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France: Hooded gunmen open fire with Kalashnikovs in Marseille

May 21, 2018 3:36 pm By Robert Spencer

Ramadan in Marseille? Possibly, and possibly not. But if it is jihad, we cannot be sure that French authorities will be forthcoming about that. Like authorities all over Europe, they appear intent upon covering up the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat.

“Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs,” by Nicole Stinson, Express, May 21, 2018:

HOODED gunmen have opened fire with automatic rifles, kalachnikovs, in Marseille, in south France – with one person reportedly injured.

The men opened fire on a group of young people not far from the cultural space known as ‘La Busserine’, local media Corse-Matin reports.

Three vehicles with the masked individuals arrived in the city’s district of Busserine at 5pm local time, France’s ACTU17 said.

Police exchanged fire with the shooters and officers have set up a cordon.

At this time it is unclear if any arrests have been made, but police are investigating.

Marseille’s Marines-Pompiers, the city’s fire and rescue service, is also at the scene.

This is the second shooting in the city in a matter of weeks….

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  1. Garfield says

    May 21, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    So liberals…..with your passion for diversity….how do you like Paris now?

    Say goodbye to sidewalk cafes, outdoor markets, festivals, museums and being able to walk down your own streets without fear. You invited islam, you supported islamofacists, protected them and defended them. What did you expect?

    Sadly I don’t see how any of islamicised Europe can be fixed.

    • TL says

      May 21, 2018 at 4:17 pm

      That’s right, Garfield, you don’t see. This fact was obvious after reading just the first two words, “So liberals”, of your pessimistic comment. The sighted never describe totalitarians as “liberals”, not even after every barker and tail-chaser has rolled over in submission to the left and been trained to repeat a favorite lie of left wing politics.

      • Stacy Girl says

        May 21, 2018 at 4:37 pm

        Pessimistic? Snort. Realistic. Yes.

        • mortimer says

          May 22, 2018 at 6:55 am

          Here is REALISM: RAMADAN IS THE MONTH OF JIHAD AND VICTORIES.

          What could be a better way to CELEBRATE the month of jihad than an ACTUAL JIHAD.

          ALL Muslims are required to conduct jihad.

          Muslims conduct VERBAL JIHAD when they lie about the meaning, the motive and METHOD (jihad) of Islam’s vocation … WORLD DOMINANCE through SUPREMACISM.

  2. awake says

    May 21, 2018 at 3:48 pm

    I understand Robert’s hesitancy in certain incidences, but “c’mon man” on this one.

    • melek-ric says

      May 21, 2018 at 9:04 pm

      Hmm. Multiple hooded gunmen, all armed with AK47s, described by witnesses as “shooting in the air” above a crowd of people with the only casualty being one guy allegedly hit with the butt of a gun. If these were jihadis, they must have planned merely to strike fear in the hearts of the kuffar but not to actually kill anyone.

      Why did they waste a fine opportunity to slay and be slain, considering the cops seemed to be right there, Johnny on the spot? If this was a jihad attack it was completely unlike any previous one. A new “kinder and gentler” style, perhaps?

      Really, this sounds staged to me. Imagine – multiple shooters hopping out of three vehicles; AK fire spraying everywhere other that at the apparent targets; cops conveniently right there to respond with a hail of gunfire (again, nobody hit); the perps nonetheless get away cleanly, causing the cops to “set up a cordon” without making any arrests and to start “investigating”. Maybe there haven’t been enough “gang shootings” or “white supremacist attacks” to balance out the real jihad murders, so the French authorities need to create a few to distract everyone…

      • mortimer says

        May 22, 2018 at 7:27 am

        Marseille’s Muslim Kosovar gangs have done this sort of thing before. Same methods.

        • MTMLA says

          May 23, 2018 at 12:57 am

          But in civilized France , and all over Europe, the citizens are not allowed to own guns!!!!How can this happen?
          Only politicians can have armed protection, payed by the tax payers…

  3. mortimer says

    May 21, 2018 at 3:55 pm

    RAMADAN! The month of JIHAD and VICTORIES against the dirty KUFAAR. KILL-A-DAN !

    Ramadan – The Month Of Spirituality, Devotion, Jihad And Martyrdom

    https://www.memri.org/reports/ramadan-%E2%80%93-month-spirituality-devotion-jihad-and-martyrdom

    • Keys says

      May 21, 2018 at 7:24 pm

      Thanks, mortimer. Excellent recent short interview of Pam Geller.

  4. mortimer says

    May 21, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    MONTH OF RAMADAN IS ALL ABOUT JIHAD

    -The commandment of jihad, which is of supreme importance at all times, assumes even greater importance during this holy month and gains precedence over all other commandments.

