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Could a terror attack happen in Ireland?

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    #542
    Cheerful Spring
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring


    dabins wrote: »
    With all the recent terrorist terrorist attacks in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, do you think an attack is a possibility here?

    Where would be the most likely target in your opinion?

    What would the response be like, and who would respond?

    Does Ireland have the capability to respond to an attack?

    Is there any known threat to this country?

    Also, who would be the security source here, my guess is MI5 or MI6.

    Not talking about the North here, but Islamist terrorism.

    One of London attackers, who lived here by the way, lets not forget. Could have organised the attack on a Dublin venue or place, It's not as if we not welcoming to different cultures and they are targets. Will it happen, who knows. But don't be naive thinking Ireland is safe. Isis lists this country as an enemy.


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    #543
    Guy Sajer
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    Extremists are in Ireland and are using the easy access to get to the UK. They are not going to attack here as long as they have easy access to the UK.

    But this access has been highlighted recently and will be closed off so then we are at risk. If they can't travel to uk they can attack here and it will be an easy target.

    Look how many went to fight in Libya from Ireland.


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    #544
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Cheerful Spring wrote: »
    9/11 style attack we be ****ed.

    Siptu would be fucked anyway.


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    #545
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,259 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Aren't we more likely to win the lotto?


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    #546
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,362 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Cheerful Spring wrote: »
    dabins wrote: »
    With all the recent terrorist terrorist attacks in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, do you think an attack is a possibility here?

    Where would be the most likely target in your opinion?

    What would the response be like, and who would respond?

    Does Ireland have the capability to respond to an attack?

    Is there any known threat to this country?

    Also, who would be the security source here, my guess is MI5 or MI6.

    Not talking about the North here, but Islamist terrorism.

    One of London attackers, who lived here by the way, lets not forget. Could have organised the attack on a Dublin venue or place, It's not as if we not welcoming to different cultures and they are targets. Will it happen, who knows. But don't be naive thinking Ireland is safe. Isis lists this country as an enemy.

    Don't ISIS list every country as an enemy ?


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    #547
    Samaris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    Somewhere, a proto-jihadist looks up from his computer "Hey, the infidels have a point, I could totally blow up X"


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    #548
    Cheerful Spring
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Don't ISIS list every country as an enemy ?

    no, they don't

    This is their list and this was taken from an Isis video.
    421678.png


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    #549
    henryporter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    The attack already took place 10 years ago when Fianna Failure sold the country out to protect the banks.

    What did we do then - nothing: we get more upset about having to pay a few bin charges


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    #550
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    There would be a three pronged response to any terrorist attack here .
    1. Stick on the kettle.
    2. Make hang sandwiches.
    3. Call Joe.


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    #551
    dabins
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    Here are two more questions.

    Give me a detailed scenario of an attack in Dublin and detail the probable response please,
    and, have you ever been caught up or in a city during a terror attack, what was it like?


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    #552
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Did we not have this topic to exhaustion recently?

    Terrorists trying to ware us down?


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    #553
    SEPT 23 1989
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    You started the thread a day early

    Friday is the day things seem to happen


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    #554
    El_Duderino 09
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    dabins wrote:
    What would the response be like, and who would respond?


    Same as everywhere else that gets attacked.

    Some people would react with dignity and see what measured response would useful. The English have been remarkably dignified in their response to the 3 recent attacks.

    Cowards would p1ss themselves and call for Muslim bans etc. Racists would see it as an excuse to express their racism.


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    #555
    dabins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 ✭dabins


    dabins wrote: »
    Here are two more questions.

    Give me a detailed scenario of an attack in Dublin and detail the probable response please,
    and, have you ever been caught up or in a city during a terror attack, what was it like?

    Please answer.


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    #556
    WinnyThePoo
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    dabins wrote: »
    Please answer.

    Nope


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    #557
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    dabins wrote: »
    Please answer.

    Why?

    You're not the boss of me....... yet.


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    #558
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭maxwell smart


    Our highly paid and motivated Garda would be quick to respond and put their lives on the line in our defence.

    Then, if there are casualties, our world class, highly resourced health service would roll into action making sure there was plenty of room available in our major hospitals.

    Our politicians would be calm and collected, ensuring not one of them use such an incident as a way of making personal political points against each other, they would stand together.

    I can see it now.........

    Oh hang on, actually we'd be totally fooked.


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    #559
    Kivaro
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    dabins wrote: »
    Also, who would be the security source here, my guess is MI5 or MI6.

    The British secret security services are already operating in Ireland tracking the jihadists that the Irish freely left in. The Irish liberal left (Liam Cunningham et al.) would be crying bloody murder (pun intended) if anything was done to impede the 'rights' of these jihadists in Ireland.


