Terror attack or just plain terrifying?
Another bad day for France.
Yesterday the words 'Terror' and 'Paris' occupied the headlines, again.
But was this really a terror attack, or just plain terrifying?
Read MoreTHE FEAR FACADE
Terrorism is therefore defined by motive, and not method. Any act of violence, however small, could be a terrorist act if the motives of the attacker are political or ideological. Conversely, a large attack with purely criminal motivations is not terrorism.
Read MoreWhy didn’t they catch him sooner?
We rely on the police and the security services and we expect them to apprehend suspects of mass murder and terrorism quickly. So why did it take the police four months to find Salah Abdeslam?
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