Two days after the Paris massacre more evidence is beginning to emerge suggesting that the attacks may indeed have been an operation designed by Western intelligence agencies for the purpose for ginning up support for more Western intervention in Syria.
One such example is an interview given by Patrick Pelloux, an emergency medical services specialist and one of the first responders in the Paris attacks. Pelloux spoke to the radio station France Info and has apparently confirmed that an emergency drill was ongoing during the morning of the same day as the attacks. The source for the interview is contained in a video with the French language broadcast with English subtitles. The translation has Pelloux stating that, “as luck would have it, in the morning at the Paris SMAU (EMT), a multi-site attack exercise had been planned so we were prepared. What needs to be known is there was a mobilization of police forces, firemen, EMTs, associations who came [to participate] and we tried to save as many people as possible.”
Pelloux is a contributor for the Charlie Hebdo magazine and was also one of the first responders during the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Reports have also come out revealing that the UK conducted counter-terrorism drills earlier this year that included scenarios that involved terror attacks in Paris similar to those that took place on the Charlie Hebdo massacre. As the reports surrounding the UK drills were released, a number 10 spokesman confirmed “it had been agreed that future exercises, which take place on a regular basis, should seek to learn from events in France.” David Cameron himself stated that there was a need for police “to call on military help if there was a major emergency.”
