I don't find it strange. Captured weapons are used by groups like ISIL all the time.
My point being, making the leap that they must be US supplied is silly. Since they use a large amount of Toyota's, they must be being supplied by Japan too, non?
Paris attacks
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My point being, making the leap that they must be US supplied is silly. Since they use a large amount of Toyota's, they must be being supplied by Japan too, non?
Britain is to speed up the purchase of new fighter jets to step up its "aircraft carrier punch", Chancellor George Osborne says, as the government prepares to outline defence spending and to put the country on a "full war footing" to fight ISIS.
The move will be part of Monday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
It means the UK will have 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on its two new aircraft carriers by 2023.
Mr Osborne told the BBC it would put the UK second only to the US in carrier aircraft capability.
Osborne: UK to speed up aircraft carrier jet purchase
22 November 2015
BBC News
The F35 Joint Strike Fighter is built in the United States, as is the one pictured
Britain is to speed up the purchase of new fighter jets to step up its "aircraft carrier punch", Chancellor George Osborne says, as the government prepares to outline defence spending.
The move will be part of Monday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
It means the UK will have 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on its two new aircraft carriers by 2023.
Mr Osborne told the BBC it would put the UK second only to the US in carrier aircraft capability.
"We are going to step up the aircraft carrier punch of the United Kingdom. We are going to make sure that when these aircraft carriers are available, they are going to have planes that can fly from them in force," he said.
"By 2023, we will be able to have these jets - some of the most powerful in the world - the F35, on the decks of these carriers and Britain, second only to the United States, will be able to project power abroad in order to defend ourselves at home."
The government had proposed to have only eight of the US-built fighters available for deployment to the new carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales in that timeframe.
The government has announced it is to treble the firepower of the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers
The 18 others on order will be used in the training fleet or in maintenance, according to the Sunday Times.
In Monday's defence review, David Cameron is also expected to commit the UK to purchasing 138 F35 jets overall and over a longer period of time.
The prime minister will also announce the purchase of new reconnaissance planes - to replace the Nimrod spy planes scrapped in George Osborne's 2010 spending review, according to The Guardian.
Mr Osborne pledged in his summer Budget to meet Nato's target of spending 2% of national income on defence every year, up to 2020. That means spending on defence will rise in real terms - 0.5% above inflation - every year during the current Parliament.
UK Chancellor George Osborne today announced he is to put Britain on a "full war footing" to fight ISIS
Osborne: UK to speed up aircraft carrier jet purchase - BBC News
The move will be part of Monday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
It means the UK will have 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on its two new aircraft carriers by 2023.
Mr Osborne told the BBC it would put the UK second only to the US in carrier aircraft capability.
Osborne: UK to speed up aircraft carrier jet purchase
22 November 2015
BBC News
The F35 Joint Strike Fighter is built in the United States, as is the one pictured
Britain is to speed up the purchase of new fighter jets to step up its "aircraft carrier punch", Chancellor George Osborne says, as the government prepares to outline defence spending.
The move will be part of Monday's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
It means the UK will have 24 F35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft available on its two new aircraft carriers by 2023.
Mr Osborne told the BBC it would put the UK second only to the US in carrier aircraft capability.
"We are going to step up the aircraft carrier punch of the United Kingdom. We are going to make sure that when these aircraft carriers are available, they are going to have planes that can fly from them in force," he said.
"By 2023, we will be able to have these jets - some of the most powerful in the world - the F35, on the decks of these carriers and Britain, second only to the United States, will be able to project power abroad in order to defend ourselves at home."
The government had proposed to have only eight of the US-built fighters available for deployment to the new carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales in that timeframe.
The government has announced it is to treble the firepower of the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers
The 18 others on order will be used in the training fleet or in maintenance, according to the Sunday Times.
In Monday's defence review, David Cameron is also expected to commit the UK to purchasing 138 F35 jets overall and over a longer period of time.
The prime minister will also announce the purchase of new reconnaissance planes - to replace the Nimrod spy planes scrapped in George Osborne's 2010 spending review, according to The Guardian.
Mr Osborne pledged in his summer Budget to meet Nato's target of spending 2% of national income on defence every year, up to 2020. That means spending on defence will rise in real terms - 0.5% above inflation - every year during the current Parliament.
