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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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623 points franzb | 4 comments | 14 Nov 15 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 1.19s | source
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jmspring ◴[14 Nov 15 00:45 UTC] No.10563642[source]▶
The repeated attacks, heavy immigration of refugees...I'm hoping for the best, but I feel like there is a powder keg here. Whether or not it is based in any fact, how this is handled and plays out is a serious concern.
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lfam ◴[14 Nov 15 01:52 UTC] No.10563975[source]▶
The population of France is about 7.5% Muslim. France has had a close relationship with the Muslim world since the 19th century when they colonized parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Sadly, the position in French society of colonial immigrants and their descendants is not very high. Also sadly, France has had a lot of experience with this sort of violence, both in the colonies and "at home".

If you know the attacks were carried out by Muslims, there's no reason to assume these attacks were carried out by refugees.

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1. SHIT_TALKER ◴[14 Nov 15 03:51 UTC] No.10564355[source]▶
Context: It was French colonization that put an end to the predations of the Barbary pirates and the Arab slave trade.
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2. mercurial ◴[14 Nov 15 08:38 UTC] No.10564975[source]▶
Context: the French king Charles X was in a difficult political situation and needed money, so attacking the then-Ottoman-dominated Algeria looked like a good idea at the time. The slave trade had stopped years ago, and the pirate activity, while not over, was way down.
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3. SHIT_TALKER ◴[14 Nov 15 10:21 UTC] No.10565196[source]▶
The slave trade had stopped years ago, and the pirate activity, while not over, was way down.

Thanks to military defeats at the hands of Americans, English, and Dutch.

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4. mercurial ◴[14 Nov 15 12:43 UTC] No.10565465{3}[source]▶
I'm not sure where you're going with that.