Paris. We will speak to lebanese french scholar Gilbert Achcar. To put all of this in context and understand all of this appalling features come from somewhere and this somewhere the action of the west, the responsibility of the west, and also the responsibility of the west and the United States, in particular, in fostering the source, the ideological source of the most fanatical education of islam that is the saudi kingdom. Plus, the latest on the bombing outside the naacp office in Colorado Springs. Then, we go to vermont. 29 singlepayer advocates were arrested after they disrupted the inauguration of Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin who has backed down on his promise to create a singlepayer Health Care System in the state. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. French police have surrounded a building in a northern town near Charles De Gaulle airport as part of a massive manhunt for the two men accused of car
Charlie hebdo publishes its first issue since last weeks attacks, we look at press freedom with Reporters Without Borders. Then to nigeria. There are wildly different accounts of the numbers and youre going from 100 two 2000 and we have not been able to verify that. What is clear, one eyewitness is talking about how when he was fleeing, he was tripping on bodies the whole way. So clearly a large number of people were killed. As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in an attack by militants from boko haram in the North Eastern nigerian town of baga. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. France is deploying an unprecedented 10,000 soldiers inside its own country in the wake of last weeks deadly shootings at a Kosher Grocery store and the magazine Charlie Hebdo. The soldiers will join nearly 5,000 Police Officers mobilized to guard jewish schools, train stations and other sites. France has also announced steps
Belgian media are reporting that two people have been killed during a Police Counterterrorism raid in the eastern town of verviers. A third person was seriously wounded, and several others detained. The raid was reportedly against a suspected radical islamist cell. Belgian public radio says an operation was under way in brussels as well, apparently targeting a Jihadist Group that recently returned from syria. We want to go to our correspondent, who is in brussels with the story. This is breaking news. Can you give us more information . Absolutely. We are looking at apparently three antiterrorist raids all over belgium. One is the one you mentioned in verviers a small town between the city of liege and the german city of aachen. We have received information that the third man who was seriously injured has also died, so we have three suspected terrorists that. No Police Forces have been armed. The second scene is in brussels itself and the mayor of the district has told he will not give
With a race against time. Jordanian officials have until sunset in just about over an hour, to save the life of a jordanian Fighter Pilot captured by Islamic State last month. The radical group is demanding that a convicted terrorist be released, or else the pilot dies. Jordan is scrambling to arrange a prisoner swap that will set the pilot and japanese hostage free, but time is running out. It is dominating jordans media. People are worried about what might happen to the jordanian pilot. Some say they would pay the price being demanded for his life, the release of the suicide bomber. The government has different points of view, and looks at this issue from several angles. Everyone knows her terrorist history. Her exchange for the son of jordan would be a gain for jordan. Ensuring his safety would be a gain. Anything to secure the citizens life is a gain for jordan. Just as people in jordan are worried about their hostage, people in japan are concerned for their hostage, the journalist
The country. We will go to manila for the latest. We will speak with Philippines Climate change commissioner yeb sano who rocked do and Climate Summit in warsaw and doha. As we speak, theres widespread devastation. The munication lines are down, power lines are down, and hundreds are missing. Hundreds are buried behind mud and debris. Then, to nigeria, where satellite images of towns attacked by boko haram show widespread destruction, and are feared dead. It was nine months ago that the bringourgirlshome drew the worlds attention to boko harams abduction of some 270 schoolgirls, most of whom remain unaccounted for, though some have escaped and described their ordeal. When i returned home after might escape, people would tell me not to dwell on my experiences. My dreams are filled with regret for announcing a religion instead of enduring the abuse of the insurgents. Well host a roundtable discussion on boko haram in nigeria with Amnesty Internationals adotei akwei Human Rights Watch ron