UK Chancellor George Osborne today announced he is to put Britain on a "full war footing" to fight ISIS
Osborne: UK to speed up aircraft carrier jet purchase - BBC News
it's fascinating watching your total lack of awareness, particularly your self-awareness.
Nowhere near as fascinating and entertaining as watching you expose your stupidity.
Pretty powerful stuff, Walter and his comments fall right in line with what I have been reading elsewhere. Mark Steyn warned the West long ago that this would happen. Thank you.
Blazing CatFur @Blazingcatfur That the 3rd Bataclan attacker is named Mohamed will no doubt come as a shock to many
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None of this is relevant to us. Trudeau has turned his back on our allies. It's our duty now to concentrate on saving the allies' enemies from being bombed.
If somebody told him that ISIS was putting CO2 in the air, maybe then there would be some action.
Trudeau wouldn't believe what anyone tells him. He thinks he has all the answers. The World According to Trudeau; - 'A group hug and a few verses of Kumbaya will make all the world's problems go away.' Oh and a smile and wave from HIM, of course!
Woman sues Twitter, Facebook, Google over 2015 Paris attacks for 'aiding' ISIS
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February 21, 2018 7:19 AM EST
FILES: Members of the public view candles and tributes left opposite the main entrance of Bataclan concert hall as French police lift the cordon following Fridays terrorist attacks on November 16, 2015 in Paris, France. A Europe-wide one-minute silence was held in honour of at least 129 people who were killed in a series of terror attacks in the French capital.Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area woman who was at a cafe in Paris during the 2015 attacks is suing Twitter, Facebook and Google alleging the sites helped aid the growth of the Islamic State group by giving it social media access.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Mandy Palmucci filed the federal lawsuit last week in Chicago.
The lawsuit says she was at a Paris cafe when more than a dozen people were killed there and that she suffered emotionally.
The attacks on cafes, the national stadium and a concert hall left 130 people dead. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
Facebook said in a statement there’s no place on its site for those who engage in terrorism or for content that supports such activity.
Twitter and Google didn’t respond to the newspaper’s messages seeking comment.
Similar lawsuits elsewhere have been dismissed on grounds that laws shield online providers from responsibility for content posted by users.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/isis-terrorism-social-media-facebook-twitter-google-youtube
Woman sues Twitter, Facebook, Google over 2015 Paris attacks for ‘aiding’ ISIS | Toronto Sun
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Published:
February 21, 2018
Updated:
February 21, 2018 7:19 AM EST
FILES: Members of the public view candles and tributes left opposite the main entrance of Bataclan concert hall as French police lift the cordon following Fridays terrorist attacks on November 16, 2015 in Paris, France. A Europe-wide one-minute silence was held in honour of at least 129 people who were killed in a series of terror attacks in the French capital.Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area woman who was at a cafe in Paris during the 2015 attacks is suing Twitter, Facebook and Google alleging the sites helped aid the growth of the Islamic State group by giving it social media access.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Mandy Palmucci filed the federal lawsuit last week in Chicago.
The lawsuit says she was at a Paris cafe when more than a dozen people were killed there and that she suffered emotionally.
The attacks on cafes, the national stadium and a concert hall left 130 people dead. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
Facebook said in a statement there’s no place on its site for those who engage in terrorism or for content that supports such activity.
Twitter and Google didn’t respond to the newspaper’s messages seeking comment.
Similar lawsuits elsewhere have been dismissed on grounds that laws shield online providers from responsibility for content posted by users.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/isis-terrorism-social-media-facebook-twitter-google-youtube
Woman sues Twitter, Facebook, Google over 2015 Paris attacks for ‘aiding’ ISIS | Toronto Sun
French court finds 20 guilty for 2015 Islamist attacks in Paris
Author of the article:Reuters
Reuters
Tangi Salaün and Lucien Libert and Ingrid Melander
Publishing date:Jun 29, 2022 • 15 hours ago • 2 minute read • 7 Comments
PARIS — A French court on Wednesday handed down guilty verdicts for all 20 men tried for the 2015 killing of 130 people in a coordinated gun-and-bomb rampage by Islamist gunmen in Paris.
Main suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty on terrorism and murder charges, judge Jean-Louis Peries said.
