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Postby Fartsniffage » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:07 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kazak Yeli wrote:No doubt many people will be unhappy that the perpetrator is of a different ideology than they would've liked him to be.

Muslim transplant from Pakistan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... be-british


Where does it say he wasn't born in the UK?
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:31 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Muslim transplant from Pakistan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... be-british


Where does it say he wasn't born in the UK?

Doesn't, other article says where he was born had not been determined yet.
On that my bad.

Still an Anti Semitic act by a Muslim supporter of al- queada
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Postby Fartsniffage » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:34 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Where does it say he wasn't born in the UK?

Doesn't, other article says where he was born had not been determined yet.
On that my bad.

Still an Anti Semitic act by a Muslim supporter of al- queada


An anti-Semitic act by a Brit. We need to deal with that. No pushing it off on other nations.
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Postby The Holy Therns » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:42 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Doesn't, other article says where he was born had not been determined yet.
On that my bad.

Still an Anti Semitic act by a Muslim supporter of al- queada


An anti-Semitic act by a Brit. We need to deal with that. No pushing it off on other nations.


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Postby Fartsniffage » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:43 pm

The Holy Therns wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
An anti-Semitic act by a Brit. We need to deal with that. No pushing it off on other nations.


Al-Qaeda is not a nation...


Britain is. We need to do better.
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Postby Antipatros » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:32 pm

Teenagers arrested in UK in connection with Texas synagogue siege as FBI name British hostage-taker
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Postby Rusozak » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:36 pm



Wait, really? What a weird choice of location to fly thousands of miles for what I assume was intended to be a terrorist attack if it doesn't already count as one.
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Postby Antipatros » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:50 pm

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Wait, really? What a weird choice of location to fly thousands of miles for what I assume was intended to be a terrorist attack if it doesn't already count as one.

I would guess that he chose the location because Aafia Siddiqui is imprisoned in Fort Worth, TX.
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Postby -Astoria- » Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:26 am

In related news, we have a name, complete with a twist of sorts:

British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, was shot dead after a standoff with police in Colleyville.

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According to US police sources, Akram arrived in the country via New York's JFK International Airport two weeks ago.

Akram's brother Gulbar confirmed his death in a statement carried on the Blackburn Muslim Community Facebook page. He apologised to the victims and said his brother had been suffering from mental health issues.
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Postby Sundiata » Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:35 am

The United States isn't prepared to deal with terrorism at home. More areas need routine policing even the areas that might seem safe to most people.
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Postby The Alma Mater » Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:33 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Doesn't, other article says where he was born had not been determined yet.
On that my bad.

Still an Anti Semitic act by a Muslim supporter of al- queada


An anti-Semitic act by a Brit. We need to deal with that. No pushing it off on other nations.

No doubt some.will claim.he was not a true Brit based on his name and religion.
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Postby -Astoria- » Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:38 am

The Alma Mater wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
An anti-Semitic act by a Brit. We need to deal with that. No pushing it off on other nations.

No doubt some.will claim.he was not a true Brit based on his name and religion.

That implies that someone has not already done that.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:02 am

Sundiata wrote:The United States isn't prepared to deal with terrorism at home. More areas need routine policing even the areas that might seem safe to most people.

We've been dealing with it for a while, church burnings, the Oklahoma bombing, the first attempt at the Trade Towers, the second more successful attempt. A guy mailing bombs, another guy running around in a van to deliver bombs, that dude who went on a cop killing spree, that sniper guy, the attack on the night club in Florida.
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Postby Isle of Westland » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:05 pm

A photo has emerged of the British suspect of this hostage situation:

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He was just on his way to afternoon tea & cucumber sandwiches with the Vicar when he decided to pop in to the local synagogue in Texas to take some hostages.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:09 pm

Isle of Westland wrote:A photo has emerged of the British suspect of this hostage situation:



He was just on his way to afternoon tea & cucumber sandwiches with the Vicar when he decided to pop in to the local synagogue in Texas to take some hostages.

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Postby Neutraligon » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:11 pm

Why does she get 86 years for attempted murder when many who actually murder get significantly less?
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Postby The Black Forrest » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:14 pm

Neutraligon wrote:Why does she get 86 years for attempted murder when many who actually murder get significantly less?


Forget it Neut; it’s Texas.

If I had to guess? Terrorism laws?
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Postby United Nations of Gaia » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:26 pm

Isle of Westland wrote:A photo has emerged of the British suspect of this hostage situation:



He was just on his way to afternoon tea & cucumber sandwiches with the Vicar when he decided to pop in to the local synagogue in Texas to take some hostages.

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Postby Kerwa » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:55 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
Neutraligon wrote:Why does she get 86 years for attempted murder when many who actually murder get significantly less?


Forget it Neut; it’s Texas.

If I had to guess? Terrorism laws?


Trial was in Federal Ct. in NYC. There were multiple charges.
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Postby Dogmeat » Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:01 pm

Sundiata wrote:The United States isn't prepared to deal with terrorism at home. More areas need routine policing even the areas that might seem safe to most people.

I'm not sure how you get that from this. This story seems to indicate that the US is able to deal with terrorism at home just fine.
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