French president says Paris safe for 2024 Olympics

[rangerrebew]

French president says Paris safe for 2024 Olympics
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By AFP     19 hours ago in World

French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that Paris, a target of devastating terrorism, would guarantee the security of athletes if it hosted the 2024 Olympics.

"We can guarantee the security of the athletes, it is our major priority and a prior condition we must offer to athletes from all over the world, " said Hollande in a speech at a reception for visiting International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

France has been repeatedly targeted by Islamic extremists in the last two years, with Paris witnessing the bloody assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in January 2015 followed by a rampage by gunmen in the city in November.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/french-president-says-paris-safe-for-2024-olympics/article/476246#ixzz4M1LSWhD3

[rangerrebew]

  I just read a headline about Kim Kardashian getting robbed by gun point at some luxury place she was staying in Paris.  If that is what he considers "safe" then I'll skip Paris and France.

[mountaineer]

Paris is the last place I'd want to visit right now, and it used to be one of Mr. M's and my favorite destinations.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that Paris, a target of devastating terrorism, would guarantee the security of athletes if it hosted the 2024 Olympics.

"We can guarantee the security of the athletes, it is our major priority and a prior condition we must offer to athletes from all over the world, " said Hollande in a speech at a reception for visiting International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/french-president-says-paris-safe-for-2024-olympics/article/476246#ixzz4M1LSWhD3

Thinking that intentions equals results is such a quintessentially leftist way of thinking.

The Olympics have become so overblown that it is becoming a huge financial burden for any city that wants to host them.  Most of the major cities of the First World are too smart to do it, so you get either cities that can't handle it, or cities whose image is hurting like Paris.  The problem is that Paris' image is hurting for some very particular reasons that aren't going to go away no matter how much Hollande wishes they might.

[mountaineer]

Logan Ratick
@Logan_Ratick
Will @EmmanuelMacron’s France be safe enough to host the Olympics this summer? Or is there the danger of a 1972 Munich massacre copycat because of France’s unvetted migration and porous borders?
5:32 PM · Apr 10, 2024

First video from the suspected Islamist terror attack in Bordeaux, France.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1778155052709851315

[mountaineer]

“Some 2,000 foreign troops and police will be sent to Paris to bolster security for this summer’s Olympic Games as France remains on high alert following attack threats.”
THREAD:

https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1779370868872728790

[mountaineer]

Logan Ratick
@Logan_Ratick
Import jihadists from the Middle East and Chechnya, and this is what you get
11:57 AM · May 31, 2024

CBS News
@CBSNews
A plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics was foiled by security authorities in France, officials said.
Story from CBS
11:54 AM · May 31, 2024

[Wingnut]

Yep Paris is safe.  Just as safe as the Israeli participants were at the Munich Olympics.

[Fishrrman]

Safe as in Munchen, 1972.

If you have to "say that you're safe", well...

[dfwgator]

[dfwgator]

Yep Paris is safe.  Just as safe as the Israeli participants were at the Munich Olympics.

Israeli would have to be nuts to send their team there.

[Wingnut]

Israeli would have to be nuts to send their team there.

Agreed. How many Pali's are are in France   

[libertybele]

Yep Paris is safe.  Just as safe as the Israeli participants were at the Munich Olympics.

[mountaineer]

Agreed. How many Pali's are are in France

Beaucoup.

[240B]

Paris is the last place I'd want to visit right now, and it used to be one of Mr. M's and my favorite destinations.

Not enough money. You could not pay me enough to go to downtown Paris unarmed. Nasty, dirty, filthy place, full of third world rejects.
Thieves rapists and murderers is all you find in Paris today.

[mountaineer]

Not enough money. You could not pay me enough to go to downtown Paris unarmed. Nasty, dirty, filthy place, full of third world rejects.

Ditto. We used to love visiting western Europe, but there's no way we'd want to go to someplace taken over by Islamoterrorists.

[240B]

Ditto. We used to love visiting western Europe, but there's no way we'd want to go to someplace taken over by Islamoterrorists.

Not just Isamoterroists, keep in mind that all of the people France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, America, are 'taking in', are all people who were rejected by Islamist governments worldwide. These are all the worst of the worst.