    -There is a close connection between fasting and jihad, for the former is jihad of the soul, aimed at restraining it from sinning, while the second is jihad against the enemies, aimed at preventing them from spreading “corruption” in the world. Moreover, fasting is a powerful means to prepare the soul for jihad, i.e., to school oneself in obedience, devotion, resilience and endurance, which are the virtues of the jihad fighter that allow him to vanquish his enemies. On Ramadan Allah grants fighters special strength, despite – or rather by virtue of – their fasting.

    -Those who gain martyrdom during the month of Ramadan are doubly rewarded in Paradise.

    -During Ramadan, the Muslims are especially beholden to protect the sanctity of the Muslim holy places and keep the infidels from “desecrating” or threatening them.

  5. Walter Sieruk says

    May 21, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    First, this is somewhat of a reminder of those vicious and murderous Islamic terror attacks in the city of Paris , on November 13, 2015, is because of those jihad-minded Muslim males who are so extremely deluded and irrational because they really believed in the nonsensical , strange and far –fetched doctrine contained in the Koran, of sex-filled paradise with black eye- houris, virgins, in it for the male Muslim who dies as a “martyr” for the cause of Islam fighting in the jihad. As, this bizarre Islamic doctrine of a houris -filled place is found in the Koran in, for example, 4:54. 55:56. 78:31. So this odd and outlandish Koranic doctrine inspired many young Muslims males to commit many horrendous, ruthless, heartless and murderous actions of jihad violence. Those vicious jihadists’ massacres that occurred in Paris was most wicked and hideous. That extreme deadly evil caused by those jihadist/Muslims with their firm but blind unquestioning belief in the weird and false doctrine from the Koran of such a houris, filled paradise that had the outcome of mass murder and chaos in the city of Paris. This is a strong reminder of the wise statement written by the French philosopher, Voltaire, who wrote “As long as men continue to believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.”

    Second , even before that vicious ISIS jihad attack and those brutal murderous Islamic terror attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015 and then that Nice, France jihad murdering jihad attack on July 14, 2016 in an ISIS audio recording broadcasted on September 2014 declared “If you can kill a disbelieving American or European especially the spiteful and filthy French …kill him in any manner or way however it may be.” [1] This alone exposes the vicious and malicious way of thinking of the jihadist who composes ISIS. The result of this wicked mindset where those heinously malice – filled jihad mindset was carried out by those by those Islamic jihadist deadly attacks in Paris and Nice. Furthermore the jihadists of ISIS sure have some gall calling the French “spiteful” since it’s the jihadist ISIS thugs who are so very spiteful that they murder people in many extremely cruel ways. Likewise, the ISIS savages have some gall calling the French “filthy” Since it’s the ISIS jihadist villains who the ones who are so lawless and vile that the kidnap and rape both girls and women.

    [1] THE ISIS CRISIS by Charles Dyer Page 44

  6. mortimer says

    May 21, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    “Come Closer To Allah Through The BLOOD OF KAFIRS”

    Sa’ud Bin Hamoud Al-Utaybi, a prominent operative in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who was killed in 2005, wrote the following in the journal’s opening editorial: “Muslims! Go out to [fight] jihad for the sake of Allah! Paradise has already flung open its gates and the virgins of paradise are already decked out in anticipation of their grooms – this is Allah’s promise. No man of heart can allow himself tranquility and peace of mind until he goes out to fight against Allah’s enemies, as he was commanded by Allah. He who does not act [i.e., fight the jihad ] out of obedience to Allah’s command, and out of zeal for the honor of the Muslim women which was defiled at Abu Ghreib and in the other prisons of the leaders of unbelief, and out of fervor, and out of mortification at [the thought of] shirking [battle] – what else could arouse him [to go to battle] other than all of these?”

    “Jihad fighters everywhere! This month of jihad has come with all its blessings and with the double reward [granted to jihad fighters] in its course. Come closer to Allah through the blood of infidels, do not relent in spilling [their blood], and through [this blood] wipe out humiliation and disgrace from among your Muslim nation! Make this month like the month of the Battle of Badr, the conquest of Mecca, [the conquest] of Shaqhab, and other Islamic victories.

    “We ask Allah to turn this Ramadan into a month of glory, victory, and might, to hoist high in [this month] the banner of religion, to strengthen Islam and the Muslims, to humiliate polytheism and polytheists, to wave the banner of monotheism, to firmly plant the banner of jihad, and to smite the perverts and the obstinate.”

  7. Lebel says

    May 21, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Well done Mr. Spencer, you have your plausible deniability but you get what you wanted (it’s already jihad for everyone here and your colleagues in the anti-Muslim movement will run with it and make sure it spreads).

