Muslim men 'set up stall on Oxford Street and handed out ISIS propaganda leaflets to shoppers' 

  • Shah Jahah Khan and Ibrahim Anderson are accused of terror offences
  • The pair appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in Islamic dress 
  • Accused of handing out ISIS propaganda leaflets on Oxford Street 
By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline
Published: 15:08, 21 April 2015 | Updated: 17:38, 21 April 2015
Two men accused of setting up a stall on London's Oxford Street and handing out ISIS propaganda leaflets to shoppers have pleaded not guilty to terror offences.
Shah Jahah Khan, 62, and Muslim convert Ibrahim Anderson, 38, both from Luton, each deny one charge of inviting support for a banned organisation.
Anderson appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court wearing dark grey Islamic dress with a grey cardigan, while elderly-looking Khan appeared with a long white beard and light blue Islamic dress.

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Ibrahim Anderson, left, and Shah Jahah Khan, who have both pleaded guilty to terror offences today at Westminister Magistrates Court 
The court heard that the charge relates to an offence on August 9 last year, when the pair are alleged to have handed out leaflets about ISIS on the busy shopping street.
Anderson also denied one charge of possessing information likely to be useful for the preparation of or carrying out an act of terrorism, when police searched his property in December last year.
Prosecutor Adam Harbinson told the court: 'On the August 9 last year a group of around six men erected a stall near Oxford Street.
'There were leaflets being handed out by the people running that stall. It is alleged that Anderson and Khan were two people assisting in the running of that stall and they were both taking part in handing out the leaflets.
The court heard that the charge relates to an offence on August 9 last year, when the pair are alleged to have handed out leaflets about ISIS on the busy shopping street, pictured
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The court heard that the charge relates to an offence on August 9 last year, when the pair are alleged to have handed out leaflets about ISIS on the busy shopping street, pictured 
Shah Jahah Khan
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Ibrahim Anderson
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Khan, left, and Anderson are accused of setting up a stall on London's Oxford Street and handing out leaflets inviting shoppers to join ISIS
'Although the leaflet doesn't mention ISIS in Iraq or Syria, an expert in Islamic studies has concluded the only circumstances the leaflets could possibly be making reference to are the declaration by ISIS and its leader of the establishment of an Islamic State last summer.
'The leaflet sets out that Muslims have a duty to further the causes of the caliphate.
'One of the men was challenged by members of the public as to why he was handing out leaflets calling for support of this organisation.
The court heard how the leaflets handed out related to ISIS.  Pictured are members loyal to ISIS waving the group's flag in Raqqa, Syria
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The court heard how the leaflets handed out related to ISIS.  Pictured are members loyal to ISIS waving the group's flag in Raqqa, Syria 
'He responded by saying in general terms that non-believers, or Kafirs, should be killed.'
Anderson and Khan remained standing throughout the hearing, 'in accordance with their religious beliefs', defence counsel Tony Lodge said.
Senior district judge Howard Riddle granted the two men conditional bail and they will appear at the Old Bailey on May 15.

Tunisia: British Death Toll Rises To 15

Sky News – 6 hours ago [Sunday 28 June 2015]
The number of Britons killed in the Tunisia terror attack is at least 15, the UK government has said, as the first victims were identified.
Foreign minister Tobias Ellwood said that the number was still expected to rise.
He called it the "most significant attack on the British people" since the July 7 attacks in 2005, when 52 people were killed by four suicide bombers.
According to Sky sources, one of those killed in Tunisia is Carly Lovett. The 24-year-old recently became engaged, according to her Facebook page, and worked as a beauty blogger.
Miss Lovett, was with her fiancee when she was killed, and they were due to return home today, it was reported.
Friends and fellow bloggers paid emotional tributes to the former University of Lincoln student on social media.
The university's School of Film and Media tweeted: "Saddened to hear news reports of Carly Lovett in Tunisia - Graduate of our University 2013."
A second British victim has been named as Adrian Evans, who worked for Sandwell Council in the West Midlands as a manager in the gas services department.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the British public needs to be prepared for the fact that "many of those killed" in the "savage" shooting were British.
An Irish woman, Lorna Carty, from Robinstown, Co Meath, as well as one German and one Belgian have been confirmed among the 38 victims of Friday's shooting.
Charles Flanagan Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, said there were "grave concerns" for two other Irish citizens who were in Tunisia.
Their details have not been released.
Scores of people were injured, including a staff member of Norfolk police and his wife. The couple, on holiday at the resort, required hospital treatment but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
In a statement on social media, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and released photos they said showed the gunman.
"Our brother, the soldier of the Caliphate, Abu Yahya al Qayrawani, reached his target the Imperial hotel despite the security measures," the statement said. It said he had attacked a "bordel" and killed 40 "infidels".
Rafik Chelli, a senior Interior Ministry official, said the gunman killed was unknown to authorities and not on any watchlist of potential jihadists.
He has been identified as Seifeddine Yacoubi - also named in some news reports as Seifeddine Rezgui - an aviation student in his 20s.
New video captured the confusion in the aftermath of Friday's attack.
Terrified families ran for their lives as the killer, wearing shorts and hiding a Kalashnikov inside an umbrella, started shooting in Port el Kantaoui on the outskirts of Sousse.
Worried relatives took to social media to appeal for help tracing family members who had been staying in the resort, while in Tunisia thousands of scared holidaymakers fled beach resorts.
The shooting was the second big attack in Tunisia this year following the Islamist militant assault on the Bardo Museum in the capital in March, when gunmen killed 21 foreign visitors. It was certain to deal a severe blow to the country's tourism industry.
The Imperial Marhaba Hotel where the attack took place was quickly emptying out, though it did not shut down. Before the attack, the 370-room hotel had been 75% booked, the director said.
"We may have zero clients today but we will keep our staff," said Mohammed Becheur.
Tunisian Prime Minister Essid said that Tunisia planned within a week to close down 80 mosques that remain outside state control for inciting violence.
The attack took place during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, on a day in which a decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found in France, a suicide bomber killed two dozen people at a mosque in Kuwait and at least 145 civilians were reported killed by Islamic State militants in northern Syria.
:: The Foreign Office says that anyone concerned about friends or relatives in Tunisia should call their switchboard on 020 7008 0000
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Traumatised British survivors tell of terror after being trapped in hotel corridor with ISIS maniac hurling home-made BOMBS 

