The reasons why #terrorist groups and self-starters want to use violence are big, complicated, and not about to go away.
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UPDATE 7: But, if Cambrils proves connected to
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UPDATE 8: The cell that attacked Paris and Brussels was an
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UPDATE 9: In some sense, that's good news, because it becomes an intelligence/law enforcement challenge.
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UPDATE 10: Random person with a vehicle is nearly impossible to anticipate, but a cell can be tracked and traced.
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UPDATE 11: And professional terrorist operatives recruiting locals can be countered with intel sources and addressing sociopolitical issues.
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NEW UPDATE 1: Cambrils attackers' suicide belts were fake. That's more evidence
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NEW UPDATE 2: By contrast, Paris attackers wore real suicide vests into the Bataclan concert hall. Two detonated.
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NEW UPDATE 3: Fake suicide belts is a risky strategy. Intimidates bystanders, but says arrest impossible. Security forces shoot-to-kill.
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NEW UPDATE 4: There's also a wannabe aspect to it. As if they were playing jihadist dress up.
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NEW UPDATE 5: Evidence is mounting that they were self-starters (inspired by, rather than trained and sent by a terrorist group).
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NEW UPDATE 6: But, assuming Cambrils and
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NEW UPDATE 7: It's possible they were rushed, stepping up plans as authorities closed in. That happened in Brussels.
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NEW UPDATE: But it's an open question. As is if these 6 were the whole group. To answer, we need more info.
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If only you'd have dissected what happened in C-ville with such scrutiny. Unfollowing.

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They're different questions: one tactical/strategic, the other political. If any prominent American was excusing jihadism, I'd argue against
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There's where you're very wrong. You and nevertrumpers are saying he excused the Nazis? That is absolutely false. Anything to shame the guy.
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I'm criticizing him for equivocating. And by something you like, I meant my analysis of the Barcelona attack.
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Maybe after the bomb making house exploded yesterday the terrorists had to move their plans up? That would explain why they weren't together
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Possible. Though reports say authorities found gas canisters at the house, not other explosive material. We need more info.
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