Tunisian Hotel Attack

Boring username · 26-06-2015 02:09PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Terrible loss of life and terrible for the country too because the tourism industry will not bounce back from this fast, especially with that other attack on the museum in March.

Regarding my earlier comments in another thread about ISIS flooding Europe with terrorists disguised as refugees, it may interest you that one of the suspects for the Museum attack was arrested by Italian police on, yes, you guessed it, a refugee boat arriving in Italy.

Drakares · 26-06-2015 02:14PM

Religion of peace strikes again.

JCX BXC · 26-06-2015 02:16PM

Local media reporting mainly German and British among the fatalities.

Must be awful for the families of people on holidays in Tunisia.

Tina82 · 26-06-2015 02:17PM

very scary....evil to the core....getting very close to home aswell !!!!

hmmm · 26-06-2015 02:18PM

If I had to carpet Ireland in wind turbines so that not one cent of our money had to go to Saudi Arabia, I'd do it.

Ash.J.Williams · 26-06-2015 02:19PM

Drakares wrote: »

Religion of peace strikes again.

it's probably the 25th time i've read that line today

DipStick McSwindler · 26-06-2015 02:19PM

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Boom_Bap · 26-06-2015 02:20PM

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JONJO THE MISER · 26-06-2015 02:20PM

seanaway wrote: »

That poor man in the sand.....words fail

Will be seeing much more of this with uncontrolled immigration/invasion from north african and middle east countries.

homerjay2005 · 26-06-2015 02:21PM

i was thinking about going there next week on holidays and had looked at the RUI hotels. was a bit expensive and didnt book it yet though..

think they will cancel the place as a destination after this now.

deadybai · 26-06-2015 02:23PM

Sky news reporting that a plane has turned around which was en route form Brussles to Tunisia

Streetwalker · 26-06-2015 02:25PM

Tina82 wrote: »

very scary....evil to the core....getting very close to home aswell !!!!

Tunisia, Kuwait or the south of France isn't anywhere near Ireland

seanaway · 26-06-2015 02:26PM

Tina82 wrote: »

very scary....evil to the core....getting very close to home aswell !!!!

I take it you are too young to remember the troubles?

Streetwalker · 26-06-2015 02:27PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i was thinking about going there next week on holidays and had looked at the RUI hotels. was a bit expensive and didnt book it yet though..

think they will cancel the place as a destination after this now.

That is what they want. I'd consider going there next year now tbh.

hmmm · 26-06-2015 02:30PM

Streetwalker wrote: »

That is what they want. I'd consider going there next year now tbh.

It's very sad for the Tunisians. It's the one North African country that really looks like it could make the leap to proper democracy, but if their tourist industry is killed off it will plunge the place back into real poverty with all the problems that will inevitably follow - which is what the terrorists want. I don't see a solution unfortunately.

murpho999 · 26-06-2015 02:30PM

Scary stuff this, was in Sousse and on that beach myself only a couple of years ago, so it makes this more real if you know what I mean.

conorhal · 26-06-2015 02:34PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Look, a coalition force went into Iraq already, routed the enemy, tried to install a freely elected govt. Result? We created ISIS.

We've been bombing them, locking them up and torturing them, chasing them around the deserts of Africa and the Middle East for years. Where do you start? Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Lebanon, Syria?

This is a proxy war between Shi'ites and Sunni's. Let them at it, get out and wait for the dust to settle.

The Saudi's & Iran are the only 2 who can sit down and sort this out. Israel won't sit idly by for too much longer. Not sure why NATO needs to make itself a target by getting involved.

Who's this 'we' kemosabe? The rest I agree with. I've long mantained that you cannot fight an ideology, you can only combat it in the same manner we did communism, a line in the sand and an iron curtian. Let them sort it out or let it burn itself out, but whatever you do, don't invite it over for tea.

26-06-2015 02:34PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i was thinking about going there next week on holidays and had looked at the RUI hotels. was a bit expensive and didnt book it yet though..

think they will cancel the place as a destination after this now.

