Media Keeps Calling Muslim Gunmen In Paris Attack "Frenchmen" — But Attackers Included Syrian "Refugees"

By James Fulford

11/14/2015

Here’s Reuters, referring to a suspect in the Paris attack:

Paris concert gunman was French, known to have Islamist ties: source -https://t.co/8vuufaCjPA #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/ucO3ixFrVF

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 14, 2015

What they mean is a Muslim — either black or Arab — who has French citizenship papers, either by birth or immigration. Here’s Iowahawk’s response:

But they weren’t all "Frenchmen" — at least one of them was a Syrian "refugee" registered on on the Greek Island of Leros, according to Yanni Koutis in Greece:

#Greece PublicOrderMin Toskas confirms Paris attacker w Syrian passport was registered as refugee on Leros island in Oct. /via @AntennaNews

— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) November 14, 2015

#Greece MigrationMin Mouzalas on Sept 9: It wd be "foolish to believe that there are no jihadists among the refugees that cross into Europe"

— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) November 14, 2015

#ParisAttacks appear to be work of self-contained cell back from #Syria, UK sources tell @BBCNews https://t.co/cux8Q2GhGm

— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) November 14, 2015

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