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Tannin
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Cheers Stui,
It's not that the PM doesn't even attend security meetings, it's that the government is split into warring factions. The former leader who lost the last election, (harder-line Buddhist/Sinhalese than the incumbent; populist, left-leaning, and aligned with Chinese interests) staged an attempted coup last year. After some argy-bargy, the high court ruled against him and the elected government resumed. It takes a more moderate line, leans more toward India, and tends to the centre-right. Nevertheless, the warring factions within the present government do not talk to one another and the security services, apparently, are aligned with the previous PM and the current president, not the current PM. So they don't tell him 'nuffin.
Much the same as the Australian coalition government, really. But at least they haven't had six PMs in six years, three of them certifiable fruitcakes. Not like some countries I could name. _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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Morrigu
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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ISIS claims responsibility for the attack, and seems to have some credibility.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/23/asia/sri-lanka-investigation-ntj-intl/index.html
Apparently the Indian police got info from interrogating an ISIS suspect who correctly named the leader of the bombings, same bloke was featured in the ISIS video.
This was passed on to Sri lankan authorities but it wasn't followed up. This could have been prevented.
Other sources attribute Sri lankan authorities as ssaying the attack was payback for Christchurch. I expect security to be out in force at the ANZAC game tomorrow. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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stui magpie
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Quote: | Sri Lanka’s defence minister says one of the perpetrators behind the Easter Sunday massacre studied at an Australian university as the death toll from the bombings soars.
Ruwan Wijewardene said one of the bombers studied in the UK and then Australia.
It came as police said the death toll soared to 359.
The additional deaths were the result of the wounded dying of their injuries. At least 500 people were injured in the attacks.
Sri Lankan police confirmed there were nine suicide bombers, with eight already identified. One was a woman.
Mr Wijewardene said many of the suspects were “well educated and come from upper middle class and so they are financially independent”.
“That’s a worrying factor in this because some of them have studied in various other countries,” Wijewardene told reporters. |
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/easter-sunday-massacre-sri-lankan-terrorists-had-international-help/news-story/f6d9d11d18d331b9a3876de5e3fe07fe
If true that completely buggers one of my theories that it is the poor and uneducated that are the most susceptible to radicalisation. If you have nothing, you have nothing to lose and the promise of paradise in the afterlife becomes an attractive option. When educated wealthy people are willing to strap bombs to their body and take out a crowd of people however, that's next level idealism and is worrying as well. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Wokko
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The Christchurch guy was apparently quite well off as well, the whole "poor desperate terrorist" thing is just an excuse. Ideologies cause terrorism, not economics. |
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David
I dare you to try
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I wouldn't be so quick to draw conclusions from individual cases. It may well be true that there's no correlation between socioeconomic disadvantage and involvement with terrorist groups – or, at least, enough exceptions to show that the link is overstated – but finding a few examples of middle-class tertiary-educated terrorists doesn't prove that. My own guess would be that a lot of the people higher up the ranks in organisations like ISIS as well as some of the lone wolves (like Breivik) would tend to be more educated, whereas the footsoldiers would be drawn from working-class backgrounds. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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stui magpie
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No doubt the ISIS leadership would be educated and intelligent, they have a plan. The foot soldiers, the ones who strap bombs to themselves aren't just usually working class but cannon fodder. 18th century and earlier standard military tactics and hierarchy.
Lone wolves having access to cash isn't surprising, Martin Bryant had loads of it but had the IQ of a cantaloupe. The las Vegas shooter was cashed up. Having educated and cashed up people willingly being the cannon fodder in religious idealism is worrying. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
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I was left wondering how so much death was caused by these suicide bombers but from the little bit of footage I've seen it would appear some at least had backpacks which I assume were laden with explosives.
Far bigger payload than what could be strapped to the body. _________________ He's mad. He's bad. He's MaynHARD! |
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Woods Of Ypres
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wheres Waleed ? |
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Pies4shaw
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stui magpie
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Pies4shaw
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David
I dare you to try
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Thanks for posting, P4S. And couldn't have put it better myself. (For those who don't read the Murdoch tabloids, the fact that Aly didn't instantly release a hot take on Sri Lanka seems to have been a phenomenon a number of columnist thought worth remarking upon. I wonder why?)
Really worth listening to what he says from 7:45 to 12:40, too. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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stui magpie
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