Holy Crap! Al-Qaida:Plot to kill Swedish cartoonist hatched in Waterford

mike65

Just breaking on RTE, 7 arrests.

trishw78

Jaysus Mike you were quick

RubyK

Yep, just heard it on the radio there too! 4 men & 3 women being held in the City and county

mike65

I presume they picked Waterford as it looks and feels just like Islamabad.

KingLoser

sorry, but, wtf?!

Bards

any links to confirm story?

jo06555

mike65 wrote: »

Just breaking on RTE, 7 arrests.

YE i just heard this too on rte radio 1 , when exactly were the arrests do we know , because newsreader on radio rushed the reporter and said we will hear more later in day.:eek:

jo06555

KingLoser wrote: »

sorry, but, wtf?!

supposebly from what i think i heard , the sweedish cartoonist who made cartoons that outraged islamics a while back was a terrorist target and the united states and european police have identified these people arrested as terrosist threats.

KingLoser

oh my oh my.

but, don't you all mean Danish? or am i thinking of someone else?

ziedth

Ha ha,

I'm sorry but the sheer randomness of this has made my day.

mecco

Bards wrote: »

any links to confirm story?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0309/waterford.html

of all the things i'd have expected to see about waterford in the news, this wasnt exactly high on the list!!!!

Cabaal

Waterford the hub of international terrorism

jo06555

mecco wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0309/waterford.html

of all the things i'd have expected to see about waterford in the news, this wasnt exactly high on the list!!!!

wonder will this be headline news or just brushed under radar.......as usual in wat

ziedth

I dunno,

I wonder is it a case that someone overheard these guys saying something to the effect of I'll kill that guy for drawing mohammed,

I seriously can't believe that it's a full blown terroist cell.

Is anyone else imagining a 24 episode based on how do?

uncle-mofo

I laughed at Al Qaeda being held in Tramore garda station.

jo06555

uncle-mofo wrote: »

I laughed at Al Qaeda being held in Tramore garda station.

fricatus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8558022.stm

Dum_Dum

jo06555 wrote: »

wonder will this be headline news or just brushed under radar.......as usual in wat

It depends if it fits in with the liberal agenda or not.

fricatus

Authorities say the plot was crystal clear... :cool:

decies

Mike cycle out to tramore with a small jotter,get the story ,and come back and report to us

JPA

Gardaí have arrested five people in Waterford and two others in Cork in connection with an investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
The cartoonist, Lars Vilks, has been threatened over his drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.
The head of an al Qaeda-led group in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, posted an audio tape on the internet in September, 2007, offering $100,000 for the killing of Mr Vilks.
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This morning, detectives arrested three men and two women in Waterford and Tramore and another man and woman at Ballincollig, near Cork city. A number of searches also took place.
A garda spokesman said the operation was part of an investigation into a conspiracy to murder an individual in another jurisdiction.
Members of the Garda National Support Services and the Special Detective Unit were also involved in this morning's operation.
Gardaí say they are working closely with police forces in a number of other European countries and in the US.
The seven people arrested this morning range in age from their mid-20s to their late-40s.
They are being questioned at garda stations in Waterford, Tramore, Dungarvan and Thomastown.
All are being detained under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allows for them to be held for up to a week.
Those in custody are originally from Morocco and Yemen, but it is understood they all have refugee status and are legally in the country.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0309/waterford.html

mike65

Should be on Sky News by 6 pm, just their sort of story.

PTH2009

Like those episodes of South Park lol. Remember the ones where they were all paniacking over family guy showing the prophet.

thund3rbird_

mike65 wrote: »

Should be on Sky News by 6 pm, just their sort of story.

on the site already

shinzon

I just cant help thinking that these guys should have read a map before plotting to kill a swedish cartoonist, shouldnt hey have been in like you know sweden to do this

unless he was over here for a jaunt or something

Tri

fricatus

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

on the site already

See the picture of the Swedish flag they're burning - it's like yellow on a green background. :rolleyes:

They're not the brightest Islamic fundamentalists, are they?

ROCKMAN

imagine the Garda cell in Tramore
Just between johnno was ere and the local bikes number.........


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haydo333

Anyone know where they were arrested in the City? Paddy Wagon passed the shop i work in on Baileys New St earlier, thought it was strange!

Heathen

haydo333 wrote: »

Anyone know where they were arrested in the City? Paddy Wagon passed the shop i work in on Baileys New St earlier, thought it was strange!

I heard an apartment above Emilianos was raided this morning and had something to do with it...

