Althouse: "Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri has been shot dead after a gunfight with police in Milan in the early hours of this morning."

December 23, 2016

"Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri has been shot dead after a gunfight with police in Milan in the early hours of this morning."

The Tunisian pulled a gun from his backpack, screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and opened fire on two officers – hitting one in the shoulder – before being shot dead after getting off a train from France."

67 comments:

traditionalguy said...: One down. Thankfully the Muslim soldiers have not landed in the USA as many in numbers as EU Merkelland.

Obama got close to destroying us. But he ran out of time.; 12/23/16, 7:46 AM
mockturtle said...: "World's most wanted man is dead: Rookie Italian policeman guns down fugitive Berlin killer screaming 'Allahu Akbar' after he shoots his fellow officer when they confront him in Milan"

This has to be one of the worst-written headlines ever. It sounds like the rookie cop shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after shooting his fellow officer. Then he shot the fugitive.; 12/23/16, 7:47 AM
Mike Sylwester said...: If Hillary Clinton had been elected President, she would have flooded the USA with uneducated, unemployable, future Democrat voters like Anis Amri.; 12/23/16, 7:47 AM
Tank said...: I wonder what motivated him to kill those people?; 12/23/16, 7:50 AM
gspencer said...: "The Tunisian pulled a gun from his backpack, screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and opened fire on two officers,"

Not that it had anything to do with Islam.; 12/23/16, 7:51 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Blogger Tank said...
I wonder what motivated him to kill those people?
The world will never know, Blogger Tank, the world will never know.; 12/23/16, 7:56 AM
MadisonMan said...: I suppose he's being mourned by at least his mother.

I'm not surprised at this outcome. If you kill a lot of people, odds are that you will die soon. God, or Allah, or whomever, will not protect you.; 12/23/16, 7:57 AM
Laslo Spatula said...: " If you kill a lot of people, odds are that you will die soon."

The ones that beat the odds, though, are real motherfuckers.

Stalin, Mao, etc etc.

I am Laslo.; 12/23/16, 7:59 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Some pinhead -- maybe Kerry? -- said that the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey who was murdered in cold blood the other day was a political crime, not terrorism.; 12/23/16, 8:02 AM
mockturtle said...: gspencer says: Not that it had anything to do with Islam.

No, they'll be looking intently for a motive and no doubt there is a 'history of mental illness'.; 12/23/16, 8:03 AM
Caroline said...: Two things from the WSJ account jump out: that German intelligence was too swamped to justify continued surveillance on this known suspect, and that this dude dealed coke in a Berlin park well known for such trade, and where "petty" criminals do so in the open and without interference by law enforcement. The latter is the thing that dooms the west, its indolent tolerance of vice, always a symptom of a more fatal disease beneath the surface.; 12/23/16, 8:08 AM
Lucien said...: Slightly OT I just saw the photos from the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, and the shooter looks like he just stepped out of Reservoir Dogs: black suit, white shirt, thin black tie.; 12/23/16, 8:11 AM
mockturtle said...: I see that Prince Charles has urged Britain to 'think of the Prophet Mohammed' this Christmas. I expect that he and Camilla will be converts soon. Tony Blair is right on the brink. Dhimmis all. My late husband's ashes are churning in the urn.; 12/23/16, 8:13 AM
W.B. Picklesworth said...: Three cheers for open borders!; 12/23/16, 8:13 AM
paminwi said...: Come on people! Didn't you see the headlines after this tragedy? "Truck kills a dozen in Berlin Christmas market" or something close to that!
This has nothing to do with Islam.; 12/23/16, 8:14 AM
rehajm said...: All the way to Milan? If only there were some kind of system where countries could check who is passing in or out.; 12/23/16, 8:15 AM
Curious George said...: The fucker got into Europe posing as a Syrian refugee.; 12/23/16, 8:17 AM
mccullough said...: Nice work. Hopefully BLM doesn't march on Milan now; 12/23/16, 8:18 AM
rhhardin said...: They're called bullet trains.; 12/23/16, 8:22 AM
rhhardin said...: Nobody travels in rocket ships anymore.; 12/23/16, 8:23 AM
grackle said...: A fitting end to this jihadist. May they all end the same way: Dead and harmless.

