Islamic Gunmen Storm Luxury Hotel In Mali Capital, Take 170 Hostage; At Least 3 Dead
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/20/2015 05:46 -0500
Less than a week since the Friday 13th Paris terror attack, hours ago the newswires lit up with news of another terrorist attack at least 10 gunmen shouting and screaming “Allahu Akbar” attacked the Radisson Blu, a luxury hotel full of foreigners, in Mali’s capital Bamako, taking 170 people hostage.
The Radisson hotel lies just west of the city centre near government ministries and diplomatic offices in the former French colony. The identity of the Bamako gunmen, or the group to which they belong, is not known.
According to Reuters, the security source said as many as 10 gunmen had stormed the building, firing shots and shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is great” in Arabic. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said several Chinese tourists were among those trapped inside the building.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said several Chinese tourists were among those trapped inside the building.
The company that runs the hotel, Rezidor Group, said it understood that there were two gunmen although AP has since added there were at least 10 gunmen.
“According to our information, two people are holding 140 clients and 30 employees,” it said in a statement quoted by the BBC.
A senior member of the hotel’s security detail said two private security guards had been injured in the early stages of the attack, which began at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT).
The official response has been swift and according to witnesses in the area police had surrounded the hotel and were blocking roads leading into the neighbourhood. The U.S. Embassy tweeted that it was “aware of an ongoing active shooter operation at the Radisson Hotel,” and instructed its citizens to stay indoors.
A French diplomatic source added that Malian special forces at the scene of hotel siege, France providing logistics and intelligence support.
Reuters notes that the hotel gunmen have since free some hostages, including those able to recite verses of the Koran.
French nationals are among those held in the siege of a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, a source close to French President Francois Hollande said. “We are still awaiting more precise information that’s been checked out. French people are present. The president is following the situation closely,” the presidential source said.
Separately, a diplomatic source said that Malian special forces were at the scene and that France was providing logistical and intelligence support.
As a reminder, northern Mali which has been the locus of French military intervention in recent years, was occupied by Islamist fighters, some with links to al Qaeda, for most of 2012. Although they were supposedly driven out by the French, sporadic violence has continued.
Bloomberg notes that Malian, French and US security forces have since stormed the hotel where at least three are dead, including a french citizen, while 15 hostages hav been released.
Administrator
Author
November 20, 2015 8:30 am
by Karl Denninger
Heh Crapface.
How about this?
A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government’s no-fly list to legally buy guns, but a bill to fix that will likely wither on the vine. The federal Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, even in the wake of last week’s terrorist killing of 129 people in Paris, remains a long shot due to its rabid pro-gun opponents. “Anything which they feel restricts the use or the ability to retain a gun they’re opposed to,” bill co-sponsor Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) told the Daily News. “It’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction,” he said Tuesday. “The National Rifle Association is strongly opposed to it and the fact is we have only a handful of Republican co-sponsors.”
Heh ****-for-brains, here’s a clue-by-four: It’s against the law (with good reason) to be a terrorist.
Why don’t you arrest, prosecute and imprison the terrorists?
Oh, I see, the problem is that there’s no proof they are terrorists. So now you wish to deny someone their Second Amendment rights without first meeting the criminal standard of proof for conviction?
Well, that’s all good. This means you are a suspected terrorist, Mr. Jackass. My evidence? Doesn’t matter if I have any or not; I don’t have to present it, I don’t have to indict you, I don’t have to prosecute or imprison.
I just have to claim you might be one, and poof!
America is founded on the principal that if you wish to accuse someone of a crime then you do it, try them while presenting your evidence and if found guilty you imprison them.
It’s sort of hard to buy a gun in prison.
Until then **** off with your horse**** jackbooted nonsense.
Hope@ZeroKelvin
November 20, 2015 9:20 am
This is the essential problem with Muslim immigration.
There is NO WAY to ascertain whom you can trust and whom you cannot due to taqiyya and kitman.
Muslims certainly impose “religious tests” on those they behead, rape, crucify, burn in cages and enslave. I do not see why we cannot do so to protect ourselves, particularly when it is they asking to be let into OUR COUNTRY.
Wait, they aren’t asking, they are DEMANDING.
And that should put the brakes on the whole thing right there.
George Gallagher
November 20, 2015 9:25 am
Congressman Gowdy drops the MIC again on Obama-nation…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSwAM8nuS0…another one of the truth tellers…Nigel Farage warned the EU idiots this would happen in September EU meeting- We must be mad to risk allowing Jihadists on our soil – Nigel Farage MEP…
Anonymous
November 20, 2015 9:39 am
Why did Obama instruct the military to warn ISIS truck drivers before bombing the fuel trucks? How the fuck can you destroy the enemy if you let them slither away?
