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General => Current Events => Topic started by: Tom62 on June 20, 2017, 09:48:18 PM

Title: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Tom62 on June 20, 2017, 09:48:18 PM
Yesterday a stupid Islamic terrorist attacked a police car on the Champs Elysees (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/19/europe/paris-police-operation/index.html) in Paris killing no-one and dying in the process. Latest news today: in Brussels the police shot down an Islamic terrorist in the Central Station (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/20/traffic-halted-brussels-small-explosion-central-train-station/) after a small explosion went off and the police noticed that the terrorist was wearing a bomb belt.
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 20, 2017, 09:58:26 PM
Good riddance.
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Dave on June 20, 2017, 10:11:26 PM
Just listened to the report on the Brussels incudent on the BBC World Servuce, no mention of terrorist connection or bomb belt. But it seems there were two "small explosions" according to an eye witness so it could have been a belt of small (possibly home made) malfunctioning.

Time will tell.

I agree with you xSP, let them commit suicide in their thousands, so long as no-one else is hurt.
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Tom62 on June 21, 2017, 06:08:55 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 10:11:26 PM
Just listened to the report on the Brussels incudent on the BBC World Servuce, no mention of terrorist connection or bomb belt.

You were listening to a fake news channel  ;)
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Dave on June 21, 2017, 07:59:13 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on June 21, 2017, 06:08:55 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 20, 2017, 10:11:26 PM
Just listened to the report on the Brussels incudent on the BBC World Servuce, no mention of terrorist connection or bomb belt.

You were listening to a fake news channel  ;)

I sometimes wonder...

Later: they are now saying that eye witnesses report hearing "Islamic slogans" being shouted before the explosions(s)?

Perhaps Auntie Beeb was waiting for confirmation? Although I am often bothered by the slight differences in reported "facts" between news reports, at about the same time, on different BBC channels. Evidently they have no commin news editing office.
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: OldGit on June 21, 2017, 09:29:08 AM
Yup, especially the discrepancies between BBC Radio 4 and BBC TV News.
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Arturo on June 21, 2017, 06:51:37 PM
WAIT!

What is an Islamic slogan? And how would people know if it was in another language?
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Dave on June 21, 2017, 07:50:49 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 21, 2017, 06:51:37 PM
WAIT!

What is an Islamic slogan? And how would people know if it was in another language?

Perhaos "slogan" was not quite the correct word.

Have you never heard them shouting, "Allah hu akba", "God is great" at every attack, victory or suicide attack on the medua, Arturo?
Title: Re: Paris and Brussels in the news again
Post by: Arturo on June 22, 2017, 02:12:57 AM
Quote from: Gloucester on June 21, 2017, 07:50:49 PM
Quote from: Arturo on June 21, 2017, 06:51:37 PM
WAIT!

What is an Islamic slogan? And how would people know if it was in another language?

Perhaos "slogan" was not quite the correct word.

Have you never heard them shouting, "Allah hu akba", "God is great" at every attack, victory or suicide attack on the medua, Arturo?

That's true. It's been so long since I watched the news though.