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posted by on Monday December 19 2016, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly

The New York Times is reporting:

Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.

The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.

Reuters adds:

"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.

"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."

[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:09PM (#443421)

    The war has already started. It will not be fought on a battlefield with guns. They will wear the world down with their numbers, force migrate into countries, push everyone else out and kill those who oppose them.

    Look at what happens to people in prison with a majority muslim population. They suddenly find religion. Then forget it once they can leave. Muslims know this. They use tactics to take over new areas seeping into the population until they control the area by sheer numbers.

    WIPM is needed. By the time your country figures out that it should have never let the muslims in it is too late.

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  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:07AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:07AM (#443467) Journal

    Zomg! The same thing happened in Dearborn, MI! Run for the hills!

    There's just one thing I'm confused about. How can WIPM [wipmgroup.com] help us?