Why would anyone want to bomb IKEA?

[peachykeen]

Ran out of the little meatballs?

Umlaut fever?

Bought a Niklas shelving unit that was missing the screws for the x brackets?

I don't get it.

 

[zipman]

Ran out of the little meatballs?

Umlaut fever?

Bought a Niklas shelving unit that was missing the screws for the x brackets?

I don't get it.

Umlaut fever - definitely !

 

[DéjàNu]

I think its because the are "employing" young kids to work in their plants...

They talk often of boycotting them here in Québec.

 

[Lancecastor]

Ran out of the little meatballs?

Umlaut fever?

Bought a Niklas shelving unit that was missing the screws for the x brackets?

I don't get it.

This could be a clue...

 

[April]

Why? Have you ever been in a Dutch Ikea store? Very bizarre. And next to nothing appealing to an American. They do have nice prints (pictures) though.

 

[peachykeen]

Hey I have two of those LOL


Seriously though, who do you think is behind those bombs, and why? I just checked on the BBC and they didn't seem to offer any new info.

 

[Lancecastor]

Hey I have two of those LOL


Seriously though, who do you think is behind those bombs, and why? I just checked on the BBC and they didn't seem to offer any new info.

I work mostly with puns and Hanns hasn't claimed responsibility or directed blame on Muslims (yet)....so unless an employee got groggy on the job, I'm at a loss.

 

[Blindinthedark]

Ya know I like Ikea.

I like their ads more.
"That's because you crazy. That lamp has no feelings .... "

 

[busybody..]

BLACKMAIL! Is the reason.

UPDATE: It turns out that al-Qaeda has very specifically warned the Dutch government against continued operations against its Dutch network. Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of the London-based radical Islamic Al Muhajiroun organization issued a threat against The Netherlands on 29 November. According to the Dutch TV-program "2Vandaag" the sheikh said that The Netherlands would be targeted with a major terror campaign if it didn't stop "arresting muslims" immediately. In an apparent response to the threat, Dutch army and navy bases have been heavily protected recently (link in Dutch). It seems as though the Dutch government knows much more than it is letting the public know. The sheikh is a Taliban and Osama-friend who has been very active in recruiting young muslims in the Brixton mosque for Jihad. He was involved with Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, and organized a conference of Islamists shortly after September 11th, in London. For some inexplicable reason, the politically correct government of Tony Blair hasn't yet arrested

 

[peachykeen]

Yeah, but, IKEA?

Ok look I live in London and we hear about this particular sheik and his mosque relatively regularly, but as I understand it, you actually have to have some evidence of an actual crime to arrest someone. Sure I (and I'm sure many others) would like to see the guy carted away but you've got actually have something to pin on him. (Like with the mafia; you think the feds wouldn't have wanted to put Gotti away sooner? But you've got to have charges you can make stick.)

 

[kotori]

(Like with the mafia; you think the feds wouldn't have wanted to put Gotti away sooner? But you've got to have charges you can make stick.)

That's why they called him the "Teflon Don."

 

[Lancecastor]

AP-

"Over the weekend, Dutch Interior Minister Johan Remkes revealed that the authorities received a threat last Wednesday of an attack on specific tunnels in the Netherlands.

The National Crisis Centre convened and preparations made but it turned out to be a hoax, Mr Remkes said. "

 

[peachykeen]

AP-

"Over the weekend, Dutch Interior Minister Johan Remkes revealed that the authorities received a threat last Wednesday of an attack on specific tunnels in the Netherlands.

The National Crisis Centre convened and preparations made but it turned out to be a hoax, Mr Remkes said. "

right, but these were actual BOMBS... I mean 2 guys were injured, isn't that the case?

 

[Darkthought]

Re: BLACKMAIL! Is the reason.

UPDATE: It turns out that al-Qaeda has very specifically warned the Dutch government against continued operations against its Dutch network. Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of the London-based radical Islamic Al Muhajiroun organization issued a threat against The Netherlands on 29 November. According to the Dutch TV-program "2Vandaag" the sheikh said that The Netherlands would be targeted with a major terror campaign if it didn't stop "arresting muslims" immediately. In an apparent response to the threat, Dutch army and navy bases have been heavily protected recently (link in Dutch). It seems as though the Dutch government knows much more than it is letting the public know. The sheikh is a Taliban and Osama-friend who has been very active in recruiting young muslims in the Brixton mosque for Jihad. He was involved with Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, and organized a conference of Islamists shortly after September 11th, in London. For some inexplicable reason, the politically correct government of Tony Blair hasn't yet arrested

Interesting. Ikea is Swedish.

 

[busybody..]

BOMBS IN HOLLAND. Something very strange is going on in The Netherlands. Yesterday explosives were found in IKEA-shops (the Swedish do-it-yourself stores) in Sliedrecht and Amsterdam. This morning, the police also found a bomb in the IKEA-store in Utrecht, in a suspect package. (see map for details of location):

 

[roxanne69]

I think its because the are "employing" young kids to work in their plants...

They talk often of boycotting them here in Québec.

we do? i didn't get that memo!

 

[Lancecastor]

right, but these were actual BOMBS... I mean 2 guys were injured, isn't that the case?

Yes, that is correct. I was posting actual AP reports in response to Busybody's posts from bathroomstall.com or wherever he gets his stuff.

 

[scrymettet]

we do? i didn't get that memo!

me neiter

 

[Darkthought]

me neiter

Me neither? At that was your 1000th post?

LOL... Congrats.

 

[Lancecastor]

Re: BLACKMAIL! Is the reason.

UPDATE: For some inexplicable reason, the politically correct government of Tony Blair hasn't yet arrested

See here for an update to BB's UPDATE.

 

[roxanne69]

I work mostly with puns and Hanns hasn't claimed responsibility or directed blame on Muslims (yet)


Yet being the operative word. You know it's only a matter of time until that stuff starts happening here too.....Where there are bombs there are usually Muslims, (except in Ireland and Basque). Why is everyone so surprised??? I don't mean you personnaly Lance but everyone?

spelling buddy says: personally

 

[peachykeen]

I work mostly with puns and Hanns hasn't claimed responsibility or directed blame on Muslims (yet)


Yet being the operative word. You know it's only a matter of time until that stuff starts happening here too.....Where there are bombs there are usually Muslims, (except in Ireland and Basque). Why is everyone so surprised??? I don't mean you personnaly Lance but everyone?

spelling buddy says: personally

Wow, that 's a pretty interesting statement. Got any sort of ..I dunno, facts, say, to back that up?

 

[roxanne69]

Wow, that 's a pretty interesting statement. Got any sort of ..I dunno, facts, say, to back that up?

Which part of it would you like clarified?

 

[peachykeen]

The "where there are bombs there are usually Muslims" part.

 

[TWB]

People shop there?