terrorist attacks!
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- _niko0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/trave…
every single country on here with an elevated risk of attacks, other than Colombia (maybe a few others?)I believe, is at risk from Islamist terrorists.
- makes me want to travel....Bennn
- colombia isn't on thereterry_cloth
- utopian-1
- pr20
Cactus, the problem is NOT that 1/5 of world Muslim population is made up of stupid morons (that's stupid even withing circles of already stupid) but that in ANY group as much as 20-25% are so! I mean, 50% of US Christians believe that world is 6000 years old!! 25% don't even know that Earth revolves around Sun!!! We are talking the stupid of the stupid so ignorant that you can convince them of anything. ANYTHING: sleeping with newborns will cure you of AID - check!; thieves should have their hand cut off - check!; sun revolves around Earth - check!; Bible tells us world is 6000 years old - check!; Koran tells us that suicide bombing guarantees your place in heaven - check!
It's nice that this lady is trying to show us that as much as 1/5 of Muslims are the morons of the morons but so is the case within ANY social group!!!
- lowimpakt-1
how many have died violently since we washed our hands of Iraq?
Suicide bomber kills 29 at football match near Baghdad
http://www.theguardian.com/world…- but were there any white people among the dead? Specifically pretty young white girls with big red pouty lips that look sultry yet innocent at the same time??Khurram
- wat i'm trying to say is. That's just towelheads killing towelheads. Who gives a flying 747 fuck yo!? As long as they keep that shit over there...Khurram
- Now.. about that oil lulzKhurram
- Khurram !!lowimpakt
- Fucking relativistas.Cactus
- lowimpakt-1
@ponypony I get you now. I want to give a slightly longer reply.
"my point from the start is the chart shows numbers and places but leaves out the reason for the terror, the past being mainly political, today: religious" ponypony
in my view it is difficult if not impossible to separate the political from the religious but I think the majority of the problem is political. It usually boils down to a desire to control, a fear of being controlled, access to resources/wealth, identity and myth.
These things always get mixed up. For example, one of the narratives around the terrorism in Northern Ireland was that it was the the catholics were fighting the protestants. Many people around the world assumed that it was a religious thing.
Religion was one thing that differentiated the groups fighting but the beef was entirely political. For example, catholics were effectively second class citizens i.e. couldn't take jobs at a senior level in the public sector, the police force refused to recruit catholics etc etc. And the terror groups on the other side wanted to maintain the control/status-quo and defend their communities.
Some things to consider about the current situation.
1. The latest cohort of fuckfaces are calling themselves "Islamic State" which in my view is telling.
2. Many muslims are disgusted by these fuckfaces and are no way represented by them. There are many Muslim countries that have little or no conflict.
3. The fact that the Islamist terrorist are acting globally is more a symptom of the fact that there is an international presence in the countries they are trying to get control of (not so much Boko Haram etc.). e.g. It's plausible that if other countries were invading/bombing Northern Ireland that the IRA would have attacked them too.
now, it's such a massive clusterfuck I have no idea where we go from here.
- I see your point too :) I get that it 'feels' political as much religious (if not more)... but the one difference I see that really stands out is the folks...PonyBoy
- ...doing the 'terror' for the most are willing to take themselves out in the process. That kind of 'faith' is just insane—I find myself in complete agreement...PonyBoy
- ... with your last statement: "I have no idea where we go from here."PonyBoy
- https://reason.com/b…yurimon
- It's the Saudis. Until people begin to acknowledge that fact, and their major contributions to Islam, they will only get stronger.IRNlun6
- Gnash1
Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-af…
- chukkaphob0
- "Finnish military are currently involved in 20 conflicts mainly around Middle east and africa...."Cactus
- detritus0
And another?
- chukkaphob0
Explosion linked to terror attack
"An explosion which left one person dead at a house in a Spanish coastal town has been linked to the Barcelona terror attack, police chief Josep Lluís Trapero told a news conference.
Seven people were injured in the blast, which completely destroyed the house in Alcanar, about 126 miles (202km) south of the city, late on Wednesday night.
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, bottles filled with propane and butane were found at the site."
- ernexbcn0
media is saying there are 2 guys entrenched in a bar near the attack
- IRNlun6-3
- Glad somebody sees the tragic irony of all this...Cactus
- pathetic straw men.Khurram
- please. stating an human ideology is inherently peaceful is the biggest straw man there is.IRNlun6
- who did what?Khurram
- yeah my mistake, i'm making assumptionsIRNlun6
- Communist rage out and protect your precious radical islam while attacking Christianity. Get them communists clinton supporters!Hayoth