The Islamic terrorist that turned France’s Bastille Day into a slaughter Thursday didn’t act alone, new evidence reveals.
In fact, there is a whole terror cell network that appeared to have been helping him — and police are desperate to find them.
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the Tunisian-born truck driver responsible for the deadly carnage in Nice last week, had recently absorbed extremist ideas and had become radicalized, French authorities said Sunday.
The image of a radical Islamic terrorist is at direct odds with the portrait that many in the mainstream media initially painted of a man who ignored even the most basic rules of Islam, eating pork, drinking alcohol and shunning the mosque.
But his text messages tell a different tale — and one chilling message sent minutes before the attack proves he was not a ‘lone wolf’, and that there are more terrorists hiding in the shadows.
According to French TV, Bouhlel sent the message at 10:27 pm on Thursday reading: ‘Bring more weapons, bring five of them to C.’
The terrorist launched his attack minutes later — 10:45 pm — and was equiped with two pistols, ammunition, imitation machine guns and at least one grenade stashed in the truck’s cabin
An second, earlier message of his read: ‘It’s good. I have the equipment,’ according to The Daily Mail.
Many of those who knew him said in the days after Thursday’s Bastille Day attack that Bouhlel was a difficult person, describing him variously as aloof and hostile, even violent at times. In March, he received a suspended sentence for a road-rage incident — not enough to put him on the radar of France’s security services.
But officials said Sunday that the 31-year-old had apparently undergone a rapid conversion to radical Islam and carefully planned the attack that claimed the lives of at least 84 people, including 10 children, raising the question: how did a delivery driver go from petty crime to carrying out an act of mass slaughter in the space of a few months?
Hours after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack Saturday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said authorities “now know that the killer radicalized very quickly.”
Bouhlel rented the refrigerated truck on July 11, purchased a pistol and was seen on closed-circuit TV footage visiting the promenade in the following days, according to the security official, who wasn’t authorized to be publicly named speaking about an ongoing investigation.
Most of those taken in for questioning, including Bouhlel’s estranged wife, who has since been released, described him as violent and unstable. While they all said he had long been indifferent to religion, some described a recent and very rapid conversion to radical Islam, the official said, noting that the attack appeared clearly premeditated.
According to Yasmina Touaibia, a political scientist at the University of Nice, the region is home to more than a dozen informal mosques known to spread radical and fundamentalist ideas. Along with Paris and Lyon, it has become one of the main recruiting grounds for jihadis who have left France to fight in Syria.
Was Bouhlel simply an angry ‘lone wolf’, or do you believe there is more to his Islamic terror attack than the public was initially told?
Comment with your thoughts below —
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Terrorists are like home grown niggas, they got to have others around them or they can’t function.
Really. Do you think this is helpful. I am not a liberal. But racism never helps anything. There are good and bad people of every color or national origin. Believe in acting swiftly to punish or eliminate the bad but evil has never been limited to a skin color.
Pam,
You need a wake up call! Every Muslim has been raised to believe that it is OK to kill others for Allah.
The article notes that “Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the Tunisian-born truck driver responsible for the deadly carnage in Nice last week, had recently absorbed extremist ideas and had become radicalized.” The author was being politically correct when he wrote that.
Muslims are raised up to kill those that are not of the Islamic culture or if they are not of their sect. the correct terminology to use following each attack is “This despicable act was committed by a Muslim” or “This despicable act was committed by an Islamist”! Once western civilization makes that connection and we deport Muslims that are not U.S. citizens from the U. S. and profile all Muslims left in the U.S. we the people and the nation will be much safer. You may not consider yourself a liberal, but you apparently never took Logic 101 as evidenced by your foolish comments.
The terrorists are just following the examples of their Prophet Muhammad, the most perfect of Allah’s creation and the role model for all Muslims!
All the atrocities done by ISIS and Boko Haram were also done by Muhammad.
the ideological sources of terrorism are Islam and Prophet Muhammad. Hence the only way to contain terrorism is to just ban Islam and Muslim migration. Our US Founding Fathers and Churchill would have done this if they were in power today!
