Just a few stories this week from a world grown increasingly terrifying . . .
Liberia has closed its border, quarantined many communities, and has seen even top experts stricken with the dreaded Ebola virus. Sick officials made it onto international flights despite stringent precautions by the Liberian government. West Africa has seen the most serious outbreak of the extremely contagious disease yet. No end in sight.
Libya faces its worst violence since 2011, causing several nations to shut down their embassies there. The country's "fragile government and fledgling army" currently struggle to keep control of the capital's international airport.
War continues in Gaza. Secretary of State John Kerry continues to undermine the cease fire agreement supported by Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in an effort to kowtow to Hamas extremists.
Boko Haram crossed the Nigerian border, raiding Cameroon. The terror group best known for kidnapping hundreds of young girls seized the wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister. Cameroon has suffered three attacks from the terrorist group.
European Jews, particularly in France, are fearful of a continent wide spike in active anti-Semitism. Could this produce an exodus from Europe to Israel and the United States? An ambassador appointed by Hungary to represent that nation in Italy resigned after criticism of his "raging" anti-Semitism.
US intelligence officials released images that seem to show Russian artillery firing into Ukraine in support of separatists there. This threatens to escalate the conflict into a full scale war between two of the European continent's largest nations. With Ukraine the home of some of Europe's most productive farmland, a full scale war could disrupt food supplies for millions.
While the female mutilation edict attributed to ISIS may be fake, Christians have fled areas under its control by the thousands. Islamicist officials have imposed prejudicial sanctions on Christians which have not existed in Iraq in generations. Islamic State officials also ordered the destruction of the tombs of Jonah and Daniel, figures holy to the Jewish, Christian, and other faiths.
Meanwhile China, which has threatened the neighboring countries of Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines in recent years, has accelerated its naval program. Iran also continues its quest for more effective weapons capable of hitting Europe and North America.
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