Belgium: Two Police Wounded By Machete-Wielding Man

Drakares

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Two female police officers have been wounded in Belgium by a man wielding a machete who shouted "Allahu Akbar".

Was a hard guess before clicking the title what the motives were..

The man was shot after the attack in Charleroi and was later confirmed to have died from his injuries, the city's police said in a tweet.

Best Outcome possible.. Root out the cancer by root and stem

I really feel sorry for the people of Belgium, especially after what happened in Brussels airport a few months back. Apparently the police presence there is strong, but obviously makes little difference.

b_mac2

It's our fault because of the IRA.

Omackeral

Let's just make a Terrorism stickied thread and be done with it.

murpho999

Why do you feel sorry for the people of Belgium?

You do realise it's a very safe country?

I do find people really exaggerate these attacks and realise the chances of being caught up in them are minuscule.

Drakares

murpho999 wrote: »

Why do you feel sorry for the people of Belgium?

You do realise it's a very safe country?

Tell that to the 32 people that were killed in the airport bombings a few months ago.

murpho999 wrote: »

I do find people really exaggerate these attacks and realise the chances of being caught up in them are minuscule

Ah so it's grand then. No discussion to be had, move along.

Ulysses Gaze

Remember now, this is nothing to do with Islam and this guy is not a real Muslim.

FalconGirl

Mental health issues I'd say. Nothing at all to do with failed immigration......

Barry Badrinath

murpho999 wrote: »

Why do you feel sorry for the people of Belgium?

You do realise it's a very safe country?

I do find people really exaggerate these attacks and realise the chances of being caught up in them are minuscule.

But Brendan Gleeson died there once!

Penny Tration

I hope the two police officers recover swiftly with no complications.

The_Valeyard

McGruber wrote: »

But Brendan Gleeson died there once!

He had a nice time though.

LuckyRoche

Welcome to the new normal.

Pity the attacker died. Could have gleaned a lot of information out of him.

LightsStillOn

Can ye not just copy & paste the other posts from the endless amount of other threads into this one? They all tend to sound the same after page 3 or so!

Barry Badrinath

The_Valeyard wrote: »

He had a nice time though.

And he saw a midget!

BlaasForRafa

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Remember now, this is nothing to do with Islam and this guy is not a real Muslim.

Apparently he was shouting "Aloha Snackbar" and definitely not "Allah Akbar"

kupus

No nothing what so ever to do with Islam. He is only mentally disabled remember it. Keep saying that and you should start believing it after the 500 time of saying it.

Then stick your head in the sand and blame the right wing for these attacks. Cos you know they are racists and stuff.
mkay.

gw80

LightsStillOn wrote: »

Can ye not just copy & paste the other posts from the endless amount of other threads into this one? They all tend to sound the same after page 3 or so!

Getting a little bit uncomfortable?

LuckyRoche

kupus wrote: »

No nothing what so ever to do with Islam. He is only mentally disabled remember it. Keep saying that and you should start believing it after the 500 time of saying it.

Then stick your head in the sand and blame the right wing for these attacks. Cos you know they are racists and stuff.
mkay.

I think the list includes a few more choice descriptions: 1. Mentally ill - currently #1 go-to description this last month 2. Lone wolf - preferably followed by a series of arrests the following weeks 3. Non-religious man - followed by surprise story of how he/they got radicalized "instantly" 4. Unknown motive.

LightsStillOn

gw80 wrote: »

Getting a little bit uncomfortable?

Not at all, fairly comfy here in me jocks before I head out for the night. This place is just turning into a bit of an echo chamber is all!

gw80

LightsStillOn wrote: »

Not at all, fairly comfy here in me jocks before I head out for the night. This place is just turning into a bit of an echo chamber is all!

Don't forget to put some pants on before you go out 😀

Ulysses Gaze

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Apparently he was shouting "Aloha Snackbar" and definitely not "Allah Akbar"

Damn It. I knew it was one of those Hawaiians!

http://www.imagesbuddy.com/images/174/aloha-from-hawaii-girl-graphic.jpg

FalconGirl

LuckyRoche wrote: »

I think the list includes a few more choice descriptions: 1. Mentally ill - currently #1 go-to description this last month 2. Lone wolf - preferably followed by a series of arrests the following weeks 3. Non-religious man - followed by surprise story of how he/they got radicalized "instantly" 4. Unknown motive.

