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In the video with one of the shooters seems like he had a handgun. Which would be very easy to conceal.

So it seems the attackers are still at large?

I honestly haven't paid that much attention to the actual details. So I don't think I can comment.

This is according to some Iranian source. But I wouldn't put it past Putin. Despite all else he loves the corrupt thieving a**holes like himself.

They've closed more than 500 schools reportedly. For teaching wrongthink is the only conclusion. Enjoy your religious education Turkey.

Seeing a mob running with their phones out is like one of those things from a sci-fi movie where they come up with some strange quirky thing that people of the future will be doing. You know like how in Demolition Man they clean their butt with "the three seashells" and... "in the future people will only play outside through augmented reality". This scene would fit right in:

Defending democracy:

I don't even know what Pokemon is. Maybe I should finally take a minute and find out after all these years...

I'm telling you not to worry about it. The west's principles don't get in the way of the west's interests.

Bruce...

West has no problem supporting the worst when it suits. See Saudi Arabia.

If all of the people that have been purged already had really been involved it probably would not have failed.

The very term moderate itself is telling. Because they don't call them the good guys. Just less bad than the other guys.

There are pictures far worse that are circulating than soldiers beaten with a belt... Gotta feel bad for soldiers that chose not to pull the trigger and got their heads kicked in.

No. Shooting at the crowd would have been a much bigger disaster for them strategically. What they needed were supporters of their own and political allies. As for Syria. There is no "good" outcome there anymore if either side wins. There is Assad and there are the jihadis. The latter might have been decent once, when they were protesters on the street, but they offer nothing but a Mad Max world anymore. edit: Apparently 2700 turkish judges were fired. This list could not have been made in a few hours. It must have been prepared in advance and waiting for the right time.

Just will be sad if this means further descent into islamism.

Well Erdogan does has strong support. Can't take that away from him. Compare to Crimea where the government was taken by what was technically a foreign army:

Turkish parliament has been hit with by either an airstrike or other means.

So Erdogan is really going to tighten the screws after this. Looks like it's failing.

"Obama, Kerry agree all in Turkey should support democratically-elected government of Turkey" Victor Yanukovich would agree too.

Morning should see a massive surge in street activity whatever side it may take. If war doesn't start by then that is.

Is that the only thing he didn't block yet?

Erdogan is calling people to come to the street for him. He is a fan of protests now.

Did they get tired of smuggling weapons to ISIS?

Erdogan has other problems right now...