  • The couple ran down a dead-end corridor where they confronted gunman
  • Rebecca Smith, 22, told how she was 'peppered with shrapnel' in hallway
  • 'We tried to escape but he caught us,' said her boyfriend Ross Thompson 
  • 15 Britons were among the 38 killed and 25 of the 40 injured were from UK
  • Carly Lovett, 24, Adrian Evans from West Midlands and his nephew Joel Richards, 22, were the among the British people who died
  • At least one gunman opened fire on innocent tourists in Sousse yesterday
  • The gunman who was later shot dead was named as Seifeddine Rezgui, 23
By Sam Greenhill and Emine Sinmaz In Sousse, Tunisia and Jay Akbar For Mailonline
Published: 15:37, 27 June 2015 | Updated: 20:49, 27 June 2015
A British couple have told of the terrifying moment they were trapped down a dead-end hotel corridor and came face to face with the bloodthirsty Tunisian terrorist, who began lobbing hand grenades at them 
Rebecca Smith, 22, from Coventry, said: 'I was peppered with grenade shrapnel. With one hit, I thought my jaw had come off.'
The office administrator and her boyfriend Ross Thompson, 21, ran for their lives as the gunman hunted down his victims.
It was the bungling staff at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel who sent them down the hallway, as Seifeddine Rezgui was firing his Kalashnikov at terrified holidaymakers.
15 Britons were among the 38 who were mercilessly killed in the massacre yesterday and that number 'may well rise', Tunisia's Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood has said. 
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Survivors: Rebecca Smith (top), 22, and her boyfriend Ross Thompson (bottom) came face to face with a Tunisian terrorist when bungling hotel staff sent them fleeing down a dead-end corridor
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Survivors: Rebecca Smith (top), 22, and her boyfriend Ross Thompson (bottom) came face to face with a Tunisian terrorist when bungling hotel staff sent them fleeing down a dead-end corridor
Massacre: Staff mop up the blood outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, where at least 38 people were gunned down at a nearby beach in a terrorist attack yesterday
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Massacre: Staff mop up the blood outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, where at least 38 people were gunned down at a nearby beach in a terrorist attack yesterday
Attack: Ms Smith (right) said she was 'peppered with shrapnel' which she thought had taken her jaw off while Mr Thompson told of the moment they heard the killer coming up the stairs
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Attack: Ms Smith (right) said she was 'peppered with shrapnel' which she thought had taken her jaw off while Mr Thompson told of the moment they heard the killer coming up the stairs

He added it was 'the most significant terrorist attack on the British people' since July 7 bombings in 2005, when 52 people were killed in London. Another 40 were injured - 25 of whom were British.
The first British victim was today named as Carly Lovett, 24, a fashion blogger from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. She was on holiday with her fiancee Liam Moore who is known to have survived the attack.
Adrian Evans, an employee of Sandwell Council in the West Midlands, and his 22-year-old nephew Joel Richards are also reported to have been killed.
Lorna Carty, a nurse from Ireland, was confirmed as dead yesterday. She had taken her husband on holiday to help him recover from heart surgery. 
The news of their deaths comes as survivors begin to tell of their miraculous escapes.
Mr Thompson, a fire safety officer, who lived through the onslaught said: 'We followed the majority of people to the second floor. Staff were saying "Come this way". But when we got to the end of a corridor it was a dead end. There was no way down but a 30ft drop. 
Gone: 24-year-old Carly Lovett (left), who got engaged in December, is reported to be among the dead - as is Lorna Carty (right) from Ireland
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Gone: 24-year-old Carly Lovett (left), who got engaged in December, is reported to be among the dead - as is Lorna Carty (right) from Ireland
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Gone: 24-year-old Carly Lovett (left), who got engaged in December, is reported to be among the dead - as is Lorna Carty (right) from Ireland
Heartbroken: Flowers are placed at the beach next to the Imperial Marhaba Hotel where 38 people were killed yesterday in a terrorist attack
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Heartbroken: Flowers are placed at the beach next to the Imperial Marhaba Hotel where 38 people were killed yesterday in a terrorist attack
Memorial: One of the heartbreaking notes left at the scene reads: 'Terrorism will not win'
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Memorial: One of the heartbreaking notes left at the scene reads: 'Terrorism will not win'
Distraught: Another emotional note left outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel reads: 'In memory of those lives lost'
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Distraught: Another emotional note left outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel reads: 'In memory of those lives lost'
Heartbreaking: People have laid flowers at the site of the massacre, and one accompanying note simply reads: 'Why?'
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Heartbreaking: People have laid flowers at the site of the massacre, and one accompanying note simply reads: 'Why?'
Memorial: People react at the site of a shooting attack on the beach in front of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel, where holidaymakers were gunned down yesterday
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Memorial: People react at the site of a shooting attack on the beach in front of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel, where holidaymakers were gunned down yesterday

