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MorningSong

26th July 2016, 13:47

Another....

World | Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:25am EDT
Related: World, France
Elderly priest killed in French church, attack claimed by Islamic State

SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France | By Noemie Olive

A priest in his mid-80s was killed with a knife and another hostage seriously wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a church in northern France carried out by assailants linked to Islamic State.

Both attackers were shot dead by French police. Five people in all had been taken hostage. A police source said it appeared that the priest had his throat slit.

Speaking at the scene of the attack in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, French President Francois Hollande said France should "use all its means" in its war against the militant group, against which France has launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq.

The president called it a "dreadful terrorist attack" and told reporters the attackers had pledge allegiance to IS. The IS news agency Amaq said two of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack.

"We are put to the test yet again, Hollande said. "The threat remains very high."

The attack is the latest in a string of deadly assaults in Europe, including the mass killing in Nice, southern France, on Bastille Day and four incidents in Germany.

Many of the attacks have had links to Islamist militants and IS has called for supporters to target countries that it has been fighting, mainly in Iraq and Syria.

Tuesday's attack took place during morning mass at the Saint-Etienne parish church, south of Rouen in Normandy.

The investigation was handed to the anti-terrorist unit of the Paris prosecutor's office.

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The Archbishop of Rouen identified the slain priest as Father Jacques Hamel and said he was 84, although others sources suggest he was born in 1930. The Vatican condemned what it said was a "barbarous killing".

French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told France Info radio that the perpetrators have been killed by France's BRI, an elite police anti-crime force, when they came out of the church.

Bomb squad officers aided by sniffer dogs scoured the church for any possible explosives.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls branded the attack "barbaric" and said it was a blow to all Catholics and the whole of France.

"We will stand together," Valls said on Twitter.

The attack will heap yet more pressure on Hollande to regain control of national security, with France already under a state of emergency 10 months ahead of a presidential election.

The Normandy attack came 12 days after a 31-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel plowed his heavy goods truck into a crowd of revelers in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing 84 people. Islamic State claimed that attack.

"Horror. Everything is being done to trigger a war of religions," tweeted Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a former conservative prime minister who now heads the Senate's foreign affairs committee.

Hollande visited the scene with Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, meeting members of the emergency services.

Cazeneuve has come under fire from Conservative politicians for not doing enough to prevent the Bastille Day Nice attack.

French lawmakers approved a six-month extension of emergency rule after the July 14 attack while the Socialist government also said it would step up strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-idUSKCN1060VA

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Two Islamic state 'soldiers' carried out Normandy attack: Amaq news agency

Two Islamic State 'soldiers' carried out the Normandy church attack in France, the group's Amaq news agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

Two hostage takers killed a priest in a church in Normandy, northern France earlier on Tuesday, before being shot dead by French police.

"They carried out the operation in response to the call to target the countries of the crusader coalition," the Amaq statement said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-isis-idUSKCN1061IF?mod=related&channelName=worldNews

France's Hollande said church attackers had pledged allegiance to IS

French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday two hostage takers who killed a priest in a church in Normandy, northern France, were terrorists who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

"Daesh has declared war on us, we must fight this war by all means, while respecting the rule of law, what makes us a democracy," he told reporters at the scene in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, south of Rouen, using an Arab acronym for the Islamist extremist group.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-hollande-idUSKCN1061G6?mod=related&channelName=worldNews

Billy Vasiliadis

27th July 2016, 01:11

Why France? Why are so many of these attacks tacking place in France?

Hervé

27th July 2016, 01:31

International shock value and terror propaganda (to make sure that the "anyone, anywhere, any time" fear is firmly planted in people's mind) that can be used as pretexts/justifications (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92040-Shooting-in-Munich-shopping-centre-9-dead-Friday--today--22-July-2016&p=1083966&viewfull=1#post1083966) for implementing whatever "they (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92040-Shooting-in-Munich-shopping-centre-9-dead-Friday--today--22-July-2016&p=1084229&viewfull=1#post1084229)" want to implement in Europe.

ghostrider

27th July 2016, 05:07

Muslims have infiltrated the l Leadership of France, henoch said France would fall from within and without...

Andre

27th July 2016, 06:11

Why France? Why are so many of these attacks tacking place in France?

It seems to me that the cabal are focusing on the most powerful nations such as France, Germany and the UK to catalyze chaos and weaken European culture and society from within. Obviously, they will attempt to maintain the bureaucratic control of Brussels over these nations because it is the cultural, religious and social breakdown that they seek, and not the loss of totalitarian control through Government oversight. Brexit was a bump in the road for them and they will draw out the United Kingdom's exit for as long as they can.

The mass migration of refugees from the Middle East into Europe now gives them the perfect cover story to create this chaos, particularly in those countries that have taken-in significant numbers of refugees and the cabal were the ones who almost certainly instructed European leaders to open their doors to these refugees for that very reason.

They can now use these refugees to create uncertainty, fear and unrest, using gullible young refugees where they can, and if none are available they will bring in their own teams to create more and more false flag operations to add to the fear and chaos. By constantly getting their media friends to blame every terror attack on Islam, they are assured that the public will play right into their hands and their "divide and rule" tactic, thus concealing the real manipulators behind it all.

