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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy hunch on the Paris attacks.
I'm probably wrong as I am with most things, but I cannot help but think this attack was homegrown with in local extremist community within Paris and not some broader conspiracy. I don't have any connections to Washington or Paris so no one is going to (and probably shouldn't) listen listen to little ol' me, but that's my gut feeling.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)who passed through Greece.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)for asylum? If so, that does't really look good for Merkel and the others, does it?
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)bodies. One has been identified as a known radical from the Parisian suburbs. The Syrian passport belonged to someone who came through the island of Lesbos in Greece as a refugee.
malaise
(269,067 posts)except the passport - same thing happened during 9/11 - how neat.
TheUnspeakable
(1,005 posts)Thank you Malaise
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Bombs may blow things up, but not necessarily into "smithereens".
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Unless it is hit with flame, it's going to fly around. It sounds like in this case they have 3-4 of 8. They were useful idiots, sadly there seems to be an endless supply of young angry people who are seduced by the chance to rape infidels, blow up shit and kill others.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...that those 9/11 passports gently floated from a fiery sky inferno to the molten asbestos rubble below...unscathed?
So cynical!11!!1
TYY
TBF
(32,070 posts)and immediately thought "oh crap - Cheney is up to it again"
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)Attackers 'self-contained cell back from Syria'
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972
Shandris
(3,447 posts)Grenades stolen from France mil base just a couple months ago. Also an IDF guy arrested for selling some from Israel a month previous. Either one could be a potential source.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/196874 (Not sure about this source, its from a google search)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosives-grenades-and-detonators-stolen-from-military-site-in-france/
Can a local extremist group nail 200 timers and detonators from a military base WITHOUT help? In the A Team they can, and I'm sure some good ex-mil could as well. Others? I won't discount the possibility outright, but they would be either very lucky or very well-trained.