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Silent: The beach would have been filled with tourists yesterday, but now it is taped off - with thousands of tourists now waiting to board emergency flights home after the horrendous attack
Tears: A woman weeps as she lays flowers where fellow holidaymakers were murdered yesterday
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Tears: A woman weeps as she lays flowers where fellow holidaymakers were murdered yesterday
'We managed to get into a room and barricaded the door. It happened that there were two British ex-military guys with us and they were telling us what to do. It felt like we were in there 45 minutes.
'Then we could hear him coming up the stairs. He started firing down the corridor. We tried to escape but he caught us.
'There was no way out, we were trapped at the end of the corridor, and then he started lobbing these home-made bombs at us.
'He was about 20 metres down the corridor, he had us trapped and he was shooting at people too. People were running around like flies. There were three people killed. I thought it was game over... I was shot in the toe.' 
Miss Smith added: 'We got separated. The corridor just exploded and it was chaos. I didn't know if Ross was dead or alive. I locked myself in a staff toilet with a British woman and her 16-year-old son.
'She was terrified because her younger son was alone in their bedroom, and she was texting him to check he was all right.
Massacre: At least 38 people died when gunmen opened fire on the beach in Sousse (pictured), Tunisia, yesterday
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Massacre: At least 38 people died when gunmen opened fire on the beach in Sousse (pictured), Tunisia, yesterday
Killed: A 16-year-old British boy saw his grandmother and parents gunned down by the men who killed 38 (one pictured)
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Killed: A 16-year-old British boy saw his grandmother and parents gunned down by the men who killed 38 (one pictured)
Shot: Emergency workers tend to one of the 36 people to be injured when a gunman who is believed to be called Seifeddine Rezgui
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Shot: Emergency workers tend to one of the 36 people to be injured when a gunman who is believed to be called Seifeddine Rezgui
It has been reported that the attack happened on the private beach of the Royal Kenz Hotel, which is situated 400 metres away
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It has been reported that the attack happened on the private beach of the Royal Kenz Hotel, which is situated 400 metres away 
'We stayed in there for nearly an hour, completely terrified of coming out in case he got us... We heard gunshots but we didn't know if it was him, or the police... We didn't know who to trust. We heard people outside but didn't want to risk it.'
The couple, who were on the first day of their two-week Thompson holiday, are now recovering at the Sahloul Hospital in Sousse.
Miss Smith said: 'The president of Tunisia came to the hospital and said sorry... We've seen more of the Tunisian government than anyone from our own. The Foreign Office are trying to help but they have so much to do.' 
Another injured Briton, Matthew James, is fighting for his life after being shot three times in the stomach. He heroically used his own body as a human shield to protect his fiancee Sarah Wilson.
We stayed in there for nearly an hour, completely terrified of coming out in case he got us... We heard gunshots but we didn't know if it was him, or the police... We didn't know who to trust 
Rebecca Smith, survivor
Tunisia's Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood described the attack on a beach packed with innocent sunbathers as an act of 'evil and brutality'.
British police have now flown to the resort to help identify victims and consular teams are in hospitals and hotels looking after those affected, he added.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the barbaric attack - and named the gunman as Seifeddine Rezgui, a 23-year-old aviation student who has never left the country.
His rampage followed a chilling threat from ISIS that the holy month of Ramadan - which ends on August 18 - 'will have lots of surprises'.
Eyewitnesses claim the depraved shooter was laughing and joking among the midday bathers and sun-seekers, looking like any other tourist.
'He was laughing and joking around, like a normal guy,' said one. 'He was choosing who to shoot. Some people, he was saying to them "you go away". He was choosing tourists, British, French.'
Others described how he also used grenades in the attack as he moved methodically from the beach to the pool - and then into the hotel lobby.
'When he came he tossed a grenade and we saw only black - it was smoky,' said Imen Belfekih, who works for the Imperial Marhaba Hotel where the attack took place.
More than three hours after the massacre, an apparent accomplice was arrested near the motorway. 
Hero: British man Matthew James (right), who was shot three times on the beach during the onslaught, used his body as a human shield to protect his fiancee Sarah Wilson (left)
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Hero: British man Matthew James (right), who was shot three times on the beach during the onslaught, used his body as a human shield to protect his fiancee Sarah Wilson (left)
The terrorist attack happened in the popular holiday destination of Sousse in the north of Tunisia
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The terrorist attack happened in the popular holiday destination of Sousse in the north of Tunisia 
Pictures showed him being punched in the face by a furious woman as he was marched through the town by armed police.
The Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said today: 'We are at war against terrorism which represents a serious danger to national unity during this delicate period that the nation is going through.'
Today, he announced a series of new security measures including closing renegade mosques and calling up army reservists in the wake of his country's worst ever terrorist attack.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the UK faces a 'severe terrorist threat'.
We are at war against terrorism which represents a serious danger to national unity during this delicate period that the nation is going through 
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid
He announced there would be 'heightened security' for the high-profile events being held across the country such as the Armed Forces Day parade. 
He also said the the country needs to prepare itself for the fact that many of the 38 killed in the 'savage' shooting were British.
As around 40 others recover in hospital - 25 of whom are British - thousands of worried tourists have begun to board flights back home to the UK.
The Chief Executive of Tui Group, which owns Thomson and First Choice travel agents, said 1,000 customers had already been repatriated and 5,400 are still in Tunisia.
Another British woman who was shot in the leg in the terror attack yesterday believes she would be dead if her glasses case had not diverted the bullet. 
Christine Callaghan said the bullet would have hit her in the stomach but 'ricocheted' off the glasses case in her bag and struck her thigh instead.
She declared: 'I'm just lucky to be alive. If it hadn't been for my glasses, I might not have survived.'
Lucky: A tearful Christine Callaghan, who is being treated in Sahloul University Hospital in Tunisia, believes her glasses case saved her life
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Lucky: A tearful Christine Callaghan, who is being treated in Sahloul University Hospital in Tunisia, believes her glasses case saved her life
Brave: As her brave husband Tony (pictured) helped the elderly on the beach, she was shot - but the bullet ricocheted off her glasses case (pictured)
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Brave: As her brave husband Tony (pictured) helped the elderly on the beach, she was shot - but the bullet ricocheted off her glasses case (pictured)
Relief: Criss Callaghan, 62, a British tourist who was injured during an attack on a beachside hotel, is hugged by her husband Tony as she lies in bed at a hospital in Sousse
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Relief: Criss Callaghan, 62, a British tourist who was injured during an attack on a beachside hotel, is hugged by her husband Tony as she lies in bed at a hospital in Sousse
Mrs Callaghan, 61, was shot as she ran for her life while her courageous husband, formerly in the RAF, stayed behind and braved the hail of bullets to help elderly flee the killing zone.
Tony Callaghan, 63, a property officer with North Walsham PEO in Norfolk, ordered his wife to run while he escorted 'dazed' older people from the hotel pool to safety.
The couple, grandparents from North Walsham, were sunbathing by the pool when the murderous spree began at the Imperial Marhaba hotel.
I am so sorry for the 39 people who died. It was absolutely terrifying... At the pool area, I stopped to help people. There were elderly people walking round in a daze... I couldn't just leave them
Tony Callaghan, survivor 
Mr Callaghan, who served as an RAF mechanic for 23 years, said: 'It was absolutely terrifying. We were running for our lives, literally. It was like the click of a finger whether you lived or died.
'I am so sorry for the 39 people who died. It was absolutely terrifying...At the pool area, I stopped to help people. There were elderly people walking round in a daze.
'I couldn't just leave them. So I just did what I could. But I was frightened too.'
Mr Callaghan was treated for non life-threatening injuries along with his wife at Sahloul University Hospital. 
His wife, speaking from her hospital bed where she has a fractured femur, said: 'We were around the pool area sunbathing when we heard gunfire and everyone was just rushing by with flip-flops.
'My husband told me to run, but he stayed back to organise people, even though he had an injury to his leg‎.
'He was in the forces for 23 years and his instincts just kicked in... He was screaming at people to get off, to 'run! run!'. 
Killer? ISIS accounts have claimed Abu Yahya Qayrawani (pictured) was the man responsible for the attacks
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Killer? ISIS accounts have claimed Abu Yahya Qayrawani (pictured) was the man responsible for the attacks
Stalking: Witnesses in Sousse said the terrorists (pictured) used a jet ski and a boat to access the beach and hid their machine guns in parasols before indiscriminately opening fire on civilians
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Stalking: Witnesses in Sousse said the terrorists (pictured) used a jet ski and a boat to access the beach and hid their machine guns in parasols before indiscriminately opening fire on civilians
Response: The corpse of the gunman, who is believed to be a 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezi, was later pictured on the side of the road
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Response: The corpse of the gunman, who is believed to be a 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezi, was later pictured on the side of the road
'People thought it was a firework display or something... As I ran, I was shot, although I didn't know I had been. I wasn't in pain, just total shock.
'I had been clutching my beach bag in front of me, against my middle, and inside were my glasses in a hard case. The bullet must have ricocheted off the glasses case, otherwise it would have hit my stomach. My glasses are all bent now.'
Mrs Callaghan, an NHS health care assistant ‎in a hospital in Norfolk, said: 'We ran and we were separated for what seemed like hours.
'I was in a corridor. A lady called Shirley and her husband Joe were there. She was lying on her front. She had been shot four times.
'My right leg was stuck at an awkward angle across my middle, the flesh completely open‎. I thought I would lose my leg.
'Shirley was lying there in a pool of blood... I kept talking to her and holding her hand and praying, while her husband tied a tourniquet... We were shouting for help for half an hour before anyone came.' 
Return: Today thousands of British people were repatriated, with airlines offering them free flights home
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Return: Today thousands of British people were repatriated, with airlines offering them free flights home
Exodus: A policeman stands guard while tourists leave at the Enfidha international airport in Sousse
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Exodus: A policeman stands guard while tourists leave at the Enfidha international airport in Sousse
Escape: Tourists arrive at the Nfidha airport near Sousse, Tunisia - as thousands of British tourists prepare to board flights back to the UK
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Escape: Tourists arrive at the Nfidha airport near Sousse, Tunisia - as thousands of British tourists prepare to board flights back to the UK
Mrs Callaghan, who has two grandchildren by her daughter Amanda, and also has a son, Andrew, said she felt 'tired and rough' but was immensely proud of her husband.
'He was brilliant, my husband,' she said. 'We married young and we're still together. We have been married 44 years.'
'This is our third holiday in Tunisia. I just can't believe what has happened... I just keep crying. I want to go home.
'I am so sorry for the country of Tunisia. They are such lovely people. It is so unfair for them. Ordinary people keep saying sorry to me.'
Tunisian doctors at the Sahloul Hospital in Sousse said Mrs Callaghan would need multiple operations to fix her leg but that she could make a full recovery.
She is in a general ward in the hospital two floors above the room where her husband is recovering from his more minor leg injury.



