12-19-2016, 07:45
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BREAKING: Truck plows into Berlin Christmas market
http://bit.ly/2hMC8OR
Early reports of multiple casualties, one fatality after a truck has driven into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin.
While premature to say it was terrorism, y'all may recall that these types of markets were named as potential targets recently.
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12-19-2016, 07:50
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Seeing one report (unconfirmed) that German police are treating this as terrorism.
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12-19-2016, 07:52
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Daily Mail reporting two fatalities.
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12-19-2016, 08:02
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More and more reports of German media quoting police sources saying this was deliberate.
The truck had to make turns off a main road to reach the crowd, was going about 40mph had did not attempt to slow down.
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12-19-2016, 08:04
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AFP news agency @AFP 5 minutes ago
#BREAKING Several dead, at least 50 injured in Berlin market attack: police
ETA: Other media outlets saying 9 dead.
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12-19-2016, 08:11
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While this is going on, there has also been a shooting at or near an Islamic center in Zurich with at least three casualties.
Ankara, Berlin, Zurich. Connections?
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12-19-2016, 08:18
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Photo of the truck.
Nine dead, over 50 injured. Sky News headline uses the word "attack".
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12-19-2016, 08:27
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Police operation underway in Brussels, several streets and public transport shut down.
ETA: hearing reports (unconfirmed) of shots fired in the Leidts area of Brussels.
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12-19-2016, 08:42
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One person detained. No doubt it will turn out to be a crazy Christian.
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12-19-2016, 08:46
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One person detained. No doubt it will turn out to be a crazy Christian.
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I'm betting on it being a disgruntled gun-crazy American veteran...
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12-19-2016, 09:08
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The snowflakes are busy on Twitter:
While you selfishly moan about #Berlin somebody somewhere is choosing not to sit next to a hijabi on a train.
"When the power of love will be greater than the love of power, the world will know peace."🕯🌹
#Berlin
The right is already trying to use #Turkey and #Berlin to paint their anti-Muslim narrative. Don't let them.
It goes on and on. And, of course, some 17,000 very useful "thoughts and prayers" tweets.
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From BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-38370364
'Driver came to Germany in February as refugee from Pakistan'
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The man suspected of driving the truck which killed nine people came from Pakistan to Germany on 16 February 2016 as a refugee, Welt (in German) reports sources as saying. But there is no independent confirmation of this claim.
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Driver's nationality 'still not certain'
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The nationality of the suspected truck driver who crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin is still not certain, a police spokesman quoted by Reuters says. The suspect, who fled the scene of the killings and was later arrested, is being interrogated by officers, the news agency quoted police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf as saying.
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CNN headline: "Truck kills 9 at Berlin Christmas Market."
Damn killer truck. I wonder what religion the truck followed.
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12-19-2016, 12:34
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CNN headline: "Truck kills 9 at Berlin Christmas Market."
Damn killer truck. I wonder what religion the truck followed.
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This is what I'm seeing on cnn.com right now. However, when something happens OCONUS I'm usually monitoring several foreign news outlets. CNN only makes the cut once they get people on the scene. CNN will also be among the last to make the Islamic connection.
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12-19-2016, 16:14
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The latest 'news' from USA Today has completely washed the one thing that makes this anything more than just a tragic accident. (Read the story)
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
Christmas revelry crushed as truck plows into Berlin market, killing 12
http://usat.ly/2i82cmA
The identity of the driver at the time.
News you can believe in! LOL
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