FRENCH POLICE MOUNT ANTI-TERRORIST OFFENSIVE

The "State of Emergency" announced by President Hollande during the week-end, was the signal that Police needed to  launch concerted attacks  against known suspects. 

Early this morning they raided flat where terrorists were hiding in the Saint Denis district, just north of Paris, only 800 metres from the Stade de France football stadium. This is where  Kamikase Terrorists first struck last Friday evening, while President Hollande was there, watching the friendly football match between France and Germany. 

This morning seven suspects were arrested and two people were killed, including a woman Kamikase.  The identification of all these people is being verified.

It had already been established that Terrorists in the Cell which was responsible for the atrocities last Friday evening, lived in Molenbeek, a suburb of Brussels in Belgium.  This is again proof that I S terrorists are and can be widely present all over the EU, not just in one or two countries !

The EU Leaders must now realise that concerted action is required.  Every country must be vigilent and actively help to protect the EU against IS Terrorists !

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FRANCE: A STATE OF EMERGENCY !

After the attacks by Islamic Terrorists last Friday, President Hollande declared a State of Emergency.   Yesterday, in accordance with the French Constitution, President Hollande  addressed all the Members of Parliament and the Members of the Senate, assembled in the Palais of Versailles.

In a competent speech lasting more than half an hour, he declared that after the atrocities in Paris last Friday, France was at War against the Islamic State. He requested a time extention of the State of Emergency to three months and modifications to the Constitution "to act against warlike terrorism".  French citizens in general have welcomed the urgent measures outlined by President Hollande.

Everyone now hopes that rapid decisions and the rapid action necessary will follow quickly.  But there is a feeling that a lot of time has been wasted since the attack on "Charley Hebdo" by IS Terrorists in January this year ! 

Above all, the Public does not want all these niceties to become a "political football" !  This is not the time for French politicians to prevent action or to try to embarrass President Hollande before the Presidential Elections in May 2017.   That would be self defeating !

France is not alone.  Potential Allies have already expressed their sympathy and are ready to help France against the barbarious Islamic State.  But they now await and expect Leadership and urgent decisions from France. 

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11-13-15 TERROR REVEALS WE ALL LOVE PARIS !

On the warm Friday evening, of a very warm November week, Kamikaze I S terrorists struck in several spots in Paris and killed 128 young people, men and women in their early twenties. There were also 300 injured, of which 100 seriously, who are still fighting for their lives.

Some were relaxing on the terraces of Cafés when they gunned down, others were in the Bataclan Theatre, where many were the victims of a suicide bomber.

Not only France but many other countries are shocked by what happened in Paris.  There were not only French victims but also foreigners from about 19 different countries, all here tasting the relaxed way of life in Paris. 

This French way of life today is the same as it was more than 50 years ago, and also between the two World Wars !  Parents and Grandparents all over the world will remember, and some may be mourning ! 

President Hollande has declared that France is at war against the Barbarous Islamic State Killers.  France will not be alone.  It can be sure that other countries will actively help !

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SPORT MUST NOW ADOPT SERIOUS DRUG CONTROLS

 

For all codes of Sport, is it not now the right and opportune time to adopt stricter testing to discourage the use of "dope" by cheating competitors ? 

 

Basically, any positive test in future should lead to an immediate ban, which if confirmed, should be replaced by an "Expulsion for Life" from all competitive sports.

 

The recent expulsion of Russia seems to be wrong in principle.  It implies that every Russian sportsman is guilty !  That cannot be the case.

 

What everyone seemed to fear was that a few Russians in the past set world records with the help of "dope".  That probably is true, but it is now impossible to prove how widespread this was, either in Russia or in other unsuspected countries !

 

Many World and National records are therefore, probably tainted.  They must be consigned to history !   New records should then only be recognised, if the new Official World Testing Rules have been applied and respected.

 

Will the current problems go away forever, if  fundamentally nothing changes ?   No !   Problems will only get more complex instead !

 

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BANNING RUSSIA CREATES NEW SQUABBLE !

Less than 24 hours after Russia was banned from athletics by the IAAF vote, based on the WADA Report into Drug Abuse by Russian athletes, the President of the Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach was trying to ensure Russia would be able to participate in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil next summer.

What is Mr Bach's problem ?  Is it the Financial loss of revenues to the Olympic Games Movement which could result, if Russia or any other country could not participate ?  

All Countries and their Competitors could compete if their athletes at the Olympics Games, about two hours before their competition, pass an obligatory drug test which proves that they are clean !  

It is for you, Mr Bach, as the Organiser of the Olympics,  to ensure such tests are made and promptly checked.  This rule should apply to Russia as well as any other country.   WADA should oversee all these tests.

The aim is to clean-up Sport by eliminating Drug Usage.  No one wins anything by gleefully punishing a few, past, offenders.  The new aim can only be to record new World and National records with the help of obligatory testing, to efface old dubious records !

Is that not an Olympic dream ?

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FRANCE : ARE ALL MUSLIMS FANATICAL EXTREMISTS ?

Are all Muslims in France potential fanatical Extremists ? Quite clearly "NO" ! 

Since the "Charlie Hebdo" attack on January 7th 2015 , this question has been evoked several times but traditional Imams, leaders of their Muslim communities, have not really helped to  find a solution ! 

All they simply say is "We do not subscribe to the same interpretation of the Koran" !   That alone, as a contribution to solving current problems, is clearly not enough !

What is needed is a "Popular Uprising of all muslims" in France to show they are against these criminal extremists.

In his message Hassen Chalghoumi, the Imam of Drancy, has recently said "These Barbarians have nothing to do in a human society.  No muslims can remain silent;  muslims must say they have nothing to do with these criminals".

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PARIS STUNNED BY I S KAMIKAZE ATTACKS

A State of Emergency has been decreed after the Islamic State (I S) attacks in Paris last night.

At least 128 people have lost their lives and up to 237 were injured, of which 99 very seriously.  Many of them were in a theatre attending a rock concert in the 11 th district of Paris.

This morning in Paris, anxiety and stupor could be seen on the faces of everyone.   As the importance of what had happened sunk in, markets, large Department Stores all over Paris started closing, as well as Museums, the Eiffel Tower and the Chateau of Versailles.  

Everyone now awaits what this State of Emergency will change, not only in Paris and France but in the Western World, particularly the EU !

The  Islamic State is not only at war in the Middle East, but also in most EU countries, where their agents already nurture and train cells of potential terrorists to fight, even against their own neighbours.  France has feared further attacks like these since the "Charlie Hebdo" attack in January this year.

France will act and quite rightly expects other countries to participate actively in the common fight against Extreme I S terrorists. 

The EU Council of Leaders must be urgently convened and  Chancellor Merkel will be expected to be less dogmatic in her approach to the changes required to defend the EU Family of Nations from unwanted Migrants.  ALL doors of entry must be firmly shut and protected.

To leave any doors open is tantamount to inviting more trouble ! 
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