Europe terror attacks

[Bravo_Bravo]

You’ve got the wrong poster mate although it’s not the first time I’ve been mistakenly flagged up as the other guy.

For the record, as another Green Jacket, I’d happily buy him a pint but our views are completely different.

IIRC someone thought it would be funny to pretend you where Royal Greenjacket...

 

[BarcelonaAnalPark]

Whenever I see reports of former soldiers planning terrorist attacks, I always wonder how long it'll be before we'll be asked when we first noticed the signs that all wasn't right with RGJ:

Former soldier found guilty of plotting terror attack

William Howitt, of West Bridgford, Nottingham, wrote a comprehensive and detailed plan to commit an arson attack at an independent bookstore in Nottingham city centre.

www.counterterrorism.police.uk

 

[RoyalGreenJacket]

and also giving people ideas

Yeah, as if the Jihadis never thought of targeting a Christmas market?

Meanwhile back in reality...

Germany remembers Christmas market attack victims – DW – 12/19/2021

On December 19, 2016, Islamist attacker Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through a crowd in central Berlin, killing and injuring dozens. Five years later, the background to the attack remains unclear.

www.dw.com

Strasbourg shooting: What we know

What we know about the attack by a man who opened fire near a Christmas market in France.

www.bbc.com

Austrian police foil 'Vienna Christmas market terror plot'

Austrian authorities have foiled a plot to carry out a series of terror attacks, including bombing one of Vienna's Christmas markets, local media reported Monday.

www.thelocal.at

All attackers just happen to be of the same religion. Who'd have guessed?!

 

[cernunnos]

The German Alte Wilhelm have got two suspects for the wave of bomb threats that hit German transport and institutions in the wake of the HAMAS malarkey.

I hope they nail their hats on!

 

[lokiuk]

Quelle suprise!

We warned this would happen, another failing of multiculturalism.

Funny how it always appears to be those from the same religion, doesn't it?

Well done to the Security Services and all involved in this operation.

Potential terror attack averted, but we need to be on our guard more than ever now.

Londoners asked to remain vigilant as teenager arrested as part of Counter Terrorism investigation

The investigation relates to Islamist terrorism, but it is not linked to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

news.met.police.uk

Will Sadiq say it's part and parcel of living in a big city?

 

[Bravo_Bravo]

Yeah, as if the Jihadis never thought of targeting a Christmas market?

Meanwhile back in reality...

Germany remembers Christmas market attack victims – DW – 12/19/2021

On December 19, 2016, Islamist attacker Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through a crowd in central Berlin, killing and injuring dozens. Five years later, the background to the attack remains unclear.

www.dw.com

Strasbourg shooting: What we know

What we know about the attack by a man who opened fire near a Christmas market in France.

www.bbc.com

Austrian police foil 'Vienna Christmas market terror plot'

Austrian authorities have foiled a plot to carry out a series of terror attacks, including bombing one of Vienna's Christmas markets, local media reported Monday.

www.thelocal.at

All attackers just happen to be of the same religion. Who'd have guessed?!

So when did they last carry out an attack on a Christmas market?

 

[Bravo_Bravo]

Will Sadiq say it's part and parcel of living in a big city?

Will he be selectively quoted yet again if he does?

What he actually said:

“Part and parcel of living in a great, global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things, you’ve got to be vigilant, you’ve got to support the police”

“The terrorists are evolving their tactics and we have got to evolve our response to them all the time. I am afraid the consequences of a terror attack are very, very scary. They want to kill. They want to maim and terrify. It is my job to try to make sure that we are as safe as we can be.”

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

So not a terrorist attack.

Isn't prevention always preferable to the other outcome?

 

[Bravo_Bravo]

Isn't prevention always preferable to the other outcome?

100%.

 

[Bravo_Bravo]

You may have a point if this was a non-military-themed website, however, the majority of posters on this site have served in theatres noted for terrorist activities, i.e. NI, Iraq, and Afghan
Highlighting previous examples of Muslim terrorism in Europe is not creating any level of paranoia

Maybe, but aiming to spread hatred of Muslims plays into Islamist hands.

Thread 'Petraeus: Anti Muslim Bigotry Aids Islamist Terrorists' Petraeus: Anti Muslim Bigotry Aids Islamist Terrorists

Better link:

David Petraeus: Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists

"Setting aside moral considerations, those who flirt with hate speech against Muslims should realize they are playing directly into the hands of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. The terrorists’ explicit hope has been to try to provoke a clash of civilizations — telling Muslims that the United...

rusi.org

Setting aside moral considerations, those who flirt with hate speech against Muslims should realize they are playing directly into the hands of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. The terrorists’ explicit hope has been to try to provoke a clash of civilizations — telling Muslims that the United States is at war with them and their religion. When Western politicians propose blanket discrimination against Islam, they bolster the terrorists’ propaganda."

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

Maybe, but aiming to spread hatred of Muslims plays into Islamist hands.

Thread 'Petraeus: Anti Muslim Bigotry Aids Islamist Terrorists' Petraeus: Anti Muslim Bigotry Aids Islamist Terrorists

Muslims are doing more than enough all by their own efforts to sow the seeds of distrust and dislike in the general population (whether they are religious or not). Since October 07th the veneer of multiculturalism being wholly positive has pretty much imploded.

ETA I've no idea how to square this circle, the situation in Israel-Palestine is going to give birth to a whole host of other geo-security issues our political classes probably havent considered in any great depth.

 

[lokiuk]

Muslims are doing more than enough all by their own efforts to sow the seeds of distrust and dislike in the general population (whether they are religious or not). Since October 07th the veneer of multiculturalism being wholly positive has pretty much imploded.

ETA I've no idea how to square this circle, the situation in Israel-Palestine is going to give birth to a whole host of other geo-security issues our political classes probably havent considered in any great depth.

The most useful thing we can do is to get the BBC and others, to provide as much as a voice as possible to moderate voices in Iran

They have a very young population, and I'm not sure their priorities align with the religious leaders running the country

Lower the support to Hamas, and the Israel-Palestine issue could be calmed down

 

[glad rag]

I know. It's a polite way of saying stop being a boring monomanical tit.

Irony meter off the scale.

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

The most useful thing we can do is to get the BBC and others, to provide as much as a voice as possible to moderate voices in Iran

They have a very young population, and I'm not sure their priorities align with the religious leaders running the country

Lower the support to Hamas, and the Israel-Palestine issue could be calmed down

Young potential opposition to the regime in Tehran is only one piece of the jigsaw. For now the protests that began in 2019, are not reaping any rewards

The protests in Iran are not a revolution—yet. These events must occur first.

To draw in the majority of Iranians, the protests in Iran need to have a leader or organization that people trust.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

Outside of that, do you have any other options to lower global support for Hamas?

ETA Not asked as a gotcha, but looking at this globally asks more questions than reckonising solutions

 

[glad rag]

Yeah, as if the Jihadis never thought of targeting a Christmas market?

Meanwhile back in reality...

Germany remembers Christmas market attack victims – DW – 12/19/2021

On December 19, 2016, Islamist attacker Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through a crowd in central Berlin, killing and injuring dozens. Five years later, the background to the attack remains unclear.

www.dw.com

Strasbourg shooting: What we know

What we know about the attack by a man who opened fire near a Christmas market in France.

www.bbc.com

Austrian police foil 'Vienna Christmas market terror plot'

Austrian authorities have foiled a plot to carry out a series of terror attacks, including bombing one of Vienna's Christmas markets, local media reported Monday.

www.thelocal.at

All attackers just happen to be of the same religion. Who'd have guessed?!

Bravo baboono doesn't like facts.