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Trumps fault.
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13 now confirmed dead. :(
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Major Kong wrote:13 now confirmed dead. :(
Not a Muslim. Can't rush to conclusions. Must hope that a Nazi from the US flew to Barcelona and did this under Trumps order.
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Has McAuliffe declared a need for a gun ban yet?
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ISIS cannot be outdone by some redneck in a dodge!
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cwtcr hokie wrote:
ISIS cannot be outdone by some redneck in a dodge!
This is usually when BLM kills a cop to bring attention back to them.
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Man arrested who rented the van. No confirmation who was driving.

http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/driss-ouk ... man-photo/

El Pais, a Spanish language newspaper, reported that the suspect was identified by the Civil Guard in that country. The translated version of the article read, “The van used in the attack was rented by Driss Oukabir, in the town of Santa Perpetua de la Mogada, according to the identification made by the Civil Guard.” It’s not yet clear the degree to which police believe that Driss Oukabir was allegedly involved in the attack – whether he was the driver, for example.

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Looks like a white supremacist nazi to me.
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Whew, just came back from a hike. Has the media declared this a copycat of Hoo-ville yet?
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UpstateSCHokie wrote:Looks like a white supremacist nazi to me.
Sloth from the goonies has better facial symmetry than that guy.
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According to CNN, this could have been a "copy cat" of Charlottesville. Because no one has ever seen a terrorist attack using a vehicle before. :roll:

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CNN: There Will Be Questions About Whether Barcelona Attack Was ‘Copycat’ of Charlottesville
BY: David Rutz
August 17, 2017 2:04 pm
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said Thursday there would be questions if the Barcelona terror attack involving a van crashing into a group of people was a "copycat" of what happened in Charlottesville, Va.

At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Barcelona on Thursday when men rammed their van into a crowd of pedestrians at Las Ramblas, a popular tourism area in the city in northeastern Spain. The attack came five days after a man with white supremacist group ties was arrested for driving his car into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, killing one woman and injuring multiple others.

CNN national security correspondent Jim Sciutto said the "shared tactics" of the attackers in both instances was "alarming."

"In light of the uproar of the last couple days, five days apart you have a white supremacist in Charlottesville use a vehicle to kill, and here you have attackers at least following the modus operandi of terrorists using vehicles apparently to kill as well, and those shared tactics should be alarming," Sciutto said.

"There will be questions about copycats," Blitzer said. "There will be questions if what happened in Barcelona was at all a copycat version of what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia. Even though there may be different characters, different political ambitions, they used the same killing device: a vehicle going at high speed into a group, a large group of pedestrians."

There have been multiple terror attacks before the events in Charlottesville involving perpetrators using cars; last July, a terrorist in Nice, France, killed 84 people by plowing his truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day.

UPDATE: 2:34 P.M.: This article was updated with more up-to-date information on the victims in Barcelona.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/cnn-ques ... ttesville/
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CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
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CNN.......what a damn joke........
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OY! Now it's being reported the the 'real' Driss Oukabir saw his picture on TV is saying that his documents and van were stolen and he thinks it was his younger brother.

While they straighten this out, I'm going to bottle an Irish Red Ale.
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UpstateSCHokie wrote:According to CNN, this could have been a "copy cat" of Charlottesville. Because no one has ever seen a terrorist attack using a vehicle before. :roll:

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CNN: There Will Be Questions About Whether Barcelona Attack Was ‘Copycat’ of Charlottesville
BY: David Rutz
August 17, 2017 2:04 pm
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said Thursday there would be questions if the Barcelona terror attack involving a van crashing into a group of people was a "copycat" of what happened in Charlottesville, Va.

At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Barcelona on Thursday when men rammed their van into a crowd of pedestrians at Las Ramblas, a popular tourism area in the city in northeastern Spain. The attack came five days after a man with white supremacist group ties was arrested for driving his car into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, killing one woman and injuring multiple others.

CNN national security correspondent Jim Sciutto said the "shared tactics" of the attackers in both instances was "alarming."

"In light of the uproar of the last couple days, five days apart you have a white supremacist in Charlottesville use a vehicle to kill, and here you have attackers at least following the modus operandi of terrorists using vehicles apparently to kill as well, and those shared tactics should be alarming," Sciutto said.

"There will be questions about copycats," Blitzer said. "There will be questions if what happened in Barcelona was at all a copycat version of what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia. Even though there may be different characters, different political ambitions, they used the same killing device: a vehicle going at high speed into a group, a large group of pedestrians."

There have been multiple terror attacks before the events in Charlottesville involving perpetrators using cars; last July, a terrorist in Nice, France, killed 84 people by plowing his truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day.

UPDATE: 2:34 P.M.: This article was updated with more up-to-date information on the victims in Barcelona.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/cnn-ques ... ttesville/
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Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
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cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
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Florida Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
You mean swinging bats, using homemade torches, throwing concrete cans, etc? Too bad you've chosen hate and stupidity as a guiding light.
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Florida Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
I don't know, you tell me. This little girl look aggressive to you?

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Bet she doesn't get as many mentions as the rioting communist.
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Hmmm, Last week, this video showed Moroccan illegals invading a beach in Spain. Now, there is a terror attack in Barcelona by Moroccans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIehvnJSDAA
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awesome guy wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
You mean swinging bats, using homemade torches, throwing concrete cans, etc? Too bad you've chosen hate and stupidity as a guiding light.
I don't think that's why you're newest hero drove his charger into a crowd of people
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Florida Hokie wrote:
awesome guy wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
You mean swinging bats, using homemade torches, throwing concrete cans, etc? Too bad you've chosen hate and stupidity as a guiding light.
I don't think that's why you're newest hero drove his charger into a crowd of people
LOL, you're a pathetic loser.
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USN_Hokie wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
Major Kong wrote:CNN is beyond fake news...they've entered the realm of the Idiocracy News Network.
its not like isis has not done this for the past two years, well darn, they have regularly
Wait what fellas. Do we know that the occupants of the van weren't scared by aggressive people outside the van with signs and stuff? As I recall that's justification for driving into crowds according to some people here.
I don't know, you tell me. This little girl look aggressive to you?

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Bet she doesn't get as many mentions as the rioting communist.
Don't forget the rules you guys put in place. As long as it's a fat communist it's okay to kill them or does that only apply to American citizens?
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