[QUOTE=RoboChimp2;46713877]I wish Reporters weren't revealing what the Police are doing.[/QUOTE]
All the media are showing is a bunch of people looking down towards something. They can probably see that from inside the building.
[QUOTE=Glorbo;46713889]Sniper is from New Zealand.[/QUOTE]But he was raised and lives in Australia.
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Apparently there are reports of a man who entered a hospital with a package, and then dissapeared.
It looks like it might be the IS flag to be honest.
Just so you guys know this is absolutely momentous for Australia - as far as I know, if this is done in the name of IS then its probably the first public 'terrorist attack' on Australian soil since the war on terror even began.
With our current prime minister in charge this could end up resulting in severe changes to laws involving our freedoms, etc etc
[QUOTE=Apache249;46713891]but yeah you shouldn't be broadcasting police movements[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the police got all the channel seven cameras out of the area so they started displaying images taken by the public through social media.
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[QUOTE=killerteacup;46713904]It looks like it might be the IS flag to be honest.
Just so you guys know this is absolutely momentous for Australia - as far as I know, if this is done in the name of IS then its probably the first public 'terrorist attack' on Australian soil since the war on terror even began.
With our current prime minister in charge this could end up resulting in severe changes to laws involving our freedoms, etc etc[/QUOTE]
The 'it's an IS flag' theory has been debunked already. It's on the first page of the thread.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46713903]Apparently there are reports of a man who entered a hospital with a package, and then dissapeared.[/QUOTE]
The courier is a terrorist too?
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maybe it was actually Karl Stefanovic all along
[QUOTE=_Axel;46713851]Isn't it discouraged to show police positions on live TV during a hostage situation?
I mean, what if they have access to the broadcast from within?[/QUOTE]
It seems that that shot of them is on a loop.
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[QUOTE=killerteacup;46713904]It looks like it might be the IS flag to be honest.
Just so you guys know this is absolutely momentous for Australia - as far as I know, if this is done in the name of IS then its probably the first public 'terrorist attack' on Australian soil since the war on terror even began.
With our current prime minister in charge this could end up resulting in severe changes to laws involving our freedoms, etc etc[/QUOTE]
you know there were already new counter-terrorism laws introduced this year in october and november that already involve your freedoms right
Why does it matter what fucking "flag" it is, Islam is Islam, the book of islam is a violent book, if you're islamic, you believe in a violent book.
[U]This goes for all religions with violent passages.[/U]
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[QUOTE=Subby;46713941]Why does it matter what fucking "flag" it is, Islam is Islam, the book of islam is a violent book, if you're islamic, you believe in a violent book.
This goes for all religions with violent passages.[/QUOTE]
'Why does it matter whether or not accurate information is being reported?"
The police are being pretty hopeful that the media doesn't speculate too much because its now the time to FREAK THE FUCK OUT!!!
[QUOTE=Brandy92;46713943]Most accurate information reports 13 hostages, but this is not confirmed.
[editline]15th December 2014[/editline]
If you're Christian, you believe in a violent book.[/QUOTE]
[B][I][U] This goes for all religions with violent passages.
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[QUOTE=Subby;46713955][B][I][U] This goes for all religions with violent passages.
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Please take your bullshit rhetoric elsewhere. This is not the time nor place.
[QUOTE=Subby;46713941]Why does it matter what fucking "flag" it is, Islam is Islam, the book of islam is a violent book, if you're islamic, you believe in a violent book.
This goes for all religions with violent passages.[/QUOTE]
can we not do the "religion of peace, guys!" shit here, it is completely unnecessary
[QUOTE=Apache249;46713916]The 'it's an IS flag' theory has been debunked already. It's on the first page of the thread.[/QUOTE]
okay fair enough - but either way the media is reporting it as a terror related incident. So it may not be Islamic State but it still is as far as I'm aware the first terror incident of this magnitude on aus soil
[QUOTE=Subby;46713941]Why does it matter what fucking "flag" it is, Islam is Islam, the book of islam is a violent book, if you're islamic, you believe in a violent book.
[U]This goes for all religions with violent passages.[/U][/QUOTE]
Actually the quran has a great deal of literature about the importance of peacefulness and reflection.
not that its relevant right now at all really, just go away and leave us to watch the hostage situation
[QUOTE=Jsm;46713881]The person the BBC is talking to (from a high risk security company) keeps calling it the IS flag. Is it possible that it actually is?
They can probably see that themselves, without the TV. If the police really wanted it off air they would cut the power to the area. It some situations the media have helped, like the Iranian embassy siege the media was kind of used to distract people.[/QUOTE]
It's not an ISIS flag, but when you take hostages and then throw up a flag that says 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God' then there's really no difference between the two at that point
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Actually the quran has a great deal of literature about the importance of peacefulness and reflection.[/QUOTE]
That does not negate the violent literature.
[QUOTE=Subby;46713941]Why does it matter what fucking "flag" it is, Islam is Islam, the book of islam is a violent book, if you're islamic, you believe in a violent book.
[U]This goes for all religions with violent passages.[/U][/QUOTE]
Yea thats nuts right. around 2 billion violent maniacs in the world.
Please tone down the xenophobia thanks
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roight its those mooslim ray guns ye see
[QUOTE=Brandy92;46713910]Police raids currently occurring in predominantly Muslim suburb of lakemba.[/QUOTE]
Lakemba is majority Christian m8*
*oh wait its not soz
I just woke up to this, fucking unreal for something like this to take place in this country
Ok, NOW 7 is showing live police movements. That's not such a good idea...
I hope police snipers can defuse the situation quickly and cleanly.
Lol, apparently the attacker wants to talk to the Prime Minister
Good luck mate abbott is as dumb as two bricks
[QUOTE=Brandy92;46713910]Police raids currently occurring in predominantly Muslim suburb of lakemba.[/QUOTE]
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I am seeing a lot of people tweeting/asking about the supposed police raids taking place in Lakemba at the same time as the siege. Ray Hadley, a conservative presenter with 2GB, said raids of homes in Lakemba, which has a large Muslim population, were taking place now.
Sources have told my colleague, Michael Safi, there are no raids underway in that suburb. About 20 police are touring the Lakemba mosque as part of a police induction day, which may have been the source of those reports.
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[url]http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-reports-of-hostage-situation-inside-martin-place-cafe-live#block-548e3194e4b0f0afbc127067[/url]
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