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White House Admits Error in Paris March After Charlie Hebdo Attack

White House, Paris march, Charlie Hebdo attack

In a rare error admission the White House has admitted that a high ranking official should have been sent to the Paris march after the Charlie Hebdo attack, and the omission was glaring because more than 40 countries around the globe sent their leaders to event. The United States was represented by the US Ambassador to France, and Attorney General Eric Holder was in the city of Paris France while the event was going on although he did not attend. Holder was attending security meetings at the time. Josh Earnest, the spokesman for the White House, admitted to the media that “It’s fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile.” It looks like the White House was caught unaware, and did not expect the display of international unity that occurred for the Paris March.

There has been a lot of criticism of the White House because the only official to attend the Paris march honoring the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack was Ambassador Jane Hartley. Many suspect that the error admission by the US government was intended to blunt the criticism that has been leveled. Josh Earnest suggested to reporters that the security procedures and protocols regarding the president and vice president was not capable of being put in place in time for Obama or Vice President Biden to travel to France for the Paris March. Earnest stated “There’s no doubt that had the president or vice president, on this very short time frame, gone to participate in this event that took place outdoors with more than a million people in attendance, that it would have significantly impacted the ability of those who attended the march to participate in the way they did yesterday.” 40 world leaders managed to attend but the leaders of the USA could not make it happen.

Mourad Hamyd Wrongfully Accused of Participating in Charlie Hebdo Attack

Mourad Hamyd, wrongfully accused, Charlie Hebdo attack

Mourad Hamyd, the 18 year old brother in law of one of the Kouachi brothers who perpetrated the Charlie Hendo attack in Paris that killed 12, was wrongfully accused of being involved and was in school when the terrorist attack at the newspaper happened. As soon as Mourad found out about the accusations against him the teen turned himself in to the local police in order to straighten things out. Hamyd was often called the third suspect, but numerous witnesses have stated that the teen was in school with classmates when his distant brother in law was involved in the violent Paris attack. The police released Hamyd Friday without any charges at all after verifying that he was not one of the gunmen who committed the massacre at the newspaper office, and the teen was visibly shaken and shocked to find himself linked to the terrorist actions of the distant relative.

When the wrongfully accused teen talked to journalists about not being involved in the Charlie Hebdo attack Wednesday Mourad Hamyd said “I was stunned, completely overwhelmed by the events but the police officers were very correct with me. I’m in shock, people said horrible and false things about me on social media even though I am a normal student who lives quietly with his parents. The attack was horrific and my thoughts are with the victims. I only hope this won’t taint my future. I have nothing to do with this whole thing, Cherif is just my brother-in-law with whom we have a fairly distant relationship.”