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Terror in Sydney As Gunman Takes At Least 13 Hostages At Lindt Cafe
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | December 14, 2013 | EMILY CRANE and SARAH DEAN and LOUISE CHEER and DANIEL PIOTROWSKI and CANDACE SUTTON

Posted on 12/14/2014 7:23:23 PM PST by Steelfish

Terror in Sydney As Gunman Takes At Least 13 Hostages At Lindt Cafe, forces crying women to hold black Islamic flag against the window and 'demands to speak to Tony Abbott'

By EMILY CRANE and SARAH DEAN and LOUISE CHEER and DANIEL PIOTROWSKI and CANDACE SUTTON 14 December 2014 | UPDATED: 21:56 EST, 14 December 2014

Witnesses described how a man wearing a headband covered in Arabic walked into the Lindt cafe in Martin Place and produced a shotgun from a blue bag at around 9.45am.

Shortly afterwards hostages were seen with their hands pressed against the windows holding up the Shahada flag belonging to the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting the Assad government in Syria. There are claims that the terrorist is also armed with a machete and may have explosives but this has not been confirmed by police.

One of the hostage-takers has made contact with officers saying that he has 'devices all over the city' and 'wants to speak with the prime minister live on radio', according to Ray Hadley, from 2GB. Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane estimates there are up to 50 people being held inside.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; australia; deathtoislam; globaljihad; hostagecrisis; hostages; iran; isis; jihad; lebanon; lindt; manharonmoni; manharonmonis; sydney; terror
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1 posted on 12/14/2014 7:23:23 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Wait... They confiscated the guns in Australia... How can this happen?


2 posted on 12/14/2014 7:27:12 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: Steelfish

The best live feed ive found is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzpSvyyZis

Thank you.


3 posted on 12/14/2014 7:28:29 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Steelfish

I may be wrong on this, but it would seem it would be best to downplay the number of hostages. Why make these terrorists look that much more strong, because they had 50 vs 10 hostage. Keep the number close to the vest.

Downplay their achievement. Anyone agree with this?


4 posted on 12/14/2014 7:28:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: HMS Surprise

Because they didn’t - and the misinformation that they did is getting a bit old...


5 posted on 12/14/2014 7:29:36 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Steelfish

Sniper time
Sniper time
Oh golly,
sniper sniper
SNIPERTIME,
Bah da da doom.


6 posted on 12/14/2014 7:30:29 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Steelfish

stupid effing fundamentalist christians..oh wait...


7 posted on 12/14/2014 7:30:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well I certainly hope no hostages end up with panties on their heads, or God forbid get yelled at in a threatining manner. / SARC du


8 posted on 12/14/2014 7:39:38 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Steelfish

these Satanic IslamoNazi savages need to be returned to their home countries and then never again permitted to re-enter civilized space

(that’s the ‘humanitaria’ solution... there is, of course, a much more obvious way to protect ourselves from these basturds)


9 posted on 12/14/2014 7:42:55 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Steelfish

One muslime with a shotgun?

The men should rush him, before he kills them all which he is quite capable of doing if they all cower in the corner.


10 posted on 12/14/2014 7:44:21 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: Gasshog

Maybe one of the hostages can quietly draw their concealed handgun and double tap the terrorist. However, this is Australia where only the terrorist can carry a gun.
Nice work Australian government.


11 posted on 12/14/2014 7:48:37 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Gasshog

Too bad the hostages are so obedient to this savage. I’d say they were sheep, but sheep at least will flee a predator and do what they can, however limited, to protect themselves. What if even one of them had said, “Kill me if you will, but I’m a free western woman, I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees, and I’m NOT holding your black rag against that window!”


12 posted on 12/14/2014 7:53:45 PM PST by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: Steelfish

Interesting to compare what Hadley and the ABC are doing versus what would happen with the US MSM. The dude has had one of the hostages contact those media organizations demanding to be interviewed, and they’ve both replied, “we’re not going to give a terrorist publicity, talk to the cops”. Here, I suspect, there’d be a stampede to be the first station to put him on the air.


13 posted on 12/14/2014 7:58:32 PM PST by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: coydog

I’d rather live — so that I could p*ss on the terrorists’ graves after.


14 posted on 12/14/2014 8:08:57 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Steelfish

He must be one of them unpeaceful muzzies you hardly hear of.

If you like your muzzie, you can keep your muzzie. Period.


15 posted on 12/14/2014 8:14:55 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Steelfish

Sure hope the Aussies don’t give him any of that rectal hydration. That would be horrible.


16 posted on 12/14/2014 8:19:19 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: naturalman1975

Sooo.. You... Are... Saying... That NO guns were confiscated in Australia? You sir, are a L I A R.


17 posted on 12/14/2014 8:23:15 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: HMS Surprise

No, I am saying that most guns weren’t.

Some were. Most weren’t.

And the numbers have recovered so there are actually more guns in Australia now than there were at the time that happened.

I’m not lying.

I’m an Australian gun owner and I am sick to death of Americans telling me I’m unarmed.

That is a lie. And it’s a lie that is spread time and time again.


18 posted on 12/14/2014 8:27:33 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

No offense, I lived in Perth for a time. Got my ass kicked by a few Aussies. I know it sucks to admit it, but America won’t surrender her guns, you guys did. I doubt that you are conservative at all. I met damn few freedom-loving Aussies when I was there... Actually... ZERO.


19 posted on 12/14/2014 8:29:38 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: Steelfish

Been reading on twitter the ISIS loving schmucks have been forcing the women at the restaurant to carry the ISIS flag..have a feeling this won’t end well you can’t negotiate with these kind of dirt bags..oh wait, according to Hillary Clinton we have to “Empathize” with them..here’s an idea, send in Hillary to replace the hostages let’s see what happens


20 posted on 12/14/2014 8:33:57 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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