ISIS atttack on French church

[Perd Hapley]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/europe/france-normandy-church-hostage/

A priest was killed, and other hostages were wounded.

[Ron]

Have they established a motive yet?

[HankB]

Motive?

They were reportedly shouting "Allahu Akbar" which I'm sure we'll learn from the Obama administration actually translates as "It's Bush's Fault" . . .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708394/Two-men-armed-knives-people-hostage-French-church.html

[RoadKingLarry]

Motive?

They were reportedly shouting "Allahu Akbar" which I'm sure we'll learn from the Pbama administration actually translates as "It's Bush's Trump's Fault" . . .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708394/Two-men-armed-knives-people-hostage-French-church.html

FTFY

[Perd Hapley]

How long will it be, before they drive a truck into a church, and then set off their load of explosives? The only thing that might limit the casualties from such is that the churches, being French, will be mostly empty.

[Angel Eyes]

Obviously France's lax knife laws are the problem.

I blame the French Cutlery Association.

[MechAg94]

Stupid me, I looked up the French word for Police and found it is Police. 

[Hawkmoon]

Stupid me, I looked up the French word for Police and found it is Police. 

I don't know how the French language "police" ever allowed that to happen. I've only been to France twice, most recently in 1994, and back then the police were still called the gendarmerie.

[MechAg94]

In one of the links, the police all had "police" on their backs along with another word.  I wrongly assumed police was for non French speakers.

[Perd Hapley]

I don't know how the French language "police" ever allowed that to happen. I've only been to France twice, most recently in 1994, and back then the police were still called the gendarmerie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_France

France has two national police forces:[1]

    The Police Nationale, formerly called the "Sûreté", is considered a civilian police force. Its origins date back to 1812 and was created by Eugène François Vidocq. In 1966 its name was officially changed to "Police Nationale".[1] It has primary responsibility for major cities and large urban areas. The Police Nationale are under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; its strength is roughly 150 000.[1]
    The Gendarmerie Nationale is part of the French armed forces. It has the primary responsibility for policing smaller towns and rural areas, as well as the armed forces and military installations, airport security and shipping ports. Being a military force, the gendarmerie has a highly centralized organization structure. It is under the control of both the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of the Interior (as far as its civil duties are concerned)

[Hawkmoon]

The Gendarmerie Nationale is part of the French armed forces. It has the primary responsibility for policing smaller towns and rural areas, as well as the armed forces and military installations, airport security and shipping ports.

That explains it. When I was there in 1994, we were visiting small towns along the Normandy coast, where the D-Day battles were fought.

[Andiron]

Obviously,  the death cultists were provoked.  







I'm going to start taking after Cato at this rate...

[Laurent du Var]

How long will it be, before they drive a truck into a church, and then set off their load of explosives? The only thing that might limit the casualties from such is that the churches, being French, will be mostly empty.

It's true our churches are emptier than your gay night clubs. Do tell me, do you have to bring your cousin for happy cracker hour on Sundays or will any dude from your serpent handling community do?

[Perd Hapley]

It's true our churches are emptier than your gay night clubs. Do tell me, do you have to bring your cousin for happy cracker hour on Sundays or will any dude from your serpent handling community do?

You mean, when I go to church, or when I go to a gay night club?

[Laurent du Var]

You mean, when I go to church, or when I go to a gay night club?

Does your Church have happy cracker hour on sundays, too?
2 snakes for the price of one?

[RevDisk]

It's true our churches are emptier than your gay night clubs. Do tell me, do you have to bring your cousin for happy cracker hour on Sundays or will any dude from your serpent handling community do?

I will pay you to record yourself saying that in a heavy French accent and sending us the MP3.

Edit: Please be nice to each other. Polite, blah blah blah. Still willing to pay for that in MP3 format, tho. 5 euro good?

[mtnbkr]

I will pay you to record yourself saying that in a heavy French accent and sending us the MP3.

Edit: Please be nice to each other. Polite, blah blah blah. Still willing to pay for that in MP3 format, tho. 5 euro good?

ROTFLMAO.  :D

Hell, if LdV is willing, I'm sure we could queue up a bunch of phrases for him to repeat with an outrageous over-the-top French accent.

Chris

[Laurent du Var]

I'm sure John Cleese got more than 5 Euros for a fake french accent.
 

[RevDisk]

I'm sure John Cleese got more than 5 Euros for a fake french accent.

Fine. 6 euro for your finest fake French accent.

[Perd Hapley]

I'll do it for 2-1/2.

[Angel Eyes]

I'll do it for tree fiddy.

[Perd Hapley]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-refugee-held-french-church-attack-40992412


Among the bits of info in this news story:


1) One of those suspected in the attack is - you'll never guess - a Syrian refugee.

2) The church in question sold a plot of their land to a Muslim group, "for a symbolic sum," to help them build a Mosque.

[Hawkmoon]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-refugee-held-french-church-attack-40992412
2) The church in question sold a plot of their land to a Muslim group, "for a symbolic sum," to help them build a Mosque.

Yeah -- 1 (as in "one") Euro.

Makes one almost want to reconsider that "Am I my brother's keeper?" bit ... Robert Frost seems to have had it right: "Good fences make good neighbors."

Le bon jour, M. Imam. Oh, est-ce que vous souhaitez construire une mosquée? S'il vous plaît me permettre de diriger votre attention à un terrain de terre très abordable sur une petite île au milieu du marais cinq kilomètres hors de la ville.

[Perd Hapley]

Does that mean something like "I know a nice place for a mosque, many leagues from here"?

I don't know if the proximity hurt them so much, but I do question the propriety of a church helping to establish a mosque. Seems an obvious non-starter.

[Viking]

Does that mean something like "I know a nice place for a mosque, many leagues from here"?

I don't know if the proximity hurt them so much, but I do question the propriety of a church helping to establish a mosque. Seems an obvious non-starter.

"Good day Monsieur Imam. Oh, so you wish to build a mosque? Please allow me to direct your attention to a very affordable property 5 kilometers away from town, on a small island in the middle of a swamp".