Hoffmans

Fair play to them call them extremists if ya want but if somone mocked your religion wouldnt ya want to find them get a big carving knife and slaughter them like lamb right across the juglar..?
and all the while your on a free medical card and 230€ a week benifits from your wonderful host country that gave you asylum to go running around acting the terrorist in the first place...........

mike65

Was just listening to someone from the News and Star on Matt Coopers show, she said the target wasn't named, nor did the Gardai specify the nature of the detainees. The only hint of "bigness" was that various external agencies were involved including the FBI

old gregg

Minstrel27

Hoffmans wrote: »

Fair play to them call them extremists if ya want but if somone mocked your religion wouldnt ya want to find them get a big carving knife and slaughter them like lamb right across the juglar..?

I thought the Life of Brian was a right hoot

ex_infantry man

just shows guys!! the government don,t know who there letting into the country eh

jayboi

if this is true id nearly give up.
So they come over here crying saying they need asylum there being picked on in their own countries, we give them a free house! Free medical care! Over 200 quid a week! and by the looks of it free internet!! and just sit around although plotting to kill a 64 year old man who drew a picture.

I hope they get extradited or at the very least deported for bring this kind of malarkey over here!
Personally if I was the government id be looking for some back pay on 200 quid a week!

CantGetNoSleep

We should have a little drawing competition, who can do the best cartoon of this story?

mike65

jayboi wrote: »

if this is true id nearly give up.
So they come over here crying saying they need asylum there being picked on in their own countries, we give them a free house! Free medical care! Over 200 quid a week! and by the looks of it free internet!! and just sit around although plotting to kill a 64 year old man who drew a picture.

I hope they get extradited or at the very least deported for bring this kind of malarkey over here!
Personally if I was the government id be looking for some back pay on 200 quid a week!

They probably work in WRH or are WIT students (just to throw in two more stupid sterotypes for you!)

jayboi

mike65 wrote: »

They probably work in WRH or are WIT students (just to throw in two more stupid sterotypes for you!)

According to RTE their refugees so Im not sure what their legal status would be im not sure if they are allowed to work im sure there would issues with obtaining work premits and all that.

mike65

RTEs reporting might be right but they seem to be ahead of what the Gardai are willing to say right now (that said I havent seen the news at 6)

ziedth

RobitTV

TV3 News Article Video Waterford!

Thats the video there click on the link and it just says about whats happening and all that

alpha2zulu

Forget RTE or Sky....MSNBC and CNN have got the story. Any publicity for the city in the USA is good publicity I guess.:D
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35777850/ns/world_news-europe/

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/09/ireland.arrests/?hpt=T2

JohnC.

Some people show a real nasty streak when there's foreigners involved. Of course, no Irish person would ever plan to kill anyone. It's only those dirty foreigners, eh?

:rolleyes:

jo06555

iv not heard of any house or bussiness closed off this morning , do we know if was def in city or maybe outskirts of city......it must be serious enough threat if sky and cbs news are covering it too. The republic was seein as easy option for these people i reckon, we just do not know any backround on who has come into this country over the last few years do we.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/09/world/main6281621.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

ziedth

Kahless wrote: »

Some people show a real nasty streak when there's foreigners involved. Of course, no Irish person would ever plan to kill anyone. It's only those dirty foreigners, eh?

:rolleyes:

I would hazard a guess that no Irish people ever entered a country to kill a gut who wrote a cartoon.

jo06555

ziedth wrote: »

I would hazard a guess that no Irish people ever entered a country to kill a gut who wrote a cartoon.

Didnt "the simpsons" mock us a few times about bein irish and paddys day?:eek:
matt were coming to get you .:)


*joking*

JohnC.

ziedth wrote: »

I would hazard a guess that no Irish people ever entered a country to kill a gut who wrote a cartoon.

You're right. Our religious zealots prefer to cover up child rape instead.

colf

Dont know if this is related or not. Was coming home from work this morning about quarter past seven and was going up the Upper Yellow road by the Lantern Pub and there was a squad car, a smaller squad like a panda car and also the unmarked garda car pulled over at the same spot. It might be totally unrelated and they could have been doing traffic surveylance but I thought it was unusual to have such a high presence of gardai in the one spot.

BlaasForRafa

Kahless wrote: »

Some people show a real nasty streak when there's foreigners involved. Of course, no Irish person would ever plan to kill anyone. It's only those dirty foreigners, eh?

:rolleyes:

you obviously weren't around for the travellers threads last year....and the year before...

ziedth

Kahless wrote: »

You're right. Our religious zealots prefer to cover up child rape instead.

That is stretching IMO, our religious zealots didn't take to the streets in thousands burning effigies of children after the child rape cases came out.

Might I ad I'm not a racist but....................

comeraghs

could we convince them to declare jihad on them infidels on the Kilkenny hurling team & then we might have a chance of winning the hurling!