Several wounded in a bombing in Saudi Arabia targeting Remembrance Day event at a cemetery.

 

Saudi police block off the scene of the attack. BBC/Getty.

Several people were wounded in a bombing in Saudi Arabia targeting a Remembrance Day event at a non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah. BBC. The bombing caused at least three injuries, including a Greek diplomatic security officer, a British citizen and a Saudi security officer. The event was commemorating the end of World War I and was targeted with a improvised explosive device. The attack comes after a global uptick in Islamic terrorism. It is possible that French diplomats were the primary targets of the attack after the reigniting of the Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoons controversy. The attack comes after another recent attack where a Saudi guard was stabbed at a French Consulate. 

#ArabieSaoudite Tentative d'attentat ce matin au cimetière des non-musulmans à #Jeddah. Lors de la cérémonie du #11Novembre. En présence du Consul Général de France, 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧...& expatriés français. Des blessés...
15j après attaque au couteau au Consulat, la France encore visée !? pic.twitter.com/whjBGlLdad

— Clarence Rodriguez (@Clarencewoman) November 11, 2020

My Comment:

First of all attacking a Remembrance Day/Veterans Day event is utterly disgusting. War dead should be honored no matter who they are and attacking an event honoring the dead is just beyond the pale. There could never be any excuse for launching an attack on this kind of event. 

It's also disgusting to attack a cemetery as well. Call me a sentimentalist but you should let the dead rest. I know some Muslims have problems with cemeteries in general but I just find it horrible that someone would disturb the dead. 

I think there could be follow up attacks if the terrorist(s) responsible for this attack aren't caught quickly. It's not that hard to plant a bomb and it's possible that the bombmaker was able to make more than one bomb. If they have they could launch further attacks and a smaller bomb like this is a lot harder to defend against. 

Thankfully they are also less likely to kill anyone. Only three or four people have been injured in this attack (details are scarce) and nobody was killed. This attack seemed to use a small bomb without a lot of power. My guess is that any follow ups will be the same way. 

There does seem to be an uptick in terror attacks recently. The Charlie Hebdo controversy seems to be driving some of it, but it does seem like ISIS and other terror groups are making a bit of a comeback. Like I said yesterday they have a foothold in Africa and they may be resurging in the Middle East as well. And it's clear that lone wolf attackers are coming back into vogue again as well. 

Thankfully, most of these attacks have been small, outside of the massive massacre in Africa. It's mostly mass stabbings and a few minor bombings like this one. Though Islamic terrorism does seem to be increasing it's still clear that it's not anywhere near the threat it once was.