Reply to: Seige in Sydney

[EternalOptimist]

Just seen it on Sky News - many shots did they fire to take down one guy.

loads probably. they probably had a few square centimetres to go for, visible skin or eyes, just in case he is wearing a bomb vest or carrying grenades in his pockets.

[mudskipper]

I find these group hug style social media campaigns quite cringing.

Minnie needs a hug.

[BrilloPad]

Crash , Bang Whallop.

Australian Special forces bust the joint.


I wish some one would start a hashtag #Ilove linzCochiees

Oh yes. The good old days like the Iran Embassy siege.

These days they are not allowed to use live ammo. They can only shout crash, bang, wallop. Its human rights you know.

[centurian]

Just seen it on Sky News - many shots did they fire to take down one guy.

Reminds me of Private Eye article after the SAS took out three IRA members on Gibraltar.

Q : "Why did you shoot him 16 times"
A : "Ran out of bullets...."

Sadly one hostage killed...

[DodgyAgent]

The self-styled Muslim cleric was described by his former lawyer as an isolated figure.

He must have been an IT contractor

[EternalOptimist]

Crash , Bang Whallop.

Australian Special forces bust the joint.


I wish some one would start a hashtag #Ilove linzCochiees

[minestrone]

I find these group hug style social media campaigns quite cringing.

[minestrone]

Russia Today have spent the last hours criticising Australia foreign policy in the middle east. That channel if absolutely fruitloop.

[cojak]

Is it deplorable/despicable? I suspect the 'utter horror' unfolding is probably rather dull at the moment, and will hopefully end without any 'horror' at all.

'Despicable rubberneckers'

An opinion piece in the Herald Sun attacks what it calls the "despicable rubberneckers who took selfies and socked back beers and wine while they gawked at the Martin Place siege 100 metres away."
"Lingering just so you can tweet a pic of yourself to your mates, or worse to grab a few coldies and settle in to watch the utter horror unfold like it's a movie at the cinema, is just deplorable," it adds.

Says the Herald Sun whose photographer has just returned grumblng that the best spots had been grabbed by 'rubberneckers'...

[CloudWalker]

The Gunman is identified as Man Haron Monis,



Siege hostage taker identified as Man Monis, Man Haron Monis was convicted in 2013 over offensive letters he wrote to families of dead Australian soldiers and was charged with sexual offences in October relating to his time as a self-proclaimed "spiritual leader".

Martin Place, Sydney siege gunman identified as Man Haron Monis

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Yeah, whatever.

This guy was clearly causing trouble in Iran and was known to AUS police.

[minestrone]

Does appear to be that way.

Yeah, whatever.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I had to go to Russia Today to get the live feed.

Apparently this is all Australia's fault.

Does appear to be that way.

[minestrone]

I had to go to Russia Today to get the live feed.

Apparently this is all Australia's fault.

[minestrone]

2 folk dead.