5. European sounding name. David or something....

LightsStillOn

gw80 wrote: »

Don't forget to put some pants on before you go out 😀

Where's the fun in that

LuckyRoche

FalconGirl wrote: »

5. European sounding name. David or something....

6. Homegrown terrorism.

Ulysses Gaze

LuckyRoche wrote: »

6. Homegrown terrorism.

7. Disenfranchised

RayM

What's the point in having a 'Politics Café' when AH is full of threads like this? A couple of days ago, a fairly harmless, uncontroversial thread about an Irish football team winning a European match was locked because "there's a Soccer forum for all soccer talk" - fair enough (I hate soccer even more than I hate terrorists), but why can't that rule apply to threads about really serious issues? I remember when AH used to be fun. Heavy topics like this are fucking ruining it. Can the mods/admins/site owners honestly not see this?

kupus

RayM wrote: »

What's the point in having a 'Politics Café' when AH is full of threads like this? A couple of days ago, a fairly harmless, uncontroversial thread about an Irish football team winning a European match was locked because "there's a Soccer forum for all soccer talk" - fair enough (I hate soccer even more than I hate terrorists), but why can't that rule apply to threads about really serious issues? I remember when AH used to be fun. Heavy topics like this are fucking ruining it. Can the mods/admins/site owners honestly not see this?

As far as i know the rules back seat modding is an offense and you should be banned from this thread.

Or is that only for other peoples accounts.
But well done on gerrymandering this thread because it hurts your feeeelings. If you dont like it there is a very easy remedy. Dont click on the thread.

BlaasForRafa

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

7. Disenfranchised

8. Discriminated against.

9. Islamaphobia

RayM

kupus wrote: »

As far as i know the rules back seat modding is an offense and you should be banned from this thread.

Or is that only for other peoples accounts.
But well done on gerrymandering this thread.

By that logic, you should be banned too.

Anyway, I'm not backseat modding. I just remember when AH wasn't full of obsessive cranks constantly having identical, long-winded arguments about the same topic. Threads like this are ruining AH.

Ulysses Gaze

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

8. Discriminated against.

9. Islamaphobia

10. Bullied


11. Blame the West

kupus

RayM wrote: »

I'm not backseat modding I just remember when AH wasn't full of obsessive cranks constantly having identical, long-winded arguments about the same topic. Threads like this are ruining AH.

sounds to me like you are. but as i edited in, the remedy is very simple dont click on the thread. And let the people have their say.

Remember boards slogan is "Now yere talking"
and not "Now yere talking, what we only want you to talk about"

Ulysses Gaze

kupus wrote: »

sounds to me like you are. but as i edited in, the remedy is very simple dont click on the thread. And let the people have their say.

Remember boards slogan is "Now yere talking"
and not "Now yere talking, what we only want you to talk about"

He does have a valid point about the Dundalk thread though.

Ah I see the anti-Muslim brigade are out in force.

Penny Tration

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah I see the anti-Muslim brigade are out in force.

Well you wouldn't really have anti-christians posting in a thread about a man who injured people, after shouting an Islamic extremist phrase.

LuckyRoche

RayM wrote: »

By that logic, you should be banned too.

Anyway, I'm not backseat modding. I just remember when AH wasn't full of obsessive cranks constantly having identical, long-winded arguments about the same topic. Threads like this are ruining AH.

Terrorism is the one of biggest issues with European Union citizens at present. This is going to be reflected throughout European Internet forums.

Eurobarometer wrote:

Europeans see immigration and terrorism as the major challenges facing the EU at the moment, and they support the political priorities of the European Commission.

Europeans see immigration and terrorism as the major challenges facing the EU at the moment, and they support the political priorities of the European Commission. These are two key results of the latest Standard Eurobarometer survey published today. The survey was carried out between 21 and 31 May 2016 in 34 countries and territories[1].

Immigration and terrorism are seen as the major challenges facing the EU:
Asking citizens about their main concerns, immigration remains at the top of the most frequently cited issues facing the EU (48%, -10). Terrorism (39%, +14) remains the second most frequently cited item after a sharp increase since the previous survey in autumn 2015. It is well ahead of the economic situation (19%, -2), the state of Member States public finances (16%, -1) and unemployment (15%, -2). Immigration is number one concern for the EU in 20 Member States and among the top two concerns in all countries, except Portugal. Terrorism is number one concern in eight Member States and among the top two concerns in all countries, except Greece.

Drakares

Drakares wrote: »

Tell that to the 32 people that were killed in the airport bombings a few months ago.



