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 ...
Liberty would have been secured at 0000 for Corporals and Sergeants, no such thing as 2400.
senior(sic) NCO’s by 0100
Those would be Staff NCO's.
The victims were sailors, not soldiers.
Rest easy mate. The Aussies as a country are firmly on our side. I’d wager this would be just as likely to happen in San Fran or wherever in the States.
WA has their share of wackos just like anyplace.
Whatever pal ... my time in the Corps was probably before you were born.
okay - you said it - and I agree - I know there’s a Islamic problem down there and I wonder if it was someone’s own little jihad at 1 in the morning...
Wow, I guess things have changed. Perth was one of my favorite shore leaves when I was in the Navy in the early ‘80s. I found everyone extremely friendly and very brotherly to American sailors.
I also suspect - as do other posters - that the perpetrators are immigrants from a Muslim country. One confusion - I thought that "they" all loved us now - after the Cairo speech.
They love Obama not you or me!
> “Police are hunting the six attackers, who are described as being dark-skinned.”
In Oz, that could encompass Lebanese, Aboriginals, Somalis, Maori, Samoans, Tongans, and a few others.
Any of these ethnic groups would be just as likely to commit an assault with a pair of scissors. Scissors are very common weapons DownUnder. Along with Screwdrivers and Drywall saws, and Hammers, scissors would be by far the most common “weapons of opportunity” we encounter on our Patrols in New Zealand (which would be a fairly similar situation to Oz).
All of the above (not not knives) have the added advantage of having a plausible “lawful purpose” if the perp is stopped by a cop.
I don’t believe these sailors would have been deliberately targeted for being Yanks: I do not detect that degree of antipathy against Americans here. If I had to guess, excess alcohol would be involved, probably the main driver. Possibly methamphetamine added into the mix.
Cheers, mate!
This article just like our MSM tells nothing of the perps nor the “Americans Sailors”. This non description has become modus operandi for the MSM. Particularly when race is an issue.
All Points Bulletin...Be on the look out for males and females
What other things have you heard about Perth that makes you believe it is no longer friendly?
I just emailed a friend in Perth to see if there is any more explanation on this,,,,get the word from the source.
Double the population of angry muzzies and see what you gat...
You could be right,,,,but
“In Oz, that could encompass Lebanese, 0 , Somalis, Maori, Samoans, Tongans, and a few others.”.....with one common thread, islamic immigrants. There is nobody else who has that disdain for Americans. Natural born Aussies do not be have like that... quite to the contrary!
> Maori, Samoans, Tongans,..with one common thread, islamic immigrants.
Maori, Samoans, and Tongans tend to be deeply religious, and they tend to espouse an Evangelical flavor of Christianity. They tend to immigrate to Oz for financial reasons, usually from New Zealand.
I do not know about the religious persuasion of Australia’s Aboriginals: they are originally from Australia and and badly disenfranchised, like the American Indians only worse.
While it is true that Islam is a deadly sworn enemy of America, it is also true that there are others. In this case I am speculating that Islam is not the driver to the assault on the American sailors. I’m guessing it is alcohol with or without methamphetamine.
Most “real” Australians do not have “dark skin.” Muslim immigrants. Bet the farm on it.
> Most “real” Australians do not have “dark skin.” Muslim immigrants. Bet the farm on it.
What about the Aborigines? They are blacker than negroes, and they are indigenous to Australia. Real Australians.
Tongans and Samoans and Maori also have dark skin, and there are more than plenty of those in Australia, too. A good many of them have Australian citizenship — but many don’t need it because their New Zealand passports give them the right to be in Australia.
I would not, at this juncture, “bet the farm” on this crime being perpetrated by muslim immigrants. It is quite possible, but it is not a safe bet.
Every country has thugs and low-lifes. When my ship was in Perth 28 years ago we had a couple of people jumped by thugs and beat very badly. However, the great majority of Western Australians were very welcoming. In fact, as a young American sailor, I found the young lasses of WA to be very welcoming.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.