Merkel’s days are numbered but it’s coming late, after the well has already been poisoned. She has fucked up Germany and Europe – maybe for good.

Germany and Europe are a blueprint of what would happen here in America if we let a bunch of unvetted refugees inside our borders – decades(or longer) of the same terrorism as committed by this dead murderer. Unvetted Muslims are a time bomb in any Western nation.; 12/23/16, 8:24 AM
Tarrou said...: When the Italians have to do your anti-terrorism work for you, you know your security services are total shit.

I know the Germans have this reputation for efficiency and competence. I'm starting to think it's wildly overestimated in places.; 12/23/16, 8:25 AM
Paco Wové said...: "I wonder what motivated him to kill those people?"

"The world will never know, Blogger Tank, the world will never know."

If, on the other hand, he had shouted "Donald Trump!"...; 12/23/16, 8:28 AM
AllenS said...: Too bad that they killed him. It would have been much better capturing him alive so that they could have tortured the fuck out of him.; 12/23/16, 8:32 AM
Ipso Fatso said...: If Obama had a son......; 12/23/16, 8:35 AM
SayAahh said...: The German Keystone Kops thought the dude was still in Germany as he was under a body sheet in the streets of Milan.

Meanwhile President Obama had a bogey on the Oahu links.; 12/23/16, 8:38 AM
ga6 said...: I am trying to write the lyrics to a new song titled "Merkel the teen age Stasi Agent". It will be sung to the tune of the Warren Zevon classic "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". Any help will be appreciated.

She has done more to bring down the West than the Stasi and Mr Wolfe did in fifty years of trying...; 12/23/16, 8:50 AM
rhhardin said...: The average IQ in Tunisia is 83. Perhaps terrorism could be defeated with air drops of Chinese finger traps.; 12/23/16, 8:54 AM
gspencer said...: @dda6ga,

Merkel and her crew already have an oldie-but-goodie song for their new Islamic street marchers,

The Horst Wessel Song,

Here's the first stanza,

Flag high, ranks closed,
The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
march in spirit with us in our ranks.; 12/23/16, 9:00 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: This just reminds me of why I am thankful for living in the US. First, Obama and his Islamophilia are on the way out. We have turned the corner, I hope, from tolerating the types of immigrants capable of this sort of thing. And, secondly, that our immigration problem primarily involves Hispanics, who assimilate decently well and are Christian, not Muslim, whose religious tenets require that we be converted at the point of the sword, if we do not submit willingly.; 12/23/16, 9:18 AM
narciso said...: Why milan, the head if the cell there, was Tunisian, it was previously the site of the mosque withnthe Egyptian imam; 12/23/16, 9:21 AM
Gahrie said...: I see that Prince Charles has urged Britain to 'think of the Prophet Mohammed' this Christmas.

I really hope that Liz goes to parliament and asks for permission to skip Charley and go straight to William.; 12/23/16, 9:29 AM
LYNNDH said...: The big question is, how did he get on a train from Germany?; 12/23/16, 9:30 AM
LYNNDH said...: Sorry, meant France.; 12/23/16, 9:30 AM
mockturtle said...: Paminwi observes that it was reported a TRUCK killed people. We need to put an end to all this truck violence. Too easy to buy trucks! No background check. Hell, you don't even need a driver's license to buy a truck! It's only going to get worse with so many trucks on the street. And, all too often, on the sidewalk.; 12/23/16, 9:42 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Well....I am quite saddened by this turn of events. I was hoping they could capture the guy alive and then torture him to within an inch of his life to find out who the other terrorists are and where they are. Lost opportunity.; 12/23/16, 9:44 AM
Rick said...: gspencer said...
"The Tunisian pulled a gun from his backpack, screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and opened fire on two officers,"

Not that it had anything to do with Islam.

the next sentence should have been "His motive was unclear".; 12/23/16, 9:52 AM
Rick said...: SayAahh said...
Meanwhile President Obama had a bogey on the Oahu links.