We need strong leaders like Trump or Geert Wilders of Holland.
Jake, Shame on you for your racist remarks. What you said is not true. I hope you learn to be a better American.
I hope he learns to be a better human being. racism is not helpful. It just perpetuates hatred. There is too much hatred in the world already. If you are Christian, and I try to be, you need to follow the teachings of Jesus.” Love thy neighbor as thyself, for the love of me.”
And there goes the sensible discussion, focusing away from the terrorist action and onto the racist debate … thanks jerk.
People. STOP. No more commenting on this thread. He has done this deliberately.
just a maggott
I never thought for one minute that he acted alone. He had to get his weapons from somewhere. And the western world is stupid for taking in and helping refugees. Helping children 12 years and under is one thing. Bringing in refugees of military age is nothing more than a Trojan Horse. Donald Trump is right.
Children under the age of 12 can also be criminals eg transporting weapons and drugs; they may be illegal immigrants, disease carriers, and terrorists. America has been too lacksidaical in not building the border fences thus far and Obama not approving more federal border patrol reinforcements and allowing Catholic Charities and other “charitable” groups and sometimes nonprofits to assist illegal immigrants by giving them food, shelter, and clothing on American soil where they are legally trespassing instead of abiding by INS laws and enforcing immigration laws and deporting the illegals exacerbates the criminality quotient. Most nations including France should probably not allow ANY refugees, illegals, or otherwise criminal and dangerous people within their borders. They should account for whoever currently resides in their nations and apprehend the criminals before they can harm anyone.
I will bet he got those guns from Obama or Hillary
Yes he is. On many things………………
They never work alone, there is always a group of idiots standing in line to die.
Terrorists don’t work alone! They’re like jackals that look for an opportunity to kill. As for muslims being “peaceful” or “moderate”, no way! “Can a Muslim be a good American?”
This question was forwarded to a man who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply:
Theologically – no, because his allegiance is to Allah.
Religiously – no, because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam (Qur’an 2:256).
Scripturally – no, because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Qur’an.
Geographically – no, because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially – no, because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
Politically – no, because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders) who teach the annihilation of Israel and the destruction of America, the great Satan.
Domestically – no, because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat his wife when she disobeys him (Qur’an 4:34).
Intellectually – no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically – no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur’an does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist! Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually – no, because when we declare ‘one nation under God,’ we are referring to the Christian’s God and not Allah.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation, perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Muslims and good Americans/Canadians; they cannot and will not integrate into the great melting pot of America.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. Muslims everywhere have said they will destroy us from within.”
This can apply to every country they invade!
Muruna: the temporary suspension of Sharia in order that Muslim immigrants appear “moderate”. So through the principle of Hijra (Muslim Immigration), the early Muslims are a Trojan Horse. The Kafir or Kuffar community gets the false sense that the early immigrants are not a threat, at least until the Muslim community has gained strength.
* Hijra: Muslim invasion by using migration. Can be used in combination with Muruna
* Hudna: a temporary truce (portrayed as “Peace” to the Kafir), which the Muslims can break at any time it is strategically advantageous. It is usually for the purposes of rearming and regrouping (see Palestinians and Iran).
* Taqiyya (Shia) or Muda’rat (Sunni): tactical deceit for the purposes of spreading Islam.
* There is Kitman: deceit by omission. (see Barack Obama )
* Tawriya: deceit by ambiguity.
* Taysir: deceit through facilitation, i.e., not have to observe all the tenets of Sharia
* Darura: deceit through necessity, i.e., to engage in something haram (forbidden)
1. Media. Should publicize these comments by Kathy.
2. Mosques and all “schools” must teach only a curriculum approved by the Department of Education/Govt, all mosques and schools of Muslims must be shut down.
