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Two Terrorist Attacks Hit Tehran

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @05:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the nobody-is-safe dept.

takyon writes:

Terrorists have attacked the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum and Iranian parliament in two nearly simultaneous incidents:

There have been multiple attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to state media. A woman was arrested after a bomb attack and shooting spree wounded two people at the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum south of the city Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reports. The news agency reported that a second attacker is currently surrounded by security officers.

That attack occurred at the same time as a shooting in the Iranian parliament, in which at least three people were injured after an attacker stormed the building in central Tehran, according to state-run Press TV.

Also at Washington Post, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and Tehran Times.

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  • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Wednesday June 07 2017, @11:20PM (2 children)

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Wednesday June 07 2017, @11:20PM (#522297)

    OK so you are saying the numbers are acceptable given the US homicide rate?

    Just out of curiosity, what would be an unacceptable level of Islamic terrorism for you?

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  • (Score: 2) by Ezber Bozmak on Thursday June 08 2017, @12:00AM (1 child)

    by Ezber Bozmak (764) on Thursday June 08 2017, @12:00AM (#522332)

    OK so you are saying the numbers are acceptable given the US homicide rate?

    His point is that the numbers are not out of the ordinary. Particularly given that source's propensity categorize any muslim behaving badly as solely a consequence of his muslimness.

    Statistics without context are meaningless at best, and dishonest at worst. Or, as Samuel Clemens said, "Lies, damn lies and statistics."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:39AM (#522376)

      His point is that the numbers are not out of the ordinary. Particularly given that source's propensity categorize any muslim behaving badly as solely a consequence of his muslimness.

      Salifism -- this is jihad dickhead! Don't worry, it's only explained on the site; [thereligionofpeace.com] The web site you couldn't be bothered to read before accusing others of bigotry. You fucking bigot!

      Statistics without context are meaningless at best, and dishonest at worst. Or, as Samuel Clemens said, "Lies, damn lies and statistics."

      Or as that quote attributed to Stalin [quoteinvestigator.com] said; "a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic".

      I disagree. The US needs to sort out the death tolls in St Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago. The world needs to sort out the death toll due to jihad.

      I do not care if you disagree with me and are pro-murder. I will speak up and out against this bullshit; You just have yourself a nice day!