    Firstly, organized crime is rife in Marseille (it predates the arrival of the disgusting Muslims), second the attackers are said to have shot in the air.

    Source: https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-fusillade-quartier-busserine-1479405.html

    For those interested, you can google “fusillade” and “Marseille” and get several such incidents, all linked to Organized crime.

    I know that this will not change anyone’s mind (It MUST be jihad after all) so let’s at least wait for a name? if it’s a non-Muslim name then it is likely that the MEDIA is hiding the truth as Mr. Spencer alluded to and if it’s a Muslim name then that it is more than enough evidence for jihad.

    It’s win-win really, it’s always jihad

    • Ashley says

      May 21, 2018 at 4:31 pm

      Doesn’t sound like jihad to me:

      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/marseille-shooting-latest-france-gunmen-kalashnikov-guns-a8362526.html

      • Lebel says

        May 21, 2018 at 5:10 pm

        Careful Ashley, you have already been accused of being a Taqqiya Master due to your suspicious tolerance of my postings.

        You’re also not prone to insulting me which puts you squarely in the soft “Dhimmi” category.

        My suggestion: Remind everyone periodically that you think Islam is a pile of crap. I would throw in a couple of conspiracies once in a while as well (Obama is a secret Muslim, the Media is protecting jihadis etc). Trust me on this, I know how these guys operate.

        • Ashley says

          May 21, 2018 at 6:27 pm

          LOL!

          I DO think Islam is a pile of crap, Lebel. That said, I appreciate your insights.

          Yes…I’ve been accused as being “soft” when the story du jour is trotted out as jihad when in fact it isn’t.

          I don’t see the retractions when they should be issued.

          That concerns me…

      • Stefan cel Mare says

        May 21, 2018 at 6:00 pm

        Aaahh…they shot in the air…so…no problem…totally normal…AK47 is used to shot in the air only. It is less dangerous than a teddy bear.
        All french people have AK47 to shot in the air…nothing uncommon here.

      • Stefan cel Mare says

        May 21, 2018 at 6:06 pm

        yeah…in the end, they are free…the shooters…this is the beautiful part.
        It is known also that in Marseille the majority of people are Buddhists….So now we know who the perpetrators are…they were searching rohingya muslims to be deported.

    • Stefan cel Mare says

      May 21, 2018 at 6:14 pm

      Lebel, you must decide if you are a muslim or not. If you are a non-muslim, then you are qualified for Antifa. If you are a muslim…then…there is no point in talking.

    • mortimer says

      May 22, 2018 at 6:59 am

      LEBEL… jihad is ‘organized crime’. You are the lawyer of the jihadists.

      • mortimer says

        May 22, 2018 at 7:19 am

        GANGSTERISM IS NORMATIVE ISLAM, RATHER THAN AN ABERRATION.

        THE EARLIER FOLLOWERS OF MOHAMMED AT MEDINA WERE GANGSTERS CALLED SAALIK.

      • Lebel says

        May 22, 2018 at 12:24 pm

        yes yes jihad jihad.

        In the real world, organized crime exists outside of Islam. There are biker gangs, Yakuza, Turks, etc. they are involved in all kinds of illicit trafficking from human being to precious stones to drugs. They use guns (just like in the movies) and so this is likely what happened here.

        I think I am wasting my time talking to you about this?

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 8, 2018 at 9:04 pm

          Lebel doesn’t want anybody saying anything bad about Jihad…

  8. Donald MacInnis says

    May 21, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    You leftist governments should be proud. You are the root cause of this terror. Treasonous little bitches.

  9. whitedevilmom says

    May 21, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    Good work by only 2 gunmen. I guess it was very important to mention a child in the article, as it will get to hearts of people…well, what about children all over being abused by these Muslim Thugs…Oh, I bet that’s different! They should have stayed in their respective countries, they’re not wanted anywhere else, unless it by the Largely Liberal Bunch. Come on get a grip, these people are NOT Peaceful, even the Koran calls for harm and death to unbelievers.

  10. Stefan cel Mare says

    May 21, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    on RTL right now…millions of French people in Marseille demonstrating against criminal gangs.
    …not…

  11. Kepha says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    You mean, those fine, upstanding young men didn’t respect France’s enlightened gun ownership laws? HOw could this possibly be!!!! [sarc]

  12. Ren says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    Ramadan = islamic criminal let loose

  13. Rarely says

    May 21, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    Need more input.

  14. WESTPAC Spy says

    May 21, 2018 at 10:28 pm

    It’s a good thing we in the Ewe Knighted States of Ey! don’t have the promiscuous gun laws they have in France.

