'Live' thread: https://www.reddit.com/live/x6nlz174eayk

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36687616

Gunmen have stormed a popular cafe in the diplomatic area of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, taking a number of hostages, officials say.

Several foreigners are among those being held by eight or nine armed men in the city's Gulshan district, they add.

Two police officers have been killed about 30 others injured in a gun battle, a spokesman said.

So-called Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.

A statement on the group's self-styled news agency Amaq said militants had attacked a restaurant "frequented by foreigners". It said that more than 20 people "of different nationalities" had been killed but this has not been confirmed.

Security forces say they are trying to negotiate the hostages' release.

Initial reports said that as many as 20 foreigners were among those taken captive.

"We want to resolve this peacefully. We are trying to talk to the attackers," said Benazir Ahmed, chief of the Rapid Action Battalion, Bangladesh's elite police force.

"Our first priority is to save the lives of the people trapped inside."

Police said the gunmen burst into the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe at about 21:20 (13:20 GMT) and opened fire.

The cafe is described as being popular with expatriates, diplomats and middle-class families.

Media reports quoted witnesses as saying that "Allahu Akbar", meaning "God is greatest", was heard as the attack took place.

An eyewitness said she heard a loud noise, followed by continuous gunfire.

"The glass of my drawing room shattered," Rashila Rahim said.

"My auntie, her daughter and two friends went there for Iftar (breaking of the Ramadan fasting) and they have not come back. We cannot even check where they are."

Another local resident, Tarique Mir, said he could hear sporadic gunfire nearly three hours after the attack began.

"It is chaos out there. The streets are blocked. There are dozens of police commandos," he said.

BBC South Asia editor Jill McGivering says that although high-profile gun attacks are rare in Bangladesh, the latest incident follows a series of murders widely blamed on Islamist extremists.

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Ate dinner maybe 1 mile from there in March.

what'd you have for dinner? how was it? Did you tip at least 20%?

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Doesn't make sense to me. His having eaten dinner 1 mile from where the attack took place, which is the subject of the thread, is certainly relevant.

Frankly, I (very) briefly wondered where CHF was when I posted this.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I don't hate him. I just wish he would interact here more than his occasionally drive by bragging

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Well let's have something interesting to talk about. I'm always checking the board out. I just don't want to participate in Steve's racism, BigFan's bans, shitting on BigFan, or any of the other crap that's been going on.

There's Cubs-Bulls-NBA-Hawks-NHL-Rocky talk going on as well.

Any interest in any of those things?

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I have never gotten it. Most of his posts don't come across as bragging for the sake of bragging to me.

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Don't really know but if I had to venture a guess it would be Bangladeshi food envy? There is relevance to what he posted.

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CHF is a-ok.

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'We came here to kill the non-Muslims,' gunmen told Bangladesh hostages




A religion of peace.

Say, ‘Unbelievers [non-Muslims], I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship what I worship. I shall never worship what you worship, nor will you ever worship what I worship. You have your own religion, and I have mine. (Surah 109:1-6).


Okay Harris let's not start a holy war here.

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Could Jesus hit Muhammad's curveball, you think?

He'd knock that fucker out of the park.

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Yeah, but would he get the run support?

He is like our boards uncle traveling Matt from the fraggle Rock.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

the brevity of his initial check in gave it a "Button 37" quality [or whatever number the "We're Happy For Ya" button was]

at least when BigFan name-checks Jordan/et al, he gives us a little more detail on the encounter.

not even mini-yelp review from CHF of the street cart selling billy-goat skewers he dined at a mile from this terra-event.

Personally, CHF doesn't bother me because I'm rich and handsome but others probably aren't so it bothers them.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way