Jihad Update - Most of the 39 people slain at a popular Istanbul club were from other countries
Jihad Update -Video of AK use outside Istanbul, Turkey, Reina Nightclub attack
Monday, January 02, 2017 Gun Watch
Video of AK use outside Istanbul, Turkey, Reina Nightclub attack
link › i.imgur.com/gL6QEWx.jpg
The image above is very poor, but in the video, it is clear the firearm used is consistent with the AK and variants.
Link to Video outside of Club
Another mass killing with a firearm outside of the United States. I recall, after the Orlando nightclub killing, that President Obama assured us that this did not happen outside of the United States. This one happened in Istanbul, which has been a center of Islamic civilization for over 500 years, at an exclusive night club. Turkey has very restrictive gun control laws. From gunpolicy.org:
In Turkey, the right to private gun ownership is not guaranteed by law.
In Turkey, civilians are not allowed to possess automatic firearms and semi-automatic firearms
First reports indicate that the firearm used was a variant of the ubiquitous AK47 assault rifle. They are common in the region. Because the laws against private ownership are draconian, the rifle had to have been obtained on the black market.
A common supplier to the black market are the various militaries in the region. The U.S. has added its own share in recent years. Much of U.S. supplied weapons have been turned over to jihadis of one stripe or another. From mirror.co.uk:
A desperate manhunt has been launched to find a terrorist who reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' before shooting dead 39 people in an Instanbul nightclub packed with New Year's Eve partygoers.
A further 69 people were injured as the killer stormed the Reina nightclub in Istanbul armed with an AK-47 and began blasting people at will.
As many as 16 of those dead are thought to be foreign nationals but none are believed to be British
The horror began after New Year's Eve early this morning when the gunman arrived outside the club in a yellow taxi.
He then shot dead a policeman stationed outside before storming in and opening fire with an assault rifle.
At least the Obama administration is not busy trying to find some way to connect this event to "workplace violence" or "homophobia".
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Posted by Dean Weingarten at 1/02/2017 07:32:00 AM
Carnage on the streets of Britain as revelers see in 2017 with a night of fighting, vomiting and a LOT of flesh on show
Taking Booze to New Castle…Who says Brits are stuffy and reserved? Happy New Year!
Some people won't be having a happy new year! Carnage on the streets of Britain as revelers see in 2017 with a night of fighting, vomiting and a LOT of flesh on show
•It was a wild night of celebrations and booze-fuelled mayhem on the streets of Britain last night
•For many, name of the game was to drink to the point of oblivion with dozens of partygoers unable to stand
•Some celebrations turned ugly with people seen fighting on the soggy streets of Manchester and Swansea
By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline
It was a wild night of celebrations and booze-fuelled mayhem on the streets of Britain last night as revellers welcomed in 2017 - and no one was wrapping up warm.
Millions of raucous party-goers packed out pubs and clubs, with some braving the freezing temperatures in skimpy dresses.
However, as Britons waved goodbye to 2016, there were some unsavoury scenes with fights breaking out in Swansea and Manchester.
In one particularly unsightly incident, a flabby shirtless man was seen repeatedly kicking another lying in a gutter in Manchester, as the New Year celebrations turned ugly.
I suspect the Turkey shooter was a member of the security services, just like with the Russian Ambassador. This may be an attempt to topple the regime, either by purged military, or by more religious militants.