Ah so it's grand then. No discussion to be had, move along.

85 people died in Nice. Would you say that's an unsafe place? Heck, 29 (31) people died in Omagh. Is that an unsafe place?

BlaasForRafa

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

10. Bullied


11. Blame the West

12. It's a peaceful religion

13. It's actually all our fault.

Widdershins

RayM wrote: »

By that logic, you should be banned too.

Anyway, I'm not backseat modding. I just remember when AH wasn't full of obsessive cranks constantly having identical, long-winded arguments about the same topic. Threads like this are ruining AH.

Yes so do I because I remember when ISIS weren't killing people left right &centre.

Of course people will talk about it now .

Skylinehead

Mod: This thread is beyond awful. Discuss the topic, or the thread will be closed like many before it.

Widdershins

A gay Syrian refugee was another victim of those bas*888s too. In Turkey .

SEPT 23 1989

Knives hammers machetes trucks guns bombs

They will have to do better than that to put a dent in the western dream

RayM

LuckyRoche wrote: »

Terrorism is the one of biggest issues with European Union citizens at present. This is going to be reflected throughout European Internet forums.

There are other forums on Boards that are far more suited to discussions about big issues. AH should be a humorous, lighthearted forum and topics like this are ruining it.

skywanderer

Its the Jihadi Olympics, where Allah presents the medals.

Widdershins

Thought policing and censorship takes the light heartedness out of a forum too.
Nothing stopping anyone making a lighter thread

kupus

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

He does have a valid point about the Dundalk thread though.

Read a bit of it and clicked out... and you know what. Life went on.

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah I see the anti-Muslim brigade are out in force.

where are they, quick quick hitlers coming. hide. Well done on deflecting the thread away from the title.

Whats next deny people their voice because it dosest agree with yours. Isnt that the whole point of liberalism. Everybody has an equal voice.
Youve already defamed a lot of the posters on here already. so whats left????
What of the 4Ds are you holding back on.....
ahh information distortion, nope thats already done. So 30 posts into it and the 4 gospel rules of the left have made an appearance.
This is a record even for AH.

AgileMyth

I used to live in Charleroi. Its a proper ****hole.

All the weapons being used in all these attacks are being run through there, I'm sure of it. I actually thought it would be the last place to experience this kind of thing, since all the scum live there.

Even a dog knows not to **** where it eats.

Ulysses Gaze

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah I see the anti-Muslim brigade are out in force.

It's a shame that these attacks are becoming more common place across Europe. And that more innocent people need to be hurt and some killed.

I can only speak for myself and say that my posts are just pre-empting the same old tired cliches that will be rolled out by the media. Perhaps it is time for the media to stop soft soaping this issue and start asking hard questions?

Maybe it's also time to discuss the by now evident, radical, problem element within Islam, without being called racists, xenophobes, Islamophobes and what can be done to stop it.Perhaps the media should focus in on Saudi funding of hate Mosques in Europe and start more naming and shaming of them?

For a start, I would suggest that Western Governments need to stop all funding coming in from Saudi to build new Mosques and let's close down and demolish the Mosques that currently preach hate.

Drakares

Deleted User wrote: »

Heck, 29 (31) people died in Omagh. Is that an unsafe place?

Wow that is really pathetic..

It is now a weekly occurrence in Europe that there is some sort of attack. But yes this is definitely comparable to the Omagh bombings in 1998.

AgileMyth

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah I see the anti-Muslim brigade are out in force.

Having first hand experience of the arabic community in Charleroi I can tell you its not nice, you can feel the hostility throughout the city. It just doesn't feel safe.

I did date a couple of arab women when I was there. They thought I was amazing just cause I treated them like people. Doesn't say much for their own, since I'm a complete dick.

kneemos

RayM wrote: »

There are other forums on Boards that are far more suited to discussions about big issues. AH should be a humorous, lighthearted forum and topics like this are ruining it.

This is the funniest one I've seen in a while.

kupus

AgileMyth wrote: »

Having first hand experience of the arabic community in Charleroi I can tell you its not nice, you can feel the hostility throughout the city. It just doesn't feel safe.

I did date a couple of arab women when I was there. They thought I was amazing just cause I treated them like people. Doesn't say much for their own, since I'm a complete dick.

take a walk thru molenbeek any time of the day and its the same feeling

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I can see this thread is going to end well, and everybody will be a much better person after engaging in a very mature and civil manner.