Posted on 07/05/2009 6:41:19 AM PDT by naturalman1975
FOUR US sailors have been assaulted while on shore leave in Perth - with one slashed across the face with scissors.
WA police said a group of sailors were walking through Perth train station about 1am (WST) this morning when they were confronted by six people. ` "Three males and three females have yelled abuse at the sailors and as they tried to walk past them, one sailor was punched in the face,'' said police spokeswoman Ros Weatherall
``An altercation occurred and four sailors were assaulted, with one male struck in the face with a pair of scissors.''
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Is it known if the reason for the attack was because they were American sailors? I’m hoping it was because everybody had had a bit to drink.
I don’t know if there’s any information yet. I hope they weren’t targeted because they were US sailors, but it shouldn’t happen at all.
I have a slight suspicion that the assailants prefer speaking Arabic to English.
The article stated that there were 3 males and 1 female in the group that made up the US sailors — I wonder what the culture background of the 6 attackers were...???
they were targeted because they were drunk at 0100, that’s all
EVERY veteran in a foreign port knows those threats
Most likely, the muggers let the Marines pass by... :)
Agree. Somehow, I keep thinking that the “religion of peace” might somehow be involved. Silly me.
If I'm correct then it looks to me as if the punks were ALP voters.
“Police are hunting the six attackers, who are described as being dark-skinned.”
“Somehow, I keep thinking that the “religion of peace” might somehow be involved. Silly me.”
I know! I also always get the religion of peace confused with the religion of scissors to your face, the religion of acid thrown on your family, or the religion of blowing up your airplanes.
doubt it. There were 3 women with them at 1 am
Probably politically incorrect over there to detail specifics of religion or race just as ya can’t denote ethnicity here.
Bunch of crap huh?
> If it wasn’t for the United States Navy, Australians would be speaking Japanese.
No they wouldn’t. And everybody DownUnder is sick and tired of hearing Yanks say that, so why not give it a rest.
We all deplore this assault on American sailors. WW-II will have had nothing to do with that.
Australia is having a bit of a problem with muggers and drunkards in their city streets, lately.
A series of attacks on Indian students forced the Australian government to send a special envoy to India, for explanation, about a month ago.
I’m guessing this is related to the same people. Suspects? Lebanese-”Australian” immigrants.
My Dad served in New Guinea in WWII and knew a number of Aussie soldiers. He said the Aussies were half whacked on quinine (keeping the malaria symptoms down) and tough as hell. He wished the Japs feared the Americans half as much as they feared the Aussies.
In his opinion, a Japanese invasion of Australia would have been a bloody fiasco for the Japs. No American help needed.
From May of 2008:
Several Australians have died in Afghanistan fighting for Americans.
In addition, the assailants were likely Muslims immigrants.
Ever heard the term “Ugly American”, reg45?
If the female soldier was the one slashed across the face, I suspect the assailants are of Arab/Asian decent.
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