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BREAKING :: 'Islamists' take hostages in Sydney cafe siege
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Only the sage wisdom of the tribal elders understand the best practices to hunt and trap Deluxe RVs... The propane are gill-netted in the fall to prepare for the winter months
Colpy don't go steering this boat back toward the the Op. We want to talk about the environment.
If memory serves, Australia has had significant issues related to discord between the Muslim community and the balance of Australian society.
I''l wager that this incident will kick-start the discussion related to limitations on Australia accepting new citizens and/or refugee claimants from the Middle East.
Oh sorry......
Obviously the fault of western imperialism, capitalism, racism, and white privilege......and mostly because of Global Warming.
Yup; that Iraq thing was bad, and Georgie should have swung for it. All it did was piss off the Muzzies..........and now this, and more to come apparently. Glad Canada more or less stayed out of it.
Won't help us now, but it is what it is.
Cliff, do you still support those who fight Kinder Morgan even though they are a Corporation with assets of evil? Will you shop at one of the Squamish Bands malls, eat at their restaurants and bars, fill you bike or buy propane from one of their gas stations or live in one of their high rises?
Very true, but at some point, the general population will fully back the move and those (Muslim) individuals that are not anywhere close to the fanatic profile will pay a heavy price.
Extremely unfortunate, but the nutbars they allow into the immigration pool will be the demise of the presence of Muslims in the Western world.
What i get a kick out of is the attack on religion.
You religious kooks start all the wars with your fake god and your holier than thou attitude. Bunch of crackpots, that's what you are.
No, no absolutely not... I wasn't addressing Islam. I meant Christians and Jews.
You religious kooks start all the wars with your fake god and your holier than thou attitude. Bunch of crackpots, that's what you are.
No, no absolutely not... I wasn't addressing Islam. I meant Christians and Jews.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-storm-sydney-caf%C3%A9-to-end-hostage-taking-1.2873068""
Sydney police storm the cafe.
All I know. There's the link.
ONE GUY . IT'S ONE ****ING GUY, AND HE SHOWED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW !!! The knew it was one guy.
Why didn't they take him out ? bomb?
Link no good. shat !!
Sydney police storm the cafe.
All I know. There's the link.
ONE GUY . IT'S ONE ****ING GUY, AND HE SHOWED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW !!! The knew it was one guy.
Why didn't they take him out ? bomb?
Link no good. shat !!
Could be.
A number of people have been hit," Australian state broadcaster ABC reported. ABC journalists said the siege appears to be over. "Certainly it's ended," an ABC journalist said. [Previous story, posted at 10:31 a.m.]
(CNN) -- Gunfire erupted early Tuesday at the Sydney cafe where a gunman has been holding hostages.
Police could be seen throwing flash-bang grenades into the cafe in video aired by CNN affiliate Seven Network.
At least one person has been shot, Australian state broadcaster ABC reported. Medics were performing CPR on two people, the broadcaster reported.
The fate of the hostages and the gunman, identified by an official with direct knowledge of the situation as Man Haron Monis, was unclear Tuesday.
Hundreds of police officers, including snipers, had surrounded the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney's central business district shortly after the gunman took over the building at 10 a.m. Monday(6 p.m. ET on Sunday).
Chilling images from Australian media on Monday showed people, believed to be hostages, with their hands pressed against the cafe's windows. They were holding up a black flag with Arabic writing on it reading, "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
Five hostages sprinted out of the cafe toward heavily armed police officers several hours into the standoff, sending the gunman into an agitated tirade, according to an Australian reporter.
Man Haron Monis.
Chris Reason, a correspondent for CNN affiliate Seven Network, said the gunman became "extremely agitated" when he realized what had happened and "started screaming orders" at the remaining hostages.
Reason said he could see the gunman pacing past the cafe's windows from his vantage point at the network's nearby offices. He described the man as unshaven, wearing a white shirt and black cap and carrying a shotgun.
The gunman made his demands for a flag and phone call through hostages who contacted several media organizations, CNN affiliate Sky News Australia reported.
Some had also reportedly posted messages to social networking sites and the YouTube online video service. Police urged media early Tuesday not to show the videos.
