God Be with France

[Gabriela]

 

 

One World Trade Center, NY:

Wembley Stadium, UK:

[Seven77]

Live updates:

 http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Edited November 14, 2015 by Seven77

[Gabriela]

Omni Hotel, Dallas:

[PhuturePriest]

New reports say possibly four responders were killed. Their manner of death is unknown last I heard. 

[Gabriela]

"Peace for Paris"

New reports say possibly four responders were killed. Their manner of death is unknown last I heard. 

The Guardian is saying that might refer to the four attackers, not four responders. It's not sure yet. Three of the attackers detonated belts.

CN Tower, Toronto:

[truthfinder]

"Peace for Paris"

 

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CN Tower, Toronto:

That was recent, four hours ago it was purple.

[Gabriela]

The Guardian just now:

'All attackers are dead' – police

The Paris police prefect has now confirmed that the attackers at the Bataclan rock venue blew themselves up with suicide belts as police closed in, killing four.

He said the gunmen first sprayed cafes outside the venue with machine gunfire, then went inside the concert hall and killed more before the assault by security forces.

The prefect, Michel Cadot, said one set of attackers was at the Stade de France, and at nearly the same time the second group attacked within the city.

Cadot said all the attackers are believed dead, although authorities are hunting for any possible accomplices.

 

Did someone set fire to a migrant camp in Calais?

[Seven77]

 Very tragic. Most of the victims were young people, all they wanted to do was enjoy a concert on Friday night. Prayers for them and their families. Did anyone notice that today's intention in the prayers for the souls in purgatory post is for souls of teenagers?

[Gabriela]

Christ the Redeemer, Rio:

Best one yet. Really appropriate.

City Hall, San Francisco:

"We Grieve with France":

[Norseman82]

This is 9/11 all over again....

[Gabriela]

Eiffel Tower, Paris:

Numbers as of now:

6 sites of attack

8 attackers

over 150 dead

120 known injured

[elizabeth09]

This is 9/11 all over again....

They did not take down any buildings.  

[Amppax]

I lived in France for 6 years, although I've never spent time in Paris. This is incredibly tragic, prayers indeed. 

[Gabriela]

The Paris prosecutor’s office has confirmed that eight attackers are dead.

Prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre told Associated Press that the eighth attacker was killed by security forces when they raided a concert hall where the assailants had taken hostages.

She said it was possible that there are terrorists still at large.

 

[Gabriela]

The papers are out:

 

Clearly some went to print very early.

[Ice_nine]

Did anyone also realize that there were suicide bombings in Lebanon today?43 people died. Didn't get as much coverage. It's too bad because Lebanon hosts the largest proportion of Christians than any country in the ME and AFAIK it's the worst terrorist attack there in good while.

[truthfinder]

Did anyone also realize that there were suicide bombings in Lebanon today?43 people died. Didn't get as much coverage. It's too bad because Lebanon hosts the largest proportion of Christians than any country in the ME and AFAIK it's the worst terrorist attack there in good while.

I saw that it was pretty relegated to the sidelines in the media.

[Ice_nine]

yeah unfortunately I'm sure lots of terrible croutons happens in the world that go unrecognized by media.

Ughk this stuff is really disheartening

[Luigi]

French lyrics	English translation
Allons enfants de la Patrie,	Arise, children of the Fatherland,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !	The day of glory has arrived!
Contre nous de la tyrannie,	Against us tyranny's
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)	Bloody banner is raised,(repeat)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes	Do you hear, in the countryside,
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?	The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras	They're coming right into our arms
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes !	To cut the throats of our sons, our women!
Aux armes, citoyens,	To arms, citizens,
Formez vos bataillons,	Form your battalions,
Marchons, marchons !	Let's march, let's march!
Qu'un sang impur	Let an impure blood
Abreuve nos sillons ! (bis)	Water our furrows! (Repeat)

[NadaTeTurbe]

@Ice_nine : there are no no-go zone in France, and NO sharia law in a community (in a family... That's another question). You know, niqab and sitar (everything that cover the face) are forbidden, homeschooling is very hard, with a lot of controls from authority, etc, etc... so it would be hard for a community to really isolate itself from the rest of society. Fox News did a thing with "there's no-go zone in Paris" and a map... The map highlighted some of the most bourgeois part of Paris... It would be hard to enforce sharia law somewhere because what we call "banlieue" are a big mix of african evangelical christian, jewish, muslim from all background (sunni, etc...), so there's always a counter-influence. There's no ghetto like a part of banlieue is low-class french, another part is algerian, another part ivoirian... There's a lot of diversity in poverty. But there's more and more a strong influence of extremist muslims, more and more pression to wear the veil, and a lack of influence of traditional mosquée who are seen as "old". The most extremist are often converts or people coming from a secular muslim background. 8% of the french population is from a muslim family (it doesn't mean that 8% are practicing). I have friends who are from a muslim background, but they are atheist, and they say there's a lot of pression to not eat pork, wearing the veil, etc... 
Oh and people often say that there's part of banlieue where the police is afraid to go, and it is FALSE. It's an insult for our police who really try its best. They go everywhere they need to go. 
We saw about Lebanon, we have family (by marriage) here so we follow the news from here. It's horrible. They have more than a million of refugee in a little country already instable. We have been able to call our family in Lebanon and all are okay. But I'm worried about one of my teacher. She's from Lebanon and she said all her family is still living here.  Please have a prayer for her and her family. 

@elizabeth09 : I think it's because there's no building in Paris to take down. The Eiffel tower maybe ? But there's no skyscraper. But yes, it's not like 9/11 because they did not attack a symbol, and of course the number of death is different. 

Oh people it warms my heart to see all this solidarity. The Christ the Redeemer in Brasil is so touching. Thank you all for your posting. I really don't have the energy to work today, but none of my students canceled their lessons.