The French Retaliation:
Hollande's Next Move
November --, 2015
By Passa Pungchai
In the wake of the recent terror attacks in Paris, France, the French defense ministry announced the successful deployment of additional bombers to the ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria.
French president, Francois Hollande, vowed to be “unforgiving with the barbarians”; news of additional planned air raids and military strikes in ISIS territory follow suit with the announcement.
In the past, France has been reluctant to bomb in ISIS-controlled areas such as Syria in order to avoid helping the Syrian regime, led by President Bashar al-Assad, in the country’s civil war. In fact, France was planning to help the United States attack the regime after learning about Assad’s use of chemical weapons.
Due to the recent terror attacks, the nature of French aggression in the region is sure to change. The French, in the past, have mostly bombed economic targets, such as oil and gas depots in efforts to curtail ISIS’ economic backbone. The announcement of the Raqqa bombings and the elimination of two primary ISIS targets in the area is a major strategic shift for France and presents several concerns. Military experts fear that rash military action from the French may lead to more civilian casualties in ISIS territory.
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Terrorists Attack Paris
November 18, 2015
By Cyanna Rosa
A series of shootings and bombings targeted multiple locations in Paris, France on November 13th. These gunmen were part of ISIS and allegedly had this planned since the summer of this year. The terrorists killed at least 129 people and injured more than 300.The victims of these horrific attacks included, students, parents, newlyweds, and workers.
The attacks occurred in several locations, such as concert halls, restaurants, and soccer stadiums. The deadliest attack occurred at the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were killed. The bombings at Stade de France started the most chaos and fear from the audience watching the soccer game and at least 16 dead. The restaurants that were attacked were Le Petit Cambodge and La Vella Equipe. In all, 23 people were killed at both restaurants.
As for the killers, there were at least eight terrorists involved operating three separate groups. Seven of the attackers died, at least three of those dead were wearing vests with explosives on them, making these suicide attacks/bombings. There is a belief that the eighth man is named Salah Abdeslam, leading to a man hunt all over the world to try and find him. The Ffrench investigators also have a lead to the mastermind behind all of this, leading to another man hunt for Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
The French president has told the french residents, “we are going to fight and our fight will be merciless.”
Russian Metrojet Downed by ISIS
November 7, 2015
By Colton Watson
A Russian metrojet was bombed down from the inside, and the plane crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people aboard the plane.
On October 31st a bomb hidden in a soda can exploded, and caused this devastating crash.
The Islamic Terrorist group, ISIS, claims responsibility for the crash and say they hit the plane with a missile, although experts say that the plane was downed by a bomb on the inside.
After this incident happened Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, gave a, “50 million dollar reward for information of those who brought it down.” Russia also bombed the supposed capital of ISIS, Raqqa Syria.
Russia has allied with France, for a war against ISIS, after their devastating attack on the 13th. According to the head of the FSB the bomb was equivalent to about one kilogram of TNT.
Russia held a memorial service for all the people that was on the plane.
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