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Explosions and gunfire at Istanbul airport

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  • #122
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    stunmer wrote: »
    Good list here (1983 - 2016) -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks

    Yep. As I thought, hundreds of terror attacks in the middle east Ive never even heard about .


  • #123
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Yep. As I thought, hundreds of terror attacks in the middle east Ive never even heard about .

    Add on the ones from the west and the death toll goes up tenfold.


  • #124
    stuar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭stuar


    stunmer wrote: »
    This is true. I was replying to your response to this post:


    You say "People seem to forget the vast majority of victims of ISIS are Muslim.".

    I don't understand the point you are trying to make. Care to explain? Does that make ISIS members not Muslim?

    What are you on about?, did I say they weren't Muslim?, I said they were Sunni, did you think I was talking about Sunni Christians, Sunni Jews, Sunni Hindus?

    I wasn't really trying to make any point in particular, but if you insist I make a point it's this, ISIS are an extremist Sunni Wahabi Muslim group who kill everybody regardless of religion who don't agree with them, including there own, 99% of ISIS victims are Muslim, 99% of the people fighting ISIS are Muslim.


  • #125
    getzls
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    Muslims are the largest victims of Islam


  • #126
    Delta2113
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    Vincent Browne said we are partly to blame for this because U.S. use of Shannon Airport - I am not joking.


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  • #127
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    getzls wrote: »
    This is partly the reason people voted to leave the EU.
    Staying in would have caused easier access to the UK of terrorism
    Except that would mean completely ignoring the terrorist attack in the UK less than two weeks ago.

    All in all, another tragedy to lump on an increasing pile. You really have to feel for the victims' friends and families, and it's only worse in that respect to see this happen during Ramadan. Still plenty to come out on it, but it does seem to have a strong whiff of ISIS or Al Qaeda about it at this point.


  • #128
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    getzls wrote: »
    Muslims are the largest victims of Islam

    Martyrs.


  • #129
    stuar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭stuar


    ISIS have been confirmed by the Turkish PM to be behind the attack.

    There were three suicide bombers who arrived at the Airport by taxi.


  • #130
    Stig Inge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭Stig Inge


    Penny Tration wrote: »
    Lads, instead of ripping the p!ss with the comments about Buddhists, Christians and so on, how about sparing a thought for the innocent victims who've just been horrifically murdered, yeah?

    Nice. Some fake outrage for likes. You are so caring


  • #131
    stuar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭stuar


    Stig Inge wrote: »
    Nice. Some fake outrage for likes. You are so caring

    I don't think it was fake outrage for likes, just common sense and decency about a terrorist attack that just happened, I think it was the posters writing stupid childish posts that were hoping for the likes.


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  • #132
    stuar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭stuar


    Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gave a speech to the press at the airport. According to him, this is the latest official report:

    There were 3 suicide bombers.

    They walked into the international terminal of the airport, opened fire at people and then detonated suicide belts.

    Even there is no confirmed information about the perpetrators and ISIS have not yet claimed the attacks, the PM says 'this looks like ISIS'.

    The current death toll stands at 36.

    The attackers arrived to the airport at taxi.

    The allegation that at least one of the attackers fled has been denied by the PM but he tells us that 'every odd is being evaluated.'

    There were both Turkish and foreign terrorists involved in the attack.


  • #133
    FizzleSticks
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  • #134
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    stuar wrote: »
    I don't think it was fake outrage for likes, just common sense and decency about a terrorist attack that just happened, I think it was the posters writing stupid childish posts that were hoping for the likes.

    And thanks is due for being our unsolicited moral compass


  • #135
    [Deleted User]
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    Can you imagine being the taxi driver that transported them there? Unless they were involved in it, then they unknowingly and innocently assisted in a massacre.


  • #136
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    FortySeven wrote: »
    It is sad that this is now our unavoidable future. There is no stopping this kind of attack, only limiting casualties. It is a war of attrition and they are winning it. Bastards.

    But it IS avoidable.

    Stop bombing their countries in order to plunder their resources and this **** will stop.

    It's very simple.


  • #137
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    getzls wrote: »
    Religion's unlikely to be involved in this.
    Christian, Jewish, Hindu.

    Religion's likely to be involved in this, Islam.

    Thanks for that pearl of shit-stirring, rabble rousing wisdom.

    Religion of Turkey and most likely all of the victims -- Islam.


