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Four police officers and an unknown number of civilians have been hurt in an "active shooter" incident in the US city of Colorado Springs, police say.
Officers were exchanging fire with a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, police Lt Catherine Buckley said.
It was unclear if hostages had been taken, she said.
The city's Penrose hospital said it had received six patients, but did not say whether they were civilians or police.
The situation was still active and roads were closed, the city's police said in a tweet.
"We do not have the shooter at this point but we do have all of our resources brought to bear," Lt Buckley told local TV.
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Cum tacent, clamant. When they are silent, they shout. -Cicero
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday November 28 2015, @08:06AM
War criminals. Why do you think the "greatest generation" did not talk much about what they had done? They knew, unlike an armchair warrior like yourself. Vietnam vets never were called "baby-killers" by hippies, as Trump-style revisionist history holds, no, they accused themselves, and America did almost nothing to help them. The American vets from the latest American Imperialist Wars have similiar issues. Some of them are talking about it. Never again?
And, it is nice to get to know you, jmorris. But at the same time, kind of creepy.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Saturday November 28 2015, @03:01PM
Why do you think the "greatest generation" did not talk much about what they had done?
Because it was horrible? That is why we thank them for their service instead of saying "Aw fuck dude, you got all the fun!" Which is why civilization depends on finding such as they every generation, those willing to accept the duty of doing whatever is required to make sure the generation after them is part of the same civilization. When that doesn't happen Mother Nature says "Next!" and another civilization gets a turn. So bottom line, are you glad Western Civ won the last round of survivor and the Axis were voted off the planet? And which side are you rooting for in the coming round? More important perhaps, are you wiling to go all in, stop being a spectator and suit up if the crap hits the fan? Because the Bear is loose again, the Dragon is watching for an opportunity and the Muslim Bros are making a bold play. Somebody wins, many will lose. Or perhaps we get lucky and somebody sane takes power in the West before all Hell breaks loose and finds the wisdom to chart a path through the next decade that doesn't involve a billion plus dead. Stranger things have happened.
That sane path probably involves killing a few tens of thousands now to put out the fires in the Middle East before it explodes into mega violence. Specifically killing each and every member of ISIS we can put a crosshair on and making Iran's Nuke program 'perfectly safe' in the Douglas Adams sense. Were we to do that, and in a splashy and no fucks given enough way, the Middle East would calm back down as the Muslim Bros realized their dream of a restored Caliphate wasn't happening this generation, Putin would see we were no longer in a mood for foolishness and China realize the window for expansion opportunities had closed. It would restore certainty to the world, which is what is greatly to be desired. Uncertainty invites adventurism and with modern weapons that gets lots of folks dead.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Sunday November 29 2015, @12:12AM
That sane path probably involves killing a few tens of thousands now to put out the fires in the Middle East before it explodes into mega violence.
Yeah, because that whole world police thing has worked out the last thousand times we've tried it. Well, you know what they say: If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again. I can't wait for the government to blow even more taxpayer money on pointless wars.