The 32-year-old Belgium-born Frenchman, the only surviving member of the group that carried out the attacks on Nov. 13, 2015, was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of early release, a sentence handed out only four times previously in France.
The Bataclan music hall, six bars and restaurants and the perimeter of the Stade de France sports stadium were targeted in hours-long attacks across Paris that shook France and left deep scars on the country’s psyche.
A defiant Abdeslam had said at the start of the trial that he was a “soldier” of Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
He later apologized to the victims and said during the trial that he had chosen at the last minute not to detonate his explosive vest. But, based on the investigations and hearings, the court ruled otherwise.
“The court considered that the explosive vest malfunctioned,” Peries said. Abdeslam is “guilty of being a member of a terrorist network,” he also said.
“All defendants are found guilty on all counts,” the judge added, with the exception of terrorism charges for one of the less prominent accused.
It has been a trial like no others, not only for its exceptional length of 10 months, but also for the time it devoted to allowing victims to testify in detail about their ordeal and their struggles in overcoming it, while families of those killed spoke of how hard it was to move on.
Thirteen other people, 10 of whom are also in custody, were also in the courtroom during the months-long hearings. During that time, some took responsibility for their role in the attacks and apologized to the victims. Others have not said a word.
The court found them guilty of crimes ranging from helping provide the attackers with weapons or cars to planning to take part in the attack. Six more, tried in absentia and believed to be dead, were also found guilty.
Arthur Denouveaux, a survivor of the Bataclan attack, had told Reuters ahead of the verdict that the trial had surpassed victims’ expectations “because terrorists spoke, terrorists in a way answered to our testimonies, that was so unexpected, that never happens in terrorist trials.”
“I think we can be proud of what we achieved,” said Denouveaux, the president of Life for Paris, a victims’ association.
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Author of the article:Reuters
Reuters
Tangi Salaün and Lucien Libert and Ingrid Melander
Publishing date:Jun 29, 2022 • 15 hours ago • 2 minute read • 7 Comments
PARIS — A French court on Wednesday handed down guilty verdicts for all 20 men tried for the 2015 killing of 130 people in a coordinated gun-and-bomb rampage by Islamist gunmen in Paris.
Main suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty on terrorism and murder charges, judge Jean-Louis Peries said.
The 32-year-old Belgium-born Frenchman, the only surviving member of the group that carried out the attacks on Nov. 13, 2015, was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of early release, a sentence handed out only four times previously in France.
The Bataclan music hall, six bars and restaurants and the perimeter of the Stade de France sports stadium were targeted in hours-long attacks across Paris that shook France and left deep scars on the country’s psyche.
A defiant Abdeslam had said at the start of the trial that he was a “soldier” of Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
He later apologized to the victims and said during the trial that he had chosen at the last minute not to detonate his explosive vest. But, based on the investigations and hearings, the court ruled otherwise.
“The court considered that the explosive vest malfunctioned,” Peries said. Abdeslam is “guilty of being a member of a terrorist network,” he also said.
“All defendants are found guilty on all counts,” the judge added, with the exception of terrorism charges for one of the less prominent accused.
It has been a trial like no others, not only for its exceptional length of 10 months, but also for the time it devoted to allowing victims to testify in detail about their ordeal and their struggles in overcoming it, while families of those killed spoke of how hard it was to move on.
Thirteen other people, 10 of whom are also in custody, were also in the courtroom during the months-long hearings. During that time, some took responsibility for their role in the attacks and apologized to the victims. Others have not said a word.
The court found them guilty of crimes ranging from helping provide the attackers with weapons or cars to planning to take part in the attack. Six more, tried in absentia and believed to be dead, were also found guilty.
Arthur Denouveaux, a survivor of the Bataclan attack, had told Reuters ahead of the verdict that the trial had surpassed victims’ expectations “because terrorists spoke, terrorists in a way answered to our testimonies, that was so unexpected, that never happens in terrorist trials.”
“I think we can be proud of what we achieved,” said Denouveaux, the president of Life for Paris, a victims’ association.
French court finds 20 guilty for 2015 Islamist attacks in Paris
A French court on Wednesday handed down guilty verdicts for all 20 men tried for the 2015 killing of 130 people in a rampage in Paris.