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12-14-2014, 04:51 PM #241
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12-14-2014, 04:51 PM #243
From reddit
At least 2 gunmen, suspected more right now. [12:00 GMT]
The gunmen forced 2 female hostages to press themselves against the glass window of the cafe while holding up a black Islamic flag that resembles the generic black standard used by extremist groups, including ISIS back in 2007. This is NOT the same flag as the ISIS flag. [12:02 GMT]
There are at least 13 hostages right now, possibly more. [12:04 GMT]
Airspace over Sydney closed right now (unconfirmed). [12:09 GMT]
Reports of threats made against other places in Sydney according to ABC24 (CONFIRMED). [12:14GMT]
Reports that one of the gunmen is wearing a backpack and some sort of a vest. (unconfirmed) [12:24 GMT]
Suspicious package at Sydney opera house, building fully evacuated (unconfirmed). [12:25 GMT]
Gunmen have made demands on live radio to speak to the Australian Prime Minister. [12:30 GMT]
A middle-aged looking gunman has been witnessed through the window by ABC24 [12:39 GMT] (unconfirmed).
Possibly a second gunman witnessed through the window wearing a black headband with white writing in Arabic on it (unconfirmed) [12:42 GMT]
Australian PM's office releases message that the national security cabinet is holding an emergency meeting (hostage crisis confirmed), possibly Australian military response. [12:42 GMT]
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12-14-2014, 04:52 PM #244
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12-14-2014, 04:55 PM #249
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12-14-2014, 04:55 PM #250
ARMED men are holding 40 to 50 people hostage at a cafe in Martin Place in Sydney.
There are reports that two gunman have taken hostages, some of which are standing with their hands up at the windows in the popular Lindt chocolate shop, which has two or three entrances. There is also a black and white flag being held up in a window. It is believed to be the Black Standard, a jihadist flag.
Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane told news.com.au he believes there are 40 to 50 people inside the cafe, including customers and staff."Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life."
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12-14-2014, 04:55 PM #251
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12-14-2014, 04:56 PM #253
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"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
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12-14-2014, 04:56 PM #254
The man in question today is also said to be Australian, the difference is, he is doing it in the name of religion, islam. Did you not see the flag? Or are you gonna find a way to deny that as well? Stop lying to yourself, it's one of the reasons why there's a problem with this ubiquitous selfish violence with islam is that muslims themselves just keep denying it.
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12-14-2014, 04:56 PM #258
Lol. Did not realize Aus Brahs were this stupid.
Brb two persons attack a coffee shop, brb lets blame all the people who looks middle eastern.
Brb Breivik killed 77 persons because he hated muslims, no1 baths an eye.
This world has become so stupid that it's not even funny anymore
Idiots want to judge over 1 billion persons for something 2 persons did. You start to realize why they say white people are racists.
Brb racist against black people
brb racist against middle eastern people
brb racist against anyone who doesnt look like them
brb blame everyone for every crime someone does who is not white
stupid misc
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12-14-2014, 04:57 PM #259
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12-14-2014, 04:57 PM #260
These contemporary Orientalist attitudes flood the press and the popular mind. Arabs, for
example, are thought of as camel-riding, terroristic, hook-nosed, venal lechers whose
undeserved wealth is an affront to real civilization. Always there lurks the assumption that
although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical minority, he is entitled either to
own or to expend (or both) the majority of the world resources. Why? Because he, unlike
the Oriental, is a true human being. No better instance exists today of what Anwar Abdel
Malek calls 'the hegemonism of possessing minorities' and anthropocentrism allied with
Europocentrism: a white middle-class Westerner believes it his human prerogative not only
to manage the nonwhite world but also to own it, just because by definition 'it' is not quite
as human as 'we' are. There is no purer example than this of dehumanized thought.
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