First picture emerges of man beheaded in French terror attack as arrested suspect refuses to answer police questions

  • Herve Cornara - boss of the ATC-colicom in Chassieu - has been identified as the man beheaded in France on Friday
  • Shocking attack took place at the headquarters of American-owned Air Products close to Lyon in southern France 
  • Police seized woman at home of ‘ISIS fanatic’ who beheaded boss and scrawled on his severed head in Arabic  
  • Alleged killer has been named as father of three Yassine Salhi, 30, with the victim believed to be his employer
  • The company both men worked for is understood to have regularly delivered to the Air Products factory
  • Delivery driver's wife later claimed that Salhi was a 'normal Muslim' who left for work as usual at 7am today 
By John Hall and Fidelma Cook and Simon Tomlinson and Euan McLelland and Peter Allen for MailOnline
Published: 10:18, 26 June 2015 | Updated: 18:25, 27 June 2015
Herve Cornara was the boss at ATC-colicom in Chassieu - near the scene of yesterday's horrific execution
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Herve Cornara was the boss at ATC-colicom in Chassieu - near the scene of yesterday's horrific execution

The man who was beheaded by an ISIS fanatic at a factory in France has been named as Herve Cornara.
Pictured left, Cornara was the boss at ATC-colicom in Chassieu - near the scene of yesterday's horrific execution.
His head was found pinned to the gates at the American-owned Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. It was surrounded by two Islamist flags
Cornara ran his own business offering a delivery service.
Four people were in custody in connection with his beheading, and for setting off the explosion at the Air Products gas factory in south-eastern France.
A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor's office today confirmed that one of the four suspects detained has been released, while the suspected assassin isn't speaking to investigators.
Heavily armed police have removed a woman and child from the home of Yassine Salhi - the suspected Islamist accused of carrying out the terror act.
He was known to factory personnel because he came in regularly for deliveries, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said.
Police swooped on the apartment building in Saint-Priest, in the suburbs of the city of Lyon, just hours after the 30-year-old delivery driver was arrested on suspicion of writing Arabic slogans on his employer's severed head and hanging it on a fence outside the nearby headquarters of Air Products.
Salhi is accused of going on to crash his Ford Fusion delivery van through the factory's gates before ramming it into several large gas cannisters left in the car park - apparently in the hope they would explode and destroy the entire factory complex.
The explosions were relatively small, however, leaving just two factory workers with non life-threatening injuries.
The murdered man - who French media say owned the delivery company Salhi worked for - is believed to have been killed elsewhere before his corpse was dumped at the Air Products factory site in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier and his head impaled on a fence 30 feet away surrounded by homemade Islamist flags. 
Speaking before the raid on her home, Salhi's wife described her husband as a 'normal Muslim' who left for work as usual at 7am this morning. 'My heart stopped when I heard he was a suspect....I expected him this afternoon,' the unnamed woman told French radio station Europe 1. 
Salhi - who is understood to have been known to security services since at least 2006 - reportedly told arresting officers that he is a member of the Islamic State terror group. He is believed not to have a criminal record and an investigation into his 'possible radicalisation' was dropped in 2008. 
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French President Francois Hollande, speaking in Brussels, said the attack began when a car crashed through the gate of the factory and ploughed into gas canisters, setting off an explosion.
'No doubt about the intention - to cause an explosion,' Mr Hollande said, calling the attack 'of a terrorist nature'.
The victims' head was found staked on a gate at the factory's entrance, in what appeared to be an echo of the Islamic State group's practice of beheading prisoners and displaying their heads for all to see.
Sickening: The victim's head (which MailOnline has chosen to disguise in this image) was found hanging on a fence near the factory's entrance. Two homemade Islamist flags - one white and one black, both with Arabic inscriptions - were found alongside it
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Sickening: The victim's head (which MailOnline has chosen to disguise in this image) was found hanging on a fence near the factory's entrance. Two homemade Islamist flags - one white and one black, both with Arabic inscriptions - were found alongside it
Terror raid: French special forces escort an unidentified woman and child as they leave Yassine Salhi's apartment building today
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Terror raid: French special forces escort an unidentified woman and child as they leave Yassine Salhi's apartment building today
Special forces from France's Research and Intervention Brigades leave Yassine Salhi's home with an unidentified woman today
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Special forces from France's Research and Intervention Brigades leave Yassine Salhi's home with an unidentified woman today
A French special forces officer gestures as police escort a woman from a residential building during the raid in Saint-Priest
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A French special forces officer gestures as police escort a woman from a residential building during the raid in Saint-Priest
Special forces working for France's Research and Intervention Brigades enter Yassine Salhi's apartment building
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Special forces working for France's Research and Intervention Brigades enter Yassine Salhi's apartment building
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Special forces working for France's Research and Intervention Brigades enter Yassine Salhi's apartment building this afternoon
Murder scene: The murdered man's head is understood to have been found 30 feet away from his body, hanging on the factory's fence. The dead man's head was covered in Arabic 'inscriptions' before being placed on the fence, according to local journalists at the scene
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Murder scene: The murdered man's head is understood to have been found 30 feet away from his body, hanging on the factory's fence. The dead man's head was covered in Arabic 'inscriptions' before being placed on the fence, according to local journalists at the scene
Under cover: French police cordon off the area where the decapitated body was found at the Air Products headquarters
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Under cover: French police cordon off the area where the decapitated body was found at the Air Products headquarters
Location: The attack took place in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, close to the city of Lyon in the south east of France
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Location: The attack took place in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, close to the city of Lyon in the south east of France
An official said two flags - one white and one black, both with Arabic inscriptions - were found nearby. Images from the scene suggest the banners may have been homemade and written using paint. 
At a press conference this afternoon, Cazeneuve named the arrested man as Yassine Salhi. 
'He was investigated in 2006 for radicalisation, but [the probe] was not renewed in 2008. He had no criminal record,' he added. 'This individual has links with the Salafist movement, but had not been identified as having participated in activities of a terrorist nature.' 
A local newspaper is reporting that the unnamed dead man was Salhi's boss and that their company regularly delivered to Air Products.
Before this afternoon's raids at her home, an unnamed woman claiming to be Salhi wife has since spoke to the Europe1 radio station.

'I don't know what happened, he left to go to work as normal,' she said. 
She said he was a delivery driver who left, as normal at 7am. 'My heart stopped when I heard he was a suspect,' she added. 'He went to work this morning at 7am. He does deliveries. He did not return between noon and two, I expected him this afternoon.
'My sister said turn on the television. She was crying... I know my husband. We have a normal family life. He goes to work, he comes back...We are normal Muslims. We do Ramadan. We have three children and a normal family life.'
Anti-terror police subsequently took the woman and her three children out of the apartment block in Saint Priest where she has been living with Salhi for the past six months.

AT LEAST 28 TOURISTS DEAD IN TUNISIAN HOTEL ATTACKS AS 'ISIS GUNMEN SHOOT PEOPLE ON SUNBEDS' ALONG BEACH PACKED WITH WESTERNERS

Gunmen have killed at least 28 people in an attack on two hotels in the popular holiday destination of Sousse.
The attack took place at the Al-Qantawi resort in the city of Sousse, located 140 kilometres south of the capital Tunis on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. 
Militants, feared to be from ISIS, exchanged gunfire with security services on a beach packed with British holidaymakers. 

