He was on a watchlist. Why even have a watchlist if no one is actually watching?
When are we going to start hearing that this Muslim was mentally ill?
When are French officials going to wake up to what is happening? Or do they know full well, and not care, because there will inevitably be a few bumps on the road to globalization and glorious multicultural harmony?
And what will Pope Francis and the Catholic bishops do in the wake of this attempt to blow up Notre Dame cathedral? Better step up the “dialogue,” fellas, it doesn’t seem to be working!
“BREAKING NEWS: Car packed with explosive gas cylinders is found outside Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral as police arrest ‘radicalised’ vehicle owner,” by Julian Robinson, MailOnline, September 7, 2016:
The ‘radicalised’ owner of a car found packed with gas cylinders close to Notre Dame cathedral has been arrested, police have revealed.
The vehicle, a Peugeot 607 without a licence plate, was found with its hazard lights flashing close to the landmark building in the heart of the French capital.
Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in the car.
Police say the car’s owner, who is now in custody, is on an intelligence services watchlist of people suspected of religious radicalisation.
One of the seven canisters inside was empty when police found the abandoned vehicle parked on a Seine riverside stretch called the Quai de Montebello in the fifth arrondissement of Paris last Saturday night.
A police official revealed today: ‘We think he may have been trying to carry out a test-run.’
The cylinders were not thought to have been connected to detonator.
There are reports in France that two people have been arrested. The car’s owner and an associate, both known to police, were arrested on Tuesday, police said, and anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation.
The mysterious car had no number plate, but investigators have spent the past four days raiding the homes of anybody who might be linked to it….

Kay says
Thank goodness they were caught.
But so much work!
Too bad all these were not helped some way in their own countries, not allowed into Europe to receive help.
ECAW says
“Thank goodness they were caught.”
Absolutely not. It will take the demolishing of Notre Dame or the Eiffel Tower or Buckingham Palace or the Twin Towers to wake us up.
Ah….
mortimer says
Pope Francis needs something to put his brain on the right track. His hippy-dippy philosophizing about Islam is unscholarly and sophomoric.
TJ says
This pope definitely is a sellout on the Bible on the Islamic issue. Islam is not truly a religion. A reason why is the Koran exaggerates against people and then executes those who didn’t believe in their exaggerations. This practice is murder. This is why the Koran produces so many people like the evil pervert described in this article. The Koran deserves to be abolished. We need a lot of atheists to change their mind and be more supportive of the Bible. They should feel God is out there and intentionally only half trying to support the world because all human beings have shown God they will just walk on by while a little one is being killed. The Biblical position is human beings deserve only partial support from God because they live this way. This is better then the phony executions proposed by the writers of the Koran.
Nina says
It’s not just the pope who is an apologist for ‘slam. I was given an infraction over at Catholic Answers Forum for giving some facts in a couple of posts there, charging me with “contempt for a religion.”
Kay says
@ Nina
What happened?
Shane says
Yes, this Pope is a huge disappointment in not protecting the Christian world from the scourge of Islamic Jihad. This twit advocates for Western nations to take in millions of muslim refugees and immigrants knowing that Islam is truly a religion of war.
Itinerant says
“or the Twin Towers to wake us up.
Ah….”
It will take- Jews in fear for their lives (yet again) leaving European countries………..ah.
Artists,writers and cartoonists assassinated under de-facto Sharia blasphemy laws……ah.
Hundreds of thousands of young, vulnerable European girls, groomed, raped, forced into prostitution, horribly abused and tortured and trafficked….ah. (and it’s still going on!!!!!!!!!!!)
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/09/shocking-report-massive-cover-up-of-muslim-rape-gang-activity-in-the-uk
Clientele in gay night-club tortured and executed…..ah.
People walking on the Nice waterfront, mowed down by jihadi in a truck…….ah.
One could go on and on and always end with an ah.
The globalist/EU establishment, sold us out years ago,
they have chosen appeasement and think it compromise.
‘The elites are right and the people are wrong.’
One German official reportedly said, neatly summing up the arrogance and hubris of the current European political classes.
It is the establishment that must be changed, otherwise, it will be just more of the same and the excruciating spectacle, of watching the Eurabian dystopia,(and attendant neo-Stasi), take shape over the decades.
Shane says
You make a strong case that the West must turn to leaders such as Donald Trump who recognize that the religion of Islam is a problem for the West. The West must stop all muslim immigration as we can, or Western Civilization will be conquered by Islamic Jihad.
TH says
Or the St. Peter’s in the Vatican or Chartres Cathedral etc. If the ISIS savages get a chance they will do it.
