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Radisson Hotel in Bamako, Mali Attacked; Gunmen Took 150+ Hostage

posted by martyb on Friday November 20 2015, @01:40PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/20/456758931/radisson-hotel-in-mali-attacked-gunmen-take-170-hostages

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34877069

Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen who had been holding 170 people hostage. The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews, shooting and shouting "God is great!" in Arabic. Malian state TV is reporting that 80 people have now been freed. At least three people are reported to have been killed in the siege that started around 07:00 GMT. Six staff from Turkish Airlines were at the hotel when it was attacked, and a Chinese guest told China's state news agency Xinhua he was among about seven Chinese tourists trapped there. A French presidential source said French citizens were also at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Reuters news agency reports.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @01:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @01:47PM (#265792)

    Always so darned violent...

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:21PM (#265810)

    I know... its always a brawl smackdown whenever I goto church. Its been pretty cool since they added in the cage for the one on one cage matches.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @08:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @08:32PM (#265959)

      No, religious people are natural bigots. For Christians it is their first commandment. The very first one. They are not allowed to respect any other religion as much as their own. That shows just how ingrained bigotry is in religion. They certainly are not violent among people that are like-minded, but when mixed with others we get the crusades, ethic cleansing, world wars, terrorism, and never ending wars that are thinly veiled imperialism.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @08:49PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @08:49PM (#265967)

        No, religious people are natural bigots

        That is rich considering the next paragraph you wrote. Talk about bigotry!!! Or maybe you were trying to be ironic?

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:34PM (#265815)

    shouting "God is great!" in Arabic

    Not those damned Scientologists again!

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by ikanreed on Friday November 20 2015, @02:46PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 20 2015, @02:46PM (#265823) Journal

    Tempting explanation, since for once the violence in Mali is Jihadis, but not really accurate. There's a civil war for the independence of North Mali going on. These are some opportunists taking advantage of existing strife to push their stupid agenda among a pile of other stupid, violent, often secular agendas.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Hartree on Friday November 20 2015, @04:30PM

    by Hartree (195) on Friday November 20 2015, @04:30PM (#265857)

    "always"

    Yeah, those devout Jains are just so unbelievably violent.