War in Paris: French jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria yesterday, even while a massive manhunt was underway for suspects in Friday night’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The bombing runs were focused on Raqqa, the city that is the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State.

The US joined in the air attacks, for the first time bombing hundreds of oil trucks used by ISIS to smuggle crude oil for money that feeds their war.

In the manhunt, investigators say a Belgian citizen named Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the mastermind of the coordinated attacks. Overnight the security services conducted at least 168 warrantless raids and house searches under power of a state of emergency.

Authorities say the Paris attackers had help from four French citizens, feeding fears about Muslims and converts living in the country.

Investigators said the killers had been in touch before the attacks with known members of ISIS and that they had sophisticated methods. The NY Times reports that the attackers had communicated using encryption technology and that they worked with military precision as they killed. One man would keep shooting while the other reloaded.

In the investigation, police are also looking for 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, a French citizen who rented a car found outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris with its trunk loaded with automatic weapons. Abdeslam had already been connected to the rental car when he was stopped near the Belgian border Saturday morning with two other people in the car, but after checking his papers, the police let him go.

Police also found a parking ticket issued in Molenbeek, Belgium, where some people have already been arrested. The man who tried to kill passengers on a Brussels to Paris train last summer came from Molenbeek, a Petrie dish of Islamic terrorism.

America First: Citing the Paris attacks, Republican politicians are saying the US would be crazy to continue accepting Syrian refugees who might include terrorists. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said it would be “nothing less than lunacy” to take in Syrian refugees.

The governors of Alabama and Michigan said on Sunday they would not allow Syrian refugees to be resettled in their states. Alabama Gov. Robert J. Bentley of Alabama said, “As your governor, I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm’s way.”

The White House plans to take 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country by the end of next year.

Nation: About 1,000 people staged a mass resignation from the Mormon Church over the weekend in protest over the church’s stance on homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Most were already lapsed Mormons, but some said they wanted their names removed from the rolls of church members.

Bodymore: A 27-year-old man was stabbed to death Saturday afternoon in Baltimore, becoming the city’s 300^th murder victim so far this year. A few hours later another man became #301. The city hasn’t had this many murders since 1999.

What’s driving this isn’t known. Some people blame the Baltimore police for relaxing after six of their officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody. But cities across the country have had a rising number of murders. Milwaukee is the worst, followed by St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans, and Chicago, where a 9-year-old boy was recently killed to take revenge on his gang-member father.

Benched: Denver’s Peyton Manning yesterday broke Brett Favre’s record to become the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader. But Manning also threw four interceptions and was taken out of the game in the third quarter with the fans booing.

Fasten Your Seatbelt: Delta Airlines is running an online ad asking “How many people does it take to design an airline seat?” And how did they managed to find designers who were alive during the Inquisition?

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