Gunman Takes Hostages In Sydney Cafe, 'ISIS' Flags Held

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http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/201...

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"My colleague Calla Wahlquist is at Martin Place, where a cafe is under siege in Sydney with a flag with Arabic writing has been hung in the window. She says a man who appears to be a priest has been escorted into the building."

so, priest trained in antiterrorism negotiations?

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"Ray Hadley, a presenter at 2GB radio station, is saying the hostage takers want to talk to the prime minister, Tony Abbott, live on air."

oh well, at least someone wants to talk to him

BlackLabel said:

Not that it makes a huge difference to the hostages but apparently it's not specifically an ISIS flag but a general jihadist flag. The black flag of Khorasan.

http://time.com/3430960/obama-isis-khorasan-terror...

that's the flag of McCain's "moderate" rebel factions in Syria, will that fcker ever admit that he scrood up

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actually the small part of the airspace is closed for civilian traffic as police helicopters hover above the scene...airplanes are rerouted to go around a bit

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BlackLabel said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Haron

Sheikh Haron
@Sheikh_Haron

Islam is against terrorism

https://twitter.com/Sheikh_Haron/status/5398890053...

what to say...

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lewisf182 said:

What a fking pointless waste of life. I fking hate religion....

Surely they could have taken him out countless times when he came up to windows etc? I know films arent like real life but surely they have a sniper capable enough to make that shot at a relatively small distance? Cant see how letting it get to this stage helped at all, 2 innocent people dead.

that place was occupied by some bank before thus windows are very thick and bullet would lose a lot of speed/energy even if it made it through the window

smegmore said:

If the reports of the criminal history of this piece of st are true what on earth was he doing out on the street?

that's the problem, those who let him out should be held responsible, when first judge (or whatever person from authority) gets jailed for letting nutters out of jail you can bet this will not happen ever again