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Good Work By The Paris Police

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On Saturday, Breitbart posted an article about an attempted terrorist attack in Paris.

The article reports:

A teenage migrant from Senegal has reportedly been arrested for allegedly attempting to set off a homemade bomb outside of a Bank of America building in central Paris.

At around 3:30 am in the early hours of Saturday morning, police officers from the anti-crime brigade (BAC) force thwarted an apparent terror attack attempt on La Boétie in the 8th arrondissement of the French capital.

According to information obtained by Le Figaro, a hooded figure stood outside the Bank of America branch, attempting to use a lighter to set fire to a mortar-style firecracker fuse attached to a five-litre container holding an unidentified liquid, which is believed to have been a hydrocarbon.

Fortunately, before the fire could catch, the would-be terrorist was foiled by BAC officers.

The French paper of record further reported that the 17-year-old suspect was born in the West African nation of Senegal before migrating to France. He is said to currently reside in the notorious multicultural Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, which was named in a recent report as containing the most dangerous “no-go zone” in all of Europe.

The suspect is said to have told police that he did not work alone, and that he and an accomplice (who fled the scene) had in fact been recruited over the Snapchat messaging app with the promise of 600 euros. A third person is also said to have driven the pair to the site of the attack.

This illustrates the danger of immigration without assimilation. The young man was recruited in a “no-go zone” and offered money for the attack. He has no allegiance to France and obviously needed money (600 euros is worth approximately $700 in American money).

The article notes:

Commenting on the attempted attack, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunẽz said on Saturday: “Bravo for the swift intervention of a prefecture of police crew that made it possible to thwart a violent action of a terrorist nature last night in Paris

“Vigilance remains more than ever at a high level. I congratulate all the security and intelligence forces fully mobilised under my authority in the international context that we know.”

It comes amid heightened concern accross Europe of potential terror attacks, particularly targeting Jewish and American institutions throughout the continent in revenge attacks over the conflict in Iran.

Multiple Jewish sites have been attacked in recent weeks, including in Belgium, London, and the Netherlands. A group calling itself the Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI/Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right) have claimed responsibility, and cited the military operation in Iran as their motivating factor.

Even after the terrorist government of Iran is defeated, there will still be isolated terrorists around the world. The difference will be that they will have to search harder for their financial support.

The Keystone Kops Battle An Epidemic

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There is nothing comical about Ebola, but right now it looks as if the Ebola virus is being fought by the Keystone Kops. If you were to make a horror movie about a world-wide epidemic spread by incompetence and a lack of common sense, the current Ebola crisis could easily provide the script.

This article is based on a number of articles. I am only including small parts of each article and strongly suggest that you follow the links back to the original articles to get the full story.

The New York Post is reporting today that a worker in the Texas hospital that cared for the first Ebola patient is now in quarantine on a cruise ship. What in the world was she thinking?

The article reports:

The Carnival Magic was being held off the coast of Belize on Friday until the hospital worker could be removed from the ship and returned to the United States.

“At this time, the guest remains in isolation on board the ship and is not deemed to be a risk to any guests or crew,” Carnival said in a statement. “It is important to reiterate that the individual has no symptoms and has been isolated in an extreme abundance of caution.”

The Belize government, however, turned down a request by the United States to evacuate the worker through the international airport in Belize City.

She is not showing any symptoms or feeling ill, but knowing the risk, why are we letting hospital workers who may have had contact in some way with the disease travel?

From the New York Post yesterday:

A passenger died on a Nigeria-to-JFK flight after a vomiting fit Thursday — and a top lawmaker said officials gave the corpse only a “cursory” exam before declaring that the victim did not have Ebola.

How does one detect Ebola after a cursory exam? Again, what is the likelihood of someone vomiting and dying on an airplane other than from some serious illness–whether it be Ebola or something else?

The New York Daily News reported today:

The World Health Organization has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of information.

“Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall,” WHO said in a draft internal document obtained by The Associated Press, noting that experts should have realized that traditional containment methods wouldn’t work in a region with porous borders and broken health systems. 

Despite the admission, the U.N. health agency officially declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in Senegal and the organization commended the country for its diligence in putting a stop to the transmission of the virus.In a statement Friday the WHO said the sole introduced case was confirmed Aug. 29 in a young man who had travelled to Dakar, by road, from Guinea, where he had had direct contact with an Ebola patient. 

The statement called Senegal’s response “a good example of what to do when faced with an imported case of Ebola.”

It said Senegal government’s response included identifying and monitoring 74 close contacts of the patient, prompt testing of all suspected cases, stepped-up surveillance at many entry points and public awareness campaigns. 

But the U.N. health agency acknowledged that, at times, the bureaucracy in its organization was a problem.

Note the stepped-up surveillance at many entry points. The bigger the bureaucracy, the less efficient it is.

These are just some of the examples of the departure of common sense in the handling of Ebola. Unfortunately, many people may die because of bloated bureaucracy and a total lack of common sense.