3. Any Muslim who does not assimilate into the culture, must be deported right out.
4. Religious freedom cannot apply to another religion that wants to kill others as infidels.
The Muslims and other foreigners should be who they truly are. Many times they “assimilate’ to hide their crimes from the police and can continue committing crimes.I think immigration should no longer grant travel and other visas to questionable sorts.
And freedom of religion can’t apply to a religion that is packaged with its own system of government.
AGREE, especially with posting by the media
Thank you. Very helpful, and succinct. Again, thanks.
Kathy, I disagree with “Spiritually – no, because when we declare ‘one nation under God,’ we are referring to the Christian’s God and not Allah.” Muslims and Christians worship the same God. The major difference between the two religions is Jesus vs Mohamed. And doesn’t it also say in the Christian Bible to go out and preach to the world? I’m not saying what Muslims are doing is right because those I’ve talked to have told me the Qur’an does not preach violence.
No, Jews, Christiabs and Islam do not worship the same God. Mohammad picked one of 600 (or so) pagan gods, took parts of Judaism and parts of Chrustianity and made a new religion. There’s a chasm between preaching to the world and killing the infidel. For your last statement, see Taquiyya above.
great post. Sadly they are mind controlled from birth, indoctrinated from birth. It would require deprograming all Muslims to asimilate. It would be a failed undertaking to assume it could be done successfully. Look at the history as you point out in your article.
The possibility that the driver was “Radicalized” in a short time at one of the many mosques locally would mandate that all mosques be immediately closed.
If you want more of these maggots in America then vote for Hitlery… she wants more these terrorists in this country than our own Imam-in-Chief does!
Kathy’s message should be published in all media….it’s extremely important everyone to know about Muslims.
PUNKS DON’T WORK ALONE……..THEY HAVE SOMEONE LIGHTING THE FIRE UNDER THEIR ASSES. THEY ARE WEAK-MINDED FREAKS, LOOKING FOR GLORY (RECOGNITION) AND ARE EASILY CONTROLLED BY OTHERS. THEY DON’T HAVE THE GUTS TO NOT SUBMIT TO CONTROL! BASICALLY, THEY ARE DOGS, LISTENING TO THEIR “MASTERS”.
Oh!…you mean democrats, huh?
I have a friend who read the Quran JR and it does teach violence. The Quran calls for them to kill Jews and infidels, what kinda of a religion is that and they can treat women anyway they want, We do not worship the same God ,they believe JESUS was a prophet in John 10:30 Jesus said I and My Father are one so JESUS is GOD in the flesh and they don’t believe that. They would worship JESUS if they believe in the God of Christianity, the one true God who will forgive there sins if they ask. He loves them but they have to follow Him not Allah.
I’ve read that if the body of a Muslim is desecrated in a certain way that they will not enter paradise. Western governments need to learn what can be done to the bodies to prevent them from getting to paradise and their 72 whores. Once these Muslim extremists realize they will not be going to heaven they may be less eager to kill themselves.
The world will be a better and safer place without the likes of prejudiced spices like Jake Monnett. We are fed up with increasing violence from radical Islamist terrorists and all you can say is to label racist reference. Come off it, this is the 21st century and extremists have no color distinction when it comes to achieving their barbaric and satanic agenda.
You better get your shit together, Vincie, because of our monkeys on a cop killing spree, we’re about two steps from a race war. And believe it or not, I had nothing to with that, there doing that all on their own.
The terrorists are just following the examples of their Prophet Muhammad, the most perfect of Allah’s creation and the role model for all Muslims!
All the atrocities done by ISIS and Boko Haram were also done by Muhammad.
the ideological sources of terrorism are Islam and Prophet Muhammad. Hence the only way to contain terrorism is to just ban Islam and Muslim migration. Our US Founding Fathers and Churchill would have done this if they were in power today!
We need strong leaders like Trump or Geert Wilders of Holland.
