Deranged Rhino Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 The Telegraph, citing Voix du Nord, reports that a group of US Marines who happened to be aboard the train foiled the attack. The Marines heard the assailant loading a rifle in the bathroom and were able to subdue him after he wounded three passengers. http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-marines-foiledterror-attack-on-french-train-2015-8?r=US&IR=T http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206426/U-S-Marines-armed-gunman-onboard-high-speed-train-Amsterdam-Paris.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 From the Daily Mail article: Three people were injured when the man, believed to be a 26-year-old Moroccan, opened fire. As well as an assault rifle, he had at least six magazines with almost 200 rounds of ammunition. He was also carrying a knife.” Yeah, but they were Marines, so it still wasn’t really fair. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 From the Daily Mail article: Three people were injured when the man, believed to be a 26-year-old Moroccan, opened fire. As well as an assault rifle, he had at least six magazines with almost 200 rounds of ammunition. He was also carrying a knife.” Yeah, but they were Marines, so it still wasn’t really fair. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Not the first time the Marines have bailed out the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Wishing the injured a full and speedy recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 If only France had some "common sense" gun laws, this wouldn't have happened.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Those marines must be racist islamaphobs for not letting the fella carry out his religion mandated jihad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 From the Daily Mail article: Three people were injured when the man, believed to be a 26-year-old Moroccan, opened fire. As well as an assault rifle, he had at least six magazines with almost 200 rounds of ammunition. He was also carrying a knife.” Yeah, but they were Marines, so it still wasn’t really fair. .Your right of course... 2 unarmed Marines against 200 rounds is totally unfair for the terrorist. I only hope my brothers stuck him a few times with his own knife.... Those marines must be racist islamaphobs for not letting the fella carry out his religion mandated jihad. No... We hate everyone equally that messes with the innocent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 200 rounds of ammunition? That could have been a HUGE blood bath. Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 France can put the white flags back in storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) The Most Pathetic Headline to Come Out of the Terrorist Attack on French Train No doubt you know all about the attempted terrorist attack on the Paris to Amsterdam train, which was foiled by three Americans, friends since middle school, two of whom were off-duty servicemen. We wrote about it here and here. Americans everywhere have justly taken pride in the young servicemen, who were on vacation, unarmed and in civilian clothes, but nevertheless, when others fled, charged the terrorist armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and a box cutter and disabled him. But some apparently have a different perspective. I hereby nominate this headline in the relentlessly left-wing Minneapolis Star-Tribune as the most pathetic response to the young Americans’ heroic deed: Authorities laud European train passengers for averting attack by heavily armed man. What a classic! It begins with a bow to “authorities,” unspecified but nevertheless deserving of reverence if you are a liberal. Next: “European train passengers” get the credit. If you didn’t know better, you would understand that the heroes were Europeans. And the Strib wouldn’t want you to know that they were not just Americans, but American servicemen. The “averted” an “attack” is true, but it doesn’t convey the reality of a couple of unarmed men not only putting their bodies in front of a Kalashnikov rifle, but disarming, capturing and beating into unconsciousness a “heavily armed man,” probably saving dozens of lives. What the heavily armed man was doing on a French train remains a mystery, as far as the Strib’s headline writers are concerned. No mention of the fact that he is a Muslim whose name was known to French anti-terror police, reportedly because of his known or suspected travel to Syria. No hint that this was an attempted terrorist attack, which may or may not have been directed or coordinated by ISIS and its European agents. He was just another of those “heavily armed men” who crop up from time to time in the news. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/08/the-most-pathetic-headline-to-come-out-of-the-terrorist-attack-on-french-train.php Edited August 23, 2015 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 So very proud of humanity when things like this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who is Yuri? Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Boys' State '97. Semper Fi. Hoorah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Were the marines in uniform? They might get charged for disobeying Obama's foreign policy directives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-spencer-stone-stabbed-in-sacramento-20151008-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-spencer-stone-stabbed-in-sacramento-20151008-story.html If the White House issues a statement at all they'll probably say something like, "He probably had it coming, and we also exhort the Army to exonerate and honorably discharge American hero, Sergeant Bowe Berghdal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 If the White House issues a statement at all they'll probably say something like, "He probably had it coming, and we also exhort the Army to exonerate and honorably discharge American hero, Sergeant Bowe Berghdal." More likely another statement against gun violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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