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TERROR LATEST – AT 11:05 A.M. ET:  We are only now starting to realize the extent of yesterday's terror attacks, especially in Tunisia.  We are being told by Obama Central that there is not yet proof that they were coordinated, but that is deceptive.  ISIS put out calls for individual attacks around this time to commemorate a Muslim holiday.  From, surprisingly, Britain's left-wing Guardian:

Here are the latest updates on what we know on all three attacks.

We’ll be shutting down the live blog for now, but keep checking back for more coverage on The Guardian.

More than 60 people have been killed across three continents, during three separate attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait. These attacks are not believed to be coordinated

At least 38 people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a beachside hotel in Sousse, Tunisia and 36 wounded (eight in critical condition).The British Foreign Minister confirmed 5 Britons were among the dead, as was one Irish woman

Guests at the Imperial Marhaba hotel, barricaded themselves in hotel rooms throughout the day. British holidaymakers are being flown back to the UK on Friday night to Gatwick, Doncaster and Manchester airports.

Tunisia’s president said the attack was “worse than terrible” and has called for a unified international response to terrorist threats

The Tunisian interior ministry said a gunman was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces.There were conflicting reports over whether there was another gunman, and, if so, whether he was still at large.

In France, police have arrested four people – including the main suspect Yassin Salhi – after a decapitated body was found following an attack on a factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, south of Lyon. The suspect had reportedly tried to blow up the factory belonging to a US gas company

The three attacks come just days after after an Islamic State (Isis) spokesman urged jihadists to make the holy month of Ramadan “a time of calamity for the infidels … Shias and apostate Muslims”.

COMMENT:  In the U.S., the FBI is arresting more ISIS suspects than ever before.  There is a real fear that ISIS will soon strike here.  I'd imagine that fear is justified.

June 27,  2015