Posted on 12/14/2014 3:37:33 PM PST by naturalman1975
A hostage has been forced to hold up an Islamic State flag in the window of a shop in Martin Place that is currently under siege.
It is believed there are 12 hostages in the store and an ISIS flag has been placed in the window.
Martin Place is the main financial area of the Sydney CBD.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
You’re right, much better idea.
Checked Fox News but only saw *uckabee on.
You are a wealth of information.
Thanks.
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If so it would make his remarks about devices “all over the city” dubious.
When it comes to crime or terrorism, it’s always ‘opportunity’. The hostages in the window were women, and I saw three. Easier to subdue than men.
Bump.
TV feed shows a lot of cops standing around scratching their junk. Reminds me of Columbine. Not good. They need to be decisive. Close with the muzzie dogs and destroy them. Otherwise, all the hostages will be killed. Guaranteed.
If there is only him and he is that visible why is he not already dead?
If there is only him and he is that visible why is he not already dead?
It is not a Moslem thing. Workplace violence, don’t you know...
Where is Lakemba in relation to Sydney?
It’s a suburb of Sydney with a sizeable Muslim population. Where the main mosque is, I think.
What is done to dead Moslems is not a big deal to them. The dead body is considered no more significant than the scraps from last night’s dinner that are out by the kerb in the can..
Prayers that only the filthy mohammedans are harmed.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaD38oZqpEA
WATCH: Gunman Holding More Than 20 Hostages in Sydney, Australia
Published on Dec 14, 2014
(UPI) Gunman takes hostages in Australian chocolate shop, displays black flag with Arabic writing
Experts have said the flag “represents a general expression of faith in Islam” and is not an Islamic State or al-Qaida flag, though it has been used by some jihadist groups.
SYDNEY, Dec. 14 (UPI) — A gunman has taken several people hostage in a chocolate shop in Australia’s capital, forcing some to hold up a black flag with Arabic writing in the shop’s window.
Just before 10 a.m. Monday, Australian Eastern Daylight Time, the gunman held up a Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place, a business district in Sydney. At least 20 people were taken hostage inside the cafe. Australian media captured footage of hostages with their hands in the air and against a cafe window, holding up a black flag with Arabic writing.
Police in military gear have cordoned off the area and asked people to avoid Sydney’s central business district as the situation unfolds.
“This is obviously a deeply concerning incident but all Australians should be reassured that our law enforcement and security agencies are well trained and equipped and are responding in a thorough and professional manner,” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot said in a statement.
“The flag being shown in the window is not an Islamic State flag, nor one for the other best-known jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra,” national security correspondent David Wroe told the Sydney Morning Herald. “Rather, it appears to be a Shahada flag, which represents a general expression of faith in Islam, though has been co-opted by various jihadist groups.”
However, Greg Barton, a terrorism expert at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, told the Herald that “getting hold of an [Islamic State] flag would be quite difficult, and people will make do with what they have got. That means it doesn’t help confirm or rule out that the hostage-takers’ affiliation is with Islamic State or any other group.”
Thanks, Vel, Following it.
Thanks natural, I saw the report on Channel 7 but I’m not familiar with geography of smaller cities in Australia.
I thought they had gun control?
This is where the adults need to be in charge...In all likelihood, the hostages are going to die anyway...they should at least attempt to engage before that happens.
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