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Terror in Paris A blow against freedom France and other European countries have long been braced for a commando-style terror attack, but it was no less shocking when it came IT WAS the sort of attack the French government has dreaded for months. Only in December Manuel Valls, the prime minister, declared that France had “never faced a greater terrorist threat”. On January 7th armed gunmen burst into the Paris offices ofCharlie Hebdo, a newspaper known for its defiant publication of satirical cartoons, and shot dead ten staff inside. Two police officers were also killed. President Fran?ois Holl