Germany: Truck Plows Into Crowded Christmas Market in Berlin; Casualties Reported

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  1. Dutch

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    German media are reporting a truck has run into a crowded Christmas market in the center of Berlin, causing multiple injuries.

    Both the Berliner Zeitung newspaper and the Berliner Morgenpost reported the truck ran into the market outside the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Monday evening.

    read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.760126

    Hm... A truck runs into a crowd... in Europe...does it rings a bell?

    Into a Christmas market, for Christ's sake... Hope what comes into my head is not what has happened, and it was just an accident. Not taking any bets, though.
     
  2. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    9 reported dead, attacker is on the run.

    Attacker...

    Merry Christmas, Germany:blankstare:
     
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    There is an old song, from my youth, called, I think, The Snake. It told a story about a loony tunes liberal who found a sick snake, in the cold, and brought it in to nurse it back to health. Once the snake was well, it promptly bit her, after initially begging the woman to..."take me in for heaven's sake".

    Well the snake was venomous, and after it bit the woman of course she was crying, wanting to know why after all he had done from him, he had paid her back by biting her, injecting his venom. So, the snake looks and says...." you damn well knew I was a snake, when you brought me in"

    This reminds me of Europe, of allowing in the snakes, some not poisonous, others very venomous. But with muslims, unlike snakes, there is no way to tell which is which. So, no good deed goes unpunished.
     
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    I'm betting it was an AMISH terrorist!
     
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    Dammnit

    I swear man.... If it's ever the religion of peace again.... Jeez.
    It it's them.... Merkel will be out faster than you can say Oktoberfest.

    No amount of Burkha Banning will save her next term. :blankstare:
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sadly Germany asked for this and Islam delivered. Yet another predictable outcome for embracing diversity for the sake of diversity or other politically correct reasons...
     
  7. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I remember story well, although the ending goes something like "when asked why, the creature replied - I can't help it!"
     
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    truth and justice Well-Known Member

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    "A suspect has been arrested while the suspected co-driver was found dead, police say. "

    Looks like a highjacking possibly occurred
     
  9. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I honestly don't know what can be done now, other than to ban trucks during Christmas times.
     
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    They caught one terrorist, the other died during the attack.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crashes-into-christmas-market

    99% chance these were Muslims. 1% they were Leftist Social Justice Warriors wanting to clear more liebestraum for Muslims.
     
  11. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Uhm... could it be possible, the driver (now dead) was Muslim, and the terrorist who attacked and killed driver was a Jew?
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The government better find a solution, because they won't like the one the people present if they don't...
     
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    Here you go.

    Narrated by none other than Donald Trump:

    [video=youtube;rhqneAhyJkI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhqneAhyJkI[/video]
     
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    I highly doubt that. More likely the proper driver of the truck was killed by the one arrested but you might be right.
     
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    We should never jump to conclu...

    And its Muslims!
     
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    Thank you Chancellor Merkel! Wir schaffen das!
     
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    Our side can easily say "I told you so", but the thing is, many on the left already knew this would happen. The problem is they don't care. They've long ago decided that a reasonable amount of Islamic terrorist attacks was a worthy trade-off for increased political power and transformational change.
     
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    Nah, Islam hasnt anything to do with Islam just as alcohol and alcoholism.
     
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    Police still cannoot not confirm whether the incident in Berlin was related to terror and had no information on the driver. But a witness said the truck had a Polish license plate, according to Reichelt, which leads me to speculate that it could be just a drunken Polish lorry driver. The black 19-tonne truck with a Polish number plate turned off an adjoining street and tore through the market.
     
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    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Indeed it could have been a drunk Polish truck driver.

    Except it was not.
     
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    Soooo...Muslims?
     
  23. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    German police is saying... the attack looks deliberate... is all is known at this point. If it was a betting situation, I'd know on what to put my money, though.
     
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    really need to start putting up concrete barriers at events that offer these types of mass casualty opportunities for nut balls. I understand the retractable concrete pillars like used at the WH and other locations work well for that.
     
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    according to polish news the guy arrested is not the polish driver from the truck
    but the passanger was polish

    so my gues is the driver was the first victim
     

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