Siege Ends in Burkina Faso Hotel Attack, 126 Freed

[Ceylal]

As always,terrorists only attack unarmed civilians....

Terrorists always follow French and US special forces, wherever these two are invited by local government....Al qaida or Boko Haram pulls a stunt.

French special forces actively participated in the assault.

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Meager results, 28 + dead among them 1 terrorist only......And they have the culot to criticize the Algerian special forces in the take over of Tiguentourine...which resulted to all but three terrorist dead, 3 captured and 32 civilian dead, 600+freed in a gas plant, if they had managed to explose it, will have the strength of 20 KT nuclear bomb..

 

[Vergennes]

The civilians were all killed by the terrorists during the storming of the hotel.
4 terrorists were killed during the assault. (3 killed by the French special forces.)
~150 persons were evacuated.

@Ceylal

The situation wasn't the same as in Ain Amenas,you are comparing a massacre (Where the terrorists were seeking the maximum of damage within a short period),with a situation where the terrorists searched to take hostages (foreign),to use them as human shields and to negociate something.
Most of the foreign working in Ain Amenas were killed.
Almost no harm was done to the Algerians because they weren't their target. (Algerians were separated from the foreign workers.)

 

[The Sandman]

PPl for god sake stop using the word "ISLAMIC TERRORISTS"

 

[illusion8]

Revisiting the other failed Paris style terrorist attack in Indonesia 3 days ago.

The terrorist toolkit: ISIS fanatic's chilling arsenal of bombs, guns, ammunition and a knife is revealed after wave of suicide attacks on Jakarta leaves seven dead

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Toolkit of terror: Police found an arsenal of weapons including bombs, guns, ammunition and a knife in the rucksacks carried by ISIS fanatics who launched a series of co-ordinated attacks that left at least seven dead in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta

Police found the terrifying war chest in a jihadist's rucksack after a five-hour gunbattle on the streets of the Indonesian capital

Indonesian anti-terror policemen check two dead terrorists lying next to a victim after a bomb blast in front of a shopping mall in Jakarta

One of the fanatics who was later found dead trains his gun on potential victims while stalking down Thamrin Street in Jakarta

A civilian races past the camera as hundreds of people in Jakarta are seen fleeing as a man with a gun walks the street

Shocking images captured the moment a suicide bomber (next to white van in left image) detonates (right) in the Indonesian city of Jakarta

Going by the reported number of casualties..I would say that it was a failed jihadi attack luckily...though, islamists are becoming more brazen and successful over the years..

The Islamic magrib terrorists are amateurs compared to the state trained lashkar e toiba or haqqani network or isis...and that's a good thing.

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[mike2000 is back]

Terrorists always follow French and US special forces, wherever these two are invited by local government....Al qaida or Boko Haram pulls a stunt.




Meager results, 28 + dead among them 1 terrorist only......And they have the culot to criticize the Algerian special forces in the take over of Tiguentourine...which resulted to all but three terrorist dead, 3 captured and 32 civilian dead, 600+freed in a gas plant, if they had managed to explose it, will have the strength of 20 KT nuclear bomb..

There are terrorists in China, Egypt, Indonesia, Russia,etc Are U.S/U.K/French forces also present in these countries?

@Abingdonboy you see, i told you my friend Ceylal is very anti french, since as you know Algerian was a former french colony who suffered alot during it's freedom struggle against France, so his views of France is quite negative in almost every way as expected. It's the same as some Indians(to a lesser extent though) having a negative view of Britain compared to other western powers. So you will find that France's ex colonies don't see/regard France positively the way you and many Indians do, same as Britain's ex colonies won't view Britain positively the way other countries who were never a British colony do. Such is life.

 

[Abingdonboy]

@Abingdonboy you see, i told you my friend Ceylal is very anti french, since as you know Algerian was a former french colony who suffered alot during it's freedom struggle against France, so his views of France is quite negative in almost every way as expected. It's the same as some Indians(to a lesser extent though) having a negative view of Britain compared to other western powers. So you will find that France's ex colonies don't see/regard France positively the way you and many Indians do, same as Britain's ex colonies won't view Britain positively the way other countries who were never a British colony do. Such is life.

Haha, point taken mate

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"Au Delà Du Possible"

 

[waz]

Once again the French special forces come to the aid of their fellow troops fighting against terror. I was watching this last night and thought I'd put up a thread saluting their bravery and professsionalim. Of course I have been beaten to the punch.
Well done to the French forces! Long may you continue.

 

[mike2000 is back]

Going by the reported number of casualties..I would say that it was a failed jihadi attack luckily...though, islamists are becoming more brazen and successful over the years..

The Islamic magrib terrorists are amateurs compared to the state trained lashkar e toiba or haqqani network or isis...and that's a good thing.

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Reason i mentioned 'failed' as well.
It failed mainly because Indonesia authorities luckily got word of the attacks just minutes before it happened,. Thank GOD for that, if not it would have been another large scale massacre/bloodbath.

 

[Ceylal]

There are terrorists in China, Egypt, Indonesia, Russia,etc Are U.S/U.K/French forces also present in these countries?