  15. Ekondig G says

    May 22, 2018 at 1:42 am

    Having worked in Marseille for a little over 30 years, and moved out just last year, I know the Busserine. It’s not a “cultural space” it’s a big area of cheap appartment housing with a high immigrant population (think Molenbeek) and with a reputation of insecurity. In the last few years, there has been a growing traffic of AK47s from E. Europe and now any drug dealer in Marseille can buy an AK47. That is one reason we moved out of the city.
    While we do have to be cautious due to French authorities wanting to cover up Jihad (I was expecially angry about the Sara Halimi case, which was originally reported here in France as being a random attack by a homeless person on an American lady!!!)
    But in this case, I’m sure it’s just another gangland shooting because there have been so many more or less identical cases in recent times in the city.
    If you hear of a shooting in Marseille at a place like “Les Terraces du Port”, then you can be pretty sure it’s jihad. But not in a place like la Busserine.

    • Lebel says

      May 22, 2018 at 12:26 pm

      Secret Muslim Alert!!

      It’s jihad because it MUST be jihad. Got that, Muslim?

      • Ekondig G says

        May 26, 2018 at 6:34 am

        Hi Lebel, just noticed your comment. I found it a bit comical to be labelled a Muslim just because I pointed out that this episode was unlikely to be jihad. Over here in France, as in most western countries, the vast majority of Muslims aren’t jihadists even if a lot sympathise with them. But a lot of the youth are involved in drug gangs.
        I thought it was obvious, but maybe not for everyone: I cited Molenbeek in Belgium because it’s become infamously well-known (unlike Le Busserine). Jihadists were hidden there, plotted there, but committed their crimes elsewhere – they’re simply not going to do that in a Muslim community. Same applies to other similar places like Le Busserine.

  16. Dapto says

    May 22, 2018 at 5:06 am

    No Arrests were made because in france when confronted the police will run away everytime

    • mortimer says

      May 22, 2018 at 7:25 am

      Dapto, you are dreaming. French cops risk their lives daily like no others. They live in a jihad war zone. They are heroic.

  17. Walter Sieruk says

    May 22, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    Last week it was that vicious and murderous Islamic terror knife jihad attack in city of Paris, France by a jihad- minded and now it’s that jihad shooting at Marseille. France. Such violent action of Islamic terrorism are a brutal reminder of the sad and tragic reality of jihad-minded Muslims engaging in Islamic suicide/homicide bombings attacks is for a large part, the outcome the extreme brainwashing that is performed in Islamic mind programming centers which are mosques and madrasas. In those jihad mind control places students are thoroughly indoctrinated into the jihadist mindset of committing murderous bombing attacks in the jihad for the advancement of Islam. As Islam’s “holy book,” the Quran instructs in 9:111. , for example, “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain they kill and are killed.” Therefore, those who come out of those Quran based mind programming centers .mosque and madrasas, are so terribly harmed and damaged that they are literally, as it has be rightfully called, “dangerous to self and others.” This results in jihad suicide /homicide attack in which those jihadists who commit such murderous actions are so very deluded that they think of that jihad mass murders as “martyrdom operations.” This is Islamic delusion of the most heinous and malicious kind.
    This may be, somewhat, explained by the narrative from the fable of Aesop which is entitled THE SCORPION AND THE FROG So “Once upon a time there was a scorpion who really wanted to get to the other side of the river, but he could not swim. Therefore, the scorpion begged a frog to carry him on his back across the river. The kind but foolish frog agreed and then half-way across the river the scorpion stung the frog. In shock and horror the dying frog asks the scorpion “Why did you sting me since this means that we both are going to die” The scorpion replied “The reason that I stung you even though we both will now die is because that just what a scorpion, by nature, does.”
    In conclusion, just as that scorpion in the fable had proven himself by the dangerous and deadly, to self and others, because of his nature. The violent and murderous jihadists of Islam are as that scorpion, dangerous so self and other because they is their nature because they have been thought programmed in the ways of the violent and murdering jihad of Islam. As always stated above ,this is the sad and tragic reality of Islamic terrorism in today’s world.

  18. E. Maria says

    May 22, 2018 at 11:27 pm

    Folks, nothing to see here, just the usual occurrence taking place here in France…..

  19. Lebel says

    May 23, 2018 at 12:14 pm

    This, like many other bullshit posts is about to go into the memory hole. For the majority of posters this is another act of jihad irrespective of the evidence (all evidence to the contrary being simply part of wider conspiracy).

    For the few that care (you know who you are), here’s an update:
    http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2018/05/23/01016-20180523ARTFIG00058-fusillade-a-marseille-le-point-sur-l-enquete.php

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 8, 2018 at 9:09 pm

      Why does Lebel continue to lie about Robert Spencer? Wait…don’t answer that…

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