Which was apparently the youngest one who then went to class, don't think its been established yet if he knew what he was involved with or not.
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Which was apparently the youngest one who then went to class, don't think its been established yet if he knew what he was involved with or not.
Could have been in the boot or in a bag I doubt they drove around with them on show, the loose shoe suggests they possibly changed clothes. Or he could have been fully aware and protesting his innocence.
EDIT: Or they could have the wrong person but seems unlikely given the current information.
You'd think so. The information is all a big mess at the moment because the 18 year old they named and currently have in custody was apparently in school at the time.
That's a fair point. I'm reading contrasting accounts. One suggested the car pulled up they jumped out the two armed headed for the door and the 18 year old drove off on a moped.
Too early to really say for sure. Until things are fact I really shouldn't speculate.
Just feel so bad for their families
.Edit: there's some great cartoons coming out for this;
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Supposedly now cleared by police though not seen official confirmation.
EDIT: Unconfirmed but was apparently a bike or scooter registered to him but he was supposedly 200-300km away at the time so possibly stolen along with the car.
EDIT: Unconfirmed but was apparently a bike or scooter registered to him but he was supposedly 200-300km away at the time so possibly stolen along with the car.
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Right... you do know what this attack was the result of?
What has insulting the prophet got to do with foreign policy?
When Salmon Rushdie required bodyguards in the late 80s was our foreign policy to blame?
Think it is fairly likely he did... it isn't like he immediately called for help upon seeing them run off to a building with assault rifles... Nah he made an escape on a scooter.
Purely being objective that assumes they geared up before he left. Though current reports place the guy being named as 100s of km away at the time which if true its anyones guess who the 3rd guy was if there even was one.
EDIT: Official story is they left with an accomplice, the rest seems to be speculation.
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Could well be, but doesn't have to be necessarily
Death penalty for those who insult the prophet is the Islamic punishment, this is widely accepted across Islam. (Obviously most wouldn't see it as their duty to carry it out themselves per say).
Look at the Salmon Rushdie issue - the Iranians issued a fatwa over that and they're pretty far removed from whabbism.
Slightly ironic given that the Saudi state would also happily execute someone for drawing cartoons like those published by the magazine.
They'll happily condemn the attack, those individuals taking matters into their own hands.. relatively few Muslims will actually challenge the wisely accepted interpretation of their religion or believe that it ought to change.
Most Muslims are opposed to these sorts of cartoons being allowed.
Have people done that? Most people who are in favour of freedom of speech are in favour of freedom if religion.
(Both of which Islam opposes to different extents)
Seriously I think you miss read my post, the big cough at the end kinda points to me being sarcastic about "poor Islam". There is no such thing as peace loving Muslims. 17 terrorist attacks in 7 day... *ALL* in the name of Islam.
Since the news story broke I have seen many calling for a prohibition, in various measures of aggressiveness, on the practice of Islam in the West. Often tacked on the end of a sentiment about protecting the freedom of publishing opinions satirical or otherwise.
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You're telling us there isn't one peaceful muslim out of 1.6 billion of them? Damn we're screwed.
well given that most of the civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan were people killed by Muslim terrorists you'll find that the figure is actually the same figure.
or did you think it was uk troops blowing up markets and shooting up the civilians in the hundreds of thousands?
Yeah i know im living in fear at my Swedish classes today. The 11 Muslim guys and girls i study with will all be wearing Suicide vests again. Chanting Allah Ackbar and stuff.
Im sure it will be fun and games.
Utterly.
If even just 1% of the worldwide Muslim population were extremists we'd be screwed.
About the worst thing we could do would be to treat ALL muslims as if they're extremists, that is exactly what the people committing these atrocities want, they want it to become "us against them" with as many more Muslims feeling that way as possible.
They want it to become a war against their religion as opposed to against the violent minority such as themselves.
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Well said.
I hope they catch them without killing them, or before they kill themselves. We need to get under their skin and understand why they did this.