Fist of all, I am talking about African countries who ask for the presence of Foreign troops in their soil...The French are in Tchad, Niger, Mali, RCA, Cameroon, Ivory coast, and all these countries are under attack
China, Russia that has to do more with the US-GCC anti daesh coalition to weaken them
Egypt due to the brutal exaction of Sissi on the Egyptiam muslim brotherhood
Indonesia: remnant of Abu sayef terrorism of the eighties, that Indonesia didn't fight seriously

@Abingdonboy you see, i told you my friend Ceylal is very anti french, since as you know Algerian was a former french colony who suffered alot during it's freedom struggle against France, so his views of France is quite negative in almost every way as expected.

My views are not anti French, and our history with France, is for the majority of the Algerians belongs to the museum, the war ended 50 years ago , we don't dwell on it. But I am , when it comes to Africa,I am anti French establishment and its role in the expansion of terrorism . France can't claim , she is fighting them in Mali and arming them in Syria and Nigeria. She can't voice her disdain for terror financing and paid ransoms to freed her citizen and forces countries to release djihadis prisoners can French hostages can be released...England refused and refuses to pay...does that mean that the Brits don't care about their citizens?

@Ceylal

The situation wasn't the same as in Ain Amenas,you are comparing a massacre (Where the terrorists were seeking the maximum of damage within a short period),with a situation where the terrorists searched to take hostages (foreign),to use them as human shields and to negociate something.
Most of the foreign working in Ain Amenas were killed.
Almost no harm was done to the Algerians because they weren't their target. (Algerians were separated from the foreign workers.)

Of course I didn't expect any less from your answer...Western Super soldiers has it always the worse. I am glad that innocent were saved, but your Special forces intervention, wasa total failure, you can paint it any way you like...
In Amenas all the Foreigner killed happened when the dhihadists exploded their belt..because their escape to Lybia was .blocked. Over 120 foreign worker were saved and 700 nationals. By the way, in Algeria when you are in the country, you are Algerian and you are treated like any Algerian..

 

[Indus Pakistan]

@Vauban Thanks for tagging me. My African geography is very weak. I had check the map to find out where Burkino Faso is. Fascinating name for country.

 

[Neutron]

RIP innocent victims of brutal terrorist attack.

 

[Vergennes]

Of course I didn't expect any less from your answer...Western Super soldiers has it always the worse. I am glad that innocent were saved, but your Special forces intervention, wasa total failure, you can paint it any way you like...
In Amenas all the Foreigner killed happened when the dhihadists exploded their belt..because their escape to Lybia was .blocked. Over 120 foreign worker were saved and 700 nationals. By the way, in Algeria when you are in the country, you are Algerian and you are treated like any Algerian..

What i expect from your BS comments where you can't make the diference between the two situations.
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You really want to talk about failure ?
You used attack helicopters in a gas site (A strategic place for your economy who only depends on gas and oil) against pickups full of foreign workers and you talk about failure ?
The '700' nationals you 'saved' weren't targeted by the terrorist groups as they were separated,as they were in a safe area.
Out of the 107 foreign workers taken in hostage 39 were killed..... talk about failure...
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Everyone knows you can't handle hostage crisis properly,reason we prefered to handle the crisis of the air france aircraft rather than trusting your services,because we knew there would be a real massacre ! Reason,the US special forces proposed to intervene in Ain Amenas......You thought they trusted you ? LOL.

@Abingdonboy @mike2000 is back @flamer84 @bobo6661 @PARIKRAMA
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PS : Has anyone noticed this ?

'French SOF are moving all tactical-like and that dog does not give a shit and just looks happy to go for a walk'.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

-Its a bit too much extreme to compare two different ops with very different ground realities..
-Burkina Faso and AIn Amenas is too different scenarios...
-In Burkina one locals were massacred and in another they were safely separated.
-Luckily Burkina hostage situation was avoided whereas in Amenas the hostage situation was the crisis, since most hostages were foreign
- The ops were in 2 different environment.. Burkina in a hotel and Amenas in a Gas site.. Collateral damage consideration is much higher in hostage situation along with dangerous and high risky zone of ops.
-TBH the massacre was aimed at creating a sense of fear, loss and mayhem.. It was a blind shooting in Burkina.. Amenas was a systematic targeting bcz locals meant nothing for terrorists's objectives.. it was just foreign folks which mattered for them.
- Loss of lives is regrettable but to me French forces did a commendable job of exterminating terrorists and limiting the damage from further escalation

To criticize French forces here i believe is a serious effort to undermine the fight against terror campaign..comparing apples and oranges is not correct. In fact every situation shows tactically the objectives of Amenas being the hostage taking of foreign ppl versus in Burkina blind massacre to create fear, panic and mayhem. It clearly defines that the two ops are completely different in objectives. naturally response would be different and results would be different too.

 

[Madali]

Muslim countries should say enough is enough. They should join together and fight terrorism THROUGH EDUCATION.

Anyway, look at this cool mosque they have,

 

[Abingdonboy]

'French SOF are moving all tactical-like and that dog does not give a shit and just looks happy to go for a walk'.

Service dogs are just like any other dog, they just want to play with their handler/master. The tasks they do are because they see it as a game and are rewarded afterwards (maybe with a treat or some play with their favourite ball).

That is a freaking cool dog though