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resident Biden’s remarks after the hostage situation at the synagogue in Texas leave more questions than answers. What were the motivations for the attack occur? A full day after a Pakistani Muslim attacked a synagogue on the Jewish sabbath to gain the release of Aafia Siddiqui described as the “Lady of al Qaeda,” Biden doesn’t know. The synagogue was near where Siddiqui is held. But when asked why the attacker targeted that synagogue, Biden again responded that he didn’t know but promised more at a press conference on Wednesday. Those answers are surely much better than the answers given by...

A Muslim militant has told a German court that he was part of a plot to blow up a synagogue in the French city of Strasbourg, but has denied links with the al-Qaeda terrorist network. Aeurobui Beandali and three other Algerian nationals are standing trial in the German city of Frankfurt on charges of planning to bomb a public square during the Christmas season in 2000. But Mr Beandali said the neither the square nor the cathedral that stands there were targets of the planned attack, but one of the city's synagogues. He said the plot, which was foiled by...

Brussels, April 4, IRNA -- A synagogue in the Belgian port city of Antwerp was attacked Wednesday when two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building. The attack comes three days after a similar incident in Brussels. The bombs burned out on the pavement and damage to the synagogue in Antwerp, known for its diamond trade, was minimal, local RVI radio reported. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. At an emergency meeting Antwerp police decided to step up patrols in neighborhoods popular with Jewish residents. The incident follows an attack on a synagogue in Anderlecht district of Brussels...