“Note we are unable to confirm whether Mikhael is a hostage and the demands are legitimate, however we can confirm that she is a Senior Project Manager at Westpac in Sydney, and the bank has its headquarters on Martin Place where the terrorist attack has occurred, which at the very least would place her near the location when the attack first occurred.”
As pictured, the jihadist appears to be wearing a headband featuring Arabic writing — a common jihadist fashion accessory — and of course earlier forced hostages to hold the black flag of jihad up to the window.
“Hostage used to communicate demands via Facebook in Sydney terror attack,” by Duncan Riley, Silicon Angle, December 15, 2014 (thanks to Kenneth):
A hostage in the terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia has been forced to post the demands of the terrorist on their Facebook account.
A post to Facebook from bank worker Marcia Mikhael includes a range of demands from the ISIL related terrorist and notes that hostages will be shot if they are not met.
Note we are unable to confirm whether Mikhael is a hostage and the demands are legitimate, however we can confirm that she is a Senior Project Manager at Westpac in Sydney, and the bank has its headquarters on Martin Place where the terrorist attack has occurred, which at the very least would place her near the location when the attack first occurred.
Primarily the post states that the terrorist wants the world to know that “Australia is under attack by the Islamic State.”
Mikhael states that the terrorist demands include wanting an Islamic State flag and to speak with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott via live broadcast.
Further the terrorist has asked that “brothers” do not detonate two bombs located in the city.
Mikhael indicated that hostages would be shot if the demands are not met.
There have been unconfirmed reports that other hostages have been active on social media with information from within the siege, but it has been confirmed by Australian media that hostages have been contacting radio and television stations with similar demands.
New South Wales Police are asking social media users to not report on them. It is their right to ask, but unless it threatens the safety of those currently caught up in this tragic situation (such as not reporting the tactical placement of the police on the ground…which the mainstream media has broadcast all day without restraint) the public has the right to know what motivated the maniac in this case….
Indeed.
warren says
Australia’s leading imam was just on ABC news saying they were trying to work out what that black Shahada flag said before they can make any comment. This seems to indicate that AUSTRALIA’S LEADING IMAM CANNOT READ ARABIC!!!
PJG says
Of course he knows what it means.
particolor says
Here Is how He will be taught to read English !! Because Now, WE are OFFENDED !! All Compensation to the Victims and Family’s, Police, Ambulance, Emergency Workers and countless other things will be Paid for by the Halal Syndicate Fund !!
And don’t come the Raw Prawn again and give us that ..”It was Nothing to do with Islam !!” Speech again, as Nobody believes You any More !! Well it wasn’t the South Pole Penguins Cult !!.. Well ! That’s the way it would be if I was Prime Minister ! But alas Ours is too afraid to Offend them !..
And that’s what Western Country’s get for being Kind to Asylum Seekers from the ER ! “Religion Of Peace” is it ??
MJ says
Its a religion of power and very clever. When the extremists commit an atrocity in the Western world the Muslim leaders gain the sympathy of the people by saying its’ against their religion and they are a people of peace’ getting everyone bending over backwards to keep harmony.
It doesn’t help our cause to target or discriminate against individual or even groups of muslims- actually it just feeds their religion and helps their cause.
Many of them are probably genuinely seeking to know and please their god- but that’s impossible with a god of power who can change his mind whenever he likes. What’s worse is people wanting to change their faith can’t without a death sentence. Isn’t it ironic,we have become so’universal and tolerant’ in the western world we accept religions that kill their own people and overlook all the killings of Christians and Jews in the Middle East.
We look in horror at the sensational- Sydney, September 11 etc, but thousands of lives are being taken monthly that we westerns seem to be oblivious to..
I recommend listening to a series of talks on Islam by David Pawson (online) who gives incredible insight that I believe can help us all in understanding and responding to the religion. I agree that this is a spiritual war – the power and speed at which Islam is infiltrating the world in the name of a god is enough evidence for me, but there’s plenty more.
Beth says
Australia is under attack by her own leaders. So is America – and so is the rest of the non-islamic world. The leaders have brazenly brought in these murderers – and now refuse to ban that murderous ideology.
Every victim of islam in every non-muslim nation – has a legitimate case against the leaders. Because “Ignorance of the law” is no excuse” – Right?
Paula says
Beth: you are so right on! The Western World bows, scrapes & appeases muslims..they are taking over and there is no one to stop them. They are, absolutely, in the high positions of government.
(1997) By Muammar Kaddafi (after meeting with Louis Farrakhan). “We are used to facing the United States as a fortress from the outside. Now we are finding a breach to penetrate the country (the U.S.) and confront it from within.”
