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Apparent Islamic Terrorism Strikes Sydney
An anonymous reader send this link to a developing situation in Sydney, Australia, being reported on via live feed at the Guardian, and covered by various other news outlets as well. According to CNN's coverage, "CNN affiliate Seven Network said that at least 13 people are being held at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe. It published a photograph of people inside the cafe holding a black flag with Arabic writing on it. The flag reads: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
From The New York Times' coverage: The police have shut down parts of the city’s transport system, and closed off the mall area. They would not confirm how many people were being held hostage inside the cafe, nor whether those inside are armed.
Local media reports said that the airspace over Sydney had been closed and the famed Sydney Opera House evacuated. Television images showed heavily armed officers with their weapons trained on the cafe.
Color me shocked.
The armed population of the US seems very easy to terrorise, so I don't see your point. We in Oz don't want the thousands of deaths a year you well armed morons have.
My sister lives in Melbourne and her patio furniture is stolen every year. The thieves know how "safe" they are, so they do what they like. She chained it up but they took the chain too. I recently won a .380 auto in a poker game. I put it in my shotgun cabinet. No one has ever tried to steal from my patio. When you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.