<portentous voice mode> And so it begins.

[Gumbo Robot]

I've met many Syrians over the years working in the ME & have found them to be largely urbane & well educated.

Granted, these were all middle class Syrians though.

Had a Syrian girlfriend for a while. A Christian. Family were from the Golan Heights.

You should have heard her on Israel

[woohoo]

I've met many Syrians over the years working in the ME & have found them to be largely urbane & well educated.

Granted, these were all middle class Syrians though.

Had a Syrian girlfriend for a while. A Christian. Family were from the Golan Heights.

You should have heard her on Israel

Israel, was that her other boyfriend?

[minestrone]

I think Malmo has had 40 grenade attacks this year by Turks, that never gets written about.

A school shooting in the US and the UK's news channels get overloaded for a week.

[Forgotmylogin]

I think Malmo has had 40 grenade attacks this year by Turks, that never gets written about.

A school shooting in the US and the UK's news channels get overloaded for a week.

I hadn't heard about them, but you're right - there seems to have been loads there that just don't get the coverage. I guess it's because of the lower numbers of casualties, and the fact that they're not targeting kids specifically, but still quite shocking. Just did a quick search and didn't find the Turkish angle, however.

I did find speculation that it was linked to the Serbian leader of one of the largest gangs in Malmo.
In a port city, grenade attacks shatter Swedish sense of safety | Reuters

[OwlHoot]

2015-10-29 Tony Abbott is right about immigration - and turning back boats

[minestrone]

I nearly travelled to Syria before the war started, the government advice was that you should keep an eye on any females in your company and not let them go off on their own. I got the distinct impression it was a nation of sex attackers.

Doctors, engineers, educators...

Teen girl raped by 5 Syrian migrants

[meridian]

&amp;lt;portentous voice mode&amp;gt; And so it begins.

Good news!, bringing in thousands of people and paying for housing, medical, food, benefits, schools etc for them is a great thing for the economy...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6722396.html

What a pity we're missing out on all this positive economic impact that Sweden and Germany are getting.