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posted by n1 on Sunday June 04 2017, @03:25AM   Printer-friendly

Armed police respond to serious incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market – with members of the public urged to reach areas of safety.

Since late yesterday evening [Saturday, 3 June], the Metropolitan Police Service has been responding to incidents in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of south London. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already underway, led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.

[...] Six people have been killed in terror attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market.
Three male suspects have been shot dead by police.
Canisters seen around the body of at least one of the suspects have been “established to be hoaxes”, police said.
Police believe all of those directly responsible for the attack have been killed.

[...] Since March there has been the Westminster attack by Khalid Masood, who mowed down pedestrians near parliament and stabbed a policeman, resulting in six deaths, including his own: and the Manchester bombing two weeks ago that killed 22. And now London again.

[...] An editor in the Sun’s London Bridge Street office says police confirmed that a number of blasts heard [...] were controlled explosions.

Source: The Guardian

An investigation into the foreign funding of extremist Islamist groups may never be published, the Home Office has admitted.

The inquiry commissioned by David Cameron, was launched as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats in December 2015, in exchange for the party supporting the extension of British airstrikes against Isis into Syria.

But although it was due to be published in the spring of 2016, it has not been completed and may never be made public due to its "sensitive" contents.

It is thought to focus on Saudi Arabia, which the UK recently approved £3.5bn worth of arms export licences to.

Source: The Independent

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:08AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:08AM (#520091)

    1. He/they weren't really Muslim.

    2. This has nothing to do with Islam, and he does not represent Islam.

    3. Claim to be the religion of peace.

    4. Claim that it's blow back due to the west being in the Middle East, then blame western foreign policy.

    5. Claim the guy was mentally ill.

    6. Claim the guy was on drugs, or that he was gay. Therefore, he couldn't possibly have been a real Muslim.

    7. Say it is a "lone wolf attack."

    8. Compare the death toll to other tragic events and minimize the significance of the deaths.

    9. Remind the citizens that it's just part of living in a big city.

    10. Claim Christians do these things too, and bring up the defensive inquisition.

    11. Misquote verse 5:32 of the Quran, saying "If you killed one person, it's as if you killed the whole of humanity," to pretend Islam prohibits killing non-believers.

    12. Call those who blame Muslims racist hateful Nazi bigots.

    13. Blame Donald Trump.

    14. Blame Islamophobia.

    15. Blame Israel.

    16. Be concerned that this will only empower the alt-right.

    17. Change Facebook profile to flag of afflicted country.

    18. Fill media with tearful cartoons and sad characters.

    19. Start # pray for (insert name of city here).

    20. Politicians, media, and victims' families remind the citizens, "We will not be afraid."

    21. Light some candles, hold a vigil, and go on a peace march/raise money for the victims.

    22. Claim Muslims are the real victims in this.

    23. Claim terrorism has nothing to do with immigration.

    24. Import more Muslim "refugees."

    25. Wait for the next Islamic terrorist attack to happen.

    26. Go back to step 1. Repeat when needed.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:09AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:09AM (#520106)
    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @07:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @07:07AM (#520126)

      That above is exactly what is being done. Propagandists are sometimes hard to tell from real, confused posters. Most people are not smart enough to not fall for propaganda. The radio can tell them things and they will believe it.

      It is the duty of all who understand propaganda to unravel the propaganda in front of the idiots. Problem is, there are too many propagandists who are paid by the hour (or by number of posts) working against real people who spend their own time and will never be paid for it in monetary terms in the near future. But the fight is worth it.

      It is a war of the government and secret society propagandists against the rest of us.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:40PM (#520258)

      So the goal of Isis is to stop immigration so they can continue to oppress muslims. The only way they will stop the terrorism is to stop immigration. So basically as long as we continue to take refugees they will continue to kill us.

      But don't worry immigration has nothing to do with this

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @02:22PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @02:22PM (#520217)

    It is weird that you can actually recite all the reasons your analysis is wrong, and yet at the end it all rolls off you like water off a duck's back and you dimiss them all without a single counterpoint.

    • (Score: 2) by Sulla on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:50PM (1 child)

      by Sulla (5173) on Sunday June 04 2017, @04:50PM (#520263) Journal

      You must not read the news, view twitter, see facebook, or interact with people around you. Poster did a pretty good job laying out the next several weeks of news headlines and twitter hashtags.

      --
      Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:08PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:08PM (#520301)

        Poster did a pretty good job laying out the next several weeks of news headlines and twitter hashtags.

        ... and did nothing to rebut them.