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French prosecutors are confirming that the so-called "mastermind" of the Paris Terrorist attacks was indeed killed in the shootout in Saint-Denis on Wednesday.  They identified the bullet- and shrapnel-ridden body of Abdelhamid Abaaoud by the fingerprints and DNA.  His cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen blew herself up with a suicide vest, and police arrested seven more suspected jihadists.  Salah Abdeslam and another unnamed man are still on the run. 

The fact at Abaaoud was killed in France is a major black eye for European security security.  As recently as a few days ago, they believed that Abaaoud was in Syria.  Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France only learned otherwise on Monday when a non-European Union state alerted authorities that Abaaoud had been in Greece.  By Wednesday, investigators were able to develop information leading them to the apartment in Saint-Denis.

France's Parliament has approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency declared by President Francois Hollande immediately after last Friday's attacks that killed 129 people.  Only three lawmakers voted against it.  "It's the response of a strong France, which does not bend and will never bend," said Prime Minister Manuel Valls, "It's the quick response of a democracy to barbarity."  The order gives police increased powers to carry weapons, conduct warrantless raids, and wiretap terrorism suspects.

The Grand Mosque of Paris has cancelled an anti-terror and unity rally that was supposed to follow Friday prayers, exactly a week after the attacks.  "After discussion with the authorities of the prefecture of Paris (PP), it appears that the security conditions necessary for the holding of a public gathering are not met," mosque officials said in a statement, noting that there will still be a sermon against terrorism.  Officials banned public demonstrations in the wake of the attacks, and there have been scattered incidents of religious violence.  Among them, a Muslim woman with a headscarf was slashed with a box-cutter on the same day men with knives attacked a Jewish man, both in Marseilles.

Authorities are also blocking the big rally that was to precede the global climate talks on 29 November.  Environmental activist groups wanted to put pressure on world leaders to adopt a more aggressive strategy to combat climate change.  Other rallies will take place in cities around the world, including in Australia. And world leaders still plan to gather in Paris - without the inconvenience of march that was expected to have drawn 200,000 people.

Fear of Muslims has Right-wing America is tripping over itself to embrace the worst tenets of racism and fascism.  The predominantly republican US House of Representatives passed a bill that tightens restrictions on the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, blaming the refugees for the atrocities they're running from.  This is even though the Obama administration had already clearly explained that such refugees are subject to strict controls and background checks. 

On the presidential campaign trail, billionaire buffoon Donald Trump has been talking about shutting down mosques and forcing Muslims to carry some sort of identification - amazingly, he didn't mention a placing gold stars on their lapel. 

Roanoke, Virginia Mayor David A. Bowers seemed to embrace one of America's most shameful chapters, the internment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry at the dawn of World War II, a policy abandoned before the end of the conflict.  It brought a quick rebuke from "Star Trek" actor George Takei, who was imprisoned in one of those camps as a child.  "You who hold a position of authority and power, but you demonstrably have failed to learn the most basic of American civics or history lessons," said Takei, who invited Bowers to Broadway - where the actor is appearing in the show "Allegiance", which was inspired by the Takei family's plight in the 1940s.