WSJ: Paris Stadium Attacker Got to Europe Using Fake Syrian Passport

Mystery deepened over a Paris attacker who traveled to Europe via Greece and the Balkans, after French officials said Monday that the Syrian passport he had used was indeed a fake.

Authorities in France and Greece have said that fingerprints taken from the remains of a suicide bomber outside France’s national sports stadium, the Stade de France, match the prints of a man who entered Europe via the Aegean island of Leros on Oct. 3.

Police on Leros registered the man under the identity in the passport he showed them: Ahmad AlMohammad, 25, from Syria. The same passport was found near the man’s body outside the stadium on Friday night.

Whoever the man was, he posed as one of the many refugees fleeing Syria’s war—including the violence of Islamic State—to enter Europe through its lightly controlled frontier in the Aegean Sea. (read more)

Ask Reddit: "What "fake" thing that happens in movies pisses you off?"

Top answers...

Unemployed actors living in huge Manhattan lofts.

Hero always finds a parking spot right out front, too.

When someone is being chased by a car. Why the fuck do they ALWAYS continue running on a straight road?! You obviously cannot outrun a car.

When two people want to talk privately and they casually step like 5 feet away in the same room, like nobody else in the room wouldn't be able to hear them.

Please share your annoying movie "fake thing" recollections. 

"Fake cop pulls over real cop"

"An off-duty police officer says he was driving in Dumfries when a man driving a Crown Victoria started to follow him. The officer says the driver turned on a spotlight that was attached to his car. Thinking it was a police officer, the off-duty officer pulled over, according to police."

"The driver of the Crown Victoria pulled alongside the off-duty officer... When the off-duty officer said he was a police officer, the other driver immediately sped away. The off-duty officer followed the car, and then the driver and passenger fled on foot."

"Video of 'Syrian Hero Boy' Outed as Fake After 3.8 Million YouTube Views"

"A viral video purporting to show a young Syrian boy rescuing a girl under fire from a sniper has been outed as a sham. The clip was initially reported as authentic by several Western media outlets, and it has been viewed over 3.8 million times on YouTube."

I Can't help but think of Gruber's and Obama's deception while reading this.

The video — dubbed "Syrian Hero Boy" — was the creation of Norwegian filmmakers hoping to pass the footage off as real and draw attention to the issue of children in conflict zones.

Sorted!

Fake, like the thing is fake:

Fake, like a false idea, a fantasy, something made up:

Fake, as a fraudulent person, a fraud: