chrisp65 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 tsk, Tony celebrating that other religious festival, Pass Off Over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Another possible terrorist attack in Paris. One policeman dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted April 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: Another possible terrorist attack in Paris. One policeman dead. Police are saying the suspect, who has been shot and killed, was already known to security services so I'd say it's nailed on that it was a terrorist attack. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: Police are saying the suspect, who has been shot and killed, was already known to security services so I'd say it's nailed on that it was a terrorist attack. Again. Yeah just heard on the news that he was known and being flagged as an extremist. Could of killed more people if he had gone for the public too, but it seems the police were the only target. There is such a dark cloud over Paris, it's truly horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 oi you Ruge, sod off to bed now and do the early shift with Amber in the morning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Just now, colhint said: oi you Ruge, sod off to bed now and do the early shift with Amber in the morning Would love to mate but we are still waiting for our pizza that we ordered at nine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Will be interesting to see whether he travelled from Belgium with the assault weapon used in the attack. Either way another win for the Schengen Area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Scholarly, non-hysterical documentary on Channel 4 a couple of nights ago Isis: The Origins of Violence Quote Historian Tom Holland traces the origins of Isis's extreme violence, which it claims is justified by the tenets and scriptures of Islam: a claim contrary to most Muslims' interpretation of their faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2017 Melbourne Police have just shot someone after a siege. They are considering terrorism as one likely line of enquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 179 pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 16, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2017 Russians think they might have killed al-Baghdadi in a strike last month. Given nobody apparently has had a clue where he was for months, and I think it's been believed before he'd been killed, I'd probably take this with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, Chindie said: Russians think they might have killed al-Baghdadi in a strike last month. Given nobody apparently has had a clue where he was for months, and I think it's been believed before he'd been killed, I'd probably take this with a pinch of salt. I think he has been killed off more times than the joker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 9 hours ago, Chindie said: Russians think they might have killed al-Baghdadi in a strike last month. Given nobody apparently has had a clue where he was for months, and I think it's been believed before he'd been killed, I'd probably take this with a pinch of salt. I heard he got killed last week by heavy air strikes. Like you say pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2017 Sam Harris' podcast this week is worth a listen, if only to see just how absurd the beliefs leading to these atrocities are. It's an interview with a journalist who has spent a long time interviewing ISIS followers and learning about their beliefs and the way they have operated. It debunks ideas of the internet jihadi and talks about the recruiting techniques that are attracting followers to them. There is a section discussing the ISIS view on 'the end times'. Highlights include the idea that the Anti-Christ is huge red ugly man, with 'infidel' written on his forehead in invisible ink that only Muslims can see, and who is currently on the Earth, chained to an rock on an island in the Red Sea. And he's been there for about 1,400 years. He will fight Jesus, who is only a man but has spent a millennia in heaven waiting to come back, at the final stand of the true believers and Jesus will go berserk with a spear and make him dissolve... Go look at a map. The Red Sea isn't very big, and we can spot a car from the stratosphere these days. Now... You'd think we might be able to find this island with a big red bloke... The people happily engaging in murder worldwide all day believe this. A sorry a child would raise their eyebrows at. Nuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 could the red guy be orange? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 that was my thought aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 19, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2017 This could have gone in any number of threads in OT. Either way, it's what they call "no bueno". Russia vows to target U.S. led aircraft in Syria Quote Russia vows to 'target' US-led aircraft in Syria after downing of jet A US fighter jet has shot down a Syrian Air Force plane Russia has said it will treat US-led coalition planes in Syria, west of the Euphrates, as targets after the US downed a Syrian jet. The statement followed after a U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian army jet on Sunday in the southern Raqqa countryside, with Washington saying the jet had dropped bombs near U.S.-backed forces and Damascus saying the plane was downed while flying a mission against Islamic State militants. The Defence Ministry also said that it was suspending its interaction with the United States on preventing air incidents over Syria from June 19, the agencies reported. The U.S. did not use its communication channel with Russia ahead of the downing of the Syrian government warplane, the ministry was quoted as saying. The US and Russia, which has been providing air cover for Syria's president Bashar Assad since 2015 in his offensive against Islamic State, have a standing agreement that should prevent in-the-air incidents involving US and Russian jets engaged in operations in Syria. The Russian defence ministry said it views the incident as Washington's "deliberate failure to make good on its commitments" under the de-confliction deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 19, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 19, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2017 Sounds like a very lucky escape in Paris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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