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Woolwich attack: troops advised not to wear uniform outside bases
The Telegraph ^ | 23 May 2013 | Ben Farmer

Posted on 05/23/2013 6:31:08 AM PDT by LSUfan

Commanders have advised troops not to wear uniform travelling to and from work or outside bases following the brutal killing of a member of the military close to Woolwich barracks.

Defence sources said the order had been given that uniform should not be worn by those travelling alone, or on public transport as a "common sense precaution" immediately after the killing.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; jihad; religionofpeace; terrorism; uktroops; ungland; woolwich
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So instead of our troops being our protectors, and our fellow citizens, they are now turned into hostages to a persistent and ubiquitous jihadist threat. And the police similarly, as in Sweden, are reduced to doing "as little as possible."

Rather than the presence of uniformed soldiers being treated as a preventive against jihadist violence, it is now understood to be a provocation.

This is what happens to a state that is UNDER OCCUPATION. The jihadists can wear their "uniforms" without any prohibition - full Shariah compliant physical appearance, and socially enforced hijabs for the women - and can impose their force without sanction against their community at large. But the occupied state's domestic police and military are now even more limited in what they can do.

1 posted on 05/23/2013 6:31:08 AM PDT by LSUfan
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I totally agree that this is akin to being under occupation. Maybe non-Muslims should avoid going outside of their homes.


2 posted on 05/23/2013 6:34:24 AM PDT by Viennacon
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Muslim scum just doing what the liberals wish they had the nerve to do.


3 posted on 05/23/2013 6:34:32 AM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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The Brits are insane.

Soldiers should be able move about freely, in uniform, with firearms at the ready.


4 posted on 05/23/2013 6:34:47 AM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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or on public transport as a "common sense precaution" immediately after the killing.

Common sense would be to issue hand guns to the soldiers, not slink away into civilian clothes.

5 posted on 05/23/2013 6:34:49 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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Bizarre how the first cops on the scene were unarmed and had to wait for “special” armed officers to arrive. Unreal!


6 posted on 05/23/2013 6:36:39 AM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline is for lease)
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So bow down and do the bidding of the headchoppers.

In a sane world, all the headchoppers would be kicked out. in the current insane world, the innocent people bow down and kiss headchopper a$$.


7 posted on 05/23/2013 6:36:45 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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Cowering in submission -dhimmitude. The Muslims should be cowering in fear of having their heads mounted on pikes; instead the police are deployed to prevent alleged anti-Muslim reprisals.


8 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:00 AM PDT by Truth29
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Woolwich attack: troops advised not to wear uniform outside bases

Woolwich attack: troops advised to be fully armed outside bases.

Why not? Are they sissy afraid to shoot these bastards while wearing the uniform of their country?

I would make sure they go off base with at least one fully armed uniformed buddy, and kill these bastards if approached. Yee Gads! When will this end?

9 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:04 AM PDT by laweeks
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Disgusting. Disgraceful surrender to the muzzies.

In 1982 a West German colonel told me he wore civvies while driving to the local Bundeswehr base & then changed into his uniform. Greens & other radicals would hurl rocks at his car otherwise.

This in a country where the Polizei are armed & carry submachine guns in their car trunks.


10 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:32 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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They should wear their uniforms and sidearms. Don’t these people realize that every time they give in a little, it’s a victory for those who hate them?


11 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:38 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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12 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:56 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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They didn’t act this crazy when the IRA was setting off bombs every week.


13 posted on 05/23/2013 6:38:02 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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Every patriotic Brit refusing to take a dhimmi stance ought to don a uniform and march onto Downing Street demanding this administration quit sharia appeasement in all it’s forms.


14 posted on 05/23/2013 6:39:46 AM PDT by wtd
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All Muslims should be provided with one-way air transport back to the ME. Landing rights will not be necessary. They will be deposited on the country of their choice from 5,000 feet AGL.


15 posted on 05/23/2013 6:39:59 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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Soldiers should be able move about freely, in uniform, with firearms at the ready.

That is the key point. Soldiers should be required to be armed, and they should be free to wear the uniform or not at their discretion, or perhaps encouraged to wear it. When some sixth century moron with a knife is looking for an easy target, he should be afraid to go after a British or American soldier with a gun, instead of giggling over the fact that soldiers are hiding from him. The strategy of hide and cringe reminds me of a mailman dealing with a barking dog - the more times the dog barks and the mailman acts afraid, the more aggressive the dog gets. We need a better strategy than cowering in fear.

16 posted on 05/23/2013 6:41:01 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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Membership in the UKIP will explode after this outrageous incident. Had this happened two weeks ago, they would be in charge of the government there.


17 posted on 05/23/2013 6:41:41 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Yeah, when did the Brits become French?


18 posted on 05/23/2013 6:42:37 AM PDT