DT says
The European governments are not concerned with preventing these attacks (with the exception of Hungary) by removing/deporting all Muslims from their countries. It appears that they are mostly in favour of a World Organization by their lack of concern for their Countries and Citizens and this includes Canada.
Maggie says
You are correct.
biff says
He was there because he had just last night converted to Christianity.
This is Christian Extremism.
He was going to blow himself up when a bus of Muslims went by. He was there to “protect” Notre-Dame.
The general public will buy and shit you throw at them. Does not matter if it makes sense. their brains have been turned off and their critical thinking skills non-existant.
Islam is the religion of peace. You can buy the bumper sticker.
mortimer says
Meanwhile, hippy-dippy Pope Guido Sarducci lives divorced from reality in his delusion of ‘religion of peace’.
Angemon says
That would be my guess too. A car with no license plate and flashing its hazard lights, and the bomb was not connected to the detonator.
Keys says
Mine guess too.
When the real run comes the Cathedral and area will be crowded with worshippers and people.
Praeceptor Maximus says
It is only a matter of time before a historical building is blown up by some terrorists. And the evil Pope as usual will vomit his nonsense about Islam having nothing to do with it. Nothing will change in Europe, unless the right wing governments come to power. France has a large population of Muslims. It is more of an Islamic country than a western country. And for that to change, there needs to be a leader with a backbone who is not afraid to speak against Islam and tell Muslims that they can either be French or Muslim, for they cannot be both. Islam is not compatible with western values.
JAR says
The nameless but nevertheless radicalized owner of the car could simply be patient and wait until the Paris refugee camps are constructed. Sadly, the end result may likely be the same.
France needs to elect a Geert Wilders to implement his proposed platform.
Jaladhi says
Muslims are enemies of human beings and human civilization. Their only interest is to take the world back to 7th century stone age barbarianism. Every day they give proof of this throughout the world!1
mortimer says
Muslims indeed are all enemies of modernity. Their ONLY solution is to turn back the clock to the 7th century.
Islam is totally dysfunctional and seen to be so even by fanatical Muslims.
Mirren10 says
”He was on a watchlist. Why even have a watchlist if no one is actually watching?”
Because it *looks* as if the authorities are doing something. Surface is all.
”When are we going to start hearing that this Muslim was mentally ill?”
Any minute now. Or, he’s not a real muslim.
”When are French officials going to wake up to what is happening?”
When any members of the government, or their families, get *their* hides singed. But that won’t happen, because they’ve got security 24/7. We, the hoi polloi, are just collateral damage. Virtue signalling is *far* more important than *our* lives and safety.
” Or do they know full well, and not care, because there will inevitably be a few bumps on the road to globalization and glorious multicultural harmony?”
Yes, I think that’s 95% of it. The other 5% *may* be that now they’ve done it, they don’t know what the hell to do about it. Plus all those potential mohammedan votes, of course.
”And what will Pope Francis and the Catholic bishops do in the wake of this attempt to blow up Notre Dame cathedral?”
They won’t *do* anything, but they will *say*, ”this has nothing to do with the true practice of islam.” And when a mohammedan *does* succeed in blowing up Notre Dame, or the Tuileries, or Versailles, or any other landmark, **they will say exactly the same**.
David M says
France has an incredible 10,000 people on their watch list, I assume all are Muslim.
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiUpojE4f_OAhWDsJQKHRXMBiAQFggpMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.i24news.tv%2Fen%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Feurope%2F92686-151117-more-than-10-000-on-french-list-of-potential-terror-suspects&usg=AFQjCNGhJJIJRU7c2j6lKBz4yZih14CZMA&sig2=rGH4Z3cSvKzhq46OvPiXrQ
Mirren10 says
From your link:
” … the suspects are not automatically subject to surveillance.
“It’s more or less an indicator, like a thermometer that one has to monitor and feed all the time for it to be efficient,” a police officer said.”
The link also mentions **football hooligans** as being on the list ! Well, of course. We’ve all seen and heard football hooligans strapping on suicide vests and murdering everyone in the stadium.
But I should think you’re correct, the vast majority *will* be mohammedans. As Robert says, what’s the point of a watch list if they’re not watching ?
Carolyne says
In almost every case where a Muslim has committed mass mayhem here in the US, we are told the perpetrators(s) were on an FBI watch list. The Boston Bombers, the San Bernardino shooter, the Orlando shooter (He was even reported to the FBI by Disney World.) The Tsaernaev brothers were reported to the US authorities by Russia.
