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Down Under
Sydney gunny dead, siege over
2014-12-15
A thread for the wrap-up. Thank goodness the hostages are safe.
  • Police stormed the cafe in central Sydney where a gunman held hostages for more than 16 hours

  • Police moved in firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades as hostages were seen fleeing in terror from cafe

  • Live TV footage showed hostages running frantically from the cafe at shortly after 2 am in small groups

  • It came hours after Man Haron Monis was named as the gunman holding people hostage in a Sydney café

  • Iranian refugee, 50, was charged with accessory in the murder of his ex-wife

  • He was also facing multiple charges of sexual assault while claiming to be a 'spiritual healer'

  • Monis received 300 community service hours for sending hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers

  • The siege follows an unsuccessful attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court on Friday

  • He forced hostages to hold up a black flag with white writing in Arabic, an emblem linked to terror groups
    • Posted by:Steve White

    #14  Took the Lubby's shooting in Killeen to end the gun grabbers efforts in Texas. Some people need a wake up call (also known as human sacrifices in less 'civilized' times).
    Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-15 23:22  

    #13  Just imagine that some hostages in that coffee shop had guns... this creep would not have survived 5 minutes in Texas.
    Posted by: European Conservative   2014-12-15 21:58  

    #12  He had initial 'help'. They most likely held back and assessed the law enforcement response and/or videotaped the standoff.

    See other RB post.
    Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-12-15 20:44  

    #11  Thank you. I don't see a solution in the US other than deportations. I don't think we have the political will for that. I expect the political will will change if kids are beheaded in CONUS.
    Posted by: Super Hose   2014-12-15 20:26  

    #10  I believe the aussies are getting real tired of the muzzies, but you always have those POS liberal types In every country
    Posted by: chris   2014-12-15 19:29  

    #9  Anybody know what kind of reaction there is in Australia?
    Posted by: Super Hose   2014-12-15 19:18  

    #8  Oh dear, EC. That's terrible.

    Then this @sshole can enjoy eternity in the hottest, furtherest reaches of HELL. :-(
    Posted by: Barbara   2014-12-15 18:34  

    #7  Unfortunately not. Two hostages died, says the Sydney Morning Herald.
    Posted by: European Conservative   2014-12-15 18:29  

    #6  So he's the only one dead?

    I love a happy ending.

    Say hello to your buddies in HELL, @sshole.
    Posted by: Barbara   2014-12-15 18:08  

    #5  Outfits like ISIS like to utilize the criminals and loonies with an axe to grind as fodder. I would imagine that the Muslim chaplains in US prisons are getting some radicalizing done, too.
    Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-12-15 17:45  

    #4  attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court

    Who did that? His lawyer or one of the benighted
    "proggie liberal" schmucks that are common in the West?
    Posted by: AlanC   2014-12-15 16:55  

    #3  "for sending hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers"

    Mr Refugee should have been kicked out of the country for that.
    Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-12-15 15:09  

    #2  So given his history of 'activism', he was probably recruited and groomed for the strategy?
    Posted by: Skidmark   2014-12-15 15:05  

    #1  Just caught some Ozzie ex-security guy on the news speculating that due to the geography of the area - a number of govt buildings - the cafe was the nearest target of opportunity when someone twigged to the scheme.
    Posted by: SteveS   2014-12-15 14:42  

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