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    #560
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    maxwell smart wrote: »
    Our highly paid and motivated Garda would be quick to respond and put their lives on the line in our defence.

    Then, if there are casualties, our world class, highly resourced health service would roll into action making sure there was plenty of room available in our major hospitals.

    Our politicians would be calm and collected, ensuring not one of them use such an incident as a way of making personal political points against each other, they would stand together.

    I can see it now.........

    Oh hang on, actually we'd be totally fooked.

    And don't forget that RTE will have the usual 'experts' from the Islamic Council of Ireland and other similar groups on 6/1 news telling us to "not to knee jerk" in response to the carnage. At least that is what the woman from the Immigrant Council of Ireland told us when she was the expert on the 6/1 news after the most recent terrorist event in London.


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    #561
    osarusan
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    Depends on the location and kind of attack.

    If it was on a symbolic target like the Dail or Dublin castle or somewhere similar, the response would probably be decent.

    But if it drivers armed with knives ploughing a car into into people in somewhere like Ennis, the response would probably be slow.


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    #562
    El_Duderino 09
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    Kivaro wrote:
    . The Irish liberal left would be crying bloody murder if anything was done to impede the 'rights' of these jihadists in Ireland.

    I doubt anyone would object to impeding the rights of jihadists. If someone is prove to be a jihadi then hey should face prosecution for their crime.

    If you mean wide sweeping impediment to the rights of Muslims in case they are jihadis,then you'd have lots of people object. Internment in northern Ireland gives us a precedent for what it would look like. The 'liberal left' would be right to cry bloody murder if someone suggested something like that.


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    #563
    Kivaro
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    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

    If you mean wide sweeping impediment to the rights of Muslims in case they are jihadis,then you'd have lots of people object. Internment in northern Ireland gives us a precedent for what it would look like. The 'liberal left' would be right to cry bloody murder if someone suggested something like that.

    That's some jump there snowflake.

    And it's not cool to edit quotes.


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    #564
    El_Duderino 09
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    Kivaro wrote:
    That's some jump there snowflake.
    Snowflake must have changed meaning. I don't get the context.
    Kivaro wrote:
    And it's not cool to edit quotes.
    Just editing out irrelevant details for ease of reading.

    Anyway if you want to play the ball rather than the man, feel free


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    #565
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

    Just editing out irrelevant details for ease of reading.
    Anyway if you want to play the ball rather than the man, feel free

    I am playing the ball .......
    Just trying to get you to come down from the hyperbole.


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    #566
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 19,998 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Kivaro wrote:
    I am playing the ball ....... Just trying to get you to come down from the hyperbole.

    Hyperbole?

    I made a destination between impeding the rights of proven jihadis Vs impeding the rights of a wide group in case they're jihadis as has actually happened on this island in the recent past. I think the left would rightly oppose one and not the other.

    You whinged about snowflakes and editing quotes and hyperbole. If you want to make an argument, that would be more interesting.


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    #567
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    Hyperbole?

    I made a destination between impeding the rights of proven jihadis Vs impeding the rights of a wide group in case they're jihadis as has actually happened on this island in the recent past. I think the left would rightly oppose one and not the other.

    You whinged about snowflakes and editing quotes and hyperbole. If you want to make an argument, that would be more interesting.

    That's just a confusing post, so I'll leave you at it.


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    #568
    Arcade_Tryer
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    There already was a terror attack on Ireland. It happened in 2008/09.


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    #569
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 19,998 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Kivaro wrote:
    That's just a confusing post, so I'll leave you at it.

    Much better idea than trying to cobble together an actual argument against what I said. Fair play.


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    #570
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    Arcade_Tryer wrote: »
    There already was a terror attack on Ireland. It happened in 2008/09.

    Financial terrorism that lead to the recession you mean..



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    #571
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭jeanjolie


    We will get a terror attack but it will be very difficult to pull off.

    We tend to forget that Ireland isn't the 'neutral' happy go-lucky country across the world. We may not be involved in wars in the Middle East but our lifestyle and the ideals we share do piss a lot of people off.non-religious extremists are most likely going to mount an attack.

    The only problem is access to any destructive weapon (firearm, explosive) or even low level chemical weapons is extremely difficult. This probably discounts lone wolf attackers.

    An attack here is even more likely because Ireland still hasn't 'lost it's innocence' in regards to terror attacks like the US, UK and France. Most likely any attack will try to exploit and bring to light the unpreparedness of the health service and law enforcement which will certainly provoke a reaction to start changing laws and mindsets...all what the next terror group wants.


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