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(CNSNews.com) – In a bid to deprive the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) of vital energy supplies and revenues, U.S. forces have for the first time bombed oil tankers in the Syrian desert, but only after dropping leaflets warning truck drivers – deemed to be non-combatants – to “get out of your trucks now and run away from them.”
U.S. aircraft dropped pallets of them right where ISIS dudes could get them.
The U.S. military … caught red-handed, simply says “oops, we made a mistake.
If you believe this you are more worthless than tits on a boar. It seems the USA!USA!USA! is playing EVERY side in this conflict. Onigger is a traitor and should suffer a traitor’s fate.
Anonymous
November 20, 2015 9:59 am
That cartoon would probably be more realistic if it showed three loaded chambers instead of one.
Rise Up
November 20, 2015 10:11 am
In the link I posted a couple of comments above, there is a 10-second video of the Air Force commander explaining that the reason they didn’t want to kill the truck drivers was because they were most likely civilians and the Air Force is trying to avoid civilian casualties.
Does this douchebag realize that those drivers were paid by ISIS? That by killing the drivers you send a message to potential future drivers that they risk their lives if they contract with ISIS?
Does anyone wonder why we can’t win a military conflict anymore?
The GOALS – Slam US with TPP/TIPP and Climate Fraud carbon Tax to facilitate more Satanist Bankster control over world population…
Welcome to the NWO Bankster hell.
Have a Gruber Day.
Rise Up
November 20, 2015 10:28 am
Very informational article from The Atlantic magazine about the origins, methods, and goals of ISIS:
What ISIS Really Wants
“The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.”
They are following orders given them by Obama in trying to cope with it.
Obama heads the military and all branches are subject to doing his bidding the way he orders them to do it regardless of what they might want or not want to do.
suzanna
November 20, 2015 12:04 pm
Every single day…+- 2555, since O has been at the helm,
has brought some kind of bad news, for the people…
except of course, for those licensed to steal.
Only a few recognize this? I am convinced the TV is
loaded w/ subliminal messages. How can so many people
be so brain dead? Where are our men? We need millions
of men to stand up and shout in unison. Metaphorically
speaking.
Another year of O? What a miserable prospect.
The communists are winning.
Islamic Gunmen Storm Luxury Hotel In Mali Capital, Take 170 Hostage; At Least 3 Dead
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/20/2015 05:46 -0500
Less than a week since the Friday 13th Paris terror attack, hours ago the newswires lit up with news of another terrorist attack at least 10 gunmen shouting and screaming “Allahu Akbar” attacked the Radisson Blu, a luxury hotel full of foreigners, in Mali’s capital Bamako, taking 170 people hostage.
The Radisson hotel lies just west of the city centre near government ministries and diplomatic offices in the former French colony. The identity of the Bamako gunmen, or the group to which they belong, is not known.
According to Reuters, the security source said as many as 10 gunmen had stormed the building, firing shots and shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is great” in Arabic. The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said several Chinese tourists were among those trapped inside the building.
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua said several Chinese tourists were among those trapped inside the building.
The company that runs the hotel, Rezidor Group, said it understood that there were two gunmen although AP has since added there were at least 10 gunmen.
“According to our information, two people are holding 140 clients and 30 employees,” it said in a statement quoted by the BBC.
A senior member of the hotel’s security detail said two private security guards had been injured in the early stages of the attack, which began at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT).
The official response has been swift and according to witnesses in the area police had surrounded the hotel and were blocking roads leading into the neighbourhood. The U.S. Embassy tweeted that it was “aware of an ongoing active shooter operation at the Radisson Hotel,” and instructed its citizens to stay indoors.
A French diplomatic source added that Malian special forces at the scene of hotel siege, France providing logistics and intelligence support.
Reuters notes that the hotel gunmen have since free some hostages, including those able to recite verses of the Koran.
French nationals are among those held in the siege of a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, a source close to French President Francois Hollande said. “We are still awaiting more precise information that’s been checked out. French people are present. The president is following the situation closely,” the presidential source said.
Separately, a diplomatic source said that Malian special forces were at the scene and that France was providing logistical and intelligence support.
As a reminder, northern Mali which has been the locus of French military intervention in recent years, was occupied by Islamist fighters, some with links to al Qaeda, for most of 2012. Although they were supposedly driven out by the French, sporadic violence has continued.
Bloomberg notes that Malian, French and US security forces have since stormed the hotel where at least three are dead, including a french citizen, while 15 hostages hav been released.
by Karl Denninger
Heh Crapface.
How about this?
