"Grand-Bassam’s beaches were busy Sunday afternoon. Soaring temperatures had driven people from across Ivory Coast to the city’s oceanfront resorts. Tourists and locals alike dove in the sea and lounged on the sand.
For al-Qaeda, it was an opportune moment to attack.
Six figures in black appeared on the beach. They wore balaclavas. They carried guns. They opened fire.
Armed with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades, the attackers marched across the sand, sowing death. They shot men, women and children. They shot Ivorians and foreigners. When security forces arrived, the gunmen killed two of them as well.
“They killed a child, despite him kneeling down and begging,” one witness said, according to the BBC. “They shot a woman in the chest. I swear, I heard them shouting ‘Allahu Akbar.’ They’ve killed innocent people.”.....
"The final tally: 22 dead, including the six gunmen, two soldiers and 14 civilians."
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"Grand-Bassam’s beaches were busy Sunday afternoon. Soaring temperatures had driven people from across Ivory Coast to the city’s oceanfront resorts. Tourists and locals alike dove in the sea and lounged on the sand.
For al-Qaeda, it was an opportune moment to attack.
Six figures in black appeared on the beach. They wore balaclavas. They carried guns. They opened fire.
Armed with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades, the attackers marched across the sand, sowing death. They shot men, women and children. They shot Ivorians and foreigners. When security forces arrived, the gunmen killed two of them as well.
“They killed a child, despite him kneeling down and begging,” one witness said, according to the BBC. “They shot a woman in the chest. I swear, I heard them shouting ‘Allahu Akbar.’ They’ve killed innocent people.”.....
"The final tally: 22 dead, including the six gunmen, two soldiers and 14 civilians."
Brutal.
Death to these assholes. I'm okay with a painful one too. Just cold hearted, inhuman, mutants.
Just gross.
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"And everybody putting everybody else down And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds All the dead bodies piled up in mounds, yeah" -Lou Reed
It's still a fucking crazy world here, Lou.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I didn't read this whole thread.....I just know what happened in brussels is known as an average day in iraq. frankly, as callous as this sounds, I don't really care about sunni on shia violence. they've been doing it for 4000 years.
If I had known then what I know now...
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And what do you mean in referring to it? It was hardly remotely comparable to recent terror attacks. The Bosnian conflict was a case of ethnic cleansing or attempted genocide and involved one state invading another. Are you referring to the lack or slowness of intervention??
making it about race destroys the whole conversation...I think someone nailed it on the head earlier about familiarity with location and with people versus something happening every single day in one area...unfortunately if its the norm then its not as "shocking"
A side note; When the war was going on in former Joguslavia we got a lot of new cool classmates/friends. They quickly adjusted to living here as I remembered it.
A side note; When the war was going on in former Joguslavia we got a lot of new cool classmates/friends. They quickly adjusted to living here as I remembered it.
As did my best friend, who came from Bosnia aged 8 as a refugee. She now considers herself as Irish as she is Bosnian
147 people, mostly students, killed by al-Shabab terror attack at a university in Garissa, Kenya. It is the deadliest attack yet by al-Shabab. The militants singled out Christians and shot them, witnesses said.
A Daallo Airlines flight traveling from Somalia to Djibouti in East Africa landed after an explosion tore a gaping hole in the Airbus A321 jet. Two were reportedly injured, though local eyewitness reports say that a “severely burnt body” was spotted falling from the sky.
Is that a Photo of the actual plane?...because it looks CGI.
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"Grand-Bassam’s beaches were busy Sunday afternoon. Soaring temperatures had driven people from across Ivory Coast to the city’s oceanfront resorts. Tourists and locals alike dove in the sea and lounged on the sand.
For al-Qaeda, it was an opportune moment to attack.
Six figures in black appeared on the beach. They wore balaclavas. They carried guns. They opened fire.
Armed with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades, the attackers marched across the sand, sowing death. They shot men, women and children. They shot Ivorians and foreigners. When security forces arrived, the gunmen killed two of them as well.
“They killed a child, despite him kneeling down and begging,” one witness said, according to the BBC. “They shot a woman in the chest. I swear, I heard them shouting ‘Allahu Akbar.’ They’ve killed innocent people.”.....
"The final tally: 22 dead, including the six gunmen, two soldiers and 14 civilians."
Death to these assholes. I'm okay with a painful one too. Just cold hearted, inhuman, mutants.
Just gross.
And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds
All the dead bodies piled up in mounds, yeah"
-Lou Reed
It's still a fucking crazy world here, Lou.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-suicide-bombing-1.3507527
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
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Missoula 12
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Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
67 killed, mostly women and children. Splinter Taliban group responsible.
(Yes, i know a thread with 11 posts in it so far exists for this one)
Sure, ok. Lol
It is the deadliest attack yet by al-Shabab.
The militants singled out Christians and shot them, witnesses said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32169080