Meanwhile, back in Nice..

July 16th, 2016 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — from blessed peace to brutal war ]

Yesterday:

Promenade des Anglais, Nice by Edvard Munch 1891 (Private Collection). pic.twitter.com/ac6U5YSuXa

— Dr Liv Gibbs (@DrLivGibbs) July 15, 2016

BREAKING: Dozens reported dead after truck drives into crowd on #BastilleDay in Nice https://t.co/nVsCF4shQm pic.twitter.com/GApWbetvJ1

— The Hill (@thehill) July 14, 2016

One of the first people killed by the truck in #NiceAttack was a Muslim woman https://t.co/YlCw8dxcCj pic.twitter.com/Fe9pzxeKmo

— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) July 15, 2016

In 2010 al-Qaeda proposed using a pickup truck to "mow down" civilians https://t.co/EqOOpE8sAB

— Will McCants (@will_mccants) July 15, 2016

In 2006 former UNC student rammed 9 people with his SUV https://t.co/OPbnqDr46k. Helpful wiki on ramming attacks https://t.co/0z0GY6XlgG

— Will McCants (@will_mccants) July 15, 2016

@will_mccants Also happened repeatedly (on much smaller scale) in Israel

— Dan Byman (@dbyman) July 15, 2016

"Battle of Algiers" has a scene with an ambulance doing the same thing…in a movie made almost 50 years ago. https://t.co/4pwqlR8t8X

— Gregory Miller (@thestrategyprof) July 15, 2016

— (((davi – ??))) (@daviottenheimer) July 15, 2016

Today:

1. Yrs ago, al-Qaeda proposed using cars as weapons, then dropped idea after Bin Laden objected. ISIS resurrected it https://t.co/PZfjLYWeeF

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 16, 2016

2. We don't yet know the drivers motive. But his heinous crime occurred against a backdrop of ISIS repeatedly calling for exactly that

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 16, 2016

3. My piece relies heavily on expertise of @thomasjoscelyn, who explained that in 2010, al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine proposed using cars

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 16, 2016

4. Article in came out in Oct 2010, illustrated by a Ford pickup truck under headline "The Ultimate Mowing Machine" pic.twitter.com/vQ3BTECrt7

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 16, 2016

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