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Yet another terror attack leaves France enraged

Eighty-four people were killed in the July 14 terrorist attack in the southern French city of Nice

NOT AGAIN. THAT WAS THE LAMENT OF MANY across France after Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel fatally mowed down 84 revelers in a 19-ton truck on Nice’s seafront Promenade des Anglais on July 14—Bastille Day. This third major terrorist attack within just 18 months felt both unbelievable and inevitable. Now, France wonders, who can possibly put the country back on track?

Certainly not their leaders. Even as the boardwalk in Nice filled up with familiar flowers, candles and stuffed toys for

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