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    Oh god. I pity the HDP now.

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        38 dead, 36 of them police making the PKK the most likely perpetrators of this attack.

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          Russian Ambassador shot in Ankara.

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            The Russian Ambassador has been shot in Ankara.

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              Jesus Fucking Christ as Russian ambassador shot in Ankara - "we'll make you pay for Aleppo"

              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/russian-ambassador-to-turkey-wounded-in-ankara-shooting-attack

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                Tardy...

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                  At least I'm not alone...

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                      Russian Foreign Ministry confirms that Ambassador Karlov has died.

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                        ursus arctos wrote: Russian Foreign Ministry confirms that Ambassador Karlov has died.
                        If you've got yourself in your death pool, you might just be a winner!

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                          Well, this all feels a bit Princip and the fat Duke. Please god keep Trump's unpresidented fat little fingers off twitter today. I'd often hoped for Erdogan and Putin to meet their just desserts, but ww3 seems a bit of a high price for their demise.

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                            This guy is more likely to be something to do with Isis surely?

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                              I doubt it's Ergogan approved, but I'm not sure a calm and considered response from Putin is all that likely.

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                                Lang Spoon wrote: Well, this all feels a bit Princip and the fat Duke. Please god keep Trump's unpresidented fat little fingers off twitter today. I'd often hoped for Erdogan and Putin to meet their just desserts, but ww3 seems a bit of a high price for their demise.
                                At least this time it will be all over by Christmas.

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                                  Reports that Turkish officials are already claiming that the asassin was a Gulenist.

                                  It is very much in both countries' interest to defuse this as much as possible.

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                                    Trump will have Gulen extradited as a little present to Turkey so.

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                                      I'm not sure that would be within Trump's power; a judge would block it.

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                                        Assuming that the DOJ brought the case, which is far from certain, even under Trump.

                                        This is a good piece on the relevant process.

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                                          This will serve both Erdogan and Putin. Erdogan can hang something else on Gülen (though he blames Gülen for every smelly fart that is emitted in Turkey, so the propaganda effect must be diminishing). Putin can go in hard(er) on rebels in Syria, showing that he is a merciless man when you mess with Mother Russia.

                                          And for Erdogan and Putin, who have been flirting heavily with one another, this will be a special bonding moment which will make everyone forget about the shot-down plane -- for which Erdogan has blamed guess who!

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                                            As both a Muslim and a white cop, does he get the scary non-white person treatment or the poor guy under stress treatment?

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                                              It must be causing Trumpers some cognitive dissonance when they start watching the video and realize that the shooter looks like a white vigilante: "isn't he one of ours?"

                                              Many Americans think white and Muslim are mutually exclusive, just as Trump tweeted that all the Berlin victims were Christians (how could he possibly know?).

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                                                And how could he possibly know that the attacker was a Islamist terrorist when he tweeted that it an Islamist terror attack? Sometimes I get the feeling that Trump doesn't do any research when he tweets. Or, indeed, any thinking...

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                                                  Gun attack in an Istanbul nightclub. No news yet on casualties or responsibility but it sounds like IS to me.

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                                                    It happened at the Reina nightclub, probably the most famous night spot in Ortaköy. Initial reports say two men dressed as Santa attacked the club with automatic weapons. Many reported dead or injured.

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