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On Wednesday January 7th, a group of masked gunmen shot and killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper. Top journalists and police officers were among those killed. Four prominent cartoonists were killed, who have drawn cartoons which made fun of Islamic terrorists and the Prophet Muhammad.
This is not the first time Charlie Hebdo has been attacked. In 2011 the magazine was a victim to a firebomb attack which destroyed their offices, shortly after satirically naming Muhammad as one of its editors.
In this month’s attack, the two gunmen forced their way into the Charlie Hebdo office and shot a security guard who was sitting at the welcome desk. They then made their way upstairs and into the editorial room looking for Stéphane Charbonnier, the head of the newspaper. They found him in a meeting with a dozen journalists which included the top cartoonists. Witnesses said that the gunmen claimed to be from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and spoke French fluently.
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They were born and raised in France. Chérif had been convicted of terrorism charges previously, serving three years in prison. Said had no criminal record, but is believed to have recently received terrorism training in Yemen.
After leaving the Charlie Hebdo office the gunmen hid in a printing factory north of Paris. They took the owner of the factory hostage briefly before releasing him. One of the employees hid in a cupboard for 8 hours and was able to relay information to the police about the gunmen’s movements on his cell phone. The police then raided the factory killing both Saïd and Chérif.
On Thursday January 8th there was an attack on a police officer in a suburb south of Paris. This attack was carried out by Amedy Coulibaly. Coulibaly had coordinated this attack with the Kouachi
Two boys by the names of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into Columbine High School around 11:19 A.M. with 99 home-made explosives, a 9mm carbine, a pump shotgun, and a double barrel shotgun. As well as being accompanied by four knives. Both managed to murder thirteen innocent people in total, twelve students and one teacher.
Security sources said al-Hada's family extensive ties to terrorism. One of al-Hada's sisters was married to one of the suspected September 11 hijackers who piloted an American Airlines jet into the Pentagon. His other sister, they said, is married to Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, a Yemen native whose name showed up on an FBI terrorist alert late Monday.
Since 2014 these groups have been on the rise with a 40% increase of 142,500 reported crimes since the first six months of 2016 (Kern, 2016). Of greater concern are the obvious increases in terror attacks in the EU, specifically in France, Germany and Belgium, host nations for a majority of the migrant populations. In 2015, Paris experienced the Charlie Hebdo attack and ended with the Paris nightclub attack in which more than 150 were killed and 300 injured. In 2016, there have been a significant increase in terror attacks in Europe. The Brussels Airport bombing, the Nice truck attack as well as knife attacks in Germany. Added to this is the threats of future attacks in statements by ISIS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, as coalition forces fight to retake key strongholds from the Islamic State, but failed to secure the surrounding areas controlled by ISIS allowing an untold number of IS fighters to escape and enter into the EU with the flow of
France-Presse, Agence. “Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for 9/11 Attacks, Says Son-in-Law.” Inquirer News. Inquirer.net 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 21 May 2014.
In June of 2016, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States happens at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In the aftermath of Sunday morning when covering the shooting, News 13 a local news channel from Orlando used pathos in their news to create fear about terrorism to the audience. On the other hand, The New York Times used eyewitness videos and expert interviews to appeal logic.