Criminals, insane asylums, prisons emptied, all sent to the West to take care of. Only stupid White Christian people are dumb enough to accept and coddle them ... while the rest of the world laughs at how naïve they are.

[PeteS in CA]

Israel would do well to send a significant force of IDF personnel if they send a team and make that a condition of participation. The Frogistanis cannot be trusted to protect Israeli athletes, and various Arab-Pali and Iranian-backed terrorist groups would fall over each other trying to do a Munich 2.0.

[mountaineer]

https://twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1796998731985977624

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1796998731985977624

Soon coming to America!

[mountaineer]

Islamic Terrorism is ‘Main Concern’ for Upcoming Olympics, says Paris Police Chief
By Pamela Geller - on June 23, 2024

The French have already foiled an Islamic attack ahead of soccer events during the Paris Olympics.

Left-wing leaders across the Western world, along with leftist non-governmental organizations, are continuing to facilitate an unprecedented migrant invasion into Europe and the US. – importing jihad terror as immigration policy.

Last month, a Muslim teenager was been arrested by anti-terrorism police in France after he wanted to “die a martyr” at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer.  ...

More at Geller Report

[Kamaji]

Israel would do well to send a significant force of IDF personnel if they send a team and make that a condition of participation. The Frogistanis cannot be trusted to protect Israeli athletes, and various Arab-Pali and Iranian-backed terrorist groups would fall over each other trying to do a Munich 2.0.

[Fishrrman]

RE:
"Israel would do well to send a significant force of IDF personnel if they send a team and make that a condition of participation."

The best course of action for Israel would be to just "sit this one out" -- keep their athletes and staff home. Don't tempt fate.

[mountaineer]

Babylon Bee
Excitement Builds For First Olympic Games Held In Muslim Country
Jul 8, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

PARIS — With the world's top athletes gathering in Paris in the coming weeks, excitement among media and spectators alike continued to build around the globe for the first Olympic Games to be held in a Muslim country.

While the city of Paris had previously hosted the Olympic Games in 1900 and 1924, this year's Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will mark the historic first time that the storied athletic contests took place in an Islamic nation.

"We couldn't be more excited and also terrified," said International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. "This is a tremendous milestone for the Olympic Games, and we are honored to have them taking place in a Muslim country for the very first time. The beautiful architecture, the vibrant culture, the constant threat of violent knife attacks and mass murder… it all makes for a wonderful experience here." ...

With just over two weeks until the opening ceremonies, authorities reported only eight mass stabbings, 30 assaults on Jews and Christians, and 264 sexual assaults in the last month leading up to the games. ...

[GtHawk]

I sure hope the Mossad has a strong presence or better yet Israel's Olympians go home where it's safer than France.

[American Girl]

Excerpt from the article:

A series of threats by the Islamic State adds to security worries ahead of the upcoming summer Olympics.

What did French authorities do?

They hired Jihadi-supporting, Qatari security units to secure the Olympics.

Qatar’s Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (photo) on Wednesday witnessed the departure ceremony of the Qatari Security Forces for France to participate in securing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11.

The bigger problem is that these are the same people that support Jihadi terrorists!

Watch them in action today in Paris:





The best way to protect an event from terrorists is to bring the ones who are funding them to do the job.

In the meantime, a Christian cathedral goes up in flames!

https://conservativeus.com/video-paris-using-jihadi-supporting-qatari-security-units-to-secure-the-olympics-watch-them-in-action/

[mountaineer]

Heavily armored Qatari military vehicles drive through the streets of Paris. Qatar, a state which supports Hamas and houses its leader, is providing security for the upcoming Olympics.

https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1811760884126999029

[mountaineer]

Why France Is Banning the Hijab for Their Olympic Athletes
By Armani Syed
July 19, 2024 10:29 AM EDT
TIME Magazine

After months of campaigning by sporting organizations, France has not reversed its decision to ban French athletes who observe the hijab from participating in the summer Olympics; a move that human rights organizations say is, at best, a contradiction of the nation’s pledge to deliver the first gender-equal games, and at worst, a breach of international human rights treaties.

