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2016-07-14 Europe
Truck Plows Through Bastille Day Crowd, Kills 30
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Posted by Glenmore 2016-07-14 18:06|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 The lorry was seen mounting the pavement and piling into anyone the driver could see, ramming over those who tried to run away.
Posted by Classer 2016-07-14 18:17||   2016-07-14 18:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Oops. I thought I fixed that format thing when I saw it in preview. Sorry. MY inlines are the first line plus the last two lines of paragraph two.
Posted by Glenmore 2016-07-14 18:18||   2016-07-14 18:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Le Figaro says 73 confirmed dead
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 18:51||   2016-07-14 18:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Also weapons and grenades are reported to have been found inside the truck/lorry.

I would rule out the French Amish community at this point
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 18:53||   2016-07-14 18:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Driver was shot and is dead.

Vehicular Jihad?
Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-07-14 18:53||   2016-07-14 18:53|| Front Page Top

#6 I heard Mr. Comey said today that finding ISIS members in the US was more difficult that finding a needle in a haystack. If true, might I suggest burning the haystacks?
Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-07-14 19:04||   2016-07-14 19:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Expect the President to issue platitudes about violent extremism and bring up the idea of truck control as something to be studied by his crack national security team.....
Posted by NoMoreBS 2016-07-14 19:05||   2016-07-14 19:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Very, very sad. I suspect most of the dead were young people.
Posted by Besoeker 2016-07-14 19:05||   2016-07-14 19:05|| Front Page Top

#9 "I would rule out the French Amish community at this point"

Probably, EC, but you've still got to watch those pesky Lutherans . . . . ;-)
Posted by Barbara 2016-07-14 19:09||   2016-07-14 19:09|| Front Page Top

#10 I was in Nice last summer, and the drivers and driving were bad but not that bad! Never drive in Nice.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-07-14 19:13||   2016-07-14 19:13|| Front Page Top

#11 Let's see how long they will maintain the lone wolf theory.
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 19:14||   2016-07-14 19:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Also a probable attack in Paris at the Eifel Tower.
Posted by Chuckles Thirt8746 2016-07-14 19:15||   2016-07-14 19:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Chuckles was me. Lost satellite because of a BIG thunderstorm.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-07-14 19:16||   2016-07-14 19:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Eiffel Tower? No French source for that. Many rumors, though.
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 19:19||   2016-07-14 19:19|| Front Page Top

#15 Eiffel tower fire.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-07-14 19:20||   2016-07-14 19:20|| Front Page Top

#16 Lone wolf pack......
Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-07-14 19:21||   2016-07-14 19:21|| Front Page Top

#17 That seems to have been an accident with fireworks, not an attack
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 19:25||   2016-07-14 19:25|| Front Page Top

#18 Elmerert Hupens2660 submitted a link to The Telegraph, which is liveblogging events and accessible here.
Posted by trailing wife 2016-07-14 19:31||   2016-07-14 19:31|| Front Page Top

#19 I am just wondering how much longer this will go on before the people of France start taking matters into their own hands against this cancer.
Posted by DarthVader 2016-07-14 19:35||   2016-07-14 19:35|| Front Page Top

#20 I think we could start with deporting EVERY SINGLE "holy man" who preaches hate.

The Kerguelen islands are nice in spring
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 19:40||   2016-07-14 19:40|| Front Page Top

#21 Local news says 70+ dead and weapons found.
Still too early to take the BS filters off.

I am amazed nothing like this happened at any of the various BLM highway blockade protests - all it would take is one driver who's been up too long and is way past ready for the terminal and a beer.

Not trying to get off-topic, as this is starting to appear on purpose, I would say:
Initially, yes, until vehicles come to a stop, and BLM probably secretly would want the publicity. Afterwards, it would be those at the end of the lines who risk being rear ended.
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-07-14 19:42||   2016-07-14 19:42|| Front Page Top

#22 Yawn. Aside from that how was the parade? -- Barry
Posted by Regular joe 2016-07-14 19:57||   2016-07-14 19:57|| Front Page Top

#23 What difference does it make? (HRC)
Posted by European Conservative 2016-07-14 20:00||   2016-07-14 20:00|| Front Page Top

#24 They solved their 'protestant' problem on St Bartholomew's Day .
Posted by Procopius2k 2016-07-14 20:01||   2016-07-14 20:01|| Front Page Top

#25 Apparently closing the Turkish embassy as a negotiating tactic didn't work.
Posted by Skidmark 2016-07-14 20:39||   2016-07-14 20:39|| Front Page Top

#26 I've said many times over the years, there are easier ways to kill large numbers than with bombs.

Never got into specifics obviously.
Posted by phil_b 2016-07-14 21:03||   2016-07-14 21:03|| Front Page Top

#27 Clearly France needs stronger truck control laws.
Posted by Glenmore 2016-07-14 21:40||   2016-07-14 21:40|| Front Page Top

#28 Damn. Just damn. Brexit looking pretty good to some people now I bet...
Posted by Charles 2016-07-14 22:06||   2016-07-14 22:06|| Front Page Top

#29 Appears it's not over.

From the Daily Mail,

Gunshots rang out in the streets, with gunmen targeting hotels and cafes in the port city in the south of France.
Posted by phil_b 2016-07-14 22:21||   2016-07-14 22:21|| Front Page Top

#30 
I think we could start with deporting EVERY SINGLE "holy man" who preaches hate.


So... any who have ever preached from the Koran or Hadiths.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-07-14 22:34||   2016-07-14 22:34|| Front Page Top

#31 JFM, you out there buddy?
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-07-14 22:34||   2016-07-14 22:34|| Front Page Top

#32 #15 - a fire in the Eiffel Tower?

What is there to burn?
Posted by Barbara 2016-07-14 22:36||   2016-07-14 22:36|| Front Page Top

#33 BBC update
Posted by Skidmark 2016-07-14 23:55||   2016-07-14 23:55|| Front Page Top

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