Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog: What do we know about the terrorist who killed 84 in Nice, France?

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What do we know about the terrorist who killed 84 in Nice, France? Here’s the latest — including an ISIS call for Muslims to plow over people in cars. by joelcrosenberg The man who killed 84 people -- including at least two Americans -- in Nice, France, last night was a 31-year old French resident of North African origin named Lahouaiej Bouhlel. Born in Tunisia, Bouhel used a large commercial truck to drive over crowds of pedestrians and tourists, often accelerating along his two kilometers killing spree, before being stopped, shot and killed by French police. Inside the truck, authorities found "a pistol, a larger gun, and a number of fake weapons and grenades." French President Francois Hollande called the event a "terrorist" attack even thought no terror organization has yet claimed responsibility. Still, the Islamic State has called for Muslims to killed Americans and Frenchmen in any way possible, including plowing into them with cars. “If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman or any of their allies,” said ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani in one of his first speeches, according to a translation from the SITE Intelligence Group. “Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car.” A French newspaper reports: "We can confirm the identity of the driver of the truck that drove into the crowds Tuesday night, according to our information.  It is the owner of the identity card that was found in the truck by police. He is from Nice and is of Tunisian origin, aged 31, called Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. Police raided his apartment in the Nice Nord district this morning. He works as a delivery driver and is known for criminal acts, including violence, but any radicalisation has gone unnoticed. His act seems yet to have been premeditated. He may have hired the truck on Wednesday in a neighboring town of Nice. The investigators are still is looking for possible accomplices." "A Bastille Day fireworks celebration was shattered by death and mayhem on Thursdaynight in the southern French city of Nice when a large truck barreled for more than a mile through an enormous crowd of spectators, crushing and maiming dozens in what France’s president called a terrorist assault," reported the New York Times. "It came eight months after the Paris attacks that traumatized the nation and all of Europe." "Officials and witnesses in Nice said at least 84 people, including children, were killed by the driver of the rampaging truck, who mowed them down on the sidewalk," the Timesadded. "He was shot to death by the police as officers scrambled to respond on what is France’s most important annual holiday. Graphic television and video images showed the truck accelerating and tearing through the crowd, dozens of victims sprawled in its path, and the bullet-riddled windshield of the vehicle. Municipal officials and police officers described the truck as full of weapons and grenades." “The horror, the horror has, once again, hit France,” President François Hollande said in a nationally televised address early Friday. He said the “terrorist character” of the assault was undeniable, and he described the use of a large truck to deliberately kill people as “a monstrosity.” —————————– Order The First Hostage today — the new political thriller about ISIS plotting a terrorist attacks against Israel, Jordan and the United States — available in hardcover, e-book and audio formats. ———————-—- Subscribe (free) to the RSS feed (click here) and receive every new posting on this blog directly via email. Order THE THIRD TARGET today , the first in this new series — now out in paperback — the New York Times best-selling novel about ISIS capturing chemical weapons in Syria and plotting genocidal attacks on the U.S. and our Mideast allies. Make an investment in The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.net), our non-profit organization to help Christians care for Syrian refugees, educate and mobilize Christians to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, care for the poor and needy in Israel (both Jews and Arabs) with food and other humanitarian relief, care for Holocaust survivors, and strengthen the Church in the epicenter. Read our latest Donor Report, and prayerfully consider making a tax deductible, secure, on-line contribution. Thanks so much! Follow on Twitter — @joelcrosenberg joelcrosenberg | July 15, 2016 at 11:26 am | Categories: Epicenter | URL: http://wp.me/piWZ7-5fM

France Embraces Iran, Threatens Israel VIEWPOINT ISRAEL

French President Francois Hollande

France Embraces Iran, Threatens Israel

 FEBRUARY 9, 2016

France threatened Israel with recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a nation-state only a day after Iranian business agreements were made with French companies – a deal worth several billion euros. Coincidence? As the saying goes, money talks.

During recent diplomatic tour of Europe, meetings took place with the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Pope Francis, over twenty French business leaders, and French President Francois Holland. The business deals arranged included over 118 Airbus commercial planes and renovations for Iran’s Peugeot car plant, amongst others agreements.

After the dangerous JPOA nuclear deal, Iran has emerged from its isolation in the international community because of its nuclear program. Although Iran appears to some observers as having compromised in the deal, the facts remain that Iran is set back only a small amount of time.

Because of the JPOA nuclear deal, Iran was able to legitimize its illegal nuclear program, allowed to keep its nuclear facilities (guaranteeing a bomb in the coming years), and continue researching and designing better centrifuges to enrich uranium quicker.

The current US administration has put so much political capital into the agreement that the President hesitates to slap greater sanctions on the Islamic Republic when it continues to support terrorism or dares nations to react to its illegal ballistic missiles tests.

President Obama’s decision to drop most of the heavy sanctions has allowed Iran to conduct business with some of America’s most critical international partners. The sanctions relief has given Iran the ability to access $100 billion dollars in previously frozen assets.

While some individuals, companies and organizations in Iran are still sanctioned by the US Treasury Department, countries in Europe and elsewhere are seeking to line their pockets with profits and resources from the world’s number one state-sponsor of terrorism. And while Europe stands to profit, Iran has the chance to grow economically and use strong-arm tactics in the Middle East, including its daily threats of destruction towards the US and the State of Israel.

Is France Bombing Syria the Start of World War 3? - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

A French fighter jet prepares to take off to bomb Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)

Is France Bombing Syria the Start of 

World War 3?

11/16/2015 JESSILYN JUSTICE  charisma News

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Rumors of the beginning of World War III have swirled for weeks, but with France retaliating against the Islamic State, could this be it? 

French President Francois Hollande called the attacks on Paris an "act of war," before responding with bombs of their own against the Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the violence, according to multiple reports.

"It is an act of war that was committed by a terrorist army, a jihadist army, Daesh, against France," Hollande said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State. "It is an act of war that was prepared, organized and planned from abroad, with complicity from the inside, which the investigation will help establish." 

Some, like Pope Francis, are calling the attacks and rebuttal "piecemeal World War III," according to Catholic News Agency. 

The violence is indeed the worst the French capital has seen since World War II, with 129 dead and hundreds of others injured.  

And while there have been calls for prayer, people like Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Joann Sfar asks people to not #PrayForParis. 

"Friends from the whole world, thank you for #prayforparis, but we don't need more religion," Sfar, said. "Our faith goes to music! Kisses! Life! Champagne and Joy! #Parissaboutlife."  

The disinterest in faith, combined with the violence and natural disasters the world's experienced in recent weeks, are all part of Jesus' "beginning of sorrows" prophecies in Matthew 24:6-8:

"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled. For all these things must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, epidemics, and earthquakes in various places. All these things are the beginning of sorrows," Jesus said.  

He continued: "Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. Then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another. And many false prophets will rise and will deceive many. Because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (Matt. 24:9-14).

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