Nicholas Vinocur
By Nicholas Vinocur
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Fast Forward Paris Magazine Attackers Appear To Be Well-Trained Islamic Terrorists
(Reuters) — The black-clad gunmen who stormed the Paris office of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday spoke perfect French and acted like trained Islamist commandos, shooting victims in an apparently well-prepared attack. While police have yet to catch or identify the attackers or explain their motives, amateur video shows at least one shouting “Allahu Akbar,”…
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Fast Forward Police Hunt ‘Allah Akhbar!’ Gunmen Who Killed 12 at Paris Magazine That Ran Cartoon of Mohammed and Orthodox Jew
(Reuters) — Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly satirical magazine known for lampooning Islam and other religions, shooting dead at least 12 people, including two police officers, in the worst militant attack on French soil in decades. One of the assailants was captured on video outside the building shouting “Allahu Akbar!” (God…
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Fast Forward Le Pen ‘Anti-Semitic’ Family Feud Deepens
(Reuters) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front admitted defeat on Tuesday after failing to win wide enough support to form a political group in European Parliament, dousing her ambition to lead an alliance of nationalists against Brussels. Concurrently, a damaging public feud between Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie worsened as the 86-year-old FN…
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Fast Forward French Jews, Irked by Poor Economy and Anti-Semitism, Give Israel New Look
(Reuters) — When Daniel, a Jewish small business-owner, first raised the idea of leaving France eight years ago, parents and friends talked him out of taking the leap. Now, he says, even some of them are considering the move themselves. The 31-year-old plans to abandon his locksmith and window repair company based south of Paris…
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