Toulouse Shootings

[rockyracoon]

Just watching Sky news, it seems the French police have cornered a suspect in a house, 2 police offers have been shot. Apparently he has an Uzi and Kalashnikovs, let's hope he doesn't have the ammunition to use them. He told negotiators that he'll surrender this afternoon, how will they get him out if he doesn't? It's not going to end well is it?

[Old_Geezer]

It seems likely one would get guns and not the ammunition to go with them.

We can not tell how it will end, we can only hope and wait to see.

[RATTER15]

OG, Im assuming you meant unlikely?

These things dont usually end well, just put an RPG into the house and then talk about it, how many more people have got to die!!?

[Old_Geezer]

After all this time you don't get my sense of humour ;-)
Sorry, it's just me. Probably not a thread subject to tease folk in.

[tamborine]

His name is mohammed; asif we didn't know !

[jake-the-peg]

Because Ratter although it would make you feel good it would be wonderful propaganda for his cause and let them portray the authorities as violent mulim murdering crusaders.

The IRA's highest recruitment was during internment

Agressive responses to terrorism is simply stupid

[jake-the-peg]

Interesting Tamborine - two days ago everybody was pointing the finger at neo-nazi's again.

You're awfully clever in retrospect

[rockyracoon]

Ratter, what's an RPG?

[chrissa1]

Rocket Propelled Grenade.

[jake-the-peg]

Rocket Propelled Grenade

Subtle stuff

[tamborine]

haha Jake; love the french police uniforms tho' :)

[jno]

an Algerian who shot Moroccan soldiers? I'm sure tamborine predicted this days ago; but I'll wait and see how it turns out.

[tamborine]

oh dear - think I got up too early - lol

[rockyracoon]

Thanks Chrissa.

[anotheoldgit]

/// This would appear to be a right wing, neo-nazi attacker. ///

/// could be right wing ///

/// It could be a right wing nutter because the victims are
Jewish, ///

/// It could be a right wing nutter also because the shooting is linked to an earlier killing of soldiers of african or north african origin ///

Four typical answers from the early thread on the subject.

Yes, some are always ready to blame the Right-Wing first, after all, we all know Right-Wing attacks are far more likely that Radical Islamic ones, don't we?

[Gromit]

AOG

Each of those quotes has

/// would appear ///

/// could be... ///

/// It could be... ///

/// It could be ///

People were guessing, wrongly. A notice you didn't pull anyone up at the time, it could be that you were not sure it wasn't.

[Gromit]

AOG,

Just looked at the unedited versions of the quotes you printed above, and you probably owe a couple of posters an apology because you have distoted what they wrote and misrepresented them by your edits.

The unedited quotes are

// could be right wing or Iranian //

// It could be a right wing nutter because the victims are Jewish, or it could be a terrorist cell in a revenge attack for the Afghanistan murders by that American soldier //

Both the above quotes are either/or and do not specifically blame a right wing attacker, as you disingenously suggest.

[Eve]

It was all just guesswork until it's found out who and why, who knows.

Quote on Sky News currently:

"This person has made trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past... and says he belongs to al Qaeda and says he wanted to avenge Palestinian children and to attack the French army. He has links with people involved in jihadism and salafism."

They are also saying they have arrested his brother and brother's girlfriend.

There have been shots hitting officers so appears he does have ammunition.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// notice you didn't pull anyone up at the time, it could be that you were not sure it wasn't. ///

I did make comment about certain Islamic placards.

But I would have been foolish to suggest that it may be a Muslim attack, just as those were who suggested that it may be a right-wing attack.

/// Both the above quotes are either/or and do not specifically blame a right wing attacker, as you disingenously suggest. ///

The suggestion was made, and that is enough, why speculate either way until one know for certain?

Had I had done the same you most likely would have been the first to criticise me.

Regarding missing out certain words in my examples, surely it was enough to highlight only the suggestive terms that I was referring to.

[Gromit]

Though so. AOG never apologises.

[bazwillrun]

Why should he apologise ? theres to nothing to apologise for.

Oh I forgot youre never wrong, youre word is law on this board