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Hostage Taker Deceased (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2022 OP
Tots & pears, mf'er Enter stage left Jan 2022 #1
Beat me to it... BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #8
...bummer, not. N/T Ellipsis Jan 2022 #2
Hostages safe, thank goodness. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #3
The hostages being safe is the most important thing TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #4
Details are unclear but yeah I'm sure Governor Abbott approved the death penalty. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #11
I certainly approve of it. Death To Terror. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #13
Terror? The only thing we've been told is that gldstwmn Jan 2022 #15
Hostage taking is enough for me. This went on all day. The asshole could have surrendered. Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #17
They confirmed he was taken out. The rest of the details are unknown at this point. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #19
Exactly my point. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #20
This was probably a mental health incident. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #22
"Probably"? Based upon what? Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #23
Did you even read my post? How do you know how, or why, he was killed? Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #24
FBI stormed building struggle4progress Jan 2022 #21
Trump supporter more than likely gay texan Jan 2022 #5
He wanted the release of Aafia Siddiqui from prison blogslug Jan 2022 #6
not a chance it was a MAGAt, the perp wanted the release of Aafia Siddiqui, aka Lady Al-Qaeda Celerity Jan 2022 #7
I'm guessing the perp wasn't white since he is now dead. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #9
Odds are good he was not, I agree Celerity Jan 2022 #10
I won't split hairs on this. The only good terrorists are dead terrorists. I'm very Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #14
They deserve a fair trial too. That's the American way. gldstwmn Jan 2022 #16
They deserve a trial, yes, but how do we know what happened in there? Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #18
4 I know of The Grand Illuminist Jan 2022 #29
No, not a trumper. He wanted the release from prison of a convicted terrorist. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #25
Definitely NOT a Trumper! nt Raine Jan 2022 #27
Really? BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #28
Good. With all hostages safe, couldn't ask for a better outcome. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #12
Good 👍 no sympathy from me. nt Raine Jan 2022 #26

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
15. Terror? The only thing we've been told is that
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:25 AM
Jan 2022

there were hostages in a synagogue. It could be a mental health incident for all we know.
In the sheriff's presser he said the perp was dead, thanked Jesus and left.
I prefer justice to be meted out by a judge and/or jury.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
17. Hostage taking is enough for me. This went on all day. The asshole could have surrendered.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:33 AM
Jan 2022

We don't know what killed him. Gun fire, no doubt, but he may have raised a weapon at the
team that went in. Certain death. Deserved death.

I would like to see all of these terrorists taken into custody and eventually imprisoned for life.

I'm also not willing to let them kill those trying to save the hostages.

It's an ugly World, and sometimes those who create the ugliness just need to be deleted using any means necessary.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
22. This was probably a mental health incident.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:55 AM
Jan 2022

You think people with mental health issues should be "deleted." Got it.
The hostages were unharmed but there was a whole battalion down there in their suburban war cosplay because you know Texas, the guy mentioned a terrorist and fish gotta swim. Again, got it.
I can't really engage with you any further except to say all the best to you and I hope no one ever decides it is you that should be deleted.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
24. Did you even read my post? How do you know how, or why, he was killed?
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 02:01 AM
Jan 2022

I don't really give a fuck if you engage with me, or not.

If they went in, and he raised a weapon, or fired that weapon, what were they supposed to do?
Talk nice to him? Do you know if he had a weapon to the head of a hostage when the extraction team came in?

I truly doubt that his killing wasn't necessary.

Frankly, I have a big problem with support for the terrorist.

gay texan

(2,435 posts)
5. Trump supporter more than likely
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 12:40 AM
Jan 2022

Or some variant of fuckwit convinced that jews control everything. Good riddance.

Celerity

(43,107 posts)
7. not a chance it was a MAGAt, the perp wanted the release of Aafia Siddiqui, aka Lady Al-Qaeda
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 12:49 AM
Jan 2022
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10406483/Suspect-Texas-synagogue-hostage-situation-demanding-convicted-terrorist-sister-freed.html

'Lady Al Qaeda' the woman Texas synagogue hostage-taker wanted freed: She planned chemical attacks on Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge and demanded juror at her trial be DNA tested to see if they were Jewish

The hostage suspect wanted Aafia Siddiqui, a known terrorist who is incarcerated at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, freed
Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 by forces who found her with cyanide and plans to attack the Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State Building

The Al Qaeda operative dubbed ‘Lady Al Qaeda’ bragged to her student friends at the age of just 21 that she would be proud to be on the FBI’s Most Wanted list

Siddiqui, who was a biology major at MIT, said in 1993 she wanted to do ‘something to help our Muslim brothers and sisters’ even if it was illegal

The unknown assailant took the hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville during religious services around 11.30am
Before the livestream cut off, the unknown assailant can be heard saying, 'I'm going to die. Don't cry about me'

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
14. I won't split hairs on this. The only good terrorists are dead terrorists. I'm very
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:20 AM
Jan 2022

unhappy that hundreds more weren't taken out on 1-6-2021.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
16. They deserve a fair trial too. That's the American way.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:31 AM
Jan 2022

Maybe I missed it but I don't think any of the insurrectionists died on 1/6?
Is blood lust a progressive value now?

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
18. They deserve a trial, yes, but how do we know what happened in there?
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 01:40 AM
Jan 2022

If the exraction team came in, and this a-hole raised his weapon, would you like them to stand there and be shot?

Regarding Jan 6th, I'm very disappointed that only one of those assholes was taken out.

It's not about blood lust. It's about removing a threat to life and limb.

Being politically Progressive does not mean "Thou shalt not defend thyself".
We can't lower it to the level of a religious cult.

The Grand Illuminist

(1,327 posts)
29. 4 I know of
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 02:31 AM
Jan 2022

One was shot, the rest were crushed to death. Only one cop died at the scene, but the coroner declared his death natural causes.

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