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closeupready

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2. Syrian emergency rescue personnel yelled, "Allahu akbar" upon finding
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 04:15 PM
Aug 2016

survivors after barrel bombs in Aleppo and elsewhere.



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I wonder get the red out Aug 2016 #1
Which two? Clearly, you missed the "The 29-year-old suspect...appeared to have acted alone..." part. xocet Aug 2016 #12
Syrian emergency rescue personnel yelled, "Allahu akbar" upon finding closeupready Aug 2016 #2
they pretty much yell that all the time. 7962 Aug 2016 #5
Much as the Christian west invokes "God" at seemingly every opportunity. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #6
But you get my point, yes, that since it's meaningless, the headline as written - closeupready Aug 2016 #7
Bias AGAINST Muslims? Not at all. Its reporting & exposing their actions. 7962 Aug 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Aug 2016 #18
Because it is salient. It points to motive. christx30 Aug 2016 #10
Do you know that? JackRiddler Aug 2016 #13
We wouldn't even know it happened, and it clearly wouldn't lead in the headline. Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #15
Yup. Part of why I've stopped engaging with bigots here. closeupready Aug 2016 #17
Not a terror attack, yet "extremism" investigated as one of the reasons 7962 Aug 2016 #21
Yeah that's super f-ing offensive thedeadchucken Aug 2016 #19
And you can find 100k videos showing them doing it too. 7962 Aug 2016 #22
My niece lives in Perth......... mrmpa Aug 2016 #3
Its bad they're French. The Aussies have really cracked down on muslim immigration. 7962 Aug 2016 #8
Presented with no comment. Angel Martin Aug 2016 #20
Excellent & accurate. 7962 Aug 2016 #23
That's not true at all... Violet_Crumble Aug 2016 #26
Perth is quite far away from Queensland treestar Aug 2016 #25
Quite far away is an understatement Violet_Crumble Aug 2016 #27
absolutely disgusting patsimp Aug 2016 #4
He knew her; it may have been an obsession muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #11
This does seem on the surface a crime of passion, not terrorism FrodosPet Aug 2016 #14
A little light on the subject surely helps. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #16
The usual Islamophobes are coming out from under their rocks in this thread. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #24
And right-wing tabloids like the NY Daily News are really good at finding stories that make Muslims, pampango Aug 2016 #28
There are a lot of "liberals" who are really just ethnocentric authoritarians. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #29
The Daily News is not right wing melman Aug 2016 #30
Yes, the NY Daily news, humiliating Trump on a daily basis..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2016 #31
I don't know about 99% of any group is good people... JackRiddler Aug 2016 #32
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