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

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali
Official languages: French


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  • (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.

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  • (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?