Posted on 07/15/2016 9:12:30 AM PDT by dennisw
Bouhlel zigzagged the white box truck through the crowds, witnesses said, then opened fire on survivors before being shot dead by police. French President François Hollande said at least 50 people remained in critical condition, hanging between life and death.
Molins said 10 children were among the dead and that a total of 202 people were injured in the attack. Of those in critical condition, he said, 25 were comatose.
NICE, France A Tunisian-born émigré with a record of petty crime was behind the wheel of a truck that barreled into Bastille Day revelers and claimed at least 84 lives over a mile-long path of horror, a French prosecutor said Friday, as investigators explored possible links to Islamist militant networks.
The driver was identified as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, whose identity documents, cellphone and bank card were found inside the 19-ton truck used in Thursdays carnage along a palm-lined French Riviera corniche in Nice, according to Paris Prosecutor François Molins, who said that 10 children are among the dead and that 202 were injured, many seriously.
Molins said that Bouhlel had been connected to assault and theft since 2010, but that he had no apparent previous links to extremism and was entirely unknown to anti-terror units.
But the probe shifted quickly to determine whether Bouhlel acted alone, or if he had connections and a support network that could be plotting further violence. Bouhlels ex-wife had been detained as part of the investigation, the prosecutor said.
The attack has not yet been formally linked to international terrorist networks, Molins said, but it fits very well in the context of the cause made by the terrorist organizations in various videos and messages.
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2 Americans, 10 children among at least 84 killed in Bastille Day terror attack in Nice
Coming to America, thanks to the Clintoons, Obama, Lynch, Holder, Jarrett, Rats in congress and our GOPe thugs for open borders.
*Richard Nathan Haass (born July 28, 1951) is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003
Better yet, AMERICA WAKE UP!
Is there anyone (except those mentally ill) who doesn’t believe that moozlums want to murder you and your family? Have you noticed the large demonstrations by moozlums against these murders? Me neither...
I'm calling my Congressional representative today and asking that he do all he can to bring in as many as possible.
I suggest you all call Congress too. Here is the number: (202) 224-3121.
More death and destruction from the evil Muslims.
I think that may be the load carrying spec.....................
The photo fills me with great sadness, bordering on despair.
I have been sad all day due to it.
Our leaders approve of this outcome, because the alternative is to stamp out Islam and they are never going to do that.
I have kids. I have a baby 4 weeks old. To know that our leaders would gladly sacrifice them to the altar of political correctness, in order to further their agenda, fills me with anger.
Yeah. It’s a truck attack. Not a terrorist attack. FUMSM
Yeah, you nasty hag. Islam isn’t your adversary....you’ve financed them.
In order to win a war you MUST either :
1. Kill all of the enemy.
2. Kill some many of the enemy that you destroy the remaining ones will to continue fighting and THEY BEG YOU for peace.
That's it. There are no other options to winning a war against a determined enemy.
Throughout all of human existence this was common knowledge. It's only since WW2 that the common sense stated above has been abandoned.
There is a really good reason we haven't won any wars since WW2. It's because we have been unwilling to do the above. As soon as we do, we will start winning again.
There are no just wars, only victors and losers. The victors get to write the history and justify their actions. That is the truth.
I saw it last night and had to pray myself to sleep. That poor little child.
WORLD NEWS Le Pen: we must declare war on Islamist fundamentalism
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far right National Front party, has issued a statement on Friday urging the country to declare war against the scourge of Islamist fundamentalism following the horrific attack in Nice that has left at least 84 dead.
July 14th (translated) “the day we celebrate the country, its freedom, a day of celebration for the French people has been turned into a day of terror, of immense pain.
We must not let terror attacks come one after another and count more deaths without taking action.
The war against the scourge of Islamist fundamentalism has not begun; its now urgent to declare it. We will truly engage in it by putting in place a series of measures that I have already outlined and which Ill come back to, that is aimed at tackling the roots of the phenomenon.
To shock and compassion, we must now add action, the necessary means of prevention and repression, and the total determination to eradicate the scourge of Islamist fundamentalism. Its on this day, I will put all of my energy toward the profound desires of the bruised people of France, so that they are heard and that the battles are waged.”
Le Pen’s party is growing in popularity. It won’t be long before she is President of France.
Compare this to statements by our Muslim president.
Trump will have friends in Britain, France, Israel, Russia, and more.
Our pansy and chief has done more damage to our standing in the world than I ever thought possible (not to mention domestically)
Obama IS the Muslim Manchurian Candidate, NO DOUBT! Who is pulling his strings? Soros or Satan? Ah, but I repeat myself.
Did you see the guy on the motorcycle? He was killed when he jumped onto the truck, fell off and was crushed trying to stop the terrorist.
Brave man.
I think it likely it would have. Scenario: you are standing in the middle of a crowded pedesrian area. Suddenly you see a truck barreling towards you at full speed. Do you (a) get the hell out of the way or (b) go for your gun? If (b) how likely are you to get off an accurate shot that incapacitates the driver?
The driver in this scenario, with surprise and speed on his side, has a huge advantage over even armed people.
True, but I was speaking about right at the start. There were men right there.
He sat there for 9 hours, too.
Your remarks need to be used in mass whenever an Islamo thug kills innocents anywhere/
The truck driver did indeed have surprise and intiative in his favor but you are kind of arguing that if a citizen could do nothing then it was useless for police to engage him either.
Personally I hate crowds and would not be likely to be in such a situation
myself and hope to never be.
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