Assholes stormed a publishers office and murdered 12 people. The reason? These people published a comedy magazine that poked fun at Mohamed (as well as everyone else).
From the BBC:
Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12
Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack.
Four of the magazine's well-known cartoonists, including its editor, were among those killed, as well as two police officers.
A major police operation is under way to find three gunmen who fled by car.
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack "of exceptional barbarity".
A bit more:
Witnesses said they heard the gunmen shouting "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad" and "God is Great" in Arabic ("Allahu Akbar").
I think that the backlash to this will be a force of nature - from the London Daily Mail:
Standing together in defiance, thousands gather across France to show support for 12 people slaughtered by 'Al Qaeda' gunmen in attack on Paris magazine as manhunt for terrorists continues
Thousands of people gathered across Europe tonight to show their support to an anti-Islamist newspaper, after its offices in Paris were targeted today by suspected Al Qaeda militants who massacred 12 people.
Among those slaughtered was a police officer as he begged for mercy.
Masked attackers brandishing Kalashnikovs burst into the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, opening fire on staff after seeking out journalists by name in France's deadliest post-war terrorist attack.
Clad all in black with hoods and speaking flawless French, the militants forced one of the cartoonists - who was at the office with her young daughter - to open the door.
Witnesses said the gunmen were heard shouting 'we are from the Al Qaeda in Yemen', 'the Prophet has been avenged' and 'Allahu akbar!' – Arabic for 'God is great' – as they stalked the building.
They headed straight for the paper's editor and cartoonist, Stephane Charbonnier, killing him and his police bodyguard, who had been recruited to protect him after extremists firebombed the offices in 2011 over a satirical cartoon about the Prophet Mohamed.
A year later, Mr Charbonnier famously dismissed threats against his life, declaring: 'I would rather die standing than live kneeling.'
The militants also killed three other renowned cartoonists – men who had regularly satirised Islam – and the newspaper's deputy chief editor.
The citizens of France (and everywhere) are getting tired of hosting these people who will not assimilate into French culture but demand that France bends to their will.
One of the comments tot his article was really good:
Take a good look at this America (not the citizens, I mean those in power) and see what you have created from setting up Al Qaeda to manipulate the national affairs of other countries. Now EVERYONE else is paying the price for that - your citizens, our citizens, France and Australia. And how much are your war corporations and banks making out of it? Been doing very well from war haven't they? Well done for putting money over OUR lives.
Barry? Your response?
