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Three injured in Shooting on Amsterdam-Paris Train (U.S. Marines take down shooter)
StraightsTimes ^ | 8-21-2015 | ST

Posted on 08/21/2015 11:05:21 AM PDT by tcrlaf

A gunman shot and wounded three people on a train travelling between Amsterdam and Paris before the assailant was overpowered by passengers, a spokesman for French state rail company SNCF said.

The incident happened near Arras in northern France shortly after 4pm GMT

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; isis; muslim; rop; shooting; spencerstone; train
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To: jimbo123

Wonderful photo...I love to see bad guys go down!!!! When Marines do it all the more!! Yes!!!!


21 posted on 08/21/2015 12:05:44 PM PDT by caww
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22 posted on 08/21/2015 12:06:33 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Riley

Charges of use of excessive force are being filed against the Marines as of this moment..


23 posted on 08/21/2015 12:07:52 PM PDT by ken5050 ("Hillary Clinton is the NY Jets of American politics"......Salena Zito)
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To: tcrlaf

A happy ending!


24 posted on 08/21/2015 12:07:59 PM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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To: Riley

America saves France...again.


25 posted on 08/21/2015 12:08:19 PM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future; brother it is murder. -L. Cohen)
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To: jimbo123

Wow...The US Marines....Made my day!!


26 posted on 08/21/2015 12:08:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Vigilanteman
And the white van that wasn't...

Moose was a good example of the worth of a token....

27 posted on 08/21/2015 12:10:50 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Paladin2

It’s a good thing they weren’t on a military base.


28 posted on 08/21/2015 12:12:35 PM PDT by xp38
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To: tcrlaf

That Marine Corps recruiting ad showing the Marine running towards the danger appears to be based on fact!


29 posted on 08/21/2015 12:15:08 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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The assailant, who was arrested at the scene, has been identified as a 26-year-old Moroccan, Sliman Hamzi, an official with police union Alliance, said on French television i-Tele.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gunman-leaves-3-injured-train-northern-france-article-1.2333450


30 posted on 08/21/2015 12:15:59 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Red Badger
Why was this moved to General/Chat? Is it not a newsworthy post?...

That's why I have my FR default setting on "everything", then only open what interests me. I won't miss good stuff that might be mislabeled.

31 posted on 08/21/2015 12:18:20 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: jimbo123

Looks like he is taking a nap. I thought the local popos met the train.


32 posted on 08/21/2015 12:21:22 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: 2banana

“Arrest the American tourist for assault”

Don’t tell the Democrats!


33 posted on 08/21/2015 12:21:50 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Paladin2

That guy on the train floor is one of the marines.


34 posted on 08/21/2015 12:22:47 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Paladin2

divider in chief orders court martial for the marines, how dare they. Real men taking down a muslim.


35 posted on 08/21/2015 12:22:59 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: JimRed

Me, too, but this doesn’t sound like ‘General/Chat’ stuff...........................


36 posted on 08/21/2015 12:23:26 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Paladin2
And this is the shooter:


37 posted on 08/21/2015 12:24:35 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: ken5050

divider in chief order court martial


38 posted on 08/21/2015 12:25:25 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: jimbo123

The one napping on the train station platform. I now see that John Dearmed IS on the scene.


39 posted on 08/21/2015 12:25:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Red Badger

Did they tell the guy through the door that “they have a very particulate set of skills that they will use to hunt him down and kill him” to paraphrase from Liam Neeson


40 posted on 08/21/2015 12:32:28 PM PDT by shotgun
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