Eleven years, after that comment, a no body came out of no where and the man with the muslim name became our president.
Coolio says
Should this attack result in the deaths of 30 people, that will reprent 1% of the 3,000 – 5,000 jihad deaths currently occuring monthly. The West is under attack by the Islamic State? You don’t say!
duh_swami says
How can this happen?…Didn’t President Rasool Obama say that Islam teaches peace? Incidents like this make him look like a liar…
Angemon says
Sheik Hussein can just resort to the “not a true scotsman” fallacy and circular logic – he’d probably say something like “now let me be clear. Islam does not teach violence. The criminal behind this situation is not a muslim”.
Spiritof1683 says
This isn’t something that a police or Arrmy sharpshooter with a rifle equipped with telescopic sights couldn’t solve. But political correctness gets in the way.
Jax Tolmen says
That would be a remarkably silly move. Given the footage that has been obtained of the perpetrator – I think it is safe to say that the police and military have had a rifle trained on this guy all day.
The reason it would be silly is because we have to assume he is speaking the truth. If there are two other bombers, or he has a bomb, then killing him could make the situation much worse. Of course if the perp became unstable and was going to detonate his own device – thea a shot would probably be taken. Until then, nothing will happen.
SpiritOf1683 says
It seems as if there is only one. A headshot would finish him off in a millisecond. Lets set the example and open fire on his worthless skull, then round up and deport his entire family afterwards. The Russians wouldn’t pussyfoot about like this.
Jax Tolmen says
You would make him a martyr, run the risk of multiple being bombs being detonated (if his claims are true, it would be prudent to assume that is the case for now), and possibly exacerbate the situation.
I would love for him to be taken alive. Then tried. And then executed with bullets coated in pigs blood. Don’t confuse my caution with a diminished resolve to make an example of this terrorist.
MR says
Even Allah can’t stop the dickhead from eventually becoming exhausted and sleepy. That’s how these sort of stand-offs usually end.
Once he’s in supermax, they can feed him a diet of pork pies and 24-hour gay porn on his prison-issue TV set.
Paula says
MR: Once he’s in supermax, he’ll be with his muslim brethren, on a prayer rug and eating halal food.
ringgo1 says
He would most likely enjoy the gay porn; it reminds him of “home”.
wtd says
Law enforcement is under severe scrutiny here in the USA right now. It is no coincidence that the Muhammedan population is supporting/organizing the protests against law enforcements equal application of the law right now.
It is an incredible shame to witness Australia restrain it’s security forces response against internal threats like this.
ladybgoodde says
Wtd: You are so right! And the attack is gaining momentum…… Now that sharpton has a “good buddy” in the White House, he’s getting bolder.
Al Sharpton Leads March in DC as NYC Protesters Chant: ‘What do We Want? Dead Cops’ –
See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/al-sharpton-leads-march-dc-nyc-protesters-chant-want-dead-cops-72484/#sthash.hZqp45Ai.dpuf
John Duffin says
Ready on the left.
Read on the right.
Aim at the hostage takers.
Commence firing. Fire at will.
Wtf? says
The silver lining is many of my Australian colleagues could not understand my comments on the dangers of Islam. I have suffered for months but now they readily comment that they now understand. I hope no one dies other than the terrorist.
SpiritOf1683 says
It is pretty obvious that the only countries which will survive the Jihad are those with the ruthlessness to do so, like China. The Chinese wouldn’t pussyfoot like this.
mj says
Many Christians are being killed in China. I understand the anger and hurt-we all feel it, but if we’re serious about going to stop Islam from overtaking the western world and reclaiming it’s lost countries, anger and threats won’t work. It’s an easy religion to get into but there’s no freedom of choice to leave once their in. You may have been brought up an atheist, a Christian or whatever but you have the God given free will to choose what you believe. These people do not and probably many long to leave- maybe if we can show them how much freedom and security there is out of their religion the majority would flee- how can we show them that? try this site for some info. http://davidpawson.org/resources/category/belief/islam/
Matthieu Baudin says
These are confusing times, when one of the friendliest nations of people living on the edge of the globe are targeted and terrorized like this. Australians and New Zealanders are some of the most genuinely open and warm folk that you’ll meet anywhere in the world.
