The meaning behind Islamic terror attacks: Today's news for December 20

Daily Mail:

'ISIS terrorist' who killed 12 after hijacking HGV, 

murdering driver and ploughing into Berlin Christmas market is 

'a Pakistani asylum seeker, 23, who has only been in Germany for few months'

A Pakistani asylum seeker believed to have used a hijacked 25-tonne lorry to murder 12 people and injure 48 more at a Berlin Christmas market had only been in Germany for months and was already known to police because of petty crime, it was revealed today.

The masked 23-year-old named as Naved B, who entered the country under a false name on New Year's Eve 2015, turned off the truck's lights before mounting the pavement at 40mph and ploughing through crowds of people enjoying mulled wine after work.

The vehicle laden with steel cargo ripped through stalls and shoppers at 7pm on Breitscheidplatz Square, outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the German capital's main shopping area.
Witnesses said victims were sent flying like bowling pins as the killer driver steered at them before jumping out of the cab and racing from the scene.

Police managed to take the masked terror suspect alive at a nearby zoo after a 'hero' witness in the Christmas market gave chase on foot while giving officers second-by-second updates on his phone. Naved B is in a Berlin police station today.

Police confirmed the lorry's original Polish driver, who was transporting steel beams into Germany, was last heard from at around 4pm yesterday and was found shot dead in the cab in an apparent murder hijacking.

German officials have said that the driver is a Pakistani national who entered Germany via the Balkans on December 31 and February as an asylum seeker. He was believed to be living in a refugee camp at Berlin's Tempelhof airport, which was raided by an elite group of armed anti-terror police at 4am this morning.

Contrary to the political Left's narrative, this incident lends credence to Donald Trump's narrative about the need for tighter border controls. How many of these incidents do we have to have until everyone recognizes that we are in a war with Islam?

Mind you, I would prefer we make peace with Islam, and get our forces out of the Muslim-controlled nations like Syria. Since that option doesn't seem to be on the table, that only leaves the option of fighting this silly war. And in war, you don't leave your borders open to the enemy. Germany is learning this lesson painfully.

Fortunately, we have a new ally in this war:

CNN:

Russian and Turkish officials to meet after envoy's assassination

Diplomats from Turkey and Russia will meet as planned on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, one day after the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey.

On Monday night, a Turkish police officer fired several shots at Andrey Karlov as the Russian envoy opened an art exhibition in Ankara, shouting "Do not forget Aleppo! Do not forget Syria." 

The assassination came at a time of thawing relations between Russia and Turkey, and at a pivotal moment for the war in Syria, where Russia has been instrumental in President Bashar al-Assad's push to retake rebel-held areas.

As far as the Islamic forces are concerned, Russia is firmly in the West's camp. Aleppo has clearly become a battle cry for radical Islamists, and possibly even a recruiting tool.

But at least Vladimir Putin doesn't take the silly Leftist view of such incidents:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the killing was clear "provocation" aimed at undermining not just the normalization of Russia-Turkish relations but the "peace process in Syria" promoted by Russia, Turkey, Iran and other countries.

"The only response we should offer to this murder is stepping up our fight against terror, and the criminals will feel the heat," Putin said in televised remarks.

On the other hand:

"The important thing is to understand who is behind this crime," Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"We are convinced that the main goal of those who planned this barbaric act [is] to undermine the process of normalization of relations between Russia and Turkey, largely in order to prevent an effective fight against terrorism in Syria. This goal is futile. It will not work."

Was it really to undermine "normalization of relations between Russia and Turkey"? I tend to see it in just the opposite way: It puts Russia on alert they are being lumped in with the West as targets for the radical Islamists.

Fortunately, there is always somebody who misses the point:

The Sun:

RUSSIA BLAMES WEST 

Key ally of Vladimir Putin claims shadowy Nato forces 

masterminded the assassination of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov

THE assassination of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was masterminded by Nato secret services, a top Vladimir Putin ally has claimed.

...Today Senator Frantz Klintsevich, deputy chairman of the Russian upper chamber’s defence and security committee, said: “It was a planned action,” the Mail Online reported.

“Everyone knew that he was going to attend this photo exhibition. It can be ISIS, or the Kurdish army which tries to hurt Erdogan.

“But may be – and it is highly likely – that representatives of foreign NATO secret services are behind it.

“What has happened is a true provocation, a challenge. It is a challenge for Russia.”

It is obvious at least one Russian is seriously "challenged".

But what amazes me most is that Drudge Report had this story as its big headline this morning. If this is truly what "Russia thinks", Putin's comments in the previous article above don't reflect this. Drudge is hugely blowing Klintsevich's influence out of proportion.