“It shows Muslim women that when the French authorities talk about equality between men and women, they don't see them as women. They don't count them,” says Anna Błuś, Amnesty International’s women’s rights researcher in Europe. “It's really important for major human rights organizations such as ours, to be very vocal on this issue, and to publicly show solidarity with Muslim women's rights groups,” Błuś says. “These communities and these women have been demonized and vilified for years.”

On Tuesday, Amnesty International published a report calling out French authorities for the “discriminatory hypocrisy” of its hijab bans across a number of sports including soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Amnesty’s report details the racial and gendered discrimination and barriers to entry that French Muslim athletes currently face at professional and amateur level. It also addresses the IOC’s refusal to apply pressure on authorities to overturn the ban, which does not apply to non-French participants at the Olympics.

In September, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera stated that a ban would be in effect for the Olympics, despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having no uniform rule against wearing a headscarf. The stipulation is one of a growing number of secularist policies in France that disproportionately affect Muslim girls and women, according to Błuś, including the 2004 banning of “ostentatious religious symbols” in state-run schools that saw the hijab banned, followed by a 2023 decision to ban students from wearing the abaya, a modest robe.  ...

When did matters of female fashion become so important to Amnesty International?

[mountaineer]

This is going to be ugly:   French Leftist MP: Israeli Athletes “Not Welcome in Paris”

https://twitter.com/EuroConOfficial/status/1815499561038975354

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1815501041581826256

[Kamaji]

This is going to be ugly:   French Leftist MP: Israeli Athletes “Not Welcome in Paris”

https://twitter.com/EuroConOfficial/status/1815499561038975354

Munich 1972/Paris 2024

[MeganC]

Paris is not safe.

[mountaineer]

Will those Sudanese (oops) Qatari "auxiliaries" protect women in Paris, or join in?

An Australian female tourist was gang-r*ped by five men “of African appearance” in Paris just days ahead of the Olympics. The city has already been beefed up with more security than it has ever seen, with auxiliary police from multiple countries to protect visitors.

https://twitter.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1815711954197004758

[Wingnut]

Will those Sudanese "auxiliaries" protect women in Paris, or join in?

An Australian female tourist was gang-r*ped by five men “of African appearance” in Paris just days ahead of the Olympics. The city has already been beefed up with more security than it has ever seen, with auxiliary police from multiple countries to protect visitors.

https://twitter.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1815711954197004758

New Olympic sport this year.  Gang Rape competition.  Gold Medal favorite going in is The French Moslem Migrant Team.

[240B]

Paris is not safe.

I wouldn't go there ... even if it was all free.
Paris and London are now clone cities of Damascus Syria and Beirut Lebanon.

[mountaineer]

I wouldn't go there ... even if it was all free.
Paris and London are now clone cities of Damascus Syria and Beirut Lebanon.

I used to be an avid traveler to western Europe, especially since starting genealogical research. Now, I couldn't care less. No more trips to the UK, Germany or France - or most other countries - until they clean up the illegal immigration and crime mess.

[mountaineer]

CCTV footage shows the moment a distressed Australian woman enters a Kebab house seeking help after being gang r*ped by 5 men of ‘African appearance’ in Paris.

As she seeks help, one of her attackers walks in and pats her on the back before a customer punches him in the face ...

https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1815761303383806217

[mountaineer]

Remix News & Views
@RMXnews
🇫🇷‼️ The Olympics hasn't even started yet and already this week in Paris we've had...

🔹 An Australian tourist allegedly gang-raped by five men she described as being of African descent.

🔹 Two tech staff covering the Games for Australia's Channel Nine news brutally beaten during an attempted robbery.

🔹 A student peacekeeper assigned to Paris as part of the Games sexually assaulted on a train in the middle of the afternoon.

🔹 A Senegalese migrant shot dead by police near the Champs-Élysées after lunging at the officer chasing him in connection with the murder of a teenager.
4:32 AM · Jul 24, 2024

[LMAO]

So it appears that Paris isn’t as safe as the French president is claiming

[Wingnut]

So it appears that Paris isn’t as safe as the French president is claiming

Just as safe as a Jewish athlete in Munich's Olympic village back in 1972.

