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Pierre 19-12-2016 21:46

Likely terrorist attack in Berlin
 
I think we can expect more of this as we head towards Christmas

Nine die in truck 'attack' on Berlin Christmas market
http://news.sky.com/story/nine-die-i...arket-10702656

Damien 19-12-2016 21:48

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Almost certain to be terrorist according to reports from Germany.

Sirius 19-12-2016 22:12

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35876663)
No shortage of them in Turkey and thereabouts. Wonder who Putin will blame.

Seems they have arrested the driver, lets see who he is and from where ?

papa smurf 19-12-2016 22:31

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http://www.dw.com/en/truck-drives-in...tes/a-36838008

Osem 19-12-2016 22:31

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35876669)
Seems they have arrested the driver, lets see who he is and from where ?

My post should have been in the Russian ambassador thread not this one so I've deleted it.

Yes, it will be interesting to find out but it seems to share the MO of various French attacks carried out by 'IS sympathisers' and if it is, was the Turkey assassination attack just a coincidence. :shrug:

pip08456 19-12-2016 23:55

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 35876660)
I think we can expect more of this as we head towards Christmas

Nine die in truck 'attack' on Berlin Christmas market
http://news.sky.com/story/nine-die-i...arket-10702656

Yes and I expect even more going forward into the new year and beyond. Do you not realise that ISIS are not stupid and have infiltrated the refugees that they have caused?

I have no problem with genuine refugees they should be given safe haven.

If I gave you a bag of sweets and said one was poisioned but I don't know which one. Would you eat them?

Of course not! But that is exactly what ISIS has done by causing the refugee crisis in their small part. They are by no means stupid and do have a hidden agenda.

heero_yuy 20-12-2016 09:32

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35876669)
Seems they have arrested the driver, lets see who he is and from where ?

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They have detained the driver, who security sources reportedly say is an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker.

He arrived in Germany in February as a refugee, the DPA news agency said.

The daily Tagesspiegel said the man was known to the police for minor crimes, but not terror links.
Link

As you sow, so shall you reap. :(

Ramrod 20-12-2016 09:55

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12 dead and 48 injured, some severely

ianch99 20-12-2016 11:27

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35876687)
I have no problem with genuine refugees they should be given safe haven.

If I gave you a bag of sweets and said one was poisioned but I don't know which one. Would you eat them?

Your 2 sentences are contradictory: the first says that I welcome genuine refugees but the second says I welcome none as I cannot tell which one of them, from the hundreds of thousands is the terrorist.

Osem 20-12-2016 11:44

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35876735)

... and these poor people won't be the last to suffer at the hands of those who use our freedoms against us.

nomadking 20-12-2016 11:59

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 35876754)
Your 2 sentences are contradictory: the first says that I welcome genuine refugees but the second says I welcome none as I cannot tell which one of them, from the hundreds of thousands is the terrorist.

The bigger, ongoing unsolvable problem is that even the ones that aren't terrorists or violent in any way, can change into being a terrorist or produce kids that are terrorists. There is no end to it.

Osem 20-12-2016 12:05

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35876763)
The bigger, ongoing unsolvable problem is that even the ones that aren't terrorists or violent in any way, can change into being a terrorist or produce kids that are terrorists. There is no end to it.

Correct and the fact that a) existing born and bred 'citizens' can be/become terrorists/murders and b) we can't keep everyone out aren't reasons for not being much more careful about whom we choose admit into our society and the freedom/rights we offer them.

papa smurf 20-12-2016 13:54

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Live Berlin market attack: driver still at large after "wrong man arrested"

German police believe they arrested the wrong man over the Berlin terror attack and the real culprit could still be at large, a German newspaper has claimed, adding the real perpetrator could be armed and dangerous.


German media reported first that Baluch was denying responsibility for the attack and later - citing senior police sources - that he was the wrong man. This has not been officially confirmed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...asylum-seeker/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38379157

Taf 20-12-2016 14:47

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"It wasn't me!"

Of course he'd say that....

Damien 20-12-2016 14:47

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They're still not sure. If it is the wrong man then he has already been named along with loads of other information. :dozey:

Ramrod 20-12-2016 19:03

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and yet we get this kind of rubbish here: Anti-Gun Trolls Attack ‘Militarised’ UK Police for Guarding Christmas Market
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British police were forced to defend sending visibly armed officers to guard a Christmas market after anti-gun members of the public and activists caused a social media backlash.

Pictures of the firearms officers posing with children at the market, posted on Northumbria Police’s Facebook page on the 9th of December, attracted more than 2,500 mostly critical comments.

Just a week before, on the 22nd of November, the U.S. government warned its citizens in Europe it had “credible information” Islamic State and al-Qaeda were planning to attack Christmas celebrations in Europe this year.

Despite this, offended users of social media claimed “militarised” police made the situation “worse” and were an “over-reaction”.
:rolleyes: and that's why I call these people libtards :shrug:

martyh 20-12-2016 19:19

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35876860)
and yet we get this kind of rubbish here: Anti-Gun Trolls Attack ‘Militarised’ UK Police for Guarding Christmas Market
:rolleyes: and that's why I call these people libtards :shrug:

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Despite this, offended users of social media claimed “militarised” police made the situation “worse” and were an “over-reaction”.
Doesn't seem like much of an overreaction now ,i wonder if any of those morons are tweeting apologies in the face of what just happened.