While a few already recognize that ISIS and terrorists are not Islamic or even Muslims, they hope that the vast majority of the public continues to believe the media lies and further their ability to foment more war and take control over Middle East resources.

Once the level of chaos required is achieved and Europeans cry out for new spiritual and cultural leadership, the cabal will be ready to offer the solutions that they have waiting in the wings. However, with the mass political awakening of the European population, the cabal may not achieve their ambitious goals, but they will certainly do their best and go down fighting if they have to.

DNA

27th July 2016, 06:36

Eram

27th July 2016, 08:05

I think Ghostrider enjoys being cryptic sometimes. I've tried to enlighten him to his fortune cookie posts, but apparently he likes sounding like the old master from the "Kung Fu" series. :cat::dog:

Basically Billy Meier stated in a book by Wendelle Stevens called "UFO Contact From the Plieadies" that "France would burn from within". This due to it's dissatisfied Muslim population.
Apparently the UFO occupants Meier was in contact with could see into the future.

I've never seen the world in such a shape as it is, to make the Meier Prophecies look so prophectic.
The book I read was published in 1982 I'm pretty sure.
I shake my head as I read the news, seeing all of this starting to happen.

It was that specific DNA?

This is all that I was able to find as referrence to France and it looks like a more general prediction to me that can be interpreted in many ways:

"And it will be that fanatical Islamists carry out bloody revenge on the distant descendants of the Christians, for their earlier crusades when they accomplish their deadly and destructive acts through irrepressible terror all over the world."

Cidersomerset

27th July 2016, 08:14

Yeah I put a couple posts about this on the Nice thread along with the incident in Japan.......

More knife attacks is this a pattern ? or just more reporting/highlighting of events ?

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?91894-Bastille-Day-Nice-France-Terror-Truck-attack&p=1084759&viewfull=1#post1084759

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France church attack: Priest killed in hostage taking near Rouen

9 minutes ago
From the section Europe

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A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church near Rouen in
northern France, police and French media have said.The armed men entered the
church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during mass, taking the priest, two nuns and
several churchgoers hostage, reports said.French TV said shots had been heard
after police arrived at the scene. Both hostage-takers are now dead.

The area has been cordoned off and police have told people to stay away.

At least one person is receiving medical treatment for injuries.

There was no immediate indication of the identity or motive of the hostage-takers,
but France has been on high alert since the Bastille Day attack in Nice earlier this
month, when an attacker ploughed a lorry into celebrating crowds, killing more
than 80 people.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris says the French government has been under
huge pressure to prevent further attacks.President Francois Hollande and Interior
Minister Bernard Cazeneuve are on their way to Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray to be
briefed by police.

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/B90B/production/_90517374_francesaintetiennedurouvray4640716.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36892785

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post for ref.....

There are real life tragedies everyday and then the possible
manipulated ones that's what we are trying to distinguish
as they are cover for covert agendas. This and others on
the news pages are tragic events, not to say most of
the manipulated ones are not tragic as well........

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Japan Sagamihara knife attack: At least 15 dead, reports say

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At least 15 people have died in a knife attack at a residential care centre
for the disabled in the Japanese city of Sagamihara, local media reported.

Another 45 people are reported to have been injured in the attack, which
happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time.

A suspect - a man in his 20s - has been arrested after handing himself in,
police said.

He reportedly went into a police station and said "I did it".

Sagamihara lies west of Tokyo, and is part of Kanagawa Prefecture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36890655

Cidersomerset

27th July 2016, 08:17

France church attack: French prosecutor updates press on hostage situation and investigation

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Published on 26 Jul 2016

France church attack: French anti-terrorism prosecutor updates press on the main
facts relating to the ongoing investigation. François Molins tells us more about the
suspects, the hostage situation and the murder of Father Jacques Hamel.

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Online reactions to French church attack

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Published on 26 Jul 2016

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Over hype on this one.......The Irish guest seems to have a very short memory
on world events and what happened in his native country religious wise very
recently.......

Solution to latest wave of attacks in Europe? (DEBATE)

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Published on 26 Jul 2016

To discuss the situation in Europe amid the latest wave of attacks – RT is joined by
political commentators David Vance and Mo Ansar.

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‘On the way to Armageddon’: ISIS attacks aim to bring religious war to Middle East

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Published on 26 Jul 2016

An 84-year-old priest was killed when his throat was slit in an attack at a church in
northern France near Rouen. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, which
was carried out by two terrorists who were later killed by police. To talk about the
deadly assault in Normandy, we cross to former US diplomat John Graham.

Cidersomerset

27th July 2016, 08:48

SCARE ,SCARE ,SCARE ! This is what terrorism is about. Some of these
recent attacks are not really ISIS connected but it makes a nice cocktail
for reaction and loss of liberty and going back to convenient control memes.

Who benefits certainly not Muslims , but western/Saudi backed agencies
and related interest groups involved in the created 'War on Terror' meme
which was planned in the 1990's after the end of the cold war, to carry
on the 'controlled wars' to sell weapons etc. This was stepped up after
the 9/11 inside job to enable the invasion of the middle east as Gen Wesley
Clark highlighted . These attacks are more a result of these conditions that
created the mess in the Middle east.