Why call him out on this? If he was working he'd be trying to bring people like this here. We'd all be better off if every politician and staff played golf every day.; 12/23/16, 10:01 AM
D. B. Light said...: So now we will never know his motivation -- case closed. Move along.; 12/23/16, 10:01 AM
Dave said...: The Italian police had no problem doing the right thing here. Enjoy the eternal dirt nap, bozo.; 12/23/16, 10:02 AM
Michael K said...: I know the Germans have this reputation for efficiency and competence. I'm starting to think it's wildly overestimated in places.

No kidding. I was saying to my wife this morning that very thing.

Merkel has done what Weimar did in a shorter period of time.; 12/23/16, 10:04 AM
Etienne said...: It's sad that this idiot was able to abuse the system designed for civilized people.; 12/23/16, 10:05 AM
The Godfather said...: The ineffectual government of the Weimar Republic made the rise of Hitler possible. I hope Merkel doesn't turn out to be the next Hindenburg.; 12/23/16, 10:20 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: I see that Prince Charles has urged Britain to 'think of the Prophet Mohammed' this Christmas.

I really hope that Liz goes to parliament and asks for permission to skip Charley and go straight to William.

I do hope so, at least for the sake of the British Royal Family. They are an anarchism who are supported because they provide value to the country (and Commonwealth). Probably cheaper for them than an imperial US President who uses AF-1 as his personal golf cart. But still not cheap. But that won't be enough if they are seen to be actively endangering the country.

The hypocrisy here is that the future titular head of the Church of England is pushing for recognition and consideration of Islam at one of the most sacred times of year for Christians, but surely won't request the contrary of Muslims during, say, Ramadan. And, this is the religion that has been at war with Christianity for 13 centuries now, requiring that Christians either submit, or die.; 12/23/16, 10:24 AM
Thuglawlibrarian said...: Allahu Akbar

Probably not significant; 12/23/16, 10:32 AM
Anonymous said...: I know the Germans have this reputation for efficiency and competence.

When it comes to Intel, the Limey's and Frogs are better. But when it's a straight law and order issue, the German Politzei used to be very effective.

I remember after a Bader Meinhof attack in the 70's, the Germans through a roadblock across a freeway and physically searched every auto while they had a 20mm cannon on an armored car trained on each auto.

I also remember that in my day, the Politzei were very quick using batons when young foreign men (GI's) caused problems in public. How times and PC have neutered them...; 12/23/16, 10:37 AM
glenn said...: Unlike a lot of people I've actually been to Sesto San Giovanni. It's the end of the metro line going northeast out of Milan. And not the best area. This guy was meeting someone from his network. Or on his way to a safe house.; 12/23/16, 10:48 AM
Joe said...: The Tunisian pulled a gun from his backpack, screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and opened fire on two officers,"

Too bad the trainee officer, who fired the fatal shot, didn't scream back, "Aloha Akbar" and then fired his gun.; 12/23/16, 10:52 AM
Rusty said...: rhhardin said...
"The average IQ in Tunisia is 83. Perhaps terrorism could be defeated with air drops of Chinese finger traps."

Or, you know, bananas in jars. Keep busy for awhile.; 12/23/16, 10:54 AM
chickelit said...: I hope Merkel doesn't turn out to be the next Hindenburg.

Imagine her dressed in a Pickelhaube and a greatcoat. The resemblance would be striking.; 12/23/16, 10:54 AM
chickelit said...: The hypocrisy here is that the future titular head of the Church of England is pushing for recognition and consideration of Islam at one of the most sacred times of year for Christians, but surely won't request the contrary of Muslims during, say, Ramadan.

