Belgium Deploys troops to Guard Against Attacks

On Saturday, Belgium stationed hundreds of troops to stand guard at possible terrorism targets. Belgium's defense minister said it was due to deadly raids on an Islamist cell. He also said that up to 300 soldiers will be stationed outside locations such as the Israeli and U.S embassies, and outside NATO and UN institutions. This level of security will continue until Thursday, when the Nations threat level will be reviewed. The threat level was raised to 3 out of 4 after two police were shot dead by armed Islamist Gunmen. Belgium's defense minister explained that they are guarding a Jewish museum due to an attack it faced last year which resulted in 4 dead. The minister also said that there would be soldiers in Antwerp as it is the second largest city in Belgium and has a large Jewish population.

I am glad that county's are on high security because there has been many tragedy's lately, in which for the most part country's were not prepared. I think that having this level of security will make any planned attack be reconsidered as they will be prepared this time. I hope that there is no attack as any attack would probably have casualties in the outcome for both sides. Lastly I think other countries should be mimicking this level of security, just to be safe

Terrorist Attack on Paris 12 Dead

This Tuesday in Paris a group of masked gunmen stormed a newspaper office yelling "allahu akbar." Before escaping they managed to kill 12 people. This marks the most deadly attack on France in the last two decades. French President Francois Hollande says that the attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly "a terrorist attack without a doubt", that Muslims frequently condemn the newspaper, and that recently there have been several other attacks on France. There has been no immediate claim on the attack. Since the attack France has raised its security level to the highest level and has reinforced security for other media sources, stores and other important buildings. World leaders such as President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemn the attack, but supporters of the Islamic State celebrated the killings as well-deserved revenge against France.

Anytime I  hear something like this I get really upset. I cannot believe that something like this can happen not even a month after the hostage taking in Sydney. I am knowledgeable of the fact that Charlie Hebdo was writing satirical articles that were questionable but that does not justify killing them, as they had freedom of speech. As the famous saying goes two wrongs don't make a right. I am glad that Paris and many other countries in Europe who have faced terrorist attacks before, are raising their level of security.

Enormous Car Crash in Michigan

On Friday a huge car crash in Michigan has resulted in at least one dead, and six cars and commercial trucks were set afire in a pileup of 50 to 70 vehicles. This accident occurred 10 miles east of Kalamazoo  Michigan on interstate 94 at about 10:00 am. To make things worse a Semi Truck carrying fireworks was spotted near one of the trucks that was on fire, so emergency crews are trying to extract the truck before things get even worse. This has marked the worst accident of the three day storm.

Issues like these really make you think twice about not getting snow-tires put on your car. I can almost guarantee that one of the first cars to collide didn't have snow tires. I think that after this people in Michigan, knowledgeable of the fact that they are having a three day snow storm, will definitely purchase snow-tires for they're car or even semi-truck. Although snow-tires are not enough, you really have to go slower in the winter when there's snow on the ground because it is really hard for your car to get traction. I hope that no one else is found dead from the collision and I hope that the emergency crews are able to extract the truck with fireworks before things get even worse.