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[hector13]

The first paragraph of the article says that there's significant doubt the attack was the work of radical Islamists. "Allegedly" meaning something that is reported, but there's no proof.

The article goes on to quote state prosecutor Frauke Koehler as agreeing with the German media reports that it was "accurate" that the letters found at the scene saying the attack was done in the name of Allah may be fakes, which is what it says in the title of the article, thought a little more certainly than the article does.

Where exactly did I get it wrong?

[Shub-Nullgurath]

The first paragraph of the article says that there's significant doubt the attack was the work of radical Islamists. "Allegedly" meaning something that is reported, but there's no proof.

The article goes on to quote state prosecutor Frauke Koehler as agreeing with the German media reports that it was "accurate" that the letters found at the scene saying the attack was done in the name of Allah may be fakes, which is what it says in the title of the article, thought a little more certainly than the article does.

Where exactly did I get it wrong?

A better way of putting it would've been "there are doubts that the attack was not the work of radical Islamists".

Even then, that's a push. I can't blame you because the article is trash, though. The only real fact is that the notes don't quite match up to standard ISIS demands.

[ChairmanPoo]

This is pretty rich coming from a guy who three days ago was speculating about it being a prank out of control by hooligans.  Now hector13 is at fault for posting an article that questioned a bit too much it being an islamist attack? Cmon give me a break.

[Shub-Nullgurath]

This is pretty rich coming from a guy who three days ago was speculating about it being a prank out of control by hooligans.  Now hector13 is at fault for posting an article that questioned a bit too much it being an islamist attack? Cmon give me a break.

Where did I do that, exactly?

[Wolfhunter107]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was someone else.

[smjjames]

Most likely it was actually Covenant, he did say that he thought it had been done by soccer (football to you guys in Europe, not to be confused with American Football) hooligans.

Here's a different source (if much shorter article) saying the same thing.

@shub on DNA being racial profiling: I'd say no, if done right, but biases can still come into play. If they were looking specifically at 'black racial markers', then yes, that'd be racial profiling.

Also, not the first time news articles have headings contradictory or misleading to the article itself.

[smjjames]

It's entirely possible for a lone wolf to claim allegiance to ISIS and at the same time, not follow their usual MO. Though they don't know if it's a lone wolf or a group, the BBC article also mentions that the explosive was 'professionally made'.

Can any German Bay12ers corroborate on that? The Politico article does link to a Dutch newspaper, but it's paywalled, or maybe adblockerwalled, not gonna bother google translating that.

[Shub-Nullgurath]

It's entirely possible for a lone wolf to claim allegiance to ISIS and at the same time, not follow their usual MO. Though they don't know if it's a lone wolf or a group, the BBC article also mentions that the explosive was 'professionally made'.

It's mostly amazing to me that it didn't say "is probably not linked to IS" or "is part of a splinter group". Not "is probably not Islamists".

[smjjames]

It's more of a sense that they aren't absolutely sure who did it and it's standard operating procedure to look at all possibilities.

If it does say in the letters that they (whoever 'they' are) wanted the US airbase closed and German warplanes out of Syria, then that is pretty odd if it was an ISIS affiliated person, since they don't do negotiation (besides "Die or submit to our rule, heathens!"). Which is one factor contributing to them saying "we're not sure here."

[Sergarr]

Just took a look at the latest polls in France.

Spoiler: this almost looks like a four-way tie, what the hell (click to show/hide)

[Dorsidwarf]

Headline tip: Florida Man "Truly awful" means that someone has said Florida Man is truly awful in those words, Florida Man 'truly awful' means that someone thinks Florida Man was truly awful but used too many words to say so to fit in a headline so it got shortened, and Florida Man Truly Awful means that, i dunno, scientists have tested him and gotten a reading of six millihitlers.

[TD1]

The fact that culture can be a mitigating factor is worrying in itself.

[Sheb]

The fact that culture can be a mitigating factor is worrying in itself.

Uh, who are your responding to?

[martinuzz]

In Italy, the combination of high unemployment and smothering bureaucracy has prompted the rise of a new profession: Queue-stander.
For 10 euros per hour, Giovanni Cafaro will stand in a queue line for you, so you can go do something else until it's your turn.
To quote the man: "as soon as this idea struck me, I knew for sure that I'd never be unemployed again in my life".

EDIT:

In unrelated news, in Germany, Amazon has aroused the fury of employee right organisations, by designing a new system to counter sick leave on the job.
It was already known practice, to reward employees who are never sick with a bonus on top of their salary.
Amazon changed this: You still get a bonus for not being sick, but it will be lowered if any of your direct colleagues have been sick. Amazon hopes that group pressure will bring down sick leave. Employee rights organisations are outraged.

I can see it already. "because you have cancer, I get paid less. I'll make you pay for that!"

[Baffler]

I can see it already. "because you have cancer, I get paid less. I'll make you pay for that!"

All according to plan. Fortunately people seem to be blaming the company for their gilded age tier policy, instead of each other for being sick.