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ISIS claims responsibility for French church attack

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Published on 26 Jul 2016

A priest has been killed during a hostage situation at a church in northern France,
according to a police source. The two attackers slit his throat. Both attackers were
killed by police snipers after running out of the church at one point during the
standoff, an interior ministry spokesman said. Read More: http://on.rt.com/7km7

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Special edition on France Church attack - #F24Debate

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Published on 27 Jul 2016

Sophocles

27th July 2016, 17:51

Pope Francis: The World's at War, but Not a War of Religions (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pilgrims-poland-readying-pope-francis-40916507)

After greeting reporters on his papal plane he returned to the topic to clarify that when he speaks of war, he is speaking of "a war of interests, for money, resources, dominion of peoples."

"I am not speaking of a war of religions. Religions don't want war. The others want war," Francis said.

Full article (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pilgrims-poland-readying-pope-francis-40916507)

Cidersomerset

27th July 2016, 20:58

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French church attack: Killers 'pledged allegiance to IS' in video
9 minutes ago

The so-called Islamic State (IS) has released a video it says shows two
men who murdered a priest in France, pledging allegiance to the group.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36910327

Islamic State 'a monstrous magnet for the worst' Bernard Henri-Levy BBC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMvqolOcFdc

Published on 27 Jul 2016
Terrorists are "psychopaths and fascists" and so-called Islamic State "a monstrous
magnet for the worst" says Bernard Henri-Levy. The French philosopher and public
intellectual tells John Humphrys that populations under attack from terrorism need
to develop a kind of "sixth sense" of danger, accepting that an attack could happen
at any time.

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Mainstream media ignores terror attacks in non-western countries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7wsWOiiNNs

Published on 26 Jul 2016

Terrorist acts in Paris, France earlier this year generated 21,000 media
articles on the day of the attacks, whereas similar atrocities in Bagdad,
Iraq generated less than 500. Why the discrepancy? To discuss, attorney
and contributor to The Nation magazine, Sean Darling Hammond, joins
RT America’s Simone Del Rosario and says that audiences care more
about western terrorist attacks because media coverage is deeper and
connects them more than coverage of terrorism in the Middle East or Africa.

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Church attack aftermath - France's political fallout: who stands to benefit?

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Published on 27 Jul 2016

betoobig

27th July 2016, 21:11

betoobig

27th July 2016, 21:27

Please dont get me wrong, my condolences to everyone involved. Much love

East Sun

28th July 2016, 01:19

This is my hypothesis and nothing more, that there is a process whereby a person, any person of any religion or belief
can be selected as a potential patsy and "brainwashed" into doing anything no matter how horrendous and not even remember
that they did it.

(The RFK assassination comes to mind) this may be how so many shooters are targeted and controlled in all the false flag operations.
(John Lennon' assassination included and so many since..) There is an evil so insidious it beggars belief.

David Icke suerly knows about this if anyone does and may have mentioned it at some time.

We most certainly are living in strange times.........
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East Sun

28th July 2016, 01:34

"pope" Francis is the head of the owo and a Jesuits and the black pope all in one.

I would not want his job. No thank you.

Cidersomerset

28th July 2016, 06:38

Fear , Fear ,Fear ........As long as we put 'terror' in contexts to all the other
way people die and its way down the list...

Heavy monsoon rains and flooding kill 58 people in Nepal
By David on 28 July
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Churches told to bolster security after ISIS murder of Normandy priest

By David on 28 July 2016 GMT War and Terror

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‘Churches must review their security to deter terrorist attacks,
the British Home Office has told religious leaders, as it made
£2.4 million (US$3.1 million) available to strengthen protective
measures in places of worship.

The call follows the latest terrorist attack in France on Tuesday,
in which a Catholic priest was reportedly beheaded in front of his
congregation in a Normandy suburb by two self-proclaimed Islamic
State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) “soldiers.”

However, calls for armed security personnel outside churches were
strongly rejected by religious leaders, who believe the sanctuaries
should remain public and accessible venues for all.’

Read more: Churches told to bolster security after ISIS murder of Normandy priest

https://www.rt.com/uk/353523-security-churches-france-attack/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

Cidersomerset

28th July 2016, 21:12

France Church attack: First attack by 'IS' group against a church in the West

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France Church attack: First attack by 'IS' group against a church in the West

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Security in France after terror attacks: "the solution needs to be multilateral"

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Hollande and Valls tell Trump, 'France is still France!'

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Carmody

29th July 2016, 03:22

Because everybody knows..that if you have a problem in country.. that you avoid dealing with or cleaning it up locally... and go shoot someone ---in another country far away.

Makes perfect sense.

Cidersomerset

29th July 2016, 06:28

David Icke - Terrorism Isn't What You Think It Is

By David on 29 July 2016 GMT

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Terrorism Isn't What You Think It Is - David Icke - Hegelian Dialectic -
False Flag Terrorism - Problem Reaction Solution - Conspiracy