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Rebecca Miles, a British tourist who was staying at the Royal Kenz hotel with her boyfriend Dean Anderson, 24, having arrived on Monday spoke to MailOnline about what she witnessed. 
'We were told to go back to our rooms because there were reports of a bomb,' she said.
'It happened about half an hour ago – I heard a bang and I thought it was thunder but it was a clear sky so it obviously wasn't.
'I heard sirens going off about 20 minutes ago and everyone came running back from the private hotel beach which is about 400 metres from the hotel. Everyone is a bit clueless about what is happening.
'People are anxious because they don't really know what is happening and we are now stuck in our rooms. There have been deaths apparently.'
Fellow British tourist Gary Pine told Sky News said: 'We thought fire crackers were going off but you could see quite quickly what was going on.
'There was a mass exodus off the beach. My son was in the sea at the time and myself and my wife were shouting at him to get out and as he ran up he said I've just saw someone get shot.'

SUICIDE BOMB RIPS THROUGH KUWAITI MOSQUE AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS KILLING AT LEAST 13 WORSHIPPERS AS ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY 

At least 13 worshippers have been killed today after an Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a packed Kuwaiti mosque after Friday prayers.
Shocking photos show dozens of dead and wounded Muslims who were all observing the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Imam al-Sadeq Shiite mosque in Kuwait City.
Witnesses said worshippers were standing shoulder-to-shoulder in group prayer when the bomb ripped through the building.
Aftermath: Mourners climb through the rubble and dust in the search for bodies after a suicide bomber killed 13 in Kuwait
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The ISIS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said its militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the suicide bombing.
He was seen walking in to the back of the mosque during prayers, before walking among his victims and blowing himself up. 
The group said the mosque was targeted because they believe it was spreading Shiite teachings among Sunni Muslims. 
ISIS, a radical Sunni Muslim group, considers Shiites to be heretics. 
Najd Province claimed similar bombings against Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
Last month, the group claimed two deadly bombings against Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia, both of which took place during the weekly Friday prayers.
ISIS has also claimed several such attacks against Shiites in Yemen, the last of which was just a week ago.
On June 17, it claimed five simultaneous bombings at Shiite mosques and offices in Sanaa that killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens. But Friday's attack is the first of its kind in oil-rich Kuwait. 
Press conference: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (pictured) named the arrested man as father-of-three Yassine Salhi, who is understood to have been known to security services since at least 2006
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Press conference: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (pictured) named the arrested man as father-of-three Yassine Salhi, who is understood to have been known to security services since at least 2006
The attack was accompanied by several explosions caused by 'gas bombs' being ignited at the site, causing many of the injuries
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The attack was accompanied by several explosions caused by 'gas bombs' being ignited at the site, causing many of the injuries
Chaos: The attack took place at the headquarters of Air Products, in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, in the south east of the country.  Local media reported that a 30-year-old man 'known to security services' has already been arrested at the scene
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Chaos: The attack took place at the headquarters of Air Products, in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, in the south east of the country.  Local media reported that a 30-year-old man 'known to security services' has already been arrested at the scene
Lockdown: Local media reported that a 30-year-old man 'known to security services was arrested at the scene. Salhi is understood to have told arresting officers that he is a member of the Islamic State terror group
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Lockdown: Local media reported that a 30-year-old man 'known to security services was arrested at the scene. Salhi is understood to have told arresting officers that he is a member of the Islamic State terror group
A French Gendarme blocks the access road to the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier industrial area, near Lyon in southern France
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A French Gendarme blocks the access road to the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier industrial area, near Lyon in southern France
On alert: Heavily armed police officers were seen guarding the site of this morning's shocking terror attack
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On alert: Heavily armed police officers were seen guarding the site of this morning's shocking terror attack
Investigators: Witnesses said that more than one man was involved in the attack and that the perpetrators were carrying Islamist flags
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Investigators: Witnesses said that more than one man was involved in the attack and that the perpetrators were carrying Islamist flags 
France's prime minister later branded the attack 'Islamist terrorism,' announcing he was cutting short a visit to South America to deal with the crisis.
'Islamist terrorism has hit France again,' Manuel Valls told a press conference in Colombia's capital Bogota, adding that he would take part by telephone in an emergency meeting called by President Francois Hollande, then rush back to France.
Within an hour of the attack, French President Francois Hollande was to return home early from an EU summit.
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels shortly afterwards, Hollande said a man who launched a 'terrorist' assault on a gas factory Friday has been identified and that there may have been a second attacker. Local media reported that a second terrorist has since been arrested.
'This attack was in a vehicle driven by one person, perhaps accompanied by another,' Hollande added. 'The individual suspected of committing this attack has been arrested and identified.'
Local newspaper Dauphine Libere is reporting that a second person has now been arrested, believed to be the man who drove the Ford Fusion 'preview' car around the factory this morning before the attack.
Investigators are working to establish the full details of the attack but is widely thought that the explosions were intended to have a far bigger impact than causing several dozen injuries, and may have been intended to blow up the entire Air Products headquarters.
Salhi had a 'link' to Salafist movement, Cazeneuve said but was not implicated in any terrorist activities. The Salafi movement is a group within Sunni Islam, which is often associated with literalist approaches to Islam.
He said a 'fiche S' was opened on the attacker in 2006 for radicalisation. A 'fiche S' for which the S stands for 'Sûreté d'etat' basically means he had been identified as a possible danger and should be watched.
The file was not renewed in 2008, however, meaning authorities no longer considered him a risk. Cazeneuve also said the man named as Yassine Sali had no criminal record. He added that the suspect is believed to be father of three children.
He was known for links to extremism but not identified as a high risk who would carry out an attack, says Cazeneuve.

ATTACK AT AIR PRODUCTS HEADQUARTERS COMES JUST FIVE MONTHS AFTER CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE 

The attack comes five months after three Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in coordinated terror strikes across Paris.
The victims, including journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence, including a mass shooting at the weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical attacks on Islam and other religions.
The attackers, two French-born brothers of Algerian origin, singled out the magazine for its publication of cartoons depicting and ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad.
The bloodshed ended on January 9 with a hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in which four hostages and the gunman were killed. The terror chief behind the murders was killed in a drone attack in Yemen earlier this month.
Nasser al-Wuhayshi was once a loyal deputy to Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks on the USA in 2001.
Last month, the senior AQAP commander who admitted responsibility for the Hebdo attacks was also blasted to death by a drone.
Nasr al-Ansi caused outage in January when he gloated over the murders by France-born Islamists.
Two of them – brothers Said and Cherif Koachi – both said they were working for AQAP.
The Kouachi brothers and a third terrorist, Amedy Coulibaly, were themselves killed by police following sieges which also saw four Jewish people shot dead in a Kosher supermarket in eastern Paris.
Al-Ansi, who was also close to the late terror chief Osama Bin Laden, had called for more attacks in countries including Britain, America and France saying 'lone-wolf' attacks were 'better and more harmful'.
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a suspected Islamist attack, outside a factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier in southern France
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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a suspected Islamist attack, outside a factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier in southern France
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered heightened security measures Friday at 'sensitive sites' near the gas factory that was attacked in eastern France
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered heightened security measures Friday at 'sensitive sites' near the gas factory that was attacked in eastern France 
The president of Air Products - an American owned company that is understood to have recently signed a large contract with Saudi Arabia - is an Iranian Shia Muslim named Seifi Ghasemi (pictured)
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The president of Air Products - an American owned company that is understood to have recently signed a large contract with Saudi Arabia - is an Iranian Shia Muslim named Seifi Ghasemi (pictured)
The president of Air Products - an American owned company that is understood to have recently signed a large contract with Saudi Arabia - is an Iranian Shia Muslim named Seifi Ghasemi.
Iran is known to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria - the sworn enemy of the Islamic State terror group.
There remains a great deal of confusion over the exact sequence of events at the factory., which belongs to Air Products - a US chemical company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 
The company would not confirm whether any employees were injured or killed.
'Our priority at this stage is to take care of our employees, who have been evacuated from the site and all accounted for,' the company said in a statement.
'The site is secure. Our crisis and emergency response teams have been activated and are working closely with all relevant authorities.'
The company added that all its employees are accounted for after an attack on a factory in southwestern France. It has not confirmed whether its staff were among the two people reported injured and one dead. 
It released a statement that all employees have been evacuated from the site, which is secure.
It says 'our crisis and emergency response teams have been activated and are working closely with all relevant authorities.'
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered heightened security measures Friday at 'sensitive sites' near the gas factory that was attacked in eastern France.
Valls, who is on an official trip to South America, asked Cazeneuve to head to Saint-Quentin Fallavier, the site of the attack, the premier's entourage said.
Mr Valls said 1,573 French nationals or people resident in France were 'listed as being implicated in terrorist networks.' Of these, 442 were believed to be fighting in Syria,  where 97 have died. 

