Tag: terrorism

Trump fears terrorists, but more Americans are shot dead by toddlers

Apr 11, 2017

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fitzdon

Shortly before leaving America for Britain, after 12 years as a correspondent, the relative of one of my son’s friends politely declined my invitation to visit us in London. “I don’t think I could go to Europe,” she said. “It doesn’t seem safe.” Try as I might I could not suppress a laugh. My wife…
Some Little Known Reasons Why France Is on the Frontline of the War With the Islamic State

Jul 17, 2016

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briant

Explores numerous factors, especially continuing French interventions in north Africa, and the threat to what Ahmed calls the 'greyzone,' the increasingly rare "arenas of multi-ethnic, multi-faith solidarity, within both the Muslim and Western worlds."