FRANCE DECORATES THE THREE POLICEMEN KILLED BY THE TERRORIST ATTACKERS

USPA NEWS - A posthumous tribute was made Tuesday morning, at the Prefecture of Paris, to the three policemen dead last week in the attacks that hit Paris and its suburbs. The three policemen dead for the Fatherland "Clarissa Jean-Philippe", "Franck Brinsolaro" and"Ahmed Merabet" were killed by the terrorists.

The three policemen dead for the Fatherland "Clarissa Jean-Philippe", "Franck Brinsolaro" and"Ahmed Merabet" were killed by the terrorists brothers "Kouachi 'and' Amédy Coulibaly. They tree policemen were made posthumously knights as the Legion of Honour by the head of state. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT CALLS THE POLICEMEN KILLED : "DIED FOR FREEDOM" The silent and moving ceremony began in the presence of a delegation from the New York Police Department (NYPD). Outside the building, many people followed it on a giant screen. The names of the victims were read and a quick portrait was drawn up. The French President of the Republic has awarded to the tree policemen posthumously, of The Legion of Honor. Then the National Antheme The "Marseillaise" row again.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The President of the Republic was both serious and air saddened by this tragedy, but worthy. His voice trembled a few times, for example when it came to trace the path of each of the victims of these attacks. He insisted particularly on Clarissa Jean Philippe, who was the policewoman and the youngest of the three, and whose mother was crying incosolable.---------------------

A CEREMONY OF SADNESS BUT HEAVILY SOBER At this very sober under sadness ceremony, the President of the Republic, François Hollande, has paid tribute to the police officers' died so that we might live free. He adds, "We are here this morning with the Paris Police officers who protect us every day, in this prefecture, instead of liberation of Paris in 1944, place of the symbol between the Republic and the Police. It is from here, that this courtyard, that the police have launched the glorious week which led to the liberation of Paris; 70 years later, today, we are gathered to pay tribute to pure Clarissa Philippe Ahmed Merabet, Franck Brinsolaro killed by the terrorist bullets. They died in the fulfillment of their mission with courage and bravery and dignity. They died policemen. To you close family, I assure you that the whole of France shares your pain and your pain. This is what our fellow citizens wanted to express scrolling Sunday throughout France, rising en masse to share your grief and express their commitment to freedom, brotherhood to democracy to deliver a message of gratitude to the forces of order. They said their gratitude and pride, thinking first to those who died for the republic, to those who have been injured to defend. " As foreseen by the French protocol it is the Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, moved, who exchanged a few words with the victims' families. Hollande then talked about how excited face of police present and ordered online, as well as the families of the victims, after greeting them warmly. During the 25 minutes of speech, the President, Chief of the Armed addressed to the police corporation, recalling the difficulty of their daily tasks and risks "This woman, these men shared a desire: to protect their citizens. They died in the fulfillment of their mission with Courage, Bravery, Dignity. They died policemen. Clarissa, Franck Ahmed are died so that we might live free ".

THE TERRORISTS WHO KILLED THE THREE POLICEMEN, ARE COWARDS. The President, Hollande, erecting later the portrait of each victim he returned to the conditions of their death, using the "cowardly" adverb to describe how these officers died. It then connects the sacred bond between the representatives of the Republic and the horror that affected them "France was attacked (...) but never breaks" Very strong words and powerful-sounding strong are then used by the President Francois Hollande "Cowardice" for the attackers as if to accuse the killers of these killings in particular; and "Courage, Bravery, Dignity" to refer to the three policemen heroes dead. The head of state stressed the cruel cowardice in the case of Ahmed Merabet already on the floor "It was cowardly executed the head as he lay on the ground." And the case of Clarissa Jean-Philippe who was murdered back when she came to rescue victims of a road accident. "How cowardly to kill a police woman devoted to others? What is the motive of such abjection because she was wearing a uniform, a symbol of the Republic? ". In the evocation of the tragic fates, the head of the state is borrowing of sadness and anger, touched at the bottom of his humanity. Finally, it set out three principles that France must act: "firmness", the "cool" and "unity" ; then he recalls that "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the words of our national anthem, our motto is not just words, these are ideas that require a public force to defend it. You are that force only today we want to honuor and respect. "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hollande then finished by sending a message to all generations to understand what is happening based on the fight of "humble honour of men." If France is standing today is because some police officers fell. I express my gratitude and thanks to you, France is standing in the republic.... For more information : see www.elysee.fr, www.gouvernement.fr