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riderinthestorm

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13. This is an excellent piece. One quibble however...

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 04:37 PM

Jan 2015

There's no denying that the two murderers deliberately attacked this particular magazine in my opinion because of Muhammed cartoons and other "offenses".

They could have attacked a school, or a cinema, or a shopping mall and killed many, many more.

Instead they singled out the people at the magazine by name. Specifically.

Juan Cole just slides right around that fact...

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Juan Cole: Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris [View all] JHB Jan 2015 OP

knr Douglas Carpenter Jan 2015 #1

Exactly Zoonart Jan 2015 #2

K&R for a very thought-provoking analysis. bullwinkle428 Jan 2015 #3

Jumping to conclusions? Even the police in France haven't been able to connect this... George II Jan 2015 #4

Perhaps he SHOULD help out. BlueMTexpat Jan 2015 #8

This article is so insightful! ananda Jan 2015 #5

Makes sense! n/t Martin Eden Jan 2015 #6

Juan Cole is literally the best US commentator BlueMTexpat Jan 2015 #7

This is a very important concept mindwalker_i Jan 2015 #9

Bulls-eye! Great insight. nt GliderGuider Jan 2015 #10

Afternoon kick JHB Jan 2015 #11

K&R Denzil_DC Jan 2015 #12

This is an excellent piece. One quibble however... riderinthestorm Jan 2015 #13

K&R and debunks a lot of the hyperbole out there! freshwest Jan 2015 #14