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Nice, France Denied Remembrance March by Continued Islamist Threat

<p>Nice&comma; France remains vibrant with flags&comma; flowers&comma; and messages of peace in the wake of the attack on Bastille Day that left 84 people dead over 50 critically injured&period; The city had&nbsp&semi;planned to hold a remembrance march on Sunday to honor those killed in the attack&comma; but the event has been cancelled due to safety concerns&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 10&comma;000 locals had pledged to attend &ldquo&semi;White March&comma;&rdquo&semi; a procession aimed to honor those killed and injured on July 14th&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Given the very strong mobilization of law enforcement and emergency and threat&comma; the Alpes-Maritimes authorities have decided not to allow the white march that was to be held Sunday&comma;&rdquo&semi; announced authorities on Thursday&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>French police have become overwhelmed in recent months&comma; and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been deployed to patrol the streets&period;&nbsp&semi;This week&comma; French President Francois Hollande has announced that&nbsp&semi;France will begin assembling a new civilian National Guard to help protect innocent citizens from Islamist terrorism&period;&nbsp&semi;More than 2&comma;500 have already signed up to join the reservists&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The murder of a priest this Tuesday in Normandy may also have influenced Nice&rsquo&semi;s decision to cancel the parade&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities are still investigativing&nbsp&semi;Mohamad Lahouaiej Bouhel &lpar;and possible partners&rpar; who drove the through the crowded streets of Nice on Bastille day&comma; but&nbsp&semi;the incident has been labeled as terrorism&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>France remains strong&comma; defiant&comma; and united after more than a year&nbsp&semi;of terror&period; The general sentiment of this proud nation can be summarized in the words of a local bartender living in Nice&colon; &ldquo&semi;We need to keep living and let the people who are trying to frighten us know that in the end we won&rsquo&semi;t stop living&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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