suspect the cases may be linked, Brandet said.

"Even if it's too early to say whether or not they are the same weapons, there are similarities," Brandet said, citing the use of a motorcycle and the location of the killings.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antisemitisminfrance; childrenatrisk; france; france4terrorism; frenchantisemitism; frenchimpotency; frenchmuslims; shooting; toulouse
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To: sockmonkey

If anyone knows a family in France who wishes to live and work in the USA, in a Jewish-friendly area, I’d like to try and get them sponsored. Is there anything already set up for this? I wouldn’t be here today but for people doing the same for my family. What can we do? France is not a safe place for Jews.


41 posted on 03/19/2012 8:20:18 AM PDT by Yaelle (Santorum 2012)
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To: saturn
"anyone want to take bets ?"

No, I'm sure I know what religion the murderer belongs to. Pay attention to news coverage over the next few days. The media's reluctance/failure to provide a description of the guy will confirm it.

42 posted on 03/19/2012 8:34:56 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: tobyhill

Motor scooter? They gave their (religious) identity away! In Turkey, that was almost the top method of transport if one did not take a bus.


43 posted on 03/19/2012 8:51:59 AM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: saturn

Won’t bet, but the fact that the other victims were Arabs, there could be anti immigrant motivation. Muslims and Jews have been the target in the current campaign. Even Sarklozy has focused on both groups.


44 posted on 03/19/2012 9:41:26 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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To: GladesGuru

Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman


45 posted on 03/19/2012 10:00:40 AM PDT by kenavi (1% of the 1% were born in the 1%.)
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To: nuconvert

Yes. Gunman on bike in both cases. One of the guns is the same in all three shootings. The media is speculating either French Nativist or Jihadi.


46 posted on 03/19/2012 10:29:42 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: kearnyirish2

Europe committed suicide in World War 1.


47 posted on 03/19/2012 10:30:52 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: silverleaf

What does your rant have to do with a shooting at a Jewish religious school, which is dedicated to preventing what you ranted about?


48 posted on 03/19/2012 10:32:17 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: rmlew

“.....The media is speculating either French Nativist or Jihadi.”
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If a perp is caught and the press identifies him as a “youth”, you’ll know which speculation was on-the-money.


49 posted on 03/19/2012 10:52:19 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: tobyhill; afraidfortherepublic; mojo114; seenenuf; LucyT; Think free or die; DollyCali; ...
H/T SJackson, BlackVeil, & tobyhill

*** FRENCH POLITICS AND CULTURE PING LIST*** ***

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  The same gun was used and the same MO as io the murder of three French Paratroopers outside their base in Montauban and Toulouse in the SW of France.    

This is the worst incident of violence against Jews in France in thirty years.   

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families, and with the French people. 

Thank God they have a strong determined leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, as head of state. 


51 posted on 03/19/2012 12:21:27 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: GladesGuru

You can always be counted to glom onto Jewish tragedy like the parasite you are. You must be happy now that you have dispensed your barroom wisdom to freeperdom


52 posted on 03/19/2012 12:26:03 PM PDT by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: saturn

No, not at this point. 3 of the victims are Muslim. At this point, we don’t know the motives of the killer.


53 posted on 03/19/2012 12:39:45 PM PDT by Stolly
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To: Cincinna
Horrible!

I traveled to France about four years ago. I wanted to get there before all the bad stuff started. Even then, the Eiffel tower and train stations had beggars in burkas walking all around. The walls leading into the train stations were littered with Arabic graffiti.

Going through Marseilles airport in the south of France, you could see the large groups of Mid-easterners in the nearby area...just staring at the tourists.

Just north of Marseilles, in Avignon, the locals pointed out the multistory apartment buildings with "minorities" filling every living space...laundry hanging from the balconies and children screaming.

It won't be long now. I feel so sorry for Europe.

54 posted on 03/19/2012 12:49:51 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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To: wtd

Thank you for posting that.


55 posted on 03/19/2012 1:08:02 PM PDT by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: All

UPDATE: PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY HAS RAISED THE TERRORISM ALERT IN SW FRANCE TO HIGHEST LEVEL 

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*** FREEPMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO JOIN  ***


56 posted on 03/19/2012 1:11:54 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: tobyhill

Prayers for the victim’s family and friends.

Did anyone else notice the French Ambassador to Israel’s last name is “Bigot?”


57 posted on 03/19/2012 1:20:42 PM PDT by Scottish Lad
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To: SampleMan
......"We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy,.... for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others,... for our children and theirs."

That's exactly what America is doing now......complainign about those who are good for our country while shipping in Muslims who have no intention of assimulating rather to go about their agenda of the Islamification of America.

Their primary enabler and help...Barack Hussain Obama.

58 posted on 03/19/2012 1:48:30 PM PDT by caww
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To: Yehuda
Please note that the same socialism of 70 years ago is alive and well in most synagogues today.

If the “Jewish Socialist State is dead” as you posted, why is Israel still so heavily socialized?

My post was meant to point out that those who will not learn will suffer the consequences. My tolerance for socialism is low from having to deal with it in two areas, environmentalism and education. In the Everglades, calling the place “The Socialist Swamp” is an understatement.

PS Your assumption I am a gentile would surprise the Rabbi who oversaw my Bar Mitzvah

59 posted on 03/19/2012 4:19:57 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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To: rmlew

“Europe committed suicide in World War 1.”

That’s a great way to put it; a damned shame...


60 posted on 03/19/2012 5:09:00 PM PDT by kearnyirish2
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