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Car filled with gas cylinders rams building (Suspected terror attack, Sydney, Australia)
news.com.au ^ | 21st July 2016

Posted on 07/21/2016 4:50:09 AM PDT by naturalman1975

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To: naturalman1975

Thanks. Please keep us posted.


21 posted on 07/21/2016 6:14:40 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: naturalman1975

Fair enough.

Here they don’t describe the suspect when they are asking for the public’s help in spotting him, unless he’s a white male, of course!


22 posted on 07/21/2016 6:15:12 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: null and void

I just want them to have the chance to talk to him before he dies. Beyond that I don’t really care what happens to him, but the chance to question him is important.


23 posted on 07/21/2016 6:15:32 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: null and void

“Don’t” should be “seldom”


24 posted on 07/21/2016 6:16:31 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: null and void

It’s a mixed bag here - sometimes you get a decent description that clearly includes racial or likely ethnic background. Sometimes you don’t.

In this case, though, it just seems to be normal practice - no point in giving an ID until they have had time to do more investigation.


25 posted on 07/21/2016 6:18:40 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

I noticed Gippsland was trending on the scanner radio app. Is that where this happened?


26 posted on 07/21/2016 6:19:35 AM PDT by Stentor (Free the Rosenbergs--Oh wait. Nevermind.)
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To: naturalman1975

Agreed!


27 posted on 07/21/2016 6:20:06 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: Stentor

No - Gippsland is another state entirely - quite near where I live now. I need to check what is happening!


28 posted on 07/21/2016 6:20:24 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Stentor

Could it have been ‘Merrylands’ that was trending rather than Gippsland? Because that is where this was - and as far as I can tell Gippsland is currently it’s normal boring self.


29 posted on 07/21/2016 6:25:17 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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...and as far as I can tell Gippsland is currently it’s normal boring self.

No. It's Gippsland for sure. I just put it on the scanner and it's tomb quiet. Not much to do there?

30 posted on 07/21/2016 6:34:51 AM PDT by Stentor (Free the Rosenbergs--Oh wait. Nevermind.)
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Gippsland is a rural area east of Melbourne, Victoria - quite large but reasonably sparsely populated. Occasionally gets earthquakes that are large by Australian standards but small by everybody elses. Lots of good farmland, and some coal fired power plants, but most of the time when you hear about it on the news, it’s about the weather. Lovely place to visit, but generally not exciting.


31 posted on 07/21/2016 6:39:22 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: milford421

Actually it harkens back further than that: the 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article on the bombing and the pertinent portion dealing with the nature of the bomb:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings

“The explosive mechanism was a gas-enhanced device consisting of compressed butane in canisters employed with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) to create a fuel-air explosive.[9][10] The bomb was carried on a layer of concrete covered with a slab of marble to direct the blast upward.[39] Despite the lack of sophistication and wide availability of its component parts, a gas-enhanced device can be a lethal weapon. These devices were similar to fuel-air or thermobaric weapons, explaining the large blast and damage.[40] An after-action forensic investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) determined that the bomb was so powerful that it probably would have brought down the building even if the sentries had managed to stop the truck between the gate and the building.”

However, the Sydney attacker got it wrong in that you need high explosives to provide the energy the gas will enhance, and burst the cylinders to begin with.

However, setting yourself on fire and crashing the car probably should receive some points for improvisation.


32 posted on 07/21/2016 7:14:23 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Captain Rhino

Must really suck when Allah rejects you.


33 posted on 07/21/2016 8:42:13 AM PDT by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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To: Captain Rhino

I’m ashamed of myself for not remembering that. Thank you for the reminder Captain.


34 posted on 07/21/2016 9:35:55 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: naturalman1975

I am absolutely not trying to hijack your thread. I was responding to the “just over a year ago, a young man shouting Islamic slogans shot and killed a police employee at Parramatta Police Station” in your post.


35 posted on 07/21/2016 11:21:50 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: naturalman1975

Suspected attack? What does it take in Austrailia to figure out a action is a terror attack?


36 posted on 07/21/2016 11:36:53 AM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Sorry - it’s just that so often I see any discussion here involving Australia turn into yet another gun control thread mostly because Americans have been fed a pack of lies about Australia and guns as you point out. It derails so many discussions.

Gun crime in Australia is reasonably rare, but it’s certainly not unheard of. There are plenty of dumb restrictions and gun laws, but the country isn’t gun free - law abiding citizens can own firearms and over a million do (out of a population approaching about twenty five million) and there are also plenty of illegal guns out there as well.

It gets frustrating to see the incorrect information shared around the US for domestic political purposes, but more significantly it also puts even our far less than perfect and overly limited access to guns here in Australia at risk, when this is used as a political football in America. There are a lot of people here in Australia who would like to see a total ban and they get traction out of every confected controversy in the US.


37 posted on 07/21/2016 1:39:07 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Speaking of terrorist attacks....

What ever happened to the Egyptian Air investigation????


38 posted on 07/21/2016 1:44:19 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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"Police don't know the motive for this violence..."

again...

39 posted on 07/22/2016 5:16:01 PM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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