París

Es todavía temprano como para tener una idea clara de qué es lo que hay atrás de los brutales atentados de París del día de ayer. A los efectos de ir viendo cómo va ordenando la información la prensa corporativa, veamos por ejemplo qué dice el Washington Post. Acá van algunos títulos:

Título: French president: Attacks were 'act of war'

Texto: French President François Hollande said Saturday that the attacks in Paris were an “act of war” carried out by Islamic State militants, according to media reports.

Hollande said the attacks left 127 people dead, and were orchestrated and planned from abroad. In the aftermath of the attacks, he has declared three days of national mourning and put security on the highest level, according to the Associated Press.

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Título: British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Saturday that “we must be prepared for a number of British casualties” when victims of the “brutal” Paris attacks are identified, according to the BBC.

Texto: The BBC added: The Foreign Office says it is “urgently investigating” whether any British nationals had been caught up in the shootings or hostage-taking.

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Título: Assad: French policy 'contributed to the spread of terrorism'

Texto: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that France’s “mistaken policies … contributed to the spread of terrorism” that culminated in the Paris attacks, according to AFP.

“The terrorist attacks that targeted the French capital Paris cannot be separated from what happened in the Lebanese capital Beirut lately and from what has been happening in Syria for the past five years and in other areas,” Assad said in Damascus.

The Associated Press reported Saturday that a Syrian passport was found on the body of one of the suicide bombers.

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Título: AP: Syrian passport found on suicide bomber's body

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Título: Islamic State claims responsibility for Paris attacks

Texto: The Islamic State stated that it was behind the attacks in Paris, one of the deadliest attacks in France since World War II. French President François Hollande called the massacres an “act of war” by the Islamic State. Read the full coverage here.

"In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent

Allah (ta’ala) said, {They thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allah but Allah came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts so they destroyed their houses by their own hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision} [Al-Hashr:2].

In a blessed battle whose causes of success were enabled by Allah, a group of believers from the soldiers of the Caliphate (may Allah strengthen and support it) set out targeting the capital of prostitution and vice, the lead carrier of the cross in Europe-Paris. This group of believers were youth who divorced the worldly life and advanced towards their enemy hoping to be killed for Allah’s sake, doing so in support of His religion, His Prophet (blessing and peace be upon him), and His allies. They did so in spite of His enemies. Thus, they were truthful with Allah – we consider them so – and Allah granted victory upon their hands and cast terror into the hearts of the crusaders in their very own homeland.

And so eight brothers equipped with explosive belts and assault rifles attacked precisely chosen targets in the center of the capital of France. These targets included the Stade de France stadium during a soccer match – between the teams of Germany and France, both of which are crusader nations – attended by the imbecile of France (Francois Hollande). The targets included the Bataclan theatre for exhibitions, where hundreds of pagans gathered for a concert of prostitution and vice. There were also simultaneous attacks on other targets in the tenth, eleventh, and eighteenth districts, and elsewhere. Paris was thereby shaken beneath the crusaders’ feet, who were constricted by its streets. The result of the attacks was the deaths of no less than two hundred crusaders and the wounding of even more. All praise, grace, and favor belong to Allah.

Allah blessed our brothers and granted them what they desired. They detonated their explosive belts in the masses of the disbelievers after finishing all their ammunition. We ask Allah to accept them amongst the martyrs and to allow us to follow them.

Let France and all nations following its path know that they will continue to be at the top of the target list for the Islamic State and that the scent of death will not leave their nostrils as long as they partake in the crusader campaign, as long as they dare to curse our Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), and as long as they boast about their war against Islam in France and their strikes against Muslims in the lands of the Caliphate with their jets, which were of no avail to them in the filthy streets and alleys of Paris. Indeed, this is just the beginning. It is also a warning for any who wish to take heed.

Allah is the greatest.

(And to Allah belongs all honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know) [Al-Munafiqun: 8].

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Un video tomado por vecinos a la salida del teatro Bataclan puede verse acá: 

http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2015/11/14/daniel-psenny-journaliste-au-monde-j-ai-senti-comme-un-petard-qui-explosait-dans-mon-bras_4809665_4809495.html#