A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government’s no-fly list to legally buy guns, but a bill to fix that will likely wither on the vine. The federal Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, even in the wake of last week’s terrorist killing of 129 people in Paris, remains a long shot due to its rabid pro-gun opponents. “Anything which they feel restricts the use or the ability to retain a gun they’re opposed to,” bill co-sponsor Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) told the Daily News. “It’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction,” he said Tuesday. “The National Rifle Association is strongly opposed to it and the fact is we have only a handful of Republican co-sponsors.”
Heh ****-for-brains, here’s a clue-by-four: It’s against the law (with good reason) to be a terrorist.
Why don’t you arrest, prosecute and imprison the terrorists?
Oh, I see, the problem is that there’s no proof they are terrorists. So now you wish to deny someone their Second Amendment rights without first meeting the criminal standard of proof for conviction?
Well, that’s all good. This means you are a suspected terrorist, Mr. Jackass. My evidence? Doesn’t matter if I have any or not; I don’t have to present it, I don’t have to indict you, I don’t have to prosecute or imprison.
I just have to claim you might be one, and poof!
America is founded on the principal that if you wish to accuse someone of a crime then you do it, try them while presenting your evidence and if found guilty you imprison them.
It’s sort of hard to buy a gun in prison.
Until then **** off with your horse**** jackbooted nonsense.
This is the essential problem with Muslim immigration.
There is NO WAY to ascertain whom you can trust and whom you cannot due to taqiyya and kitman.
Muslims certainly impose “religious tests” on those they behead, rape, crucify, burn in cages and enslave. I do not see why we cannot do so to protect ourselves, particularly when it is they asking to be let into OUR COUNTRY.
Wait, they aren’t asking, they are DEMANDING.
And that should put the brakes on the whole thing right there.
Congressman Gowdy drops the MIC again on Obama-nation…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSwAM8nuS0…another one of the truth tellers…Nigel Farage warned the EU idiots this would happen in September EU meeting- We must be mad to risk allowing Jihadists on our soil – Nigel Farage MEP…
Why did Obama instruct the military to warn ISIS truck drivers before bombing the fuel trucks? How the fuck can you destroy the enemy if you let them slither away?
[img
?itok=pO32fG62[/img]
(CNSNews.com) – In a bid to deprive the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) of vital energy supplies and revenues, U.S. forces have for the first time bombed oil tankers in the Syrian desert, but only after dropping leaflets warning truck drivers – deemed to be non-combatants – to “get out of your trucks now and run away from them.”
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/syrian-oil-tanker-drivers-warned-us-bombs-fell
Anon above was me…
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?w=584[/img]
This picture was taken a few days ago.
That’s an ISIS dude.
Looking at a box of grenades. One box … of MANY.
Those are American grenades.
U.S. aircraft dropped pallets of them right where ISIS dudes could get them.
The U.S. military … caught red-handed, simply says “oops, we made a mistake.
If you believe this you are more worthless than tits on a boar. It seems the USA!USA!USA! is playing EVERY side in this conflict. Onigger is a traitor and should suffer a traitor’s fate.
That cartoon would probably be more realistic if it showed three loaded chambers instead of one.
In the link I posted a couple of comments above, there is a 10-second video of the Air Force commander explaining that the reason they didn’t want to kill the truck drivers was because they were most likely civilians and the Air Force is trying to avoid civilian casualties.
Does this douchebag realize that those drivers were paid by ISIS? That by killing the drivers you send a message to potential future drivers that they risk their lives if they contract with ISIS?
Does anyone wonder why we can’t win a military conflict anymore?
The(mis-direction)distractions and the Goals:
Distractions – fo (fake) racism, Refugees, ISIS, Syria…etc…
The GOALS – Slam US with TPP/TIPP and Climate Fraud carbon Tax to facilitate more Satanist Bankster control over world population…
Welcome to the NWO Bankster hell.
Have a Gruber Day.
Very informational article from The Atlantic magazine about the origins, methods, and goals of ISIS:
What ISIS Really Wants
“The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
Rise Up
Of course they know the drivers are paid by ISIS.
They are following orders given them by Obama in trying to cope with it.
Obama heads the military and all branches are subject to doing his bidding the way he orders them to do it regardless of what they might want or not want to do.
Every single day…+- 2555, since O has been at the helm,
has brought some kind of bad news, for the people…
except of course, for those licensed to steal.
Only a few recognize this? I am convinced the TV is
loaded w/ subliminal messages. How can so many people
be so brain dead? Where are our men? We need millions
of men to stand up and shout in unison. Metaphorically
speaking.
Another year of O? What a miserable prospect.
The communists are winning.