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Jihadi capital of France: Paris ghetto where guns are on sale 'every 100 metres' and terrorists flit to Syria and back 'with ease' The scene of this morning's anti-terror raid where the mastermind of the Paris bombings was said to have been holed up is in a rundown suburb of the French capital which is a hotbed of fanaticism, MailOnline can reveal. **SNIP** In the shadow of the Stade de France stadium where three of the suicide bombers blew themselves up in Friday's atrocities, Saint Denis is described as a 'hidden underworld' where would-be terrorists can flit to Syria with...

Moments ago, French prosecutor Francois Molins gave an update regarding the early morning raid in the Paris suburb of St-Denis that resulted in two deaths and the arrest of seven suspects. The target: the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. French authorities reportedly had Abaaoud's cousin under surveillance and suspected she was hiding him an apartment about two kilometers from the Stade de France. Here is an eyewitness account of how she died:

PARIS - A massive police raid Wednesdays killed the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks during a blitz-style sweep, two senior European intelligence officials said, after investigators followed leads that the fugitive militant was holed up north of the French capital and could be plotting another wave of violence. More than 100 police and soldiers stormed the building during a seven-hour siege that left two dead including the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who had once boasted he could slip easily between Europe and the Islamic State strongholds in Syria.

Little else. Seems to be breaking on other new agencies.

October 9, 2006 Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday 41 Reading 1Gal 1:6-12 Brothers and sisters:I am amazed that you are so quickly forsakingthe one who called you by the grace of Christfor a different gospel (not that there is another).But there are some who are disturbing youand wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ.But even if we or an angel from heavenshould preach to you a gospel other than the one that we preached to you,let that one be accursed!As we have said before, and now I say again,if anyone preaches to you a gospelother...

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