Tagged with "terrorism"
Tension Rises In Turkey After Third Terrorist Attack This Year
More than 40 were killed when a car filled with explosives detonated near government buildings in the heart of the Turkish capital on Sunday evening. The bombing marks the third attack in Turkey since the start of 2016 and was cited by the country’s president as evidence that the conflict in neighboring Syria was spilling over across the border.
How Terrorist Attacks Affect Liberals’ Brains
Following the terrorist attack in Paris last month, Marco Rubio said that he was “not happy” but called it a “positive development” because it “suddenly has forced Americans to confront more carefully the issue of national security.” Rubio called it a “political advantage.”
10 Common Objects That Are More Likely To Kill You Than Terrorists
10 Common Objects That Are More Likely To Kill You Than Terrorists
The Major National Security Issue CNN Didn’t Raise During The GOP Debate
Why Can’t Anyone Agree On The Definition Of ‘Domestic Terrorism’?
You Are More Than 7 Times As Likely To Be Killed By A Right-Wing Extremist Than By Muslim Terrorists
Friday afternoon, one week after elected officials all over the country tried to block Syrian refugees from entering their states in an apparent effort to fight terrorism, a white man in Colorado committed what appears to be an act of terrorism in a Planned Parenthood clinic.Though the details of Robert Lewis Dear’s motives for killing three people in the clinic and injuring nine others are still being revealed, Dear reportedly told law enforcement “no more baby parts,” an apparent reference to heavily edited videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress, which numerous politicians have cited to falsely claim that Planned Parenthood sells “aborted baby parts.” Dear’s actions, in other words, appear to be an act of politically motivated terrorism directed against an institution widely reviled by conservatives.
Attack In Mali: What We Know So Far
Nigerian suicide bombing leaves at least 32 dead
A deadly suicide bombing Tuesday at an open-air market in Yola, Nigeria, killed at least 32 people and injured dozens more. Blasts rang out just before 8 p.m. local time in the capital city of the state of Adamawa. A terrorist group did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, but according to Reuters, the attack “bore the hallmarks of militant Islamist group Boko Haram.“ Following the attacks, Facebook took note.
Did Facebook really take note? Did they release a flag for solidarity? Did they use the safety precautions?
No flag overlay, but yes, they did.