PROFILE: SEIFI GHASEMI - THE IRAN-BORN PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN-OWNED AIR PRODUCTS

 Born in Iran in 1944 and a US citizen since 1982, Ghasemi attended the Abadan Institute of Technology where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering. He then moved to the United States where he received his Masters degree from Stanford University in California.
After conducting research in Fluidics at Stanford, he was employed by the Lear Motor Company before a three year spell as assistant professor at the University in Tehran. In 1974 Ghasemi joined the newly formed National Iranian Steel Industries Company, and three years later became executive director.
In 1979, he emigrated to the United States where he joined BOC's Carbon Division. He moved to its US gases business in 1987, becoming its president in 1993. In June of this year, Ghasemi added to this role world-wide responsibility for the Group's Process Plants business.
Ghasemi is Vice Chairman of the Compressed Gases Association and on the Board of Directors of the National Petroleum Refiners Association. He has one son, Robert, and lives in Gladstone, N.J., with his wife Ellen. His outside interests include running, skiing and opera.
The BOC Group, the parent company of BOC Gases, is a world leader in industrial gases, health care, vacuum technologies and distribution services. The BOC Group operates in more than 60 countries with sales last year of $5.9 billion. 
Blocked: French police secure the entrance of the Air Products company in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon this morning
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Blocked: French police secure the entrance of the Air Products company in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon this morning
Barrier: A French Gendarme blocks the access road to the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier industrial area following the terror attack
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Barrier: A French Gendarme blocks the access road to the Saint-Quentin-Fallavier industrial area following the terror attack
Scene: France has been on its highest security alert ever since the Paris attacks and according an internal security services source 'all the signals in recent weeks have been pointing to red for an attack of this nature occurring in the national territory'
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Scene: France has been on its highest security alert ever since the Paris attacks and according an internal security services source 'all the signals in recent weeks have been pointing to red for an attack of this nature occurring in the national territory'
The murdered man's head is understood to have been found 30 feet away from his body, hanging on a fence
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The murdered man's head is understood to have been found 30 feet away from his body, hanging on a fence 
The Mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppé, took to Twitter to condemn the attacks.
'The terrorist threat is at a maximum', he wrote, adding that France 'must make every effort to protect its citizens'. 
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his sympathies over the incident to French President Francois Hollande.
The two leaders spoke in Brussels, where they are attending a European Council summit.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: 'He expressed his sympathies for what looks like an appalling incident.
'Details are still emerging, so we wait to see those. But it clearly looks an extremely concerning situation and our thoughts are with all those affected by it.'
The Government's emergency Cobra committee will meet this afternoon following terror attacks in France and Tunisia, David Cameron said as he offered 'our solidarity in fighting this evil of terrorism'. 
France has been on its highest security alert ever since the Paris attacks and according to the Dauphiné Libéré, an internal security services source said that 'all the signals in recent weeks have been pointing to red for an attack of this nature occurring in the national territory.'  

Revenge attacks and retaliation begin: Mosques come under fire with guns and 'grenades' in France… and kebab shop near another Muslim temple is blown up

  • Three suspected revenge attacks took place across France in early hours following massacre yesterday
  • Country on edge after yesterday's terrorist attack in which 12 people were murdered by suspected Islamist fanatics  
  • French Muslims fear attack will lead to surge in far right party membership
  • National Front leader urges people to wake up to the threat of Islamic fundamentalism
  • French imams denounce massacre, warning that world is a dangerous place without freedom of expression
  • Dragnet closing on suspects as manhunt by terror police zeroes in on area of north France
  • They are believed to have fled on foot, still armed, into 32,000-acre forest - bigger than Paris - 80km from the capital
  • Another incident in city this morning saw a female police officer killed and a cleaner shot in the face 
By Jack Crone and Jenny Stanton For Mailonline
Published: 12:55, 8 January 2015 | Updated: 22:28, 8 January 2015
Revenge attacks on Muslim places of worship have begun in France following yesterday's massacre at the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Mosques, a prayer hall and a kebab shop near a Muslim temple were targeted in the early hours of the morning following the terrorist attack - in which 12 people were murdered by suspected Islamist fanatics.
The retaliation comes as French citizens, and the international community, attempt to come to terms with yesterday's shocking and deadly assault on free speech.
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Blown up: Police investigators at the scene after the attack at the shop near el Houda mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone, near Lyon
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Blown up: Police investigators at the scene after the attack at the shop near el Houda mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone, near Lyon
Targeted: French police and investigators inspect the scene near Lyon this morning where a kebab shop next to a mosque was blown up
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Targeted: French police and investigators inspect the scene near Lyon this morning where a kebab shop next to a mosque was blown up
No casualties: No-one was hurt when a kebab shop, located near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone, was also blown up
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No casualties: No-one was hurt when a kebab shop, located near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone, was also blown up
In the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight - and a bullet was also fired through one of the windows.
In the Port-la-Nouvelle district, near Narbonne in southern France, several shots were fired in the direction of a Muslim prayer hall shortly after evening prayers.
According to French prosecutors, the hall was empty and no-one was injured.
A kebab shop, located near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone, was also blown up. Again, there were no casualties.   