A series of four terrorist attacks organized by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda targeted the United States. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the third hit the Pentagon and fourth crashed in Pennsylvania on to a field. Over 3,000 people were killed along with more than 400 police officers and firefighters. It marks a treacherous day in history as it left many heartbroken and others fearful of a faith. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks the American people began to invest great trust within the Federal Government, seeking protection. After some time the mourning of the people began to transform to anger of the potential influence behind the attacks. Islam. Hate groups began to rise, quoting lines from the Quran and defining the entire faith as a threat to the nation. Although close to 60 Muslims got killed in the 9/11 attacks this event began to be seen as Muslims vs. Non-Muslims. This then made the attacks a scapegoat to hate crimes done towards
This paper is to make you aware of the tragedy that happened in 1999, in Columbine, Colorado. There were two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who though they had masterminded one of the most devastating act of terror in the world at Columbine High School, by setting bombs throughout the school, but when the devices fail to explode they had to result to using weapons. Eric and Dylan are two different people with two different personalities who did not share the same motive for destruction and hurting people. The boys was described as Dylan being depressed and suicidal while Eric was homicidal, cold and calculated. Many people would say that Eric and Dylan are psychopaths, because they killed all those people without a reason. Per
The news today has to do with what people want to hear, not particularly what is worth while or even accurate. In the Daily Telegraph’s (English newspaper) foreign news page there is a story of an outbreak of violence by political protests in the Middle East. Patrick Bishop, the senior editor on Middle Eastern affairs, writes: "Western leaders are becoming increasingly concerned by the threat to democracy posed by the growth of Islamic fundamentalists extremism." Other headlines from random British newspapers convey the same message: "Italy on security alert after Islam terror warning; Clinton to lead summit against Islamic terror; France fears protracted Islam terror campaign; Islamic fanatics gun down Briton in terror campaign" (Edward Mortimer). This is the message that the media is sending to all its readers and watchers about Islam. These headlines may have hap...
Within in minutes of the first attack news people and all emergency personnel were on the scene trying to help evacuate the building and get medical treatment to those injured. One person who was on the scene was Lieutenant Terri Tobin who was sent to be the department’s spokesperson for the news media, but quickly became involved in the r...
October 2002 was the beginning of what seemed like the longest three weeks in the Washington Metropolitan Area. No one wanted to believe that what was happening would change the lives of thousands. What appeared to be a random killing spree by an enraged lunatic, turned out to be part of a massive plan that claimed the lives of ten innocent people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. When these shootings first began, they were believed to be linked to a white van or truck. It was later discovered that these shootings were being carried out by a man named John Allen Muhammad, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, in a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan.
massive assault attack on the teachers and students within the school. According to an article published
and Dylan Klebold were two teenagers that walked into their high school and killed students while the students were in school. In all, thirteen people were killed by the murderers. The two boys were part of the Trench Coat Mafia that killed a dozen students and a teacher before turning the guns on themselves. Cassie Bernall and other students hid in the library of Co...
Authorities found where the pair made home videos prior to the attack where they made references to what they were going to do and apologizing to their parents for it (CNN Wires 1). Investigators discovered that Harris and Klebold had been planning to carry out the attack on Columbine High School for a year (“Columbine High School Shooting” 3). They wanted the attack to be similar to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings (3). During the investigation of the shooting, investigators interviewed witnesses. “They are really strange, but I’ve never seen them do anything violent” said classmate Jason Greer (NY Daily News 3). Later in the investigation, investigators discovered that Mark Manes was the man who sold a gun to Eric Harris and bought him one hundred rounds of ammunition the day before the murders occurred (“Columbine High School Shooting 5). Manes was sentenced to six years in prison (5). Some victims and families of those killed in the shooting filed a lawsuit against the school and the police (5). Most of these suits were dismissed later in court (5). The Columbine High School reopened from the tragedies in the fall of 1999
One interesting observation is that it seems both sources immediately assume that foreign terrorists were the primary perpetrators of this attack. Neither article comes right out and says it, however both are rather ambiguous about it. Newsweek does mention the possibility of a domestic source for the violence, but spends much more time and effort explaining the possible foreign sources. Overall both articles seem rather straightforward in their representation of the event, and remain rather simplistic, so as not to confuse the reading audience.
On December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Adam Lanza, age 20, guns down 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults, school staff and faculty, before turning the gun on himself. The final count is 28 dead, including the shooter. On July 20, 2012, twelve people are killed and 58 are wounded in a shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film. The gunman is dressed head-to-toe in protective tactical gear, set off two devices of some kind before spraying the theater with bullets from an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one of two .40-caliber handguns police recovered at the scene. On April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon at 2:49 pm EDT, killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others. The FBI took over...