Russian ambo to Turkey assassinated

[ImTheCaptain]

Things have really gone south for Fred Savage.

lulz

 

[MysteryMen]

Apparently the shooter was a cop. So he was the security detail (which explains why he was standing behind the ambassador when he was speaking)

 

[PhDeac]

Things have really gone south for Fred Savage.

I was thinking BJ Novak.

Apparently the shooter was a cop. So he was the security detail (which explains why he was standing behind the ambassador when he was speaking)

Oh no problem then. I'm sure he was afraid for his life.

 

[DeaconCav06]

I was thinking BJ Novak.

I was between the two.

 

[Shooshmoo]

This pic is nuts:

 

[PhDeac]

Gunman identified as a 22 year old off-duty cop.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/turkey-russian-ambassador-shot/index.html?adkey=bn

Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty police officer, was the gunman who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a press conference. The attacker was born in 1994 in the town of Soke in Turkey's Aydin province, he said. Turkey's official Anadolu news agency reported that the gunman has been neutralized. But it was not immediately clear whether the attacker was killed or captured by police.


Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an art exhibition in Ankara on Monday, after the gunman shouted, "Do not forget Aleppo!" as he opened fire.

 

[WakeForestRanger]

The tensions around this will complicate whatever Obama was going to do in response to the Russian cyber attack.

Pribably won't be long before conspiracy theorists start linking this and the Russian Defense Minister's plane crash in Siberia this morning as well.

 

[ThinkingWithMyDeac]

I was told that if we just bomb the shit out of people and crush them into submission terrorist acts like this wouldn't happen, oooooooppppps

 

[marquee moon]

Flips through history books...

Well I can't find any examples of world wars being started over assassinations in Eastern Europe.

I literally had the same thought instantly. townie you complete me

 

[wfudkn]

luckily this happened in Asia, so I think we're good

 

[sailordeac]

Flips through history books...

Well I can't find any examples of world wars being started over assassinations in Eastern Europe.

Well, we have had a lot more assassinations in Eastern Europe than world wars. On the other hand, WWI, WWII and the Cold War all started in Eastern Europe. Fortunately, Ankara is not in Europe.

 

[WakeandBake]

Much more likely to embolden Putin's resolve. Probably not good for Turkey either.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/turkey-russian-ambassador-shot/index.html?adkey=bn

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-ambassador-turkey-seriously-injured-9485836

so the Commie ate lead?

 

[Demonwolverine]

Surprised The New York Times would put this picture on its front page.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Surprised The New York Times would put this picture on its front page.

I guess the professional hand model thing didn't work out for him.

 

[DeacDaddy]

I literally had the same thought instantly. townie you complete me

I assumed most people would immediately be thinking of that, assuming they have a working knowledge of world history.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

does anyone else think the word "ambo" sucks?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

i bet that turkish assassin is pissed at the christmas market truck guy(s)

 

[deacobell]

Surprised The New York Times would put this picture on its front page.

Not to make light, but my brain instantly associated these two pics and then thought of the irony.

 

[sailordeac]

I assumed most people would immediately be thinking of that, assuming they have a working knowledge of world history.

but not geography

 

[Deacs89]

I was told that if we just bomb the shit out of people and crush them into submission terrorist acts like this wouldn't happen, oooooooppppps

What happens when you let a millions in like Germany?