Shop targeted: The incident at the kebab shop was one of several suspected revenge attacks to have taken place in France following the massacre in Paris
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Shop targeted: The incident at the kebab shop was one of several suspected revenge attacks to have taken place in France following the massacre in Paris
Revenge attacks: Map shows three incidents that took place last night and in the early hours of the morning across France
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Revenge attacks: Map shows three incidents that took place last night and in the early hours of the morning across France
Retaliation: The kebab shop was targeted following yesterday's attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo
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Retaliation: The kebab shop was targeted following yesterday's attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo
Eight journalists - including the magazine's editor - died in yesterday's attack, along with two policemen, a maintenance worker and another visitor when the masked terrorists stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
The magazine has become a byword for offensive statements in France after taking several highly provocative swipes at Islam.
The newspaper once named Prophet Mohammed as its guest editor, published cartoons of the holy figure in the nude, and once renamed itself Sharia Hebdo with the cover slogan '100 lashes if you don't die of laughter'. 
Shots fired: A bullet hole in the window of a prayer room at a mosque in the Sablons neighbourhood of Le Mans, western France
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Shots fired: A bullet hole in the window of a prayer room at a mosque in the Sablons neighbourhood of Le Mans, western France
Country on edge: Specially trained officers are working with French police after three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque in Le Mans
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Country on edge: Specially trained officers are working with French police after three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque in Le Mans
Bomb scare: A police officer directs a man away from the mosque where blank grenades were discovered - no one was injured in the incident
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Bomb scare: A police officer directs a man away from the mosque where blank grenades were discovered - no one was injured in the incident
On guard: Police in the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, where three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight - and a bullet was also fired through one of the windows
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On guard: Police in the city of Le Mans, west of Paris, where three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight - and a bullet was also fired through one of the windows
Today, four leading French imams denounced the massacre, warning that the world is a dangerous place without freedom of expression but urging the media to be respectful of religion.
Djelloul Seddiki, head of the great mosque of Paris; Tareq Oubrou, director of the Bordeaux mosque; Azzedine Gaci of the Villeurbanne mosque; and Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the Union of Mosques in France, joined Pope Francis in condemning the cruelty of the attack.
Tonight, two armed suspects wanted over the massacre - believed to be brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi - were being pursued through woodland as a huge manhunt closed in on a forest.
In their sights: Swarms of anti-terror police with automatic weapons, body armour and shields patrol the tiny village of Longpont in northern France as they close in on two prime suspects in the terror attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris which left 12 people dead
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In their sights: Swarms of anti-terror police with automatic weapons, body armour and shields patrol the tiny village of Longpont in northern France as they close in on two prime suspects in the terror attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris which left 12 people dead
Terrified resident of the tiny village of Longpont speak to riot officers as they comb the area for the Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects
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Terrified: Residents of the tiny village of Longpont speak to riot officers as they comb the area for the Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects
A member of the French National Police Intervention Group is near Villers-Cotterets where the suspects are believed to have fled on foot
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Hunt: A member of the French National Police Intervention Group is near Villers-Cotterêts where the suspects are believed to have fled on foot

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Suspects: The three men were named as Cherif Kouachi (left), 32, his brother Said Kouachi (right), 34, and Hamyd Mourad, 18, of Gennevilliers
Faces of the victims: Among the journalists killed were (l to r) Charlie Hebdo's deputy chief editor Bernard Maris and cartoonists Georges Wolinski, Jean Cabut, aka Cabu, Stephane Charbonnier, who is also editor-in-chief, and Bernard Verlhac, also known as Tignous
Faces of the victims: Among the journalists killed were (l to r) Charlie Hebdo's deputy chief editor Bernard Maris and cartoonists Georges Wolinski, Jean Cabut, aka Cabu, Stephane Charbonnier, who is also editor-in-chief, and Bernard Verlhac, also known as Tignous
Merciless: Two masked men brandishing AK47s shot a French police officer in the head yesterday after storming the offices of Charlie Hebdo
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Merciless: Two masked men brandishing AK47s shot a French police officer in the head yesterday after storming the offices of Charlie Hebdo
Police believe they have tracked down the brothers to a remote area about 50 miles north-east of Paris after they reportedly robbed a nearby petrol station.
Officers are said to have found a Molotov cocktail bomb and jihadist flag in the car of Cherif and Said Kouachi, which they abandoned before fleeing.
The men, still armed, headed on foot into the vast Forêt de Retz (Retz Forest) that measures 32,000 acres, an area roughly the size of Paris. 
Sickening: The masked murderers take aim at a police car on the scene after killing 11 other people
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Sickening: The masked murderers take aim at a police car on the scene after killing 11 other people
Desperate: An injured man was pictured being removed from Charlie Hebdo's office yesterday
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Desperate: An injured man was pictured being removed from Charlie Hebdo's office yesterday
Their alleged getaway driver Hamyd Mourad, 18, has already turned himself into police in Charleville-Mezieres in northern France.
All three French-Algerian Muslims escaped yesterday following the bloodbath.
French Muslims have expressed fears that the sickening attack will lead to a surge in people joining the country's far-right movement Front National.
Politician Marine LePen, leader of the surging far-right National Front, urged the country's residents to wake up to the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.
But some of the most vocal rightist responses to the massacre came from Germany. 
Gathering: People at the Place Royale in Nantes show their solidarity for the victims of the attack on the offices of the satirical weekly
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Gathering: People at the Place Royale in Nantes show their solidarity for the victims of the attack on the offices of the satirical weekly
Standing together: People hold placards reading in French 'I am Charlie' during a gathering at the Place de la Republique last night
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Standing together: People hold placards reading in French 'I am Charlie' during a gathering at the Place de la Republique last night
Silence: General Secretary of the Elysee Palace Jean-Pierre Jouyet and the Elysee Palace staff observe a minute of silence for victims of the shooting this morning
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Silence: General Secretary of the Elysee Palace Jean-Pierre Jouyet and the Elysee Palace staff observe a minute of silence for victims of the shooting this morning
A leader of the far-right National Democratic Party, or NPD, said the party would mobilise followers to join anti-Islam street protests in the eastern city of Dresden that have been growing in size over the past three months.
Houria Bouteldja, spokeswoman for Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR), told Al Jazeera: 'This is a veritable nightmare for the Muslim community, but a veritable windfall for the extreme-right parties that will exploit this appalling crime.' 
The PIR party represents the interests of people from many of France's predominantly Muslim former colonies in Africa and elsewhere.
She added: 'The people who committed this crime have committed a crime not only against Charlie Hebdo, but also against the Muslim community.'
A minute's silence was held across France in memory of the victims of yesterday's atrocity as the newspaper defiantly vowed to publish next week's edition.  
Police: Dozens of anti-terror officers surround an apartment in Reims, where suspects have been arrested in connection with the Charlie Hebdo attack
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Police: Dozens of anti-terror officers surround an apartment in Reims, where suspects have been arrested in connection with the Charlie Hebdo attack
Second incident : It is thought the assailant in this morning's attack used an M5 assault rifle in the attack, before fleeing the scene wearing a 'bullet-proof vest'
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Second incident : It is thought the assailant in this morning's attack used an M5 assault rifle in the attack, before fleeing the scene wearing a 'bullet-proof vest'
In a separate disturbing development, a gunman was arrested in a Paris suburb this morning after a female police officer was shot dead and a colleague injured in a second attack. 
Shots rang out in Montrouge, in the south of city, at the start of the morning rush hour, with an M5 assault rifle believed to have been used.
Witnesses saw what appeared to a collision between two cars, followed by two men appearing with the weapon.
The gunman - who is understood to have been armed with an M5 assault rifle - was described as appearing to be of North African descent.
The young policewoman has been named by French media as Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 27.
A second victim - a street cleaner who was shot in the face after he confronted the gunman - is said to be in a serious condition.  
Pictured: French media identified this woman as Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the young policewoman who was gunned down as she attended a routine traffic accident in Montrouge at 8am today
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Pictured: French media identified this woman as Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the young policewoman who was gunned down as she attended a routine traffic accident in Montrouge at 8am today
Disturbing: A bullet found at the scene in Montrouge after two people were shot in the street at about 8am
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Disturbing: A bullet found at the scene in Montrouge after two people were shot in the street at about 8am

