French investigators suspect sabotage was behind a train derailment in northwestern France that injured 44 people and left passengers in a state of shock, prosecutors said on Saturday.

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    If true, that’s not sabotage; that’s a terror attack. Yet another way dilly-dallying on backing Ukraine keeps blowing up in Europe’s face.

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      If it’s sabotage, given her recent sabotage campaigns in Europe, Russia’s probably on the French law enforcement possible suspect list. However, as of this writing, French law enforcement hasn’t said anything about Russia.

      I remember a few years back when, during concerns over Islamic terrorism, some guy in Germany tried bombing a bus with a soccer team. His goal was to try to make money on sports betting. Was not, I think, anyone’s first guess.

      I expect that they’ll be putting a lot of resources on finding the responsible party, though.

      EDIT: Stock market manipulation of the team’s share price, not sports betting.