Post: #1

Melbourne siege a 'terrorist incident'

Quote:Australian police are treating as a "terrorist incident" a Melbourne siege in which a gunman was killed.

Heavily armed officers arrived at an apartment building on Monday after reports of an explosion and found one man already dead in the foyer.

Another man, Yacqub Khayre, was armed with a shotgun and holding a woman inside the building against her will.

Khayre, 29, called a broadcaster during the siege to say he was acting in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group.

A news outlet for the group claimed it had carried out the attack, but police said there was no evidence of it co-ordinating with Khayre.

Three police officers suffered injuries after Khayre engaged them in a firefight in which he was shot dead. The hostage was rescued unharmed.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the victim who died, a building employee, was "in the wrong place at the wrong time".

Authorities were investigating whether Khayre, a Somali-born Australian citizen, may have lured officers to the wealthy suburb of Brighton with the aim of confronting them.

Mr Ashton said comments Khayre made referencing IS and al-Qaeda had prompted the terrorism investigation.

"We do not yet know if this was something he was really planning or whether it was just an ad hoc decision that he has made just to go off tap like this," Mr Ashton said.

"They (IS) always tend to jump up and claim responsibility every time something happens," Mr Ashton said.

He said Khayre had been acquitted over a foiled plot to attack a Sydney army barracks in 2009.

He had "a long criminal history" and was on parole after being released from jail on a separate offence last year, Mr Ashton said.

The gunman had arranged to meet the woman through an escort service before taking her hostage, he said.

Neighbours and people in the area described hearing loud gunfire at the scene.

"Everyone just panicked," one witness, Luke Fourniotis, told the Herald Sun.

"I started running but I didn't know where the shots were coming from so I had this thought: 'Are they shooting at us?' My heart was in my throat."

Nearby resident Graeme Hisgrove said heavily armed police officers went through his backyard during the operation.

"We were just in the front room of the house and all the rapid fire started, so we all hit the deck on the floor and just didn't know what was going on," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

On Tuesday, police raided a house reportedly shared by Khayre and his mother, seizing computers, other electronic devices and books.

Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull said the case raised "grave concerns" about the parole system which he said would be addressed.

"How was this man on parole? He had a long record of violence. A very long record of violence," Mr Turnbull said.

"These are important issues and Australians need to be assured that people who are a threat to their safety are not being released on parole."

Mr Turnbull said Australia's official terror threat level would remain at "probable".

Last month, an Australian coroner criticised a decision which allowed bail to a gunman behind Sydney's deadly cafe siege in 2014.

Post: #2

Deja vu

Post: #3

Where's the 23 deadly snakes when you need them?

Post: #4

(06-06-2017 12:05 AM)SamuelBRoberts Wrote:  Where's the 23 deadly snakes when you need them?

They wouldn't attack out of professional courtesy.

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #5

Splendid diversity enhancement for us, we feel enriched now.

Post: #6

Ah yes, an ad-hoc decision to grab hostages and start shooting, no different from heading out for dinner or ordering a funny shirt on ebay. Truly a mundane, everyday thought process that everyone goes through once in a while.

Fuck you, you disgusting traitors.

Post: #7

(06-06-2017 01:05 AM)RatInTheWoods Wrote:  Splendid diversity enhancement for us, we feel enriched now.

You know there are problems when even the Rats In The Woods are worried about cultural enrichment from immigrating snakes!

God save us from people who mean well. -storm

Post: #8

Quote:Terrorist may have lured police to deadly shootout in Australian suburbs

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/05/asia/m...australia/

At least the guy tried to target the cops and did not stab teenage girls like in the shitheads in Europe.

I have more respect for Devout Muslims who target soldiers than those who drive over 8yo girls.

And as usual - watch-list, former ISIS fighter, Syria tourist, but no problem. Let us wait before he kills someone.

Post: #9

Don't you worry.

Malcom the-Phaggot Turnbull is on the job. He's gonna innovate the ever living fuck out of this issue.

Muslim terrorists are gonna get so innovated by this agile, innovative innovator they'll have to innovate a whole 'nother scale to chart just how agilely they just got fucking innovated.

(no, you guys that aren't from Australia don't need to try and make sense of that)

Post: #10

And people wonder why Pauline Hanson is so popular.

I should go about and start our Aussie politics thread right now.

Post: #11

I am voting for this guys party:








Their website and principles:

Quote:Limited Government
A state that seeks to provide all things for its people will drain initiative from its citizens and undermine the legitimate authority of other social institutions.

The rightful functions of government are to guarantee individual freedom, property rights, internal order, a strong national defence, and the administration of justice.

Australian Conservatives supports the division of responsibilities between state and federal governments as prescribed in Australia’s constitution as the best means of preventing the concentration of power.

Personal Responsibility
Personal responsibility is central to the idea of a free society.

We believe that each individual is morally responsible for, and should bear responsibility for their actions.

Australian Conservatives recognises that the most effective form of government is self-government which requires the development in each person of the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, faith, hope, and charity.

Free Enterprise
The allocation of resources through voluntary agreement between individuals and businesses is the most productive and efficient supplier of human needs and is the economic system most compatible with a free society.

In recognising that living generations are stewards of the riches, both natural and cultural, material and spiritual, Australian Conservatives acknowledges that the logic of market relations does not exhaust the common good.

Civil Society
The values, customs, conventions, and norms of the Judeo-Christian tradition are the foundation for western culture and provide the appropriate framework to inform and guide a free society. Without adherence to these enduring structures and an associated rejection of moral relativism, society induces its decay.

Central to this is recognition of the importance of the natural family as the best possible institution for the nurturing and development of future generations and its role as the foundation of society.

https://www.conservatives.org.au/principles

Post: #12

I voted for Hanson back in July. I'll probably vote for Bernardi in 2019. I know he pissed the media off last year when linking to Roosh's article on SJWs.