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Two Americans overpower gunman (of Moroccan origin) in France train shooting
2015-08-21
Daily Mail UK has more with pics.

AoS at 1645 CT.
Posted by:DarthVader

#13  Team America - F Yeah!!!
Posted by: Iblis   2015-08-21 23:19  

#12  If the French have any honor these guys will be flooded with free wine and women.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-08-21 21:25  

#11  "Semper Fi, Abdullah!"
"aaiiieegghhhh"
Posted by: Frank G   2015-08-21 21:16  

#10  Well. At l'East on thé web of le Figaro (centre right) today France loves America and thé US Marine Corps.
Posted by: JFM   2015-08-21 21:05  

#9  Johnqc I am offended. Ou trains go much faster than that. Some of them at about two hundred miles an hour But I am entirely for the idea
Posted by: JFM   2015-08-21 20:06  

#8  I hope that the perp is not a rapist, or the Marines will be toast.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-08-21 19:13  

#7  No UN resolution authorizing the use of force? I'm thinking a dishonorable discharge at the least.
Posted by: Matt   2015-08-21 19:00  

#6  French officials have so far refused to confirm whether the attack was a terror related incident claiming it is 'too early' in the investigation

French officials suffer from the same idiocy as do U.S. officials. My hope was that I would read that the Marines threw this SOB under the train at about 90 mph.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-08-21 18:54  

#5  Situational Awareness: I read that the Marines 'heard the loading of a rifle in the toilet room' or something to that effect. There are wounded, but at the moment nothing appears lifethreatening, but some are serious.

Sir! That is an AK-47 assault rifle!
The preferred weapon of our enemy.
And it makes a distinctive sound when firing loading, sir!

Yeah, I guess it does.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-08-21 17:54  

#4  Reuters photo shows at least seven AK style mags, some possibly taped together and at least one pistol mag.No doubt here as to his intentions. Situational awareness, the Marines probably made this clown before he let his first burst rip. To bad Hadji didn't have his neck snapped in the scuffle. Sua Sponte!
Posted by: RJ45ACP   2015-08-21 17:42  

#3  Waiting for Obozo and Co to drum the Marines out of the Corps for 'unsportsmanlike' conduct ( in that the muzzies came in second)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2015-08-21 17:21  

#2  At the link, I see a headline that suggests the two Americans were Marines. Figures.
Posted by: gorb   2015-08-21 17:08  

#1  Drinking game time!

The motives behind the attack were not immediately known, although a spokesman for the interior minister said: "It is too early to speak of a terrorist link".
*GULP*

French police say the suspect was known to intelligence services
*GULP*

Pierre-Henry Brandet confirmed to AFP that a man had opened fire on the train but said that at this stage "we do not know his motives".
*GULP*

Oh fuck this. I gotta drive home.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-08-21 16:34  

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