Titular head = boob-in-chief; 12/23/16, 10:58 AM
chickelit said...: The ascendancy of Prince Charles would usher in the Nader of British monarchy. I hope it never happens.; 12/23/16, 11:00 AM
campy said...: The Italian police had no problem doing the right thing here. Enjoy the eternal dirt nap, bozo.

I hope they bury him with a slice of Prosciutto in his mouth.; 12/23/16, 11:56 AM
Hyphenated American said...: I've never heard the term "truck terrorist" before.... Weird. I don't remember reading about "gun terrorist", "bomb terrorist", etc. Now, the term "Islamic terrorist" is far more descriptive, right?; 12/23/16, 12:24 PM
JayG said...: When something like this happens, I just can't help instantly recalling a scene from Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451:"

The main character, Montag, after turning against his government and becoming a fugitive on the run, reaches a safe haven. He and his rescuers gather around a TV, where they watch the continuous coverage of Montag's chase. This was a good 40 years before the O.J. Simpson Bronco chase.

The government, having failed to find Montag, wanting to not only avoid embarrassment but especially to keep the masses entertained, pick a random pedestrian, identify him as Montag, close in on him and kill him. Happy ending!

I'm not saying I believe that this is what happened today. I'm saying that I'm reminded of Bradbury every time something like this happens, and I wonder.; 12/23/16, 12:34 PM
Paul said...: I hope they wrap his body in pig skin before burial.

See Gen. Pershing did that in the Philippines during the Moro uprising (Muslims.) That put the kibosh on the uprising!; 12/23/16, 12:39 PM
Big Mike said...: I hope the trainee cop used hollow points and I further hope he filled the tips with bacon grease.; 12/23/16, 12:45 PM
glenn said...: And then it hit me. The Tunisians didn't want this guy so they fobbed him off on the Italians. When the Italians found out he was a serial criminal they fobbed him off on the Germans. After the attack they all played hot potato. I'll bet part of the deal when the Italians sprung him was he had to leave.; 12/23/16, 12:49 PM
Clyde said...: Arrivederci, Anus.; 12/23/16, 1:57 PM
Dr Weevil said...: As it happens, 'anis' is the dative/ablative plural of the Latin word 'anus', and one of its meanings is 'to/for assholes'.; 12/23/16, 2:07 PM
Bill R said...: Did they hang his corpse upside down at the nearest gas station. Please say they did.

It's an old tradition in Milano.; 12/23/16, 3:33 PM
n.n said...: Stalin, Mao, etc etc.

The root of all evil is Atheism... and left-wing ideology.

Well, there is historically a statistically significant correlation between that secular duality and catastrophic anthropogenic climate change.

Oh, and the opiate of the masses is redistributive change and abortion rites.

Also, the normalization of baby trials and babyhunts in modern liberal societies for political progress.

Peering into the twilight zone. Ha!

Perhaps principles do matter.; 12/23/16, 3:53 PM
mockturtle said...: The Godfather recalls: The ineffectual government of the Weimar Republic made the rise of Hitler possible. I hope Merkel doesn't turn out to be the next Hindenburg.

Yes, the Weimar Republic and the ridiculous terms of the Treaty of Versailles.; 12/23/16, 4:17 PM
chickelit said...: Bill R said...
Did they hang his corpse upside down at the nearest gas station. Please say they did.

Showing his pretty corpse in the street is supposed to suffice.

I wonder whether the press actually ran those photos of Mussolini at the time? I know the photos exist, but I really wonder if they ran the photos in newspapers back then. My mother swears that she saw a photo of Ethel Rosenberg getting the chair: "You could see the smoke coming out of her head."

These sorts of photos have become the modern equivalent of public executions.; 12/23/16, 4:20 PM
Bilwick said...: Say hello to Obama's dad and Uncle Frank in Hell, "Anus."; 12/23/16, 4:33 PM
mockturtle said...: And no virgins for you! Just toothless meth-head prostitutes a la Laslo.; 12/23/16, 5:01 PM
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