Posted on 07/01/2016 4:40:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
ISIS claimed responsibility for a Bangladesh cafe attack today while hostages were still inside with gunmen.
"Islamic State commandos attack a restaurant frequented by foreigners in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh," reported the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency, which issued the first claim for the Orlando nightclub shooting.
They likely wanted to get a claim out quickly because they're competing with another terror group in Bangladesh: al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
AQIS had not made any mention of the attack on their Twitter account or WordPress blog. They did reissue their hit-list guidelines on Wednesday, hinting at an upcoming attack.
Both AQIS and ISIS to this point have been conducting machete attacks on targets, with the latter copying their rival in execution but broadening the hit list to a wider range of targets.
From seven to eight gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery at about 9:20 p.m. The light, modern, attractive eatery advertises itself as "the only truly Artisan Bakery Shop between Mumbai and Singapore" and their menu ranges from "sticky 'sinful' buns" to steak-and-ale pie. Shortly before the attack, the bakery posted a picture of fresh grape and kiwi tarts on their Facebook page.
It's a short walk from several embassies, including Qatar, Russia and Romania.
The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka sent out an emergency message to U.S. citizens telling them to "please shelter in place, follow instructions of local authorities, and monitor all news sources for further developments."
The estimate of customer and staff hostages was about 40, officials said.
At least four police officers had already been killed and as many as 30 injured in exchanges of gunfire with the terrorists and by a grenade the attackers threw at cops as they rushed to help an escaping hostage.
The Hindu reported that TV stations had been asked to stop live broadcasts from the scene.
A waiter who escaped described the gunmen as young and well-dressed with a "comfortable" attitude. One police official referred to them as "derailed youths." They were heavily armed.
"Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco has briefed the president on the ongoing situation in Dhaka, Bangladesh," a White House official said. "The president asked to be kept informed as the situation develops."
State Department press secretary John Kirby said they had "accounted for 100 percent of the American citizens working under the chief of mission authority."
"Obviously, too early for us to say who's involved, motivation, any of that stuff. It's all still unfolding right now. We'll obviously update you as the situation continues to unfold and more information becomes available," Kirby said at the afternoon briefing.
The U.S. government on Thursday designated AQIS as a foreign terrorist organization.
In February 2015, Bangladeshi-American secularist blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death on a Dhaka street. “The target was an American citizen.. 2 in 1. #America recently martyred 2 of our brothers in #Khurasan & #Shaam. #Revenge+#Punishment,” Ansar al-Islam Bangladesh tweeted afterward.
Roy was a dual U.S.-Bangladesh citizen who lived in Atlanta and was in Bangladesh for a month. His wife, Rafida Ahmed Bonna, was with him at the time of the attack and was severely wounded, with one of her fingers severed by the pair of machete-wielding attackers.
Well, gee, let’s keep letting islam find its way into society. F’ing morons.
For the first time in a long time, I think John Kerry may have gotten something right. ISIS does seem to be somewhat scattered and desperate here lately. What are they doing bombing other muslims and in Turkey, of all places. A country that has aided and abetted their mission for years. Now they come pointlessly destroying poor people villages near Bangladesh, impressing no one of their strength, convincing no one of the clarity in their ‘mission’.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has to keep bombing them from those drones.
Dint Islam already cause the seperation of India and east and west Pokistan?
CNN was saying it’s Al Qaeda. The WH must have told them to avoid using the term ‘ISIS’ again right after Istanbul. That way we don’t have too many terrorist attacks in row by ISIS. All these attacks happening with 0dunga in the WH.. THIS CAN’T BE!!!
ISIS seems like it is largely a peer to peer terrorist organization with little if any central command, except for attacks in Iraq and Syria.
Thus, many of the attacks are not ordered by their leaders but by terrorists that have no connection with ISIS. However, central command will not hesitate to take responsibility.
They need to be told and shown that if they die in this operation their remains will be buried in pigskin. This needs to become standard practice for Muslim terrorists.
“Islamic State commandos attack a restaurant frequented by foreigners in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh,” reported the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency, which issued the first claim for the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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Well, then we can breathe easier, because we’ve been told Orlando had nothing to do with Islam, so this must not either. /s
It’s those misunderstanders of Islam........
Sort of an Open Franchise agreement. So long as you kill the ‘right’ people it’s okay. The Home Office just wants to know the total kill count of infidels. How you accomplish this goal, they don’t really care.
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