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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#151: May 24th 2014 at 7:54:31 PM

Government thinks that there may be anti-Jewish motive.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#152: May 25th 2014 at 12:02:26 PM

Well its either a political/hate crime or the guy had a mental illness of some sort...

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Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#153: May 25th 2014 at 10:03:08 PM

Was it targeted at the jewish museum? Or did it just happen to be near the museum?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#154: May 25th 2014 at 10:32:25 PM

Targeted to the museum, according to the BBC at least.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#155: May 26th 2014 at 7:54:16 AM

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/25/world/europe/belgium-jewish-museum-shooting/index.html

According to FedPol from a statement, the shooter used an AK-47 to shoot four victims. Two are Israeli, one French and a Belgian. The first three are dead, fourth in critical condition.

FedPol said that they're having a hard time identifying the shooter by face since he took great care to cover his face with a baseball cap. They said that they can potentially treat it as a terror attack on Belgian soil.


Following that one, there were also attacks against French Jews.

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#157: May 27th 2014 at 7:31:24 AM

[up]Let's hope it doesn't get leaked, those "tribal warriors" are only going to get themselves and the hostages killed...

In any event, a rescue op is going to be a major pain to pull off anyway thanks to the amount of hostages. Imagine the size of the convoy needed to hold that many people...

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Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#158: May 27th 2014 at 7:46:00 AM

In some ways, all this talk of support is as much a hindrance as a help: a couple of years ago, all it took was a Nigerian newspaper floating the idea of asking the SAS for help for Boko Haram to go "buckets of nope, we're done here" and kill all the hostages.

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#159: May 31st 2014 at 7:23:26 AM

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/manhunt-underway-brussels-jewish-museum-shooter-article-1.1804920

Update from Brussels. The fourth person shot by the AK-47-armed gunman died of gunshot wounds sustained at the Jewish Museum shooting.


An old news article, but a couple of Japanese Red Army hijackers resurfaced in Pyongyang and have floated the idea of surrendering to the National Police Agency.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#160: Jun 1st 2014 at 8:27:08 AM

French police have made an arrest in the case of museum shooting. No mention of a name or motive yet.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/01/world/europe/france-belgium-jewish-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#161: Jun 1st 2014 at 6:06:16 PM

Article changed since the man was identified by National Police. If the info is right, the man is a professed Islamist and has fought in Syrian territory recently.

Also, the man's French.

edited 1st Jun '14 6:06:30 PM by Ominae

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#163: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:32:38 PM

Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
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#164: Jun 10th 2014 at 4:36:08 PM

"In the space of a year he has become the most powerful jihadi leader in the world, and on Monday night his forces captured Mosul, the northern capital of Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Dua, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has suddenly emerged as a figure who is shaping the future of Iraq, Syria and the wider Middle East."

Pretty dramatic stuff.

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#166: Jun 15th 2014 at 10:14:20 AM

The namesake in question, a much more honourable person.

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#167: Jun 15th 2014 at 10:21:11 AM

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Cheer yourself up with Muhammad Ali "Quaid-i-Azam" Jinnah tongue

edited 15th Jun '14 10:25:00 AM by Achaemenid

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Warron from New York Since: Jul, 2010
#168: Jun 15th 2014 at 10:40:01 PM

Apparently Iran has sent 2,000 soldiers to Iraq to help them fight ISIS. They've also sent General Qassem Suleimani, a leading general in the elite Revolutionary Guard, to advise the Iraqis. And they've even said they would be willing to cooperate with the US.

Warron from New York Since: Jul, 2010
#169: Jun 15th 2014 at 11:24:20 PM

While binging on news regarding ISIS I came across one very curious detail: they apparently take the "State" part of their name very seriously. From the Washington Post:

While other Syrian rebel groups were focused primarily on fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, ISIS invested as much energy in establishing the “state” referenced by its name. It quickly asserted control over the province of Raqqah and late last year declared the city of Raqqah the capital of its state...

That has helped the group set up its own version of a government. It runs courts, schools and services, flying its ubiquitous black-and-white flag over every facility it controls. In Raqqah, it recently launched a consumer protection authority to uphold food standards.

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#170: Jun 16th 2014 at 12:04:17 AM

edited 16th Jun '14 12:04:33 AM by Greenmantle

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#171: Jun 16th 2014 at 12:59:07 AM

If this wanton killing keeps up, Africa will have a new competitor.

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#172: Jun 20th 2014 at 3:12:04 PM

Iraq crisis: ISIS video calls on British Muslims to join in jihad as ‘cure for depression’

Militants behind the jihadist advance in Iraq launched a fresh attempt to attract foreign recruits yesterday with a video featuring apparently British fighters urging their compatriots to join them. The film posted by Isis showed five men claiming to be British and Australian jihadists calling for Western Muslims to head for Syria and Iraq.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#173: Jun 20th 2014 at 3:48:30 PM

"Join us for the temporary endorphins kick that is going to lead to a wonderful chance to gain PTSD if it doesn't kill you first. Or, just a bigger dose of anxiety-depression once life ceases to be quite so simple to compute, again, after the exciting booms, bangs and brotherhood are done with."

Yeah. -_- Oh, those poor fools. They're so being used. -_- And, abused. Worse, they don't even know it, most likely. sad

edited 20th Jun '14 3:50:47 PM by Euodiachloris

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#174: Jun 21st 2014 at 2:41:31 AM

So it seems that Assault On Precinct 13 just happened in Xinjiang.

Chinese police shot dead 13 attackers in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang on Saturday after they rammed a car into a police station and detonated explosives, Xinhua news agency said, in the latest of a series of attacks to worry Beijing.

China has been toughening its response to violent crime after a spate of attacks around the country, centred on Xinjiang, the traditional home of Muslim Uighurs.

China has blamed previous attacks on Islamist separatists in the region, who they say are looking to establish an independent state there called East Turkestan. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Saturday's violence.

"The gangsters drove a truck to ram the building of the public security bureau of Yecheng County in southern Xinjiang and set off explosives. Police shot and killed 13 attackers at the scene," Xinhua said, adding that three police were slightly wounded.

Seems an oddly decisive victory - 13 dead for 3 light wounds, and this after a car-bomb! I suspect the Chinese police death toll may be rather higher than we are led to believe by Xinhua.

edited 21st Jun '14 2:41:41 AM by Achaemenid

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Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#175: Jun 21st 2014 at 5:00:13 AM

Yeah, it's very possible the Chinese are fluffing the stats, but they also might not be. Either way, I wouldn't want to fight the Chinese domestically.


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