Prime Minister of France says his country is at war with ISIS
RT reported that France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that Europe is “at war” with ISIS. RT quoted Valls as saying, “We are at war and have been suffering for several months in Europe. We are faced with war and we need to be mobilized at all times.”
Valls comments came on the same day that ISIS launched deadly attacks at an airport and train station in Brussels, Belgium. The attacks resulted in more than thirty people being killed and several hundred being injured.
Three of the attackers were suicide bombers. They have been identified as Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, Khalid el-Bakraoui, and Najm Laahraoui.
The fourth attacker, Mohamed Abrini, was arrested in Belgium. It has been reported that the Belgium attackers are connected to the Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.
Abdeslam and the attackers lived in the Brussel’s neighborhood of Molenbeek. Molenbeek is a known hotbed for radical Islamic extremist.
Abdeslam was arrested a few days before the attacks at the airport and the train station. For over a year, ISIS has been carrying out several deadly attacks throughout Europe.
Two of the most deadly attacks occurred in Paris, France. The attacks at Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters left 12 people dead and 11 people injured.
There were also four people killed at a Kosher deli. The attacks that occurred last November at a café and theatre in Paris left several hundred people dead and hundreds wounded.
Abdeslam was part of the Paris attacks last November. Rahmini Callimachi of the New York Times reported that the attacks in Paris and Belgium are indicative of a larger problem throughout Europe in which European authorities have been dismissive of ISIS and its operatives.
ISIS has been in Europe since 2014. Yet, attacks carried out by ISIS have been classified as “isolated” incidents of violence.
Callimachi quoted former Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn as saying, “This didn’t all of a sudden pop up in the last six months. They have been contemplating external attacks ever since the group moved into Syria in 2012.”
Juan Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told David Greene of NPR that the attacks in Paris and Belgium may be the “shock” to the European’s conscience, resulting in them improving their security measures.
Zarate is quoted as saying, “This is a bigger problem than the Europeans assumed. And sometimes you need a shock to the system.
And Paris and Brussels are exactly that shock to the system to improve the information sharing and the disruption that has to happen for counterterrorism to work.”
Zarate warned that ISIS has been improving its security and communication systems.
Zarate told Greene that if Europe, as well as the United States, wants to defeat the terrorist group then they’re going to have to improve the “blind spots” in their security and communication systems.
Valls comments came on the same day that ISIS launched deadly attacks at an airport and train station in Brussels, Belgium. The attacks resulted in more than thirty people being killed and several hundred being injured.
Three of the attackers were suicide bombers. They have been identified as Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, Khalid el-Bakraoui, and Najm Laahraoui.
The fourth attacker, Mohamed Abrini, was arrested in Belgium. It has been reported that the Belgium attackers are connected to the Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.
Abdeslam and the attackers lived in the Brussel’s neighborhood of Molenbeek. Molenbeek is a known hotbed for radical Islamic extremist.
Abdeslam was arrested a few days before the attacks at the airport and the train station. For over a year, ISIS has been carrying out several deadly attacks throughout Europe.
Two of the most deadly attacks occurred in Paris, France. The attacks at Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters left 12 people dead and 11 people injured.
There were also four people killed at a Kosher deli. The attacks that occurred last November at a café and theatre in Paris left several hundred people dead and hundreds wounded.
Abdeslam was part of the Paris attacks last November. Rahmini Callimachi of the New York Times reported that the attacks in Paris and Belgium are indicative of a larger problem throughout Europe in which European authorities have been dismissive of ISIS and its operatives.
ISIS has been in Europe since 2014. Yet, attacks carried out by ISIS have been classified as “isolated” incidents of violence.
Callimachi quoted former Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn as saying, “This didn’t all of a sudden pop up in the last six months. They have been contemplating external attacks ever since the group moved into Syria in 2012.”
Juan Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told David Greene of NPR that the attacks in Paris and Belgium may be the “shock” to the European’s conscience, resulting in them improving their security measures.
Zarate is quoted as saying, “This is a bigger problem than the Europeans assumed. And sometimes you need a shock to the system.
And Paris and Brussels are exactly that shock to the system to improve the information sharing and the disruption that has to happen for counterterrorism to work.”
Zarate warned that ISIS has been improving its security and communication systems.
Zarate told Greene that if Europe, as well as the United States, wants to defeat the terrorist group then they’re going to have to improve the “blind spots” in their security and communication systems.
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