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elleng

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 07:50 PM Nov 2015

All Paris Attackers Identified So Far Are European Nationals, According To Top EU Official.

All of the attackers from Friday’s massacre in Paris so far have been identified as European Union nationals, according to a top EU official. The announcement further casts doubt on the validity of a Syrian passport found near the bodies of a slain attacker.
“Let me underline, the profile of the terrorists so far identified tells us this is an internal threat,” Federica Mogherini, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, said after a meeting with EU foreign ministers. “It is all EU citizens so far. This can change with the hours, but so far it is quite clear it is an issue of internal domestic security.”

The majority of attackers were identified as French or Belgian nationals. An Egyptian passport was also found, but the Egyptian Ambassador to France said it belonged to a critically wounded victim and not a perpetrator. The Syrian passport caused a ruckus, with some politicians in Europe and the U.S. calling for a halt to Syrian refugee resettlement. An increasing number of state governors are trying to defund the settlement program. American officials told CBS News that the passport might be fake, while British-daily the Independent reported that a man was arrested in Serbia while carrying a Syrian passport with matching details to the one found in Paris.

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/11/16/3722838/all-paris-attackers-identified-so-far-are-european-nationals-according-to-top-eu-official/

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All Paris Attackers Identified So Far Are European Nationals, According To Top EU Official. (Original Post) elleng Nov 2015 OP
The right wants to breakup the EU and send refugees packing so fear of refugees is pampango Nov 2015 #1

pampango

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1. The right wants to breakup the EU and send refugees packing so fear of refugees is
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:25 PM
Nov 2015

a potent card they are determined to play. The fact that none, or possibly just one, of the killers had any refugee connection must not get in the way of playing the 'fear of Muslims' card that the right plays so well.

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