Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Man has been arrested at the center. Probably unrelated to the bombing.
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Daesh has claimed responsibility for the bombing, however it remains unclear as to whether they were actually responsible.
Manchester bombing: The next steps for police and MI5 and why the attack method matters.
1.It takes some expertise, which is difficult to come by without help.
2.It requires a lot of planning and preparation, both of which increase the chances that MI 5 and other agencies will discover what is going on.
3.Individuals who are sufficiently organised to put the first two together and determined enough to see the plan through to its awful conclusion are very rare.
edited 23rd May '17 5:57:38 AM by TerminusEst
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Manchester attack: Salman Abedi named as bomber by police.
Still only suspected, not confirmed.
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Ugh...
Do governments have Tiger Teams to improve their prevention policies and determine vulnerabilities?
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They do. With terrorism though, the options are limited heavily by the country's resources and capabilities.
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Looks like the Maute group has taken hostages, including a priest.
They're the one that took the name "Islamic State of Lanao".
edited 23rd May '17 7:02:12 PM by Ominae
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He also warned that he would "be harsh".
I suppose mortality rates for the impoverished in Mindanao are about to shoot straight up?
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With martial law, the casualties of everyone will shoot up.
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Most of the peeps I know are supportive of ML, only because the Maute Group needs to be contained at Marawi.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
A procrastination in of itself
CNN are reporting that a Libyan milita is claiming to have detained the brother of the Manchester bomber, who they say was plotting another attack.
If true this would be in part a validation of the 2011 intervention in Libya, when the Libyan people asked for our help we (eventually and to our own gain) helped them, now when we need help it seems that they may well be answering the call.
edited 24th May '17 1:34:11 PM by Silasw
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Before: Libya sends terrorists.
After: They detain them.
Sounds good to me.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
The bomber's father and another brother have also been detained in Tripoli.
edited 24th May '17 2:19:01 PM by AlleyOop
Suspected suicide bombers kill 3 police officers, wound 10 in Jakarta:
The blasts went off five minutes apart at Jakarta's Kampung Melayu terminal, police said.
National Police spokesman Setyo Wasisto said three officers had been killed, and that examination of the scene had shown that there appeared to have been two suicide bombers, not one as originally thought.
Five officers and five civilians were wounded, he said.
Indonesia has suffered a series of mostly low-level attacks by Islamic State sympathizers in the last 17 months, but Wasisto said police had not confirmed any Islamist motive for Wednesday's bombing.
"The police officers were on duty to guard a group of people who were holding a parade. The parade hadn't passed yet when the blast happened," Wasisto told a news conference.
"The two suspects were both male. Their identities will be released later," he said.
Wasisto said the explosives appeared to have been packed into pressure cookers. A similar bomb was used in February in the city of Bandung by a lone attacker, killed by police, whom authorities suspected of having links to a radical network sympathetic to Islamic State.
Authorities in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation are increasingly worried about a surge in radicalism, driven in part by a new generation of militants inspired by Islamic State.
In January 2016, four militants killed four people in a gun and bomb assault in the heart of Jakarta.
While most of the attacks since then have been poorly organized, authorities believe about 400 Indonesians have gone to join the militant group in Syria, and could pose a more lethal threat if they come home.
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Based on reports I'm getting, seems that the Philippine Army is cornering Maute Group forces.
According to intel, Isnilon Hapilon was reported to be in Marawi to meet with MG representatives when concerned civilians reported their presence.
ISIL claimed responsibility for terror attacks in Indonesia/Philippines.
edited 25th May '17 7:27:17 PM by Ominae
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France’s Special Forces Hunt French Militants Fighting for Islamic State, the article is sadly paywalled.
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Mindanao is under Martial law for a while and the spokesman assured everyone that it won't be like the ML days in the 80s.
Of course, the president needed to do another rape comment and he got fired at it. Of course he fires it back at the critics including Chelsea Clinton. His supporters called her a hypocrite, mostly due to the Clinton/Monica scandal.
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Botched airstrike on Maute Group position in Marawi City kills 10 government soldiers instead.
How's the decision to expel US Special Forces from the Philippines working out?
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Ask the president.
I don't know much except he was in Davao to welcome a PLAN ship.
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Probably ask the PRC to help. They're going to have to operate at some point.
edited 1st Jun '17 12:04:08 AM by TerminusEst
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Gunshots and explosions heard at an entertainment resort in Manila.
...between Marawi City and this, what the fuck is CT in the Philippines actually doing?
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Heard about this. Gunmen didn't shoot anyone. Just went after the casino chips and offed himself.
Saved the SAF the ammo. 
A robbery gone bad?
However a 23 year old male has been arrested, so we may be getting answers soon.
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