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Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Another attack in progress. Apparently all the Americans who work at the mission are accounted for.
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Hostages taken in attack on restaurant in Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
DEVELOPING: A group of up to nine attackers set off bombs and took hostages while shouting "Allahu Akbar" inside a restaurant frequented by both locals and foreigners in a diplomatic zone in Bangladesh's capital, local media reported.Bangladesh TV stations reported that the attackers entered the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's Gulshan area around 9:20 p.m. Friday and were holding customers and staff hostage.
The TV reports said the identities of the attackers were not immediately known. Reports said there are up to 60 hostages.The U.S. State Department said all Americans working at the U.S. mission in the area had been accounted for, according to Reuters.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Nutjobs, sociopaths, and mentally unstable people that use religious fundamentalism as an excuse for their behavior are the worst, aren't they?
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Let's see how long it takes for this to be injected into US politics
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
How?
How would it be possible to end this sort of thing?
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
It now seems like a daily occurrence of attacks by ISIS in the holy month of Ramadan all around the world.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Only three more days to go until the end of Ramadan.
Unfortunately, this coincides with the US Independence Day weekend. I wouln't want to be anywhere near the NYC or Boston fireworks or at Washington "Capitol Fourth" concert.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
"We're Americans. We don't walk around terrified,"
Gen Colin Powell
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Goose wrote:
"We're Americans. We don't walk around terrified,"
Gen Colin Powell
I agree, and furthermore we get all hyped up over terrorist events and yet we don't avoid driving or doing other activities on the 4th just because it is a weekend that traditionally has a high number of deaths and injuries. Last year the National Safety Council estimated that there would be 385 deaths and 41,200 injuries -- including car crashes, swimming incidents and fireworks accidents.
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Is there any evidence that this is related to Ramadan ?
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Re: Bangladesh capital; witness says gunmen chanted 'Allahu Akbar'
Is there any evidence that this is related to Ramadan ?
Maybe it is coincidental, but there does seem to have been an uptick in ISIS inspired violence all around the world in the last month. Or maybe ISIS has just become big enough, strong enough and influential enough to have militants pull off more attacks on an almost daily basis