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Istanbul Attack: A Grim Reminder Of Why Airports Are Easy Targets (firstpost.com)
An anonymous reader shares a FirstPost article:Even as I write this the echo of gunfire continues at Ataturk International Airport. For reasons that defy logic, Istanbul's main airport has always been seen as a vulnerable target which only underscores the fact that all airports in the world are open to attack and fail-safe is not a viable option. At Ataturk, security is usually high, but the weak underbelly lies in vehicular traffic entering the airport being given cursory checks, pretty much like most airports which is why President Erdogan was able to say this sort of attack could have occurred anywhere. That is true. Airports are easy targets. That even though Turkey was aware of the chinks nothing much was done to up the security levels. If you take Delhi International as a prime example, the access to the terminal is scarcely blockaded and one can reach the entry points with ease, crossing a couple of indolent checkpoints and a roller fence. (Editor's note: the article has been written by an Indian author, and so he uses an Indian airport as an example.) Indian airports are as porous as a sponge. Most of our airports are red-starred which places them in the inadequate category. Add to that the fact that several thousand VIPs are given privileges that make a pudding out of security and it indicates how easy peasy it would be to amble up to the terminal entrance. The weakness primarily lies in the absence of X-Rays and deterrent technology on approach. You practically can check in and get to immigration before being cleared for hazardous material.
But the reality is that incidents like this are almost an everyday occurrence. We're averaging about one terrorist incident per day this year (see a month-by-month breakdown), including shootings, suicide bombings, and vehicular attacks. Several a month have comparable death tolls to this latest Istanbul attack. It just isn't a big enough event to warrant it being on slashdot; non-tech "stuff that matters" can't be stuff that happens every day. If the death toll was in the hundreds, then maybe.
Oh no... it's the future.
In the ISIS belief system, being the wrong kind of Muslim is the worst thing you can be, worse then believing in some other religion.
Actually it did. A cop shot one of them before he could do anything. Try again troll.
It'll always be good ole Byzantium to me!
I hope to God (or Goddess) that you know that what you're referring to is fiction
What's your next guess?
Note in particular, the section on how the Brits took them out.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Multiculturalism is a dangerously naive ideology. Just because you love people that are different from you doesn't mean that they will reciprocate and respect your way of life.
The globalists are driving this crisis. They import workers from alien cultures who do not integrate with society and push for open borders; literally the destruction of a nation. They target the young and foolish and convince them that they should support these actions because it's the "right" thing to do. If you're opposed to their agenda and want to preserve your heritage, well that just means you're an awful racist!
The day after the Brexit vote NPR interviewed some young people that were just wailing about how the old people had ruined their futures by voting for Nationalism and not Globalism. Totally clueless that they're being used by the elites in an attempt to consolidate their power. Now there's talk of EU members being forced to give up their own armies in favor of an "integrated" EU army?!