Some Muslims have that extremist interpretation of Islam, some don't. You'd think that's obvious.
Paris under attack
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Some Muslims have that extremist interpretation of Islam, some don't. You'd think that's obvious.
Jamezz
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We'll see what turns out of this massacre sooner rather than later. Sometimes you need to see what the consequences of taking certain actions are in order to understand the real cause of what triggered such actions. We all know that the real cause for invading Iraq was oil, among other things.
I have a strong feeling that someone wants Assad's head, Iran will be the next stop in this circus act we call 'War on Terrorism'.
I have a strong feeling that someone wants Assad's head, Iran will be the next stop in this circus act we call 'War on Terrorism'.
Miggs
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I wouldn't be. You have a better chance of getting hit by a car and dying.
RandyForRubio
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Just remember: this is all a direct causation of climate change.
/but mainly our ****y government
/but mainly our ****y government
Red
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Why doesn't the same anguish emerge after ISIS attacked Beirut?
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/middleeast/beirut-lebanon-attacks-paris.html?_r=0
“When my people died, no country bothered to light up its landmarks in the colors of their flag,” Elie Fares, a Lebanese doctor, wrote on his blog. “When my people died, they did not send the world into mourning. Their death was but an irrelevant fleck along the international news cycle, something that happens in those parts of the world.”
The implication, numerous Lebanese commentators complained, was that Arab lives mattered less. Either that, or that their country — relatively calm despite the war next door — was perceived as a place where carnage is the norm, an undifferentiated corner of a basket-case region."
Or Kenya and Turkey. Both had attacks within a day or two of the Paris attack.
Lot's of reasons imo.
1. It isn't expected in Paris like it is in the middle east and Africa so the shock factor rises.
2. Paris is a major world city unlike the other attack victims
3. Having Paris in the title generates viewers in the news
4. Some degree of ability to connect to Paris victims because they are white
5. France is our oldest ally
6. Just recently we were told this group was "under control"
I am sure that we can come up with another dozen reasons.
Red
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In this just under 10 minute clip, take a ride with a member of the IS, charged with the responsibility of enforcing Sharia law on all Muslims living in Raqqa. He's quite a pleasant guy. This, I think, is life under terror. Under the threat of death at all times. Sharia patrols. Sharia courts. Steal and have your hands cut off. Murder and be crucified in public....
https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-3
I did post the entire film elsewhere....
https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-3
I did post the entire film elsewhere....
I sort of miss the days when the P.L.O and the I.R.A. were the terrorists we heard the most about.
Besides, as was mentioned elsewhere, those groups pretty much confined their attacks to the Middle East or the United Kingdom.
I just came across a short blurb somewhere about all the recruitment of young children that I.S. is doing - - that's the scariest part in some ways. I'll link if I can find it again.
Besides, as was mentioned elsewhere, those groups pretty much confined their attacks to the Middle East or the United Kingdom.
I just came across a short blurb somewhere about all the recruitment of young children that I.S. is doing - - that's the scariest part in some ways. I'll link if I can find it again.
Red
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The 5 part series on IS I posted elsewhere shows how they raise children, boys of course, to hate and kill apostates. There is a section where a man who moved with his young son to IS from Belgium, asks his young son which he will chose to be, a warrior or a suicide bomber. All the while with the loving smile of a father on his face.
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Thanks.
yep, I realized after I posted that it was in the blurb you posted about the video
here's the link: https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-full-length
One reason I'm especially interested in this right now is that I just read the book "A Long Way Gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah about his time as a young boy and how he ended up fighting for the army in the Sierra Leone civil war from the ages of 13-15. His story differed from the IS "warriors" as he sort of fell into the warrior role by accident, but I'm sure there are parallels as well.
