Lorry Killer 'planned Attack In Nice For Months'

[naomi24]

... and had at least five accomplices.

http://news.sky.com/story/attacker-in-nice-had-help-prosecutor-says-10508513

So not the 'lone wolf' he was thought by some to be.

[Prudie]

Yes and little things like the van rental company not checking him out or chasing him up for not returning it on time (for fear of being labelled knuckle dragging bigots maybe) may go some way to preventing these attacks. Unpleasant though it is we need to be suspicious.

[retrocop]

I bet a large number of people on the street in France wish they had Madame Guillotine as their justice minister! Alas the price of EU membership ! :-(

[Old_Geezer]

Well, one never thought it was a spur of the moment idea, but contact with accomplices is new. I note they were not known terrorists beforehand. Might say something about the security intelligence.

[Old_Geezer]

Wasn't there a report that he was allowed to keep or take the truck on the promenade because he was delivering ice cream ? Beggars belief that this was sufficient to leave him to his own devices.

[naomi24]

Ice Cream? I've not heard that one. Was it a refrigerated lorry?

[Svejk]

Surely some mistake, Naomi. Our defenders of all things Islamic have already explained that this hard-drinking, lone wolf was hardly even a Muslim at all.
I'm sure they'll all be along to explain it to us again, soon.

[retrocop]

OK. Not every muslim is a terrorist so we shouldn't treat them all with suspicion especially if they drink alcohol, are homosexual,don't wear dish dash, sport a beard and appear to be loners with no accomplices we can feel safe because they won't be affiliated to ISIS.
I will choose to make my own assumptions who I can or cannot trust and not listen to what some say here on the subject who have been proved wrong time and time again when the facts start to emerge for all their virtue signalling and opining.

[sandyRoe]

In security circles is there someone who has the job of looking at events which might attract terrorist action and who recommends ways to thwart it?

[retrocop]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3085694/IS-fighters-shave-beards-sneak-EU-migrants-Group-said-making-60-000-boat-taxing-people-smugglers.html

This, of course, will be denied here just because of the source!! Can't be a male muslim terrorist without a beard. !!!

[andy-hughes]

retrocop - //I will choose to make my own assumptions who I can or cannot trust and not listen to what some say here on the subject who have been proved wrong time and time again when the facts start to emerge for all their virtue signalling and opining. //

Absolutely! Can't gainsay that point at all - we are in complete agreement!