Suspected Islamic terrorists arrested in Ireland

Ireland's arrogant, imperialist foreign policy is coming home to roost.

Three Afghan men remain in Garda custody in connection with terrorist activity

Saturday March 01 2008

Three Afghan men remain in Garda custody in Co Kerry on suspicion of terrorist activity.

It follows a raid on a hostel in Tralee last night, during which suspected bomb parts were found.

A team of twenty Gardai swooped on the Atlas House apartments in Tralee at around half-six last night, acting on intelligence from the Special Branch.

The premises houses all-male asylum seekers.

Inside they discovered what's being described as possible bomb-making equipment including electrical devices and remote controls.

The devices are being examined by the Garda Technical Bureau this afternoon to see if they could make up viable explosives.

Three men in their 30s and 40s from Afghanistan were arrested and are being detained under anti terrorist legislation.

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/three-afghan-men-remain-in-garda-custody-in-connection-with-terrorist-activity-1303402.html

Say, did you not read the first link that's under the article you just posted a couple of seconds ago?

no

Hah.

Here you go, Stockula, a terrorist to bitch about:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/01/ricin.hotel/index.html

A 57 year old man was found in his hotel room with deadly ricin poison, castor beans to make more poison, guns, and an "anarchist manual."

Oh, except he must be an American, since they've classified it as "criminal activity" rather than "suspected terrorism."

This thread has taken such a turn for the excellent.

Yeah. I have to admit I really wanted this to be true, because of an argument I had with a friend who moved to Ireland and became a citizen there. He kept saying America's a target of Islamic terrorism because of its foreign policy, and I said we'll see about that when Islamic terrorists start setting off bombs in Dublin. And then this story comes along and I thought "Aha! I was right!"

Why would Islamic terrorists start setting off bombs in Dublin?

Thanks for joining us for this episode of Troll-Counter Troll.

And what have we learned?

Well northern Ireland is part of the UK so TECHNICALLY it could be to attack England. what better place to hide than in Ireland......

Dublin is in the Republic of Ireland, not part of the UK.

London, maybe?

Right but we don't know what their target would have been, and as I was saying it might be a good place to hide to attack the UK later. I am speaking totaly hypothetical since they are not actually terrorists.

Ok, I see your point. But stokula did say specifically:

which is what i was getting at.

So, what was your side of the argument? Why did you say terrorists want to attack us, other than our foreign policy?

This needs to be stickied.

I am truly sorry you weren't able to lure your boyfriend back to you with this potential tale of terror.

Too bad neither of you kids know what a map is.

Y'know, stock, if you just wanna stop posting stuff in CE and enjoy the rest of the site with the rest of us, we won't hold it against you. Honestly. There's lots of other crap around here. Naked tittays, lolcats, etc.

We have learned that when a a news story fits a preconceived narrative we want to believe, to be extra careful in confirming that it's true and to make sure the facts support the story, not to rely on the preconceived narrative.

I applaud you sir. Unlike many of the conservative "thinkers" around here (and, to sure, many of the liberal "thinkers") you are willing to admit an error in assumption. If more people would follow your example, rather than getting defensive, the CE boards would be a far friendlier place.

see, right there, that's your first mistake.

Quiet you Pseudo intellectual asshat. the only reason many of us come here is to watch people crash and burn like two trains colliding, one filled with puppies and kittens and the other filled with nuns, orphans, and unwed teenage mothers.