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>My guess is that they were French nationals/residents. Based on what? I'm pretty uninformed here, and it seems like a lot of people are bringing up refugees.
by AlexB138 11y ago
>My guess is that they were French nationals/residents.
Based on what? I'm pretty uninformed here, and it seems like a lot of people are bringing up refugees. Curious why you think the opposite.
- cm2187 11y agoWe do not know yet the identities of the terrorists, so only a guess based on the previous three years of attacks in France.
- cm2187 11y agoalso the TVs are mentioning terrorists speaking French, which if confirmed strongly support this guess.
- aikah 11y agoWhat he means is french muslims , which are nationals/residents. Charlie Hebdo attackers were french nationals, though having a north african/african background.
- cm2187 11y agoAlmost certainly. But it does make a difference. Most French muslims come from Algeria and Marrocco and can't really claim to have been affected by the war in Syria. There are deeper roots to home grown terrorism than the Syrian conflict.
- rihegher 11y agoAt least they speaks french according to witnesses http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/131115/paris-frappe-par-des-attentats-sans-precedent http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/131115/paris-frappe-p...
- apetresc 11y agoThere were eyewitness reports that the gunmen were talking to each other in French. So, that's something. If they were recently-arrived refugees that probably wouldn't be the case, though it doesn't rule out long-term embedded groups.