Courtesy of Mish.
France is having second thoughts about open borders. The unfortunate thing is it took a terrorist attack to come to the proper conclusion.
I am saddened to report Paris attacked: Dozens Dead, Hostages Taken.
Paris was struck by co-ordinated attacks on Friday night, causing chaos in the French capital in one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on a western city since September 11, 2001.
President François Hollande declared that “several dozen” had died as he appeared on television to declare a state of emergency, deploying the military around Paris and closing France’s borders.
At least six attacks began in busy and popular areas of the capital around 10pm local time.
Shootings targeted a concert hall near Place de la République and two other nearby restaurants in the 10th and 11th arrondissement, while two explosions rocked the Stade de France in northern Paris
Special forces were sent to the 1,5000seat Bataclan concert hall on Boulevard Voltaire, where the US band Eagles Of Death Metal was due to be performing. One or several attackers were holding hostages, according a police officer with knowledge of the situation.
“It’s horrific,” President Hollande said. “Operations are still unfolding, there’s a police assault at the moment in Paris. We are mobilising all the police force possible to neutralise the terrorists.” He did not name the suspects, but said: “We know who they are, we know where they come from.”
In a brief statement from the White House, President Barack Obama said “We will do whatever it takes to work with the French people and nations around the world to bring these terrorists to justice.”
The BBC reported that at least one man opened fire with an automatic weapon in a shootout in a central Paris restaurant shooting in the 10th arrondissement of the capital.
“Given the disturbing similarities to other attacks, this clearly co-ordinated series of violent acts bears all the hallmarks of international terrorism. Many hundreds of French citizens have travelled to Syria and Iraq, and the risk from those who return is well known and severe,” he said.
German’s Angela Merkel said she was “deeply shaken” by the attacks and that her thoughts were with the victims, their relatives and the people of Paris.
Night of Terror…