'100 LASHES IF YOU DON'T DIE OF LAUGHTER': HOW CHARLIE HEBDO HAS BECOME A BYWORD FOR ANTI-ISLAMISM

Charlie Hebdo has become a byword for offensive statements in France after taking several highly provocative swipes at Islam.
The newspaper once named Prophet Mohammed as its guest editor, published cartoons of the holy figure in the nude, and once renamed itself Sharia Hebdo with the cover slogan '100 lashes if you don't die of laughter'.
The controversy began in 2006 when the publication reprinted now-infamous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed by Danish artist Kurt Westergaard.
When the images originally appeared they lead to days of protests across the Middle East and in Western cities. The decision to reprint the images landed the then-editor in court under anti-terror laws, though he was later acquitted.
The Hebdo offices were burned to the ground in 2011 when attackers used Molotov cocktails to start a blaze early in the morning of November 2.
There was nobody in the building at the time, and the target was instead thought to be the newspaper's computer system, which was completely destroyed.
Riot police were forced to stand guard outside the building for days following the attack, as the editors took a defiant stance, choosing to reprint the cartoon images multiple times.
In 2012 they again printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as a deliberately provocative gesture while violent protests were taking place across the Middle East.
The following year the newspaper's office again had to be surrounded by riot officers after they published a cartoon booklet depicting the Prohpet naked as a baby and being pushed in a wheelchair.
On the final page of the booklet there was a note from the editor, Stephane Charbonnier, saying the images were 'halal' because Muslims had worked on them, and that they were factually accurate as they had been derived from descriptions in the Koran.
The satirical publication, widely seen as France's answer to Private Eye, prides itself on a mixture of tongue-in-cheek reporting and investigative journalism.
Hebdo's current office building has no notices on the door to prevent a repeat of the attacks that have occurred in the past.
In an interview with De Volkskrant in January 2013, Mr Charbonnier revealed he had been placed under constant police protection for four months after one of the cartoon issues was published.
He shrugged off criticism that he was only publishing the images to gain notoriety for Hebdo, and insisted that he was instead defending the right to free speech.
Mr Charbonnier pointed out that the newspaper had poked fun at feminism, nuclear energy and homeland security, but the Islam issues always attracted the most publicity. 

Purim – Esther as Concubine and the Acolyte of Ishtar.

Posted by GPD on July 4, 2015

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Art reveals so much more than nipples
The celebration of Purim is a yearly ritual and is enacted and carried out in the Judaic tradition in the last days of winter before spring arrives.
A brief synopsis of the story behind Purim: 
As a young child Esther was orphaned and adopted by  Mordecai. When she came of age he sold her into the King’s Harem. Eventually the King became so enamoured with Esther that he made her his Queen.  Due to Esther’s influence over the King, Mordecai was given permission to slaughter his enemies, every man woman and child. Not only were the people responsible for plotting to kill the Jews murdered, but also whole families, the innocent, who had been caught up in this political disaster. 
We see the same thing happening in the West Bank and on the Gaza Strip today. The innocent are murdered, their homes are destroyed, their olive trees are cut down and their land is taken from them in yet another “holocaust,” reminiscent of Purim. 
The celebration of Purim is the celebration of the holocaust that took place when the Jews in Persia, during the Babylonian exile, laid waste to almost 100,000 people thanks to an edict granted to them by King Ahasuerus and made possible due to Esther’s position in the King’s palace.
The Middle East for thousands of years, even in the 21st Century, regards women as commodities. Young girls are sold into slavery, prostitution or both. Many young girls who are exceptionally beautiful and “comely,” a rather censored word used in Biblical passages for “sexy,”are often part of trade and political agreements and are “sold off” in marriage.
Orphans are particularly vulnerable and susceptible, often “adopted” by older men, who nurture them and depending on how pretty, beautiful or “comely” they are, sell them off, either as slaves or in marriage, as one would sell off a prized piece of art in exchange for some other thing of value.
In this story we see Mordecai gaining power and influence through a young girl who he has nurtured and adopted. These young women were also often used as spies, the lure of their charms was encouraged from a young age and adapted for the purposes of espionage and political influence. Their beauty and their sexual prowess was imperative in order for them to fulfil their obligations to their “adopted” father figure. Esther in all cases fits the profile. She is the ultimate  Jewish spy and concubine of the Middle East in Judaic culture.
Not only does Esther fit the spy/concubine role, she also fits the profile of the sacred whore and the Goddess Ishtar. Most of the symbols associated with her, including her name, have been plagiarised and adapted from Sumerian belief into a Judaic myth of… “Biblical proportions. ”
Esther is  called  “Hadassah,”  which means “Myrtle” in Hebrew. The myrtle flower was sacred to Venus, Aphrodite and Ishtar. It was also considered to be a powerful aphrodisiac. We are told that Esther was born Hadassah, which could be read in the context that she was a born aphrodisiac. Many things over time either get lost in translation or are slightly altered from their original form. The word “hadassah” is almost similar to the word “kadeshah,” which was a sacred prostitute.
If we look at the story of Esther, her upbringing, her eventual position in the King’s harem and her later rise to power, she most definitely fits the definition of “kadeshah.” She also fits the definition of the Japanese concubine and the many women in European history known openly as “The King’s Mistress.” Trained for service both physically and intellectually in order to spy on and be of influence in the highest escutcheons of power. As such she is given “Goddess” status.
Ishtar is the Goddess of love, war , fertility and sexuality. The town of Uruk in Babylonia was known as the “town of the sacred courtesans.” She is also referred to as the “courtesan of the gods”.
The monarchy at the time regarded themselves as “Gods,” King  Ahasuerus  was seen as the son of the Gods, Esther as his courtesan and concubine, is a courtesan of the “God.”
Ishtar is often associated with Isis. But these two “Goddess” figures come from two different nations and represent completely different aspects of women.
ISHTAR
Ishtar is a concubine, courtesan and a second wife to the King/God. This is a    polygamous relationship.  
Ishtar in cosmology is the planet Venus. 
Ishtar is the Goddess of war.
ISIS
Isis is a Goddess in her own right and the only wife of Osiris. This is a  monogamous  relationship. 
Isis in cosmology is the star Sirius. 
Isis is the Goddess of fertility, her star Sirius, rising at  the annual flooding of the  Nile  River which brought fertile silt giving abundance to the whole of Egypt. Isis is the mother  figure, of the God King Horus. 
SEKHMET
A comparative study of Egyptian Goddesses would rather place Ishtar and in turn Esther, on a similar level to Lioness Goddess,  Sekhmet, the “alter” of the Goddess  Hathor. Ishtar was also associated with Lions.
Sekhmet at Kom Ombo copyright Gerard Ducher
 In her negative aspect as Sekhmet, she is the Goddess of war and destruction. Also known as the destructive “eye” of the sun. Or the “eye of Ra.” In her positive aspect she turned into Hathor, the goddess of love. Much in the same way Esther is the concubine and lover of the God/King, but is also the engineer of the holocaust and the total destruction of Mordecai’s enemies.
                                                      
 Hollywood seems to have adopted this duality of Ishtar, through mind control and creating “alters.” The “kitten” training, the violence and the blatant promiscuity, coupled with duel personality types very often leading to mental breakdown and often suicide. A full in depth study on this subject can be found at: Vigilante Citizen. 
In closing, the story of Esther is not part of the original Torah reading. It is a story that has been adapted from Sumerian myths, the Babylonian exile and the story of one tribe, being the Jews, descendants of Judah. Whether there was an Esther or not, whether this holocaust actually took place or not, is debatable. The whole rendering of the story of Esther could be plagiarised from Babylonian history and religion. The Samaritans, the descendants of Joseph and his sons, Ephraim and Mannasheh, do not celebrate Purim. They only mark the holidays set by the Pentateuch.