https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/worl ... lists.htmlISIS Says It Killed 4 Cyclists in Tajikistan
By Andrew E. Kramer and Rukmini Callimachi
July 30, 2018
MOSCOW — A car ran down a group of touring cyclists in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan over the weekend, killing four people from the United States, the Netherlands and Switzerland. On Monday, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack......
Horrendous events in Tadjikistan
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Horrendous events in Tadjikistan
Postby Scintilla » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:15 pm
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Postby Comedian » Wed Aug 01, 2018 1:41 pm
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Postby djw47 » Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:51 pm
Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police? Totally irrelevant to the news item.Comedian wrote:At least their police are more effective than ours. It appears they have killed 4 suspects and arrested one. I wish they could have a little talk to the QPS.
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Postby Scintilla » Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:35 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/01 ... ified.htmlThe two Americans killed during an ISIS-claimed terror attack in Tajikistan were Washington, D.C.- area cyclists with a mission to bike across the globe.
Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin were among the four foreigners killed when a car rammed into their group south of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on Sunday. The other victims were from Switzerland and the Netherlands.....
.....They last blog post was from July 11 after they cycled from Too Ashuu to Ala-Bel in Kyrgyzstan.
“We coast into a gorgeous green valley. We freewheel past yurts and cows and little Kyrgyz kids and their enthusiastic waves,” Austin wrote. “We pass a French cyclist coming in the other direction, stop to compare notes on roads cycles, and ride on just a little longer.”
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Postby bychosis » Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:03 pm
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Postby Scintilla » Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:54 pm
1. Automobile to attack soft (Western) targets a la Nice and London
2. Deliberately drove at and straight over people, then continued with knives and clubs
3. Follow-up police intervention led to aggressive armed response and death of the (suspected) perpetrators.
ISIS is as ISIS does.
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Postby bychosis » Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:49 pm
But only by the nature that they inspire the actions of haters then claim responsibility when they don’t truly have any connectoin with the perpetrators.Scintilla wrote:ISIS is as ISIS does.
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Postby trailgumby » Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:10 pm
Yesdjw47 wrote:Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police?
Given the intent of perpetrators is often to change behaviour by creating a sense of fear among an identifiable section of the population, I'd have thought the relevance would be clear. You don't necessarily have to be a member of a middle eastern cult to be a terrorist.djw47 wrote:Totally irrelevant to the news item.
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Postby djw47 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:39 am
I've not seen any reference anywhere to the fact that Islamic terrorists have chosen to target cyclists, it would seem far more likely that they chose to target Westerners travelling through an Islamic country in central Asia and in this case they chose a group of tourists who happened to be on bikes who fitted their criteria.trailgumby wrote:Yesdjw47 wrote:Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police?
Given the intent of perpetrators is often to change behaviour by creating a sense of fear among an identifiable section of the population, I'd have thought the relevance would be clear. You don't necessarily have to be a member of a middle eastern cult to be a terrorist.djw47 wrote:Totally irrelevant to the news item.
How you can equate that to police in Australia is both baffling and insulting. You obviously don't realise how ridiculous and entitled you sound.
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Postby Mububban » Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:20 am
At least the killers won't ever get the chance to harm anyone else.
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Postby opik_bidin » Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:54 pm
Considering many crashes on cyclists, either solo or in a group, was treated with the usual indifference, it isdjw47 wrote:Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police? Totally irrelevant to the news item.Comedian wrote:At least their police are more effective than ours. It appears they have killed 4 suspects and arrested one. I wish they could have a little talk to the QPS.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2 ... orist-act/
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Postby Comedian » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:23 pm
So, by means of contrast. A professional truck driver hit and killed a cyclist and left him for dead. Much as you might a roo. After the police found him he'd got 13 months jail, and a small licence suspension. I believe the QPS were very heavily criticised.trailgumby wrote:Yesdjw47 wrote:Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police?
Given the intent of perpetrators is often to change behaviour by creating a sense of fear among an identifiable section of the population, I'd have thought the relevance would be clear. You don't necessarily have to be a member of a middle eastern cult to be a terrorist.djw47 wrote:Totally irrelevant to the news item.
I was just offering it as a contrast. If the QPS were more like the Tadjikistan police I'm very confident drivers would be significantly more careful around cyclists than they are now.
http://maranoaplusmore.com.au/truck-driver-sentenced/
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Postby Scintilla » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:24 pm
Oh S**T!! That is an absolute outrageous corruption of 'justice'. I had missed this verdict and sentence. Truck-driver was a callous a-hole and should have gone down for a 10-stretchComedian wrote:So, by means of contrast. A professional truck driver hit and killed a cyclist and left him for dead. Much as you might a roo. After the police found him he'd got 13 months jail, and a small licence suspension. I believe the QPS were very heavily criticised.trailgumby wrote:Yesdjw47 wrote:Is it really the time or place to have a sly dig at the QLD police?
Given the intent of perpetrators is often to change behaviour by creating a sense of fear among an identifiable section of the population, I'd have thought the relevance would be clear. You don't necessarily have to be a member of a middle eastern cult to be a terrorist.djw47 wrote:Totally irrelevant to the news item.
I was just offering it as a contrast. If the QPS were more like the Tadjikistan police I'm very confident drivers would be significantly more careful around cyclists than they are now.
http://maranoaplusmore.com.au/truck-driver-sentenced/
I wholeheartedly agree with your condemnation of the Qld legal system but it would seem that the courts are at least as complicit in bike-hate as the police.
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Postby Scintilla » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:35 pm
As they all (bar one) chose to resist arrest by police to the death, there is not too much to go on as regards 'intent'. But judge this for yourself based on the actionsdjw47 wrote:I've not seen any reference anywhere to the fact that Islamic terrorists have chosen to target cyclists, it would seem far more likely that they chose to target Westerners travelling through an Islamic country in central Asia and in this case they chose a group of tourists who happened to be on bikes who fitted their criteria.
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Postby Jmuzz » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:40 pm
Yeah would just be an attack on a tour group, the fact they are cycling wouldn't have been part of it besides identifying a target which would be at a predictable time and place.djw47 wrote:
I've not seen any reference anywhere to the fact that Islamic terrorists have chosen to target cyclists, it would seem far more likely that they chose to target Westerners travelling through an Islamic country in central Asia and in this case they chose a group of tourists who happened to be on bikes who fitted their criteria.
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A bus group known to be visiting some exposed location would have presented the same target.
Maniacs will go after anyone, groups of cyclists shouldn't be any more worried than any other group.
But of course any westerner has to be careful in these crazy countries.
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Postby trailgumby » Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:41 pm
Life is so fragile.Scintilla wrote:A happier outlook.
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Postby Scintilla » Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:57 pm
Ah, don't fret; this is a different couple who had a great time in Tajikistan, and came back to Australia.trailgumby wrote: Life is so fragile.
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Postby trailgumby » Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:25 pm
Yes, you're right. I read an article about the couple that were killed, yesterday in the Herald.Scintilla wrote:Ah, don't fret; this is a different couple who had a great time in Tajikistan, and came back to Australia.trailgumby wrote: Life is so fragile.
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