European Islamists’ Not-So-Happy Holidays Terrorism Plots

The Daily Signal ^ | January 7, 2020 | Robin Simcox

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We are just one week into 2020, and already Europe has suffered its first Islamist terrorist attack of the year.

On Friday, a 22-year-old French citizen named in the press as “Nathan C.” began stabbing joggers in a park in Paris.

One man died while trying to protect his wife, who was also seriously injured. Another innocent victim was wounded. The attacker fled, but was eventually fatally shot by French police.

At first, the media ascribed the attack to mental health issues. Yet France’s anti-terrorism prosecution office has now stated that “[w]hile the troubling psychiatric problems of the individual have indeed been confirmed, the investigations … have allowed us to establish a definite radicalization of the suspect, as well as evidence of planning and preparation carried out before the act.”

The attack came in the wake of a series of seeming near misses in Europe over the Christmas season.

On Dec. 11, Danish authorities announced that they had detained about 20 people across the country who were “driven by a militant, Islamist motive.” Six of the suspects remain in custody, with at least five of them suspected of having tried to acquire firearms or explosives.

The alleged target was unclear, with a Copenhagen court hearing that the acquisition of firearms was intended “to be used in connection with one or several terror attacks in Denmark or abroad.”

Five days later, on Dec. 16, reports emerged that Austrian police rolled up what they believed to be a terrorist plot by three Chechens, possibly targeting a Christmas market in Vienna.

The choice of target would certainly be no shock. A plot targeting a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, was foiled in 2000.

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Snore. What’s new ? Notice we haven’t had any here lately.

That’s cause we’re ARMED here

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Jihad in Europe: be there or be headed.