Sri Lanka explosions kill at least 207 At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday.Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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At least they have made arrests and hopefully have the scum behind this.
3 churches bombed on Easter Sunday. No names or list of charges yet.
Presently the media appears to be taking the Ilhan Omar line of:
Just putting this here and not saying anything else.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sri-lanka ... -1.5106289
At some point governments are going to have to start pushing back against this crap or else they'll be replaced by people who are willing to take the necessary measures to keep their people safe from Islamic imperialism.
Agree. This is why men like Trump are being elected.
A growing number of people in the world are sick to death of business as usual and we're fed up with government after government that does whatever the fuck it wants and ignores the people they're supposed to serve and protect.
On that topic, here's some stuff from the US Government:
Press Statement
Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 21, 2019
The United States condemns in the strongest terms the terror attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter morning. Attacks on innocent people gathering in a place of worship or enjoying a holiday meal are affronts to the universal values and freedoms that we hold dear, and demonstrate yet again the brutal nature of radical terrorists whose sole aim is to threaten peace and security.
The United States offers our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed and wishes a quick recovery to all who were injured. While many details of the attacks are still emerging, we can confirm that several U.S. citizens were among those killed. The U.S. Embassy is working tirelessly to provide all possible assistance to the American citizens affected by the attacks and their families.
These vile attacks are a stark reminder of why the United States remains resolved in our fight to defeat terrorism. We stand with the Sri Lankan government and people as they confront violent extremism and have offered our assistance as they work to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The following is an unrestricted summary of a report from the FBI:
Executive Summary:
Authorities in Sri Lanka have blamed a local Islamist extremist group for the coordinated suicide bombings that targeted churches and hotels on Easter Sunday.
�The bombings struck three hotels in the capital, Colombo, as well as three Christian churches in three cities � Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa.
�Officials further allege the suspected group, known as National Thowheed Jamath, could not have executed an operation of this scale assistance from �international sources.�
�The Sri Lanka President has indicated he will seek help from foreign governments to identify and track the links of the attackers to external support.
�As of 9:00 am on Monday, April 22, reported casualties are 290 people killed and some 500 wounded or injured.
The report itself (as I am reading it) is unusually marked as UNCLASSIFIED instead of as the usual classification for these reports.
The summary above is pretty comprehensive but there's a few more details in the report that I am adding here. It's a pdf so it's not really easy to copy over to CKA.
�We do not believe these attacks were carried out by a group of people who were
confined to this country,� cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne stated publicly. �There was an international network without which these attacks could not have succeeded.�
An official statement issued by the Sri Lankan government has indicated that President Maithripala Sirisena will seek foreign assistance in tracing the international links of the attackers.
The statement notes, �The intelligence reports that foreign terrorist organizations are behind the local terrorists. Therefore, the president is to seek the assistance of the foreign countries.�
Six blasts reported within minutes targeted three Christian churches during Easter masses and three hotels.
All attacks were executed by suicide bombers.
On Monday, April 21, a ninth detonation rocked a street near a church in Colombo. News media accounts indicate that a vehicle allegedly used by the terrorists exploded as security forces tried to defuse devices left inside.
(Bart comment: Car bombs are typical in the sandbox. They have a suicide bomber make an initial attack and then a car bomb or IED is used to kill first responders.)
Later on Easter Sunday, authorities detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED), constructed of plastic pipe 6-feet in length and packed with explosive material, near the international airport in Colombo.
According to media reporting, police have recovered 87 low-explosive detonators from the Bastian Mawatha private bus station in Pettah, in the coastal area to the southwest of Colombo.
The "free press" seems kind of stifled too.
The eight bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, which killed almost 300 people on Easter Sunday, sparked worldwide condemnation. But the way some US politicians expressed their condolences sparked a minor outcry among conservative Americans. Former President Barack Obama and the former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, were blasted for using the term �Easter worshipers� instead of �Christians� when referring to the victims of the attacks."
If only there was a word for Easter Worshipping.
Paganism.
Christians worship God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. They do not worship a particular day on the calendar.
But a non-Christian like Obama would not be expected to know anything about that.