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A darkness over Europe
« on: August 03, 2016, 05:22:31 pm »
 A darkness over Europe

Margaret Wente

The Globe and Mail

Published Tuesday, Aug. 02, 2016 7:00AM EDT

Last updated Tuesday, Aug. 02, 2016 3:12PM EDT

 

It doesn’t take much to spread terror. You don’t need fancy weapons or a network of co-conspirators. All you need is a truck, a homemade bomb, a knife or an axe to inflict maximum fear.

After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France was already reeling. But last week’s murder of a gentle 85-year-old priest ratcheted tensions to a whole new level. Rev. Jacques Hamel was celebrating mass for a small group of parishioners when two teenage jihadis burst into the church. They forced him to kneel before the altar as they cut his throat. They made a video of themselves as they did it.

Father Hamel was a martyr in the war on terror. The killers – both 19 – had made a video pledging their fidelity to the Islamic State. Both were well known to police. One had done jail time for trying to get to Syria on two separate occasions. At his parole hearing, the prosecutor warned he was a flight risk. But the judge bought his story that he was ready to turn over a new leaf.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-darkness-over-europe/article31220210/
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