    Unlikely reason for this attack -- "They hate us for our freedoms" :rolleyes:

    Most likely reason for the attack -- NATO are dropping bombs on their countries killing 100's of innocent women and children and blowing people to mincemeat in random drone attacks.


  • #138
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    HensVassal wrote: »
    But it IS avoidable.

    Stop bombing their countries in order to plunder their resources and this **** will stop.

    It's very simple.

    I thought that at the start.
    But if the ISIS manifesto is to be believed, we've moved passed all that and they'll continue until they achieve their end goals.


  • #139
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    The sad thing is that it's only matter time before Ireland gets attacked.

    Very sad times we live in.

    I think since WW2 only 3 days in that whole period has there been no conflict around the world.

    Sadly it's always innocent people who majority of loss of life.

    If Ireland gets attacked it'll be a false flag operation to scare the bejaysus out of us into joining NATO and building an airbase in Shannon.


  • #140
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    And now that the actual news story is ending, the general Muslim bashing, guns 'r' bad v guns 'r' good, "religion of peace, I'm sure", and the general other crud begins.


  • #141
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    Mr. Farage wrote: »
    Yeap. And yet knobs the world over including our own state broadcaster celebrated the fall of Saddam and Gaddafi. These men held the flood gates shut from these savages for the rest of the world and especially the middle east region.


    Don't forget the secular Assad and his father kept these headers in check as well. Overthrow him and there'll be an Orlando/7-7/Madrid every fuckin' week in Europe if not every other day.


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  • #142
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    HensVassal wrote: »
    Don't forget the secular Assad and his father kept these headers in check as well. Overthrow him and there'll be an Orlando/7-7/Madrid every fuckin' week in Europe if not every other day.
    Why are you replying to someone who was perma-banned and then closed his account?


  • #143
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    The sad and disgusting thing is many innocent Muslims are disgusted by these attacks. But they need do more.

    I mean it's once every 2 months nearly at this stage

    What the fuck do you mean they "need to do more"?

    What exactly do they need to do? They're not responsible.


  • #144
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    HensVassal wrote: »
    What the fuck do you mean they "need to do more"?

    What exactly do they need to do? They're not responsible.

    They don't do enough to distance themselves from the radicals.

    When when the world wake up and see there is a massive problem with radical Islam.

    But you think this is the wests fault, yeah sure .. like a girl who wears a short skirt deserves to be raped :rolleyes:


  • #145
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    clo1 wrote: »
    i am due to stopover here during my flight from dublin to thailand. flights cost me 700 euro with turkish airlines. need advice.should i consider changing my flight?

    Stay in the transfer area if you're worried. Airport bombing are normally on the public side.


  • #146
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Hats off to Turkish security services preventing a much worse situation happening


  • #147
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,129 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    HensVassal wrote: »
    But it IS avoidable.

    Stop bombing their countries in order to plunder their resources and this **** will stop.

    It's very simple.


    It won't stop and it's not that simple

    http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/


  • #148
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    I so hope you're right and maybe you are spot on, but it's been worst kept secret in that there could be up to 300 ISIS fighters in Ireland that lived or moved on past 5-6 years

    Ireland might and most likely not their main target, but rather worrying


    You need to step back and take stock of the whole situation. While ISIS are very real you have to put your thinking cap on and not jump to all sorts of lunatic conclusions and assumptions like so many of the "experts" on these forums who think they know immediately who does what and why. There's a certain advantage to scaring the public as well and governments have exploited this fear since 2001. It's an indisputable fact but people just don't want to admit it and will call you a tinfoiler if you so much as think beyond the "they hate us for our freedoms" tripe that wouldn't fool a 6 year old.


  • #149
    conorhal
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    And now that the actual news story is ending, the general Muslim bashing, guns 'r' bad v guns 'r' good, "religion of peace, I'm sure", and the general other crud begins.

    And the whataboutery and apoligists crawling out of the woodwork, that should be along shortly too.


  • #150
    stunmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭stunmer


    Deleted User wrote: »
    And now that the actual news story is ending, the general Muslim bashing, guns 'r' bad v guns 'r' good, "religion of peace, I'm sure", and the general other crud begins.

    No, we should sweep it under the carpet and ignore that we have a massive problem with fundamentalist Islam in the world today that is only getting worse and we cannot honestly discuss the consequences of the religion for fear of offending.


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  • #151
    FizzleSticks
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