The all purpose terrorism thread featuring plenty of allah akbar

[Moonlight]

What type of weapons was it displaying then?......vodka bottles.

[August]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

MoD's as in the aircraft carrying minister for defense (hence why it had escorting fighters), you can see the event as filmed by Zvezda crew on the aircraft:

The escorting Flanker demonstates weapons at 000020 or so

Maybe they were just saying hello from the crew of that RC-135 that your fighters buzzed. Are you saying the high stakes game of Chicken has soured now that we're playing by your rules?

[mapuc]

Earlier today I saw someone posted an article about ISIS

The headline said something about-ISIS are near defeat in Syria and Iraq, but are about to win the war in Europe.

Markus

[ikalugin]

Maybe they were just saying hello from the crew of that RC-135 that your fighters buzzed. Are you saying the high stakes game of Chicken has soured now that we're playing by your rules?

My personal opinion is that there is an intrinsic difference between an intercept of a recon plane (a military aircraft conducting a military task) and an intercept of a civilian airliner carrying a high ranking official (who just happens to participate in say nuclear decision making) and a bunch of civies (ie Zvezda reporters).

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Earlier today I saw someone posted an article about ISIS

The headline said something about-ISIS are near defeat in Syria and Iraq, but are about to win the war in Europe.

Markus

In order to win the war in Europe they either need to actually subvert local goverments or gain terrotorial control directly. I do not see either happening, the terrorists attacks while regretable, do not signal territorial control of the goverment subversion.

[August]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

My personal opinion is that there is an intrinsic difference between an intercept of a recon plane (a military aircraft conducting a military task) and an intercept of a civilian airliner carrying a high ranking official (who just happens to participate in say nuclear decision making) and a bunch of civies (ie Zvezda reporters).

We used to think that as well until somebody flew several airliners full of civilians into buildings, but be that as it may you guys started this latest game of high stakes chicken, you've been playing it a lot lately and your MoD has to be approving it if not authorizing it. So I guess that was just our sides way of giving him a little taste of his own medicine.

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by August

We used to think that as well until somebody flew several airliners full of civilians into buildings, but be that as it may you guys started this latest game of high stakes chicken, you've been playing it a lot lately and your MoD has to be approving it if not authorizing it. So I guess that was just our sides way of giving him a little taste of his own medicine.

I see, I guess escalation is nothing unexpected under the new US leadership.

Makes me wonder if we would shift from conducting valid defense interception missions to political statements and intercept Airforce-1.

[August]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

I see, I guess escalation is nothing unexpected under the new US leadership.

I guess not. Maybe next time your side will think twice about buzzing our ships and aircraft now that you've been served notice that we're not going to just roll over and take it anymore.

Makes me wonder if we would shift from conducting valid defense interception missions to political statements and intercept Airforce-1.

Haha, well that might not be so healthy for your pilots but I suppose that you could try.

What does "my Dad is stronger than your dad!!1" has to do with (Islamic) terrorism?

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

What does "my Dad is stronger than your dad!!1" has to do with (Islamic) terrorism?

Nothing.

Everything.

[eddie]

This link to Fox News show Iraqi soldiers taking revenge on suspected members of ISIS in Mosul. The video shows them doing it and is pretty graphic, so be warned. The video doesn't automatically play, but it is located on the page. Part of me is disgusted, the other part says Daesh did worse to women and children. So good riddance!


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/07...be-outcry.html

[Moonlight]

What did the IS members expect, a slap on the wrist and a warning to be good little muslims in the future?.
I'm sure the Iraqi government will begin an investigation and then quietly end it almost immediately, these IS fighters knew there time was up over a year ago but they still fought on to the very end, they were never going to be de-radicalised so this was a fitting martyrs death for them, its much better than rotting in a prison cell for the rest of their natural life isn't it.

[Skybird]

New Muslim terror strike in Germany. The mayor of Hamburg calls it a "malicious attack" by a "foreigner obliged to leave the country" who was "known to the police to be an Islamist" when this piece of dirt stormed into a supermarket in Hamburg with a big kitchen knife and started to stab people at random, killing one and seriously injuring another half a dozen. Witnesses confirm that after this he ran on the street and shouted "Allahu Akhbar". Police earlier this day insisted to investigate at all directions, but the plot thickens that this was another - and quite tpyical - terror attack by a "single, radicalised Muslim". A pattern. Or in plain German: Islam as a whole has nothing to do with it.

I cannot wait until Claudia Roth and the gang will remind us that this has nothing to do with Islam and that we must not give into fear, hate, or whatever.

In other words: Bend over.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

What does "my Dad is stronger than your dad!!1" has to do with (Islamic) terrorism?

I think it is from the Elementary School Recess philosophy of diplomacy