Posted on 12/15/2014 7:44:27 AM PST by C19fan
Edited on 12/15/2014 7:50:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Police stormed a cafe in central Sydney early Tuesday where a gunman held more than a dozen hostages for more than 16 hours, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades moments after captives were seen fleeing the buidling in terror.
A scene of pandemonium erupted in the early morning just minutes after hostages started emerging from the cafe on their own or in small groups.
Eleven hostages were reportedly accounted for after the police raid - Nine News reported. Sky News reported four people were injured. Live TV footage showed at least two people being taken away on stretchers but there was no confirmation of details.
One hostage was seen being carried out of the building. The woman seemed quite distressed and in a lot of pain as blood gushing from her legs.
After the raid, a bomb disposal robot was seen entering the cafe.
The dramatic end stage of the siege came as the gunman holding the remaining captives was revealed as a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric Man Haron Monis.
Monis is a 49-year-old man living in southwest Sydney, but is originally from Iran and a self-proclaimed sheik, and also sent hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers between 2007 and 2009, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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he needs to be dealt with appropriately ASAP!!
Id imagine that the concept of carrying a concealed weapon has occurred to many many Australians in the last 16 hours
I’m sure they’ll be more talk about it
Pres_ _ent 0bama declares this act of marketplace violence has no connection to peaceful Islam in 3, 2, 1, ...
It appears the Aussies have no penalties associated with criminal activities. This guy stabs and burns his wife, and is out on bond?
Maybe the penalty for carrying an illegal gun is as harsh as a stern talking to. Might as well go about armed.
Wrap his ass in pig guts and seal him in a solid clear glass block for all to see in the town square on permanent display....
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The sickos on twitter started a hashtag campaign #illridewithyou. It is to “focus on positivity and end racism and islamaphobia”.
To liberals, making terrorists feel uncomfortable is worse than beheadings or the hostages being executed with a bullet to the back of the head.
Unfortunately, the Aussies banned handguns last year. No chance to defend oneself.
Wondering how many of those hostages wished they had had a gun.
Actually it began as supporting Muslims......but as with all protests , online and off, the Marxists and every other “club” jump on it and make it into something it’s not.
Ferguson comes to mind.
Press Conference:
Two Hostages dead, plus the fake Imam, for a total of 3 killed.
Policeman wounded, shot to the face.
A shotgun is by far the most deadly weapon in mass murders. And is by far the most devastating weapon known at close range.
A little known fact is that the deadliest weapon in the Aurora theater shootings was not the AR15. It was the 870 with the extended tube that he unleashed most of the hell with.
In WWI the Germans actually protested the doughboys use of 12 gauge Winchester trench guns firing buckshot as barbaric. They threatened to execute any soldier captured with one. Our generals responded that German prisoners would be executed if they proceeded with it. Its a matter of record.
Water cooled machine guns, caverns filled with explosives that blew up entire mountains, gas, artillery until it was moonscape, all were ok. But the lowly shotgun was over the line for them. Also another little known factoid or two. When going after dangerous game, the professional hunter in Africa often carries a 12 gauge in case he must save his client who has wounded the lion or some such.
And again, most of the settlers who went west in wagons did not have peacemakers, Winchesters, etc. The most common gun in the covered wagons was the shotgun.
A shotgun is truly horrifying if you understand its power. It just isn’t sexy.
Thank God Austraila banned guns eh? :)
Somewhere, Hillary Clinton is upset the cockroach is dead..she still empathizes with him
It is a herd mentality. These idealistic fools don’t realize or care that the Muslims they love so much would gladly behead them.
Remember the liberal from Indiana beheaded by ISIS? He converted to Islam, showed “solidarity” with his captors and ultimately lost his head.
And his parents? They apologized for ISIS claiming they “understood” why ISIS beheaded him and attacked Western Civilization instead of the barbaric terrorists.
Liberalism is a mental disorder and in most cases a suicidal mental disorder!
Funny, I thought the deadliest close range weapon for mass murder was a 757 airliner....
How about a fully loaded islamist?
Except him.
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