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2017-01-01 The Grand Turk

35 people killed in armed attack on a night club in Istanbul, 40 injured

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Posted by Fred 2017-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Spoke Arabic according to reports.

Will be hard to pin on the Kurds.

Posted by phil_b 2017-01-01 00:53|| 2017-01-01 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Dead increased to 39, wounded to 69, according to the 1:19 a.m. EST update to the Daily Mail link in the post. A single gunman killed the policeman standing guard outside the nightclub before going inside, tossing a smoke bomb and shooting up the place. He paused once to reload. He is now being hunted.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-01 02:21|| 2017-01-01 02:21|| Front Page Top

#3 "Andalou doesn't have as much as Rudaw, much less Hurriyet, probably because of the gag order."

they are all de-balled. All broadcasts are of scenes already released and a broken record of news from 9 hours ago.

Posted by newc 2017-01-01 03:07|| 2017-01-01 03:07|| Front Page Top

#4 they are all de-balled

Truly said, newc. And since the Turks have begun arresting those using social media, the latest addition as of 5:48 a.m. EST at the Daly Mail is

President Erdogan denounced attack calling it an 'attempt to destabilise Turkey'.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-01 06:03|| 2017-01-01 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Ambassador Andrey Karlov will be unable to assist the investigation. I wouldn't discount a Chechnyan Santa Claus.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-01 07:21|| 2017-01-01 07:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Will be hard to pin on the Kurds.

Just watch Recep.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-01 07:39|| 2017-01-01 07:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Was it a gay night club?

{/sarc}

Posted by AlanC 2017-01-01 08:17|| 2017-01-01 08:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Will be hard to pin on the Kurds.

Why do I hear Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, offering:
"Would you believe a Kurdish, Gulenist, CIA, Zionist, ...Did I say Kurd?, PKK Plot!"

Posted by magpie 2017-01-01 09:30|| 2017-01-01 09:30|| Front Page Top

#9 President Erdogan denounced attack calling it an 'attempt to destabilise Turkey'.

What pissed him off the most is that's HIS job!

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-01-01 10:31|| 2017-01-01 10:31|| Front Page Top

#10 The latest from the Daily Mail as of 10:31 a.m. EST:

Turkish police have launched a huge manhunt for the gunman who stormed a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year celebrations and killed 39 people before leaving his weapon behind.

Already people in the city have started burying the dead, just 13 hours after the attack as per Muslim tradition which dictates people should be buried as soon as possible after their death.

And Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has revealed that the gunman left his weapon inside the venue and escaped by 'taking advantage of the chaos' that ensued.

But he also said there was no truth to reports that the attacker wore a Santa Claus costume, despite the CCTV footage from inside the club.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-01 11:01|| 2017-01-01 11:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Buthe also said there was no truth to reports that the attacker wore a Santa Claus costume, despite the CCTV footage from inside the club.

"What are you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes, Gulenist?"

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-01 11:24|| 2017-01-01 11:24|| Front Page Top

#12 A few yelled Akbars means it was a lone wolf attack.

Posted by Mugsy Glink 2017-01-01 11:32|| 2017-01-01 11:32|| Front Page Top

#13 And of course lone wolves tend to turn out to be known, connected wolves, Mugsy Glink.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-01-01 17:09|| 2017-01-01 17:09|| Front Page Top

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