Islamic gunmen execute 12. Motive unclear.

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world...he_center.html

Reactions to Hebdo’s provocations from other French media outlets and the political establishment has been mixed. In 2011, some newspapers stood up for the publication’s right to free speech, but others, including the conservative Le Figaro, criticized its “silly provocations,” saying that they play into the hands of extremists. During that controversy, France’s prime minister and foreign minister criticized the decision to run the cartoons at a time when tensions were already running high and lives could be in danger. The paper’s editor told Le Monde at the time, “I’m not putting lives at risk. When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it.”


i am so sorry that they were attacked, again. i hope that they continue to stand up for a free press! that the govt charged them in the past is a disgrace. they sound like a bunch of neville chamberlains.