The gunman has been identified as Man Haron Monis, an official with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN.
Also known as Sheikh Haron, he pleaded guilty in 2013 to writing letters to Australian service members saying they were "Hitler's soldiers," according to Australian media reports.
He is probably acting alone and does not appear to be part of a broader plot, additional U.S. law enforcement and intelligence sources say.
Beyond the demands for the flag and phone call, precisely what he wants remained murky late Monday.
As night fell, Reason said the cafe's lights had been turned off, plunging the interior into "complete darkness."
Before some of the hostages had fled, Seven Network reported that at least 13 people were being held at the cafe, but police declined to say how many were in there. New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said it was fewer than 30.
The incident left Australians shaken.
"We are doing all we can to set you free," New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said at a news conference Monday, directing his comments to the hostages and their loved ones.
Abbott called the incident "profoundly shocking."
Busy Sydney streets fall silent during tense hostage standoff
Bustling area eerily quiet
Police barricaded off streets and evacuated buildings near the cafe, bringing an eerie quiet to a district typically buzzing with pedestrians and vehicles.
"The police presence here is like nothing the center of Sydney has ever seen," Luke McIlveen, editor of the Daily Mail Australia, told CNN on Monday.
The Martin Place train station was shut down, according to police. They urged people to stay away from the area, but some local office workers gathered at the scene to try to find out what was going on.
The buildings evacuated included the U.S. Consulate General, spokeswoman Alicia Edwards said. All personnel have been accounted for, although it's not known whether there are any U.S. citizens among the hostages.
U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed on the situation.
The company that runs the cafe, Lindt Chocolate Cafe Australia, said it was "deeply concerned over this serious incident and our thoughts and prayers are with the staff and customers involved and all their friends and families."
Australians stand up to Islamophobia with #illridewithyou
'That could be me'
The hostages appeared to include staff and customers who were taken captive as commuters were heading to work Monday morning in the Martin Place area, where big institutions like the Reserve Bank of Australia are located.
One employee of the cafe, who was due to work a later shift Monday, was deeply shaken after seeing footage of some of her colleagues pressed against the window.
"That could be me, right there, standing at that window, standing there, holding that flag, being told not to move," Kathryn Chee, 25, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "It's just horrifying."
Chris Kenny, an editor at The Australian newspaper, said he was at the cafe Monday morning. He left shortly before the siege started.
"As police quickly swarmed and cleared the area, I turned to see a man against the window, facing out with his hands raised," he wrote in his account of the incident. "At first I was relieved thinking this was the gunman responding to police -- but soon the awful realization the customers were being forced against the windows."
Narrow escape
A cafe worker who asked for safety reasons to be identified by his first name, Nathan, said he almost became one of the hostages.
Nathan said he arrived at the cafe in the morning, but when he tried to go in, some of his co-workers told him it was closed for the day.
"At this point, I'm thinking something is definitely off," he said. "I could see a hand and what looked like half a gun. I only saw part of his (the gunman's) body."
He said the cafe had both its doors locked, which is unusual at that time.
Muslim leaders condemn hostage taking
The writing on the flag in the window stoked fears that the crisis in Sydney could be linked to Islamic extremists. Australia, which is part of the international coalition fighting ISIS in the Middle East, said in September that it had foiled a plot by Islamic militants to carry out a public executi
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-storm-sydney-caf%C3%A9-to-end-hostage-taking-1.2873068""
Sydney police storm the cafe.
All I know. There's the link.
ONE GUY . IT'S ONE ****ING GUY, AND HE SHOWED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW !!! The knew it was one guy.
Why didn't they take him out ? bomb?
Police storm Sydney café to end hostage-taking - World - CBC News
Sydney police storm the cafe.
All I know. There's the link.
ONE GUY . IT'S ONE ****ING GUY, AND HE SHOWED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW !!! The knew it was one guy.
Why didn't they take him out ? bomb?
Police storm Sydney café to end hostage-taking - World - CBC News
You truly are stupid.. I like to drive truck, but it's not my degree. Driving truck allows me to get paid while travelling the USA and Canada..
If I'm not driving truck, I hope in my personal car and go for drives. I just love to drive.
Better then sitting behind a desk, watching 500 servers.