Paris

[DTA]

This may have been posted already but I thought this was a good read, especially seeing as it's from a former ISIS hostage:

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...mbs-hostage-syria-islamic-state-paris-attacks

That is an interesting read, thanks for posting.

 

[milo]

Did you write that with a straight face?
Through all the horror being spoken about in this thread, the wit and humour by many has been glorious, esp @Danishfurniturelover (although i have to admit i cannot always tell if he is serious or drunk when he types..)

Seriously drunk normally

 

[AuroRaman]

First of all, A very good analogy would be Santa or the Tooth Fairy. Kids are brought up to believe in both of them. People (rightly) laugh at the idea of a sound-minded adult believing in those things.

That doesn't entrench belief in Santa. There are no adults taking being good to an extremist level in case they don't get a Lego Death Star (oh yes, they exist) for Christmas. There are no violent military groups wanting to enforce Tooth Fairy belief across the world.

I'm fairly sure you don't like those analogies, but please bear in mind, there's a precisely equal amount of evidence for the existence of Santa, the Tooth Fairy and GHod/Allah/Amum-Ra/Thor

STOP BRINGING SANTA INTO THIS :mad:

 

[scaramanga]

STOP BRINGING SANTA INTO THIS :mad:

Did you know Santa is an anagram of Satan?

 

[Bullet]

Thanks for posting that Craig, interesting. He says ISIS / IS / ISIL / DS want to provoke a bombing reaction to convert more locals into radicals. But the French will know that. Are they just weighing up the benefits (propaganda for the French people) versus cost (money plus risk of radicalising locals)? Or are they trying to achieve something more cunning?

This excellent video shows just how confused the situation is; seems nobody is quite sure who to arm / bomb or why... And they will probably all swap sides at some point anyway.

https://twitter.com/x/status/666528972176494592

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

Did you write that with a straight face?
Through all the horror being spoken about in this thread, the wit and humour by many has been glorious, esp @Danishfurniturelover (although i have to admit i cannot always tell if he is serious or drunk when he types..)

The two are not mutually exclusive.

 

[markysimmo]

Germany v Holland cancelled last minute tonight due to security concerns

 

[markysimmo]

A plot was uncovered to blow up the Hannover stadium tonight, scary stuff indeed !!!

 

[Roy1983]

A customer of mine told me today his 28 year old cousin was killed by the second suicide bomber outside the stadium on Friday. He leaves behind 3 week old twin girls.

 

[nayenezgani]

All the political/religious debate aside, I found this video comforting:

And this a good summation of ISIL as the cowards they are:

 

[DTA]

All the political/religious debate aside, I found this video comforting:

And this a good summation of ISIL as the cowards they are:

Two really powerful videos. Both should be watched.

 

[Notmegov]

Christ would not like to be taken alive by a tinkled of French security force, no wonder they were standing and fighting this morning.

 

[billyiddo]

A customer of mine told me today his 28 year old cousin was killed by the second suicide bomber outside the stadium on Friday. He leaves behind 3 week old twin girls.

I thought it was reported only one person died at the stadium - the security guard?

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

i heard a bus driver

 

[markysimmo]

Death was far too easy a way out for this clam, no doubt he is currently jacking up with allah fingering his 82 virgins he got for killing innocent human beings

The man believed to be behind the Paris terror attacks reportedly died in this morning’s police raid, sources suggest.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, had been holed up in a flat in Saint-Denis, in the north of the city, but is believed to have been killed during a stand-off, according to senior intelligence officials.

One woman was also killed after detonating her suicide belt and five people were arrested.

A Paris prosecutor said the suspected mastermind, and an accomplice in the Paris attacks, are not among those arrested.

Four police officers were also injured in dramatic scenes in the French capital.

Abaaoud, from Belgium, was named as the man behind the massacre of at least 129 people

 

[scaramanga]

Wasn't sure whether this fits better in this thread or the Paris one. I thought here because it's essentially about ISIS's motives. Its also a bit about what a spineless, shifty, dishonest clam Comrade Corbyn is too though.

Whats really amazing is that I actually agree with the content of an article written in the Grauniad.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/jihadism-western-policy-jeremy-corbyn-isis

 

[markysimmo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34877069

 

[Notmegov]

 

[NickTB]

Wasn't sure whether this fits better in this thread or the Paris one. I thought here because it's essentially about ISIS's motives. Its also a bit about what a spineless, shifty, dishonest clam Comrade Corbyn is too though.

Whats really amazing is that I actually agree with the content of an article written in the Grauniad.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/jihadism-western-policy-jeremy-corbyn-isis

Funny you should say spineless

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-HQ-amid-seven-hour-gunfight-did-die-her.html

The head and spine of Europe's first female suicide bomber flew through a window and landed on the street outside when she blew herself up during the siege of Saint-Denis.

Fresh, grisly details about Wednesday's ferocious gun battle have emerged amid reports the ringleader behind the Paris massacre was killed in the melee.

 

[Bullet]

The head and spine of Europe's first female suicide bomber.

Or it was a bomb behind her, blowing her spine out of the window.

Physics, innit.