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2011-03-02 Europe

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Posted by Mercutio 2011-03-02 11:03|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 A 21-year-old suspect from Kosovo is said to have been arrested after the shooting in front of Terminal 2 at Europe's second-biggest airport.

Well, fancy that...

Posted by tu3031 2011-03-02 11:20|| 2011-03-02 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 A Kosovar (and a Muslim). "Cria cuevos y te sacran los ojos". Raise crows and they will pull your eyes out.

BTW, I thought that with Obama as president everyone would love America and Americans.

Posted by JFM 2011-03-02 11:20|| 2011-03-02 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Sky News says they were Air Force. 2 dead, 2 seriously wounded.

Posted by tu3031 2011-03-02 11:39|| 2011-03-02 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought by just being voted in Obama would end the war on terror since the world loved him. That is what they gave him the Peace Prize for, wasn't it?

Posted by DarthVader 2011-03-02 12:02|| 2011-03-02 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Hopefully our Kosovan miscreant had both a cell phone and a laptop. The next question: Sudden Jihad Syndrome or connected? And then, of course, is the connection to Al Qaeda in Yemen, or to one of the many groups that lead back to the ISI in Pakistan? If the last, things could get even more interesting for the Davis case...

Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-02 12:04|| 2011-03-02 12:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi says German police have identified the suspect who is in custody as Arif Uka, a Kosovo citizen from the northern town of Mitrovica.

Posted by tu3031 2011-03-02 12:08|| 2011-03-02 12:08|| Front Page Top

#7 How many billions has the USA spent on Kosovo in the last 15 years? I will bet it's around $50 billion. Fanny Mae has a better return on investment.

Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-03-02 12:20|| 2011-03-02 12:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Police have told German media it is not clear if it was a terrorist attack.

Officer Schultz, whatta ya think happend here?

Gee Sarge...I dunno...the guy was yellin' allah akbar er sumthin after we nabbed 'em. Whatta you make of it?

Hmmm...it could just be a simple robbery or, who knows, maybe a domestic lovers dispute. Well...we better investigate all angles. we don't want those media bastards callin' us bigots or anything.

I'll get right on it Sarge.

Posted by DepotGuy 2011-03-02 12:23|| 2011-03-02 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Sergeant Schultz's reply would be the same as he gave Col. Klink 40 years ago: "I see no-thingk, I know no-thingk!"

Posted by Glenmore 2011-03-02 12:32|| 2011-03-02 12:32|| Front Page Top

#10 From NYT: The attack occurred outside Terminal 2 at the airport, one of Europes busiest, which has been under increased security in recent months, following warnings that Germany would be the target of terrorist attacks. In the aftermath of the shooting, the area was rapidly cordoned off, but the terminal continued operations.

Mr. Füllhardt said that the dark blue-gray bus had regular German license plates, in line with American military policy to make vehicles less conspicuous, but that it still probably stood out from German vehicles. The busload of airmen had just arrived from England, he said, and had boarded the bus to go to the American military base at Ramstein, which lies few dozen miles to the southwest of the Frankfurt Airport.

The suspect argued with the airmen before shooting one who was standing in the open door and the driver, Mr. Füllhardt said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about the attack in Berlin, according to Reuters, saying: We dont know the details but I would like to express how upset I am. We have to do everything we can to find out what happened.

The state interior minister, Boris Rhein, told reporters at the scene that security had been tightened and investigators were trying to ascertain exactly what happened.

A man whose office is near the site of the shooting said it was an area where buses load arriving passengers. Speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his business, he said witnesses told him that the gunman first talked to the military personnel to find out who they were and then opened fire, shouting God is great in Arabic.

Gee, what a surprise.

Posted by Steve 2011-03-02 14:52|| 2011-03-02 14:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Here's a question for military personnel - stateside, are American troops allowed to carry side arms while transporting themselves or being transported from base to base?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-03-02 15:13|| 2011-03-02 15:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Here's a question for military personnel - stateside, are American troops allowed to carry side arms while transporting themselves or being transported from base to base?

Are you kidding? They can't even carry side arms on base unless they are part of the security force. Nope, our soldiers are defanged as much as possible unless they are on the battlefield.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-03-02 15:48|| 2011-03-02 15:48|| Front Page Top

#13 From Google news:

Motive unclear in killing of two US airmen at Frankfurt airport

Christian Science Monitor - â1 hour agoâ

German police say it's too early to determine if today's shooting that killed two US airmen and wounded two others was an act of Islamist terrorism.

Posted by KBK 2011-03-02 19:18|| 2011-03-02 19:18|| Front Page Top

#14 The Wall Street Journal has an 8-photo slide show, for those who want to see the bus and surroundings. The article adds that the murderer lives in Frankfurt.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-02 19:19|| 2011-03-02 19:19|| Front Page Top

#15 I thought all the words the shooter was shouting was banned by Hildebeast! Americans can't say that stuff cause, it might make the Mohammedans mad at us.

Hows that working for you, thunder thighs?

Posted by Bob Unaick2518 2011-03-02 19:31|| 2011-03-02 19:31|| Front Page Top

#16 What was a 21-year-old from Kosovo doing curbside at FRA with a gun? He lives nearby. Just said hey, nice day for jihad, so I think I'll head to . . . the airport? and see what shakes out?

Gun ownership in Germany is pretty tightly regulated. So first he had to obtain one somehow, and then he probably went by car rather than packing heat on a train. FRA is as far from downtown Frankfurt as Dulles is from DC and just as much of a pain in the ass to get to by car.

Seems like a lot of risk and effort with not much of a plan in mind. Weird - but then, that's kind of SOP for the soldiers of Allan, isn't it.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-03-02 20:39|| 2011-03-02 20:39|| Front Page Top

#17 Looks like he works there. Apparently was born in Kosovo but grew up in Germany

Family members in Kosovo described the suspect as a devout Muslim, who was born and raised in Germany and worked at the airport.

In Mitrovica, family members identified him as Arid Uka, saying that he was born and educated in Germany where his family moved some 40 years ago. However, German police said he was born in Kosovo.

An uncle, Rexhep Uka, said the suspect's grandfather was a religious leader at a mosque in a village near Mitrovica.

Posted by tu3031 2011-03-02 21:02|| 2011-03-02 21:02|| Front Page Top

#18 KFI said he was employed at the airport. Not-so-Sudden-Jihadi-Syndrome

Posted by Frank G 2011-03-02 21:43|| 2011-03-02 21:43|| Front Page Top

#19 You know what? We put a lot of time and military effort into saving Kosovo.

Hey Kosovo, guess what? Next time the Serbs go genocidal on your ass, Fuck You. You're on your own. We ain't coming, and the Euros will stand there and wring their hand but let the Serbs kill your men and male children, rape the women, and burn your villages to the ground - just liek they did until we got there.

Other than the regret of loss of allegedly innocent human life as I would have for anywhere, I couldn't give a shit less that Kosovar's dead will be stack the dead 20 deep into those mass graves in the woods.

You reap what you sow. Enjoy being wiped out - the Serbs know they will have a green light after this.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-03-02 22:19|| 2011-03-02 22:19|| Front Page Top

#20 Gun ownership in Germany is pretty tightly regulated.

If only they had regulated a little bit more.

Posted by gorb 2011-03-02 22:31|| 2011-03-02 22:31|| Front Page Top

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