But the FBI has years to investigate Hillary Clinton’s misdeeds in order to declare her only “Careless” after her husband spoke in secret on a plane with Loretta Lynch. Just what does the FBI do anyway other than protect corrupt US politicians>
Oliver says
So, the FBI has some 1,500-2,000 and they are ( last I heard) still running around. The slime who murdered the people in Orlando was on that list. And nothing was done.
The leaders have feces for brains. And, asMirren says, all of those votes.
Alvin Woods says
Another case of mental illness?
stubb says
No license plate, flashing hazard lights, and traceable connections to owner instead of stolen at random? I don’t get it.
Keys says
Good points, stubb.
A police van full of explosives will work better.
mortimer says
There will soon be daily attempts at one or another large church. Saint Peter’s will need to double it’s security staff.
Georg says
“The cylinders were not thought to have been connected to detonator.”
Enough for CAIR to defend him against Islamophobia.
Mark A says
Obviously another case of mental illness. And nothing to do with Islam.
R Cole says
France can’t afford to follow all these terror suspects!! They don’t have the manpower.
That is why they need troops on the streets.
This is really happening!!
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The message is to remain calm – because this all has to do with ‘Islamophobia’ – even though these attacks started before there was even the concept of ‘Islamophobia’ – but if we can only get rid of it – the Islamic terrorism will go away too!!
Remember not too long ago – it was if we could only fix the Palestinian problem – Islamic terrorism would go away.
Common theme – the blame is always placed somewhere other than Islam and Muslims.
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Truth is, even as the French forces are so seriously over stretched – the steady pace of immigration from these problematic parts of the world remains the same.
Troops on the streets today – a curfew tomorrow?
The loss of antiquities and Europe’s cultural heritage – coupled with the need for more understanding ~ or else.
David M says
Apparently when you get off the plane at Paris airport now you are met by nervous armed soldiers with automatic weapons. I won’t be going anywhere near Paris.
Baucent says
A cathedral would be a tempting symbolic target. The French really need to have them under guard.
ECAW says
There is no end to tempting symbolic targets is there?
Already (I believe) France has 10,000 troops permanently deployed on the streets defending synagogues, Jewish schools and other high value targets for jihadis.
Where does it all end, with the entire French army guarding the French people from their internal enemy?
FreedomFrance says
In France it’s time for wake up or get down under dhimma.
In France , it”s time to resist.
http://ripostelaique.com/eric-zemmour-persiste-et-signe-lislam-est-incompatible-avec-la-republique-et-la-france.html
The french essayist Eric Zemmour said: “islam is not compatible with republic and France” indeed, he is completely right!
Carolyne says
I will go further and say that “Islam is not compatible with human life.”
FreedomFrance says
Exactly!
Richard Paulsen says
Passed Notre Dame as a tourist and young man loving to learn about other countries some 40 years ago with female and male friends. Knowing the history about France being liberated from the Nazis.
Being called ” Capitalists ” by young “revolutionairies” close to the church..
De Gaulle entered the church. Nazis with guns hiding themselves inside shooting. ” War is over “, he said to them.
Zola wrote a book about a handicaped man once living in the Church. Very fascinating.
Now France paying people to destroy its churches and priests. Terrible change. Disappointing and demoralizing
marie says
Same political correctness mindset here in Australia.
They are calling the latest terrorist scare ‘Mental illness’
The Sydney Opera House threatened!
The western world is done for if we don’t make a stand against this Muslim
stone age mob.
FreedomFrance says
France saved Europe and Western civilization twice in the history, with thé Franks like Odon or Eudes the Merovingian King of Aquitaine (Aquitany), during the terrible siege of Toulouse in 721, and with the battle of Moussais close to Poitiers with the Carolingian Charles Martel in 732 and we close this terrible war against thé muslims invaders at the Tourtour Battle with Guillaume of Provence in 973.
The war with islam against France is a very long history , they were defeated by the swords of our country three times and roughly, and thé didn’t forget that!
Remember! And in old French this is thé same word or qu’il y “Remembrance “, français du Nord et du Midi de langue d’Oïl ou de langue d’Oc, souvenez-vous d’où vous venez, vos ancêtres surent très vite que l’islam ne vous veut pas du bien! Vive la France!!!
Oliver says
The mysterious car had no number plate, but investigators have spent the past four days raiding the homes of anybody who might be linked to it….
The above-last lines of the article. My question- EVEN IF THE FRENCH ARE SLOW AND LAZY-HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN POSSIBLY BE CONNECTED TO ONE CAR, THAT IT TAKES FOUR DAYS TO RAID THEIR HOUSES?
Are the frogs THAT incompetent?
In WW2 it took the Germans something like 6 or 7 days to conquer France.
Are their 21st century police as bad their 20th century military?