It’s high time the Europeans especially the French and Germans woke up to what is happening to their countries and took action against it. Forget all the left leaning liberal crap about the poor Muslim outcasts. Time to get tough and round up every stinking Muslim in both countries and ship them back to their countries of origin whether or not they were born there or not. If they don’t, then there will definitely be more terror acts perpetrated throughout Europe and in the end by population growth and immigration Europe will become Islamic and live within Sharia law. Be forewarned Europe. Forget the bleeding heart crap and take action before it’s too late. That dateline may not be too far off.
We need a Hitler to round up and eliminate the muslims asap
Here’s my potential solution to the Muslim problem:
Make the teaching, practice, implementation or imposition of Shar’ia law a crime for which deportation is the penalty.
After all, Shar’ia law is supposed to eventually REPLACE the law of the home country, since it’s allegedly “perfect.”
i propose a law or declaration similar to the following:
WHEREAS Americans have welcomed refugees from foreign lands with open arms, and;
WHEREAS many of these refugees have enjoyed special status and benefits from the US government, and;
WHEREAS every immigrant has sworn allegiance to US law, specifically the Constitution, and:
WHEREAS Shar’ia law is specifically designed to REPLACE the Constitution,
THEREFORE Shar’ia law is an enemy of the Constitution, and it’s teaching, promulgation, dissemination, implementation or imposition upon ANYone in America is antithetical to Our Law, and anyone doing any of the aforementioned acts are to be arrested, tried, and upon conviction deported to the nearest country that DOES practice Shar’ia law, at the defendant’s expense. If the defendant does not have enough saleable assets to afford the cost of their expulsion, they are to be imprisoned at hard labor until they EARN enough to be deported.
i have neighbors who are Muslim. One is more strict than the other about obedience to Islam, but although the one has spoken to me about Shar’ia, when i pointed out that the FIRST time any American has his right hand sliced off for theft, those committing such an act of violence will first be convicted of a Criminal offense, then they will be sued for big bux and LOSE. He has not brought up the subject since.
Seriously, who is blind to the danger that Muslims represent?
Personally, i think that a review of every Muslim immigrant should take place 7 years after they gain admission to this country, and if they cannot provide AT LEAST 3 witnesses that have at least 3 generations of American Citizenship behind them as friends willing to testify in favor of their staying, they should be forced out since they’re obviously not even TRYING to assimilate.
Rome fell September 4, 476AD.
It was overrun with illegal immigrants: Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Lombards, Jutes and Vandals, who at first assimilated and worked as servants, but then came so fast they did not learn the Latin Language or the Roman form of government.
Highly trained Roman Legions, moving rapidly on their advanced road system, were strained fighting conflicts worldwide. Rome had a trade deficit, having outsourced most of its grain production to North Africa, and when Vandals captured that area, Rome did not have the resources to retaliate. Attila the Hun was committing terrorist attacks. The city of Rome was on welfare with citizens being given free bread. One Roman commented:
“Those who live at the expense of the public funds are more numerous than those who provide them.” Tax collectors were “more terrible than the enemy.”
Gladiators provided violent entertainment in the Coliseum. There was injustice in courts, exposure of unwanted infants, infidelity, immorality and perverted bathhouses. 5th-Century historian Salvian wrote: “O Roman people, be ashamed… Let nobody think otherwise, the vices of our bad lives have alone conquered us.”
~William Federer
No one reading the foregoing can possibly be blind to the parallels; if Americans wish to avoid Rome’s fate, then the immigrant issue needs addressing and dealing with forcefully, and soon. Compassionately if possible, but harshly if necessary. Forming little enclaves of their own nationalities or religions are or should be highly suspect, at a minimum…especially if such as these work to exclude others, like for example Irish and Italian neighborhoods in NYC.
Here’s the best summation i’ve ever read:
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American.
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
~Theodore Roosevelt 1907
IOW, no African-Americans, Italian-Americans, Greek-Americans, Anglo-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Slavic-Americans, Bali-Americans, or Martian-Americans. JUST AMERICANS, period. Either you’re an American or you’re not. Period. Don’t like it? Hey, you’re absolutely welcome to gtfo.