[mountaineer]

Just as safe as a Jewish athlete in Munich's Olympic village back in 1972.

Lather, rinse, repeat. These Olympic Games may be really ugly.

[GtHawk]

So it appears that Paris isn’t as safe as the French president is claiming

Well its safe for him!

[MeganC]

Just as safe as a Jewish athlete in Munich's Olympic village back in 1972.

Don't be surprised if the Israelis get slaughtered at the Games again. France has a real hate on for Jewish folks these days.

[mountaineer]

French Senator Stéphane Ravier of the Reconquête party addressed the illegals and leftists aiding and abetting them, expressing his frustration with their actions. He is tired of them hating his country and occupying the streets and buildings of France...

https://twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1816373051640160593

[mountaineer]

France’s high speed rail network sabotaged by massive, coordinated arson attacks hours before the Olympics begin.

Arson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics
 By  THOMAS ADAMSON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
Updated 7:27 AM EDT, July 26, 2024

PARIS (AP) — France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics.

French officials condemned the attacks as “criminal actions,” though they said there was no sign of a direct link to the Games, and prosecutors in Paris opened a national investigation saying the crimes could carry sentences of 15 to 20 years.

“It’s a hell of a way to start the Olympics,” said Sarah Moseley, a 42-year-old traveler waiting at the Gare du Nord station in Paris as she learned that her train to London was delayed by the rail chaos.

As Paris authorities geared up for a spectacular parade on and along the Seine River, three fires were reported near the tracks on the high-speed lines of Atlantique, Nord and Est, causing disruptions that affected hundreds of thousands of travelers.  ...

More at Associated Press

[mountaineer]

Times Algebra
@TimesAlgebraIND
BIG NEWS 🚨 Migrants are being evicted from Paris en masse during Paris Olympics.
Buses have come to remove them. Migrant camp on Paris street cleared.
The group of largely African migrants headed for the fringes of the city in buses.
Several migrants are being forcibly removed from the city & they are being forced to take buses to other cities.
3:59 PM · Jul 25, 2024

[Right_in_Virginia]

France’s high speed rail network sabotaged by massive, coordinated arson attacks hours before the Olympics begin. More at Associated Press

https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1816873615704600842

[mystery-ak]

Russian chef and spy busted with plan to destabilize Paris Olympics
By
Jack Birle
July 26, 2024 11:05 am
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French authorities arrested a Russian chef and spy who had been residing in Paris earlier this week after he had been allegedly attempting to destabilize the Summer Olympics in the French capital.

Kirill Gryaznov, 40, was arrested on charges of attempting “to incite hostilities in France,” according to the Insider, with a phone call intercepted by French authorities specifically mentioning the opening ceremony, which will be held on the Seine on Friday.

The report suggests that Gryaznov, who has lived in Paris for more than a decade, has used his chef persona as a cover while he has worked for the FSB, Russia’s intelligence agency, according to documents obtained by French investigators.

He had been tight-lipped on the alleged plot against the Summer Olympics, until he told neighbors while drunk that he was on special assignment to disrupt the opening ceremony, according to witnesses. When the neighbors did not believe him, he then showed them his FSB identification card as further proof.

Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported that authorities in France had blocked roughly 1,000 people from attending the Olympics under suspension of spying.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3100526/russian-chef-and-spy-busted-plan-destabilize-paris-olympics/

[mountaineer]

Good grief, Vlad. The Muzzies are doing enough "destabilization" in France.
Just give it a rest.

[mountaineer]

Vandalism hits communication lines in France, but the Paris Olympics aren't affected
Telecommunications companies are already making repairs or implementing workarounds
By The Associated Press via NBC Boston • Published 4 hours ago   • Updated 2 mins ago   

The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France are hosting events for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Organizers for the Paris Games say their operations were not affected. France's second largest telecommunications company said it had made repairs in several areas already or workarounds kept the scale of the impact low. Other companies were working on fixes.

The vandalism came after arson attacks hit train networks around France on Friday, hours before the Olympics opening ceremony. ...