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It's time for us to admit we're afraid of terrorism

  • Written by Mabel Berezin, Professor of Sociology, Cornell University

France has been hit by a third terrorist attack against soft targets in 18 months.

The first came in January 2015, when the Charlie Hebdo attacks killed 12 journalists and eight others.

The second was the November 13 attacks that took the lives of scores of people enjoying a Friday night out in Paris.

And then, on Bastille Day 2016, an attack that...

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