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ISIS - Could they be a threat to Ireland?

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  • 05-11-2016 11:39PM
    #1
    Edups
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    Given we're completely neutral and don't go to war, could ISIS be a threat to us or would you be worried about an attack?


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    #2
    NikoTopps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭NikoTopps


    I'm not worried about an attack on Irish soil in the slightest - We're small fish.


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    #3
    darkpagandeath
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    Many reasons.

    International airports linked to the USA.
    Soft western target.
    Population of Muslims that some already have been radicalised.


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    #4
    Pickpocket
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    Edups wrote: »
    Given we're completely neutral and don't go to war, could ISIS be a threat to us or would you be worried about an attack?

    I seem to remember an ISIS video that named Ireland as one of their enemies. However I don't think our neutrality is all that relevant. We're a western European, predominantly Christian country with strong cultural links to the US and the UK. I'm not worried about an attack but of course it's a possibility. Just look at some of the lone-wolf stuff that's been happening all over the world (which the ISIS media machine claim as their own). It's very hard to identify those individuals before they finally crack and the grim reality is that it could happen anywhere.


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    #5
    brevity
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    US planes in Shannon might be a bone of contention with them but to be honest IS threats should be the least of our worries.


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    darkpagandeath
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    brevity wrote: »
    US planes in Shannon might be a bone of contention with them but to be honest IS threats should be the least of our worries.

    Interesting proviso. Would our home grown lads let them operate here or take the law into their own hands if they heard of a threat ?


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    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,065 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Yes Ireland is a target.

    But people should not be afraid to go outdoors or anything.

    The head of FBI warned us few weeks ago. That should have got much more coverage then it did

    EVENFLOW



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    Pickpocket
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Interesting proviso. Would our home grown lads let them operate here or take the law into their own hands if they heard of a threat ?

    I'm pretty sure that the Discovery Channel, or some other faux documentary network, had a show entitled IRA v Al Qaeda, complete with dramatised battles conducted in what looked like a car park.


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    KevIRL
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    Even the All Blacks aren't a threat to us anymore. Be grand.


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    #10
    refusetolose
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    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwhSot5XcAAr9ST.jpg


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    Flippyfloppy
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

    The head of FBI warned us few weeks ago. That should have got much more coverage then it did

    I can't find that at all, where was it reported?


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    darlett
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    Im sure we're well down the list, but theres so many of the bastards that you could not be surprised if and more so when it happens.
    Of course many will say it is Shannons fault but been as we are not the right sect of their chosen religion we re damned anyway so I wouldnt sweat it.


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    The_Valeyard
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    Pickpocket wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure that the Discovery Channel, or some other faux documentary network, had a show entitled IRA v Al Qaeda, complete with dramatised battles conducted in what looked like a car park.

    Yeah, we won that. So hopefully they saw the same show and wont come here.


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    #14
    Tuco88
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    Neutral, what is neutral in today's world ??? For ISIS it's western or non western. I hate that word when discussing conflict in today's world. You would think it makes us invincible to all forms of attack.

    It's a lazy attempt to not prepare.

    Bollox, we were never Neutral.


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    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Pickpocket wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure that the Discovery Channel, or some other faux documentary network, had a show entitled IRA v Al Qaeda, complete with dramatised battles conducted in what looked like a car park.

    Deadliest warriors. Mad really

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHxPl5ZJpg


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    artanevilla
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    Everywhere's a target.


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    The_Kew_Tour
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    Flippyfloppy wrote: »
    I can't find that at all, where was it reported?

    Sorry meant CIA.

    EVENFLOW



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    #18
    Your Face
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    ISIS so sick of threads like these.


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    #19
    Sweetemotion
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    I don't think ISIS are going to be a threat to anyone they are getting destroyed in Mosul.


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    #20
    Hande hoche!
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    Will be interesting to see who takes Raqqa in the end.


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    #21
    KungPao
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    Their dream of a Caliphate is falling apart now. So I think "Islamic State" will be on the scrapheap soon enough, so nothing to fear from them. But other Islamist oddballs will replace them and continue to be a threat, but it's unlikely we would be high on their list of enemies.


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    The_Kew_Tour
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    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    I don't think ISIS are going to be a threat to anyone they are getting destroyed in Mosul.

    Tell that to the French

    EVENFLOW



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    #23
    darlett
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    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    I don't think ISIS are going to be a threat to anyone they are getting destroyed in Mosul.

    I think any threat is not so much ISIS themselves, so much as the lonely bedroom boys* wanting to have an importance/relevance/connection with someone or something #doingit4ISIS.


    *It's cool. I'm in the kitchen.


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    #24
    Sweetemotion
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Tell that to the French

    Why?


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    rtron
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    Fuuny story I was only thinking of Isis today.The Isis hotel.


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    #26
    Sweetemotion
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    darlett wrote: »
    I think any threat is not so much ISIS themselves, so much as the lonely bedroom boys* wanting to have an importance/relevance/connection with someone or something #doingit4ISIS.


    *It's cool. I'm in the kitchen.


    Radical Muslims?


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    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Got to laugh at 'rational' factors being factored in to this kind of scenario. Like some radicalised nutbag here wouldn't try something.


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    #28
    KungPao
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    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    Radical Muslims?
    Totally, dude.


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    #29
    The_Kew_Tour
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    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    Why?

    Really?

    EVENFLOW



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    #30
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,564 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    KungPao wrote: »
    Totally, dude.



    ha ha looks like he is trying to his best to get away from the back wheel eating him up.


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    #31
    lawlolawl
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    I want to kick a burning terrorist so hard in the balls that i tear a tendon in my foot whilst screaming "****in' mon, then".

    Your move ISIS.


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