European Terror Attacks

[Sirius]

Just think this type of attack WILL happen here at some point.

Originally Posted by Sirius

Just think this type of attack WILL happen here at some point.

Well that's cheerful.

[dilli-theclaw]

It's not a nice thought but I tend to agree - I'd be very surprised if it doesn't happen here sooner or later.

[Jimmy-J]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Just think this type of attack WILL happen here at some point.

Only the naive would think it won't.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Damien

Well that's cheerful.

I fully expect them to attack a shopping center or football ground. Looking at the way they work and the way they think, they will want mass casualties and massive news coverage. What better than a tightly packed shopping center or football ground on a Saturday afternoon.

[Mr Angry]

They've had ample opportunity over the years.

Originally Posted by Sirius

I fully expect them to attack a shopping center or football ground. Looking at the way they work and the way they think, they will want mass casualties and massive news coverage. What better than a tightly packed shopping center or football ground on a Saturday afternoon.

That's not what they did in Paris.....

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

They've had ample opportunity over the years.

Your right, the big difference now is the training and access to weapons that they could very well have used in a combat situation in Syria. also the terrorist know if they are going to be dealing with well trained security forces they need to be trained to deal with that treat.

[Osem]

There's any number of soft targets which anyone armed with little more than a knife (if indeed even that) might choose to hit. It doesn't take much imagine to work out the sort of things which could be done, relatively easily, with minimal preparation yet could cause multiple fatalities.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Osem

There's any number of soft targets which anyone armed with little more than a knife (if indeed even that) might choose to hit. It doesn't take much imagine to work out the sort of things which could be done, relatively easily, with minimal preparation yet could cause multiple fatalities.

The impression i get with this attack is they subscribe to the "to fight your enemy you must know your enemy". If you watch the way they handled there weapons and the fact they have body armour you can tell these guys had training and know how to use that training to best effect.

Originally Posted by Sirius

The impression i get with this attack is they subscribe to the "to fight your enemy you must know your enemy". If you watch the way they handled there weapons and the fact they have body armour you can tell these guys had training and know how to use that training to best effect.

Thanks to 15 years of cack-handed Western policy in the middle east, there are plenty of people with that expertise and the freedom to both use and share it.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Chris

Thanks to 15 years of cack-handed Western policy in the middle east, there are plenty of people with that expertise and the freedom to both use and share it.

Agreed, i was never in favour of bombing people for there oil.

[richard s]

It goes way back more than 15 years.... to the Crusades me thinks.

I think Islamic Extremism goes back to the 1950s and this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid_Qutb. Although Chris isn't saying it started because of the last 15 years but that has led to more people being trained/recruited.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Chris

Thanks to 15 years of cack-handed Western policy in the middle east, there are plenty of people with that expertise and the freedom to both use and share it.

Not forgetting the role the internet and social media have played in more recent times. It's never been easier to disseminate terrorist information and propaganda to so many people so powerfully.