St. Croix says
It has nothing to do with the Aussies and Kiwis being warm nice folk per se. Or rather it Except that to welcome in everyone without the notion some are terrorists and have a definite agenda–namely to take the territory from the nice folk and hand it over to the nasty folk. The reason? That elusive reason the media are still trying to puzzle out? That mysterious m.o. which none of the nice folk can comprehend or guess, even though the terrorists are very good communicators, i.e. they tell everyone why they are actually doing it and even advertise with banners, flags and headbands. Their works also speak for themselves. Thousands killed each month at this point in the name of ISLAM.
Matthieu Baudin says
Thank you very much St. Croix. I expect I’m just shocked to see how vicious religiously motivated crime can be, even against a people who prided themselves in responding generously to refugee pressures over the past years. I think the percentage of refugees to Australia who are Moslem has been over 80% for some time. So one would expect there to be a reasonable chance of inadvertently letting in, under the radar, some people caught up by the hyper evangelism and violent sentiment, that has hamstrung most of the Islamic world for the last thirty years. What would you suggest that country do to extricate itself? Is Japan now the last remaining developed country without a Jihad problem?
St. Croix says
In Canada we are facing similar threats. Just lagging behind Europe because our % of Islamists is lower than theirs at this point. I am writing letters to our PM to voice my stance: no more muslim immigrants. A few days ago the gov’t here voiced their intention to only accept immigrants from Syria who are persecuted minorities, both religious and ethnic. Of course the muslim associations are all over it, whining and complaining. Well, too bad! I just hope gov’t stands firm on this and it establishes a trend.
Start telling everyone you know what the truth of Islam really is. Read the Koran and then you have a leg to stand on. Their writings say it all. When I point to that there is not much any thinking person can say against my position. The blowhards will still just keep sounding off but that’s their job!
MR says
The testimony of Islamic faith:
“There is not god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet.”
The truth:
“There is no fraud like Allah, and Mohammad is his pimp.”
dsinc says
There is no allah, and muhammad was a barbarian.
Jerry says
There is no God but YAHWE, and Mohamed, son of a who.., daughter of a demon, is Satan’s messenger
george says
They won’t even show this on Australian TV.
Zebo says
Finally the real islam has arrived in western countries.
The same kind of psychopathic peace others have suffered from in the past 1400 years.
St. Croix says
Wow. Australians are lining up to support muslims in this tragedy via twitter using #illridewithyou to express solidarity with the followers of Mohammed. Giving them escorts on the public trains etc. The propaganda has really done a wonderful job.
How about someone riding with ordinary people as they go to cafes? Who needs protection here? Even as the minutes tick by and a muslim holds people at gunpoint and threatens to detonate two more bombs–in the name of their religion– good-hearted aussies are saying to muslims “I’ll protect you! You have nothing to fear!”
Twostellas says
Traditionally Muslims demand protection money to protect submissive kaffir. So, wouldn’t it be something if these Muslims who take them up on the offer demand they pay their bus fare or give them gas money or buy them lunch…and the unwitting kuffar will probably pay it too. Then the Muslim can be Sharia compliant and do a little taqiyya and dawa, (pretty much the same thing), during the ride too.
Mattthieu Baudin says
The Australians that I’ve met would still be in shock and wouldn’t be taken in by this shifting of focus and instant reinterpretation of the problem. A few thousand twittering twits doesn’t make a nation of dunderheads, just an unnerving irritant. Good points though St. Croix.
Jax Tolmen says
The terrorist is Man Monis. Robert Spencer wrote an article about him a while ago. The media released details first about the perpetrator, I remembered the article and found it. They then confirmed the name.
Here is the articles http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/08/australia-muslim-cleric-pleads-guilty-to-sending-offensive-letters-to-families-of-australian-soldier
Possessed says
Unless he has suddenly made friends with Sunni militants in Lakemba I doubt he has “Bros” or is smart enough to make bombs. He was a Shia a few years ago now he has gone Sunni. This kind of thing just makes me angry as I can remember the Australia before all these idiots turned up from the middle east. I really hope we can put the Rudds, Keatings and Frasers on trial. This monkey came into Australia back in 1996. he should have been deported the minute he broke the law. What angers me most is the mass slaughter that is horizon due to these insane immigration policies and the resulting conflict us and our descendants are going to live through and fight.
SpiritOf1683 says
Here’s John Quincy Adams’ words of wisdom, wrote long before the damage political correctness would wreak upon us:
The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God. The vanquished may purchase their lives, by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet, may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force. – John Quincy Adams
St. Croix says
Hey! Some things never change! Good old John Quincy had it sized-up then and it still stands today as a concise summary.
Ayattollahowmany says
Should have been shot by sniper AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
Instead, we have all the bullshit the press and politicians can muster.
SICKENING
St. Croix says
And some innocent people might be alive today.