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Sri Lanka explosions: 137 killed as churches and hotels targeted
Sri Lanka explosions: 137 killed as churches and hotels targeted
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They catch up in the end:
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Mujib Mashal and Dharisha Bastians April 22, 2019 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The confidential security memo laid it all out: names, addresses, phone numbers, even the times in the middle of the night that one suspect would visit his wife. In the days leading up to the devastating suicide bombings that killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the country’s security agencies had been closely watching a secretive cell of the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a little-known radical Islamist organization that security officials in Sri Lanka now say carried out the attacks and may have received help from abroad. They knew the group was dangerous. They had collected intelligence on the whereabouts of its leaders in the April 11 security memo, which warned of Catholic church bombings. They had been warned even earlier by India that the group, also known by the spelling National Thowheed Jama’ath, was plotting church attacks. They knew as far back as January that radical Islamists possibly tied to the group had stockpiled weapons and detonators. And within hours of when three churches and three hotels were bombed, Sri Lankan security services swooped down on at least 24 suspects, suggesting that they also knew exactly where the group had been operating. Why the security agencies failed to act aggressively on the information before the bombings — and why some top officials, including the country’s prime minister, didn’t know about the information that the agencies possessed — are enormous questions that have created a crisis in the Sri Lankan government. |
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Evil does , what Evil is. They can't help themselves it's what they are.
The Gospel clearly tells those who believe , nation will rise against nation and this is just the beginning but these things must take place. What percentage of this earth is in darkness ? For a bright light to shine do we not understand therefore darkness must come first ?? The lord tells you he is the light and much must happen before he returns. Everything he and the prothet spoke are coming to pass just as they predicted. Very sad this world but remember this is just flesh the next world is the kingdom of peace. Never has it been written anywhere there would be peace in this world ? |
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Hilary Clinton after Christchurch: 'My heart goes out to the global Muslim community. We must continue to fight the normalisation of Islamaphobia.'
HC after Sri Lanka: 'I'm praying for everyone affected by the attacks on Easter worshippers'  She specifically avoided the use of the word 'Christians'. Obama after Christchurch: 'We grieve with you and the Muslim community'. Obama after Sri Lanka: 'The attack on Easter worshippers is an attack on humanity' Again, the avoidance of 'Christians'. Anyone would think there's an agenda!! https://youtu.be/RNm9JZ_joBE |
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Sounds like the government has a lot to answer for....
There is a thread running through Sri Lanka's cycles of violence Sri Lanka’s minorities – including its Christians and Muslims – have paid a high price for the state’s failure to protect them As mass burials for some of the Christian worshippers killed in the Easter Sunday bombings take place today, claims that the attackers were local Islamic extremists have left Sri Lanka’s Muslims – who make up 10% of the population – devastated. Although details are scant, and doubts exist about the official government account, a senior minister announced on Monday that the attackers belonged to a new fringe jihadist group, the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, that military intelligence had been aware of but had not acted against. Even amid news that Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks, it is still unknown whether the bombers were homegrown or connected to international terror groups. Sri Lanka bombings: Islamic State claims responsibility for attacks Read more Yet again, Sri Lanka, especially its Christian minority, has paid a severe price for government failures. Muslims, already the target of hate campaigns, will no doubt face repercussions. Part of the tragedy is that since independence, Muslims have stayed away from violence, both during Sri Lanka’s civil war, and more recently, when they have been the target of religiously motivated attacks. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/sri-lanka-violence-minorities-christians-muslims |
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How do IS claim attacks? Do they tweet it or have a website?
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Obama and Clinton =sickening hypocritical lickspittles. Easter worshippers !
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It's a complete joke isn't it Injera!
The hypocrisy and irony is astounding. Islam brings out the race card whenever it's attacked, yet it's by far the most racist religion going. |
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Racist , misogynistic , paedophilic , barbaric ......... the list is endless
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