{"id":67610,"date":"2016-08-24T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67610"},"modified":"2016-08-24T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:32:10","slug":"the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67610","title":{"rendered":"The new normal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday<\/a>, we talked about 20-year-old Wasil Farooqui in Roanoke, Virginia who attacked two folks with a knife while shouting \u201cAllah Akbar\u201d. Police say that it appears that he was trying to behead the man involved in the attack. <\/p>\n

Today we read that in Sydney, Australia<\/a> a woman and a dog were killed and another man was injured by “a French national visiting Australia” in the same manner. He, too, was reportedly shouting that cryptic phrase \u201cAllah Akbar\u201d;<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old suspect did not have any known links to the Islamic State group and appeared to have acted alone, Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said. Police were trying to determine whether the man had been motivated by extremism, or something else.<\/p>\n

“While this information will be factored into the investigation, we are not ruling out any motivations at this early stage, whether they be political or criminal,” Gollschewski told reporters in the Queensland state capital of Brisbane. “Investigators will also consider whether mental health or drug misuse factors are involved in this incident.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There have been a number of similar attacks in Europe. So many, in fact, that Germans are having a discussion<\/a> about loosening gun control measures for the law abiding public. France reports<\/a> that terrorist attacks there have directly caused a seven percent drop in tourism this year.<\/p>\n

“Tourist arrivals since the start of the year have fallen by seven percent across the country,” with Paris worst- hit, said [Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault], who is also tourism minister.<\/p>\n

France is the world’s top tourist destination. The sector accounts for around nine percent of its gross domestic product (GDP).<\/p>\n

The industry has been struck a severe blow from attacks by Islamic State jihadists, shuttering festivals and other public events and prompting jittery visitors to stay away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess we weren’t willing to fight them in their own countries, so now we have to fight them at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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