Tense, divisive or controversial ‘referendums’ seem to be the in-thing right now. Presently, a lot of coverage has been given to two independence referendums in different parts of the globe: one in Spain and one in Iraq. Both referendums also have things in common. Regarding the Catalonian independence referendum in Spain, I have no personal […]
The man who stands accused of planning the recent Barcelona terrorist attack which killed 15 was a convicted drug trafficker whose nefarious activities were well known by the Spanish authorities.
This is just another confirmation of the dangerous links between the illegal international narcotics trade and deadly terrorism.
As I previously wrote in The Duran:
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Members of the Muslim community in Barcelona have taken to the streets chanting “not in my name” following the devastating terror attack.
At least 14 people were killed in the twin terror attacks, after a van was driven into the crowd on the busy street of Las Ramblas in central Barcelona and a car rammed into people in the seaside town of Cambrils, killing one, later that evening.
I hadn’t initially given much thought to the vehicle/terror attack/massacre in Barcelona; aside from it basically feeling like ‘business as usual’ for Europe in this terror-dominated spell of the twenty-first century. And also aside from thinking that the attack in Barcelona happened at the right time to try to divert some of the attention from […]