Hugh 20-12-2016 19:54

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35876860)
and yet we get this kind of rubbish here: Anti-Gun Trolls Attack ‘Militarised’ UK Police for Guarding Christmas Market
:rolleyes: and that's why I call these people libtards :shrug:

Why not just call them morons, because that's what they are...

Left-wing does not equal liberal - many left wingers are authoritarian, and anti-authoritarian left-wingers are often anarchic, not liberal...

Ramrod 20-12-2016 20:00

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35876871)
Why not just call them morons, because that's what they are...

Left-wing does not equal liberal - many left wingers are authoritarian, and anti-authoritarian left-wingers are often anarchic, not liberal...

They are, however, often left wing and liberal.

Hom3r 20-12-2016 20:05

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In cases like this if it is a terrorist attack, we should NOT name the people behind it or the group invoved.

Taf 20-12-2016 20:10

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They have released the guy they arrested.

What?

Not even hold him until evidence shows innocence?

martyh 20-12-2016 20:15

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35876878)
They have released the guy they arrested.

What?

Not even hold him until evidence shows innocence?

Maybe they have released him because evidence has arisen that shows innocence

Damien 20-12-2016 20:29

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Or there is any evidence of wrongdoing. Who knows.

---------- Post added at 19:29 ---------- Previous post was at 19:26 ----------

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35876872)
They are, however, often left wing and liberal.

I would say in the UK most left-wing people, especially the further you move from the center, aren't liberal. For example for Labour party certainly aren't liberals.

OhReally 20-12-2016 23:26

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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35876875)
In cases like this if it is a terrorist attack, we should NOT name the people behind it or the group invoved.

Merkel's probably sh%^&*g bricks right now, praying that the perpetrator ISN'T one the millions she's let flood into the country with zero checks whatsoever...if he is, she should go on trial as accomplice to murder.

Maggy 21-12-2016 12:32

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...MCNEWEML6619I2

---------- Post added at 11:32 ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 ----------

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38392128

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German police are searching for a Tunisian over Monday's Berlin Christmas market attack, media reports say.
According to a temporary-stay permit found in the cab of the lorry that ploughed into crowds, the man, named as Anis A, was born in 1992 in the city of Tataouine, the reports say.

heero_yuy 23-12-2016 10:50

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Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri ‘shot dead in shootout with police in Milan while screaming Allahu Akbar’

It comes after a Europe-wide manhunt for the Tunisian thought to have been behind Monday's lorry attack

Amri was killed in Sesto San Giovanni at 3am after being stopped by officers, reports claim.

Linky

Looks like they got their man but questions have to be asked as to how he managed to evade a manhunt and get to Italy?

Derek 23-12-2016 11:22

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35877345)
Looks like they got their man but questions have to be asked as to how he managed to evade a manhunt and get to Italy?

Did they identify him from a handily discarded ID card?

The beauty of travel without any border controls.

Osem 23-12-2016 11:29

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35877345)
Linky

Looks like they got their man but questions have to be asked as to how he managed to evade a manhunt and get to Italy?

That'll be the EU's effective border controls in action once again. :rolleyes:

In a different world these sort of arrangements between states would be perfect but we don't live in one and quite frankly the EU's obsession with free movement etc. is a criminal/terrorist's charter.

I wonder if anyone in Berlin has yet worked out the threat posed to Germany and the EU from the large number of very angry young men, in particular, whose claims for asylum have or are going to be rejected or whose lives in the west turn out to be very much harsher than they expected. That's aside from those who've come to the west already radicalised and just waiting for the chance to cause murder and mayhem. Are these people just going to head off quietly back home when the times comes or are they going to resort to crime or exact retribution in one way or another? Desperate people do desperate things after all but maybe the likes of Merkel don't know what real desperation is.

Ramrod 27-12-2016 23:27

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Berlin’s Left-Wing Coalition Govt Refused to Acknowledge Islamist Terror Just Two Weeks Before the Christmas Market Truck Attack
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The ruling parties announced plans to tackle extremism in the German capital as part of their “coalition agreement” signed on December 4th, but have only highlighted right-wing activity, calling Islamic radicalism “international terrorism” and ignoring left-wing extremism entirely reports Die Welt.
The agreement makes it clear that fighting extremism is “high priority” for the new Berlin government but the document makes it very clear the only real danger to Berliners are right-wing extremists. The 250-page document does not mention the term “left-wing extremists” or “Islamist terrorism” once, though “right-wing terrorist violence” is mentioned many times.

A sub-chapter of the document is dedicated to combating “right-wing extremism, racism, anti-Semitism” despite the fact that many of the most anti-Semitic incidents in the city, like the Hezbollah supported al-Quds day march every summer, is led by left-wing supporters.
If you made this up people wouldn't believe you :rolleyes::dozey:

Taf 28-12-2016 13:20

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More afraid of their NAZI heritage returning than of the rot spreading before their eyes.

Osem 28-12-2016 17:37

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I have a feeling their chosen strategy will only serve to make matters worse. It was after all the refusal of main stream politicians here and in the EU to enter into any debate about the dangers of uncontrolled migration which has seen support for the right wing streadily increase.


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