It always comes up as the cheapest option on Thomas Cook flying from Belfast. Contemplated it as a destination this year and last.

LandanLife · 26-06-2015 02:35PM

deadybai wrote: »

Sky news reporting that a plane has turned around which was en route form Brussles to Tunisia

That is a very extreme course of action.

seanaway · 26-06-2015 02:36PM

LandanLife wrote: »

That is a very extreme course of action.

Not until you know the reason why. How would you feel as a tourist heading out there from Brussels just now?

FouxDaFaFa · 26-06-2015 02:38PM

deadybai wrote: »

Sky news reporting that a plane has turned around which was en route form Brussles to Tunisia

Could you give more information on this?

Is the aircraft experiencing difficulty and landing somewhere else, or is it being suggested that it is returning to Brussels because that sounds very unlikely.

Streetwalker · 26-06-2015 02:41PM

hmmm wrote: »

It's very sad for the Tunisians. It's the one North African country that really looks like it could make the leap to proper democracy, but if their tourist industry is killed off it will plunge the place back into real poverty with all the problems that will inevitably follow - which is what the terrorists want. I don't see a solution unfortunately.

Which is why it's important to support them.

26-06-2015 02:41PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Could you give more information on this?

Is the aircraft experiencing difficulty and landing somewhere else, or is it being suggested that it is returning to Brussels because that sounds very unlikely.

Dunno if this will help
http://www.flightradar24.com/JAF5017/6a294e1

Magico Gonzalez · 26-06-2015 02:42PM

conorhal wrote: »

Who's this 'we' kemosabe? The rest I agree with. I've long mantained that you cannot fight an ideology, you can only combat it in the same manner we did communism, a line in the sand and an iron curtian. Let them sort it out or let it burn itself out, but whatever you do, don't invite it over for tea.

Right, Ireland's neutrality is a sham at this stage. Plenty of NATO exercises rely on our support.

LandanLife · 26-06-2015 02:42PM

seanaway wrote: »

Not until you know the reason why. How would you feel as a tourist heading out there from Brussels just now?

If it was a charter flight, okay.

A scheduled flight doing a U-turn for one incident? Too much.

Special Circumstances · 26-06-2015 02:51PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Scary stuff this, was in Sousse and on that beach myself only a couple of years ago, so it makes this more real if you know what I mean.

Was in the El Mouradi Palm Marina many years ago myself.
There were good people there but it was often obvious that you were tolerated rather than welcomed when you were outside the resorts ( or sometimes even within the resort!). I wouldn't have gone back there on that basis alone, never mind more recent events.

FouxDaFaFa · 26-06-2015 02:52PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Dunno if this will help
http://www.flightradar24.com/JAF5017/6a294e1

That's bizarre. It appears they got down past Italy and then did a u-turn and are set to return to Brussels.

And it appears to be a charter flight.

JCX BXC · 26-06-2015 02:53PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

That's bizarre. It appears they got down past Italy and then did a u-turn and are set to return to Brussels.

And it appears to be a commercial scheduled flight, not a private chartered flight.

It's basically Thomson/Falcon.
Charter company and I assume 95% of pax are on package holidays.

fullstop · 26-06-2015 03:00PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

That's bizarre. It appears they got down past Italy and then did a u-turn and are set to return to Brussels.

And it appears to be a commercial scheduled flight, not a private chartered flight.

The picture of the plane on the link would suggest it's a charter plane. I'd sure as hell be glad to be turning around. Can you imagine landing into that **** storm to start your holidays?

seanaway · 26-06-2015 03:04PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Right, Ireland's neutrality is a sham at this stage. Plenty of NATO exercises rely on our support.

Such as? NATO 'rely' on our support? What do you mean? Do you think NATO can't funstion if we aren't there to support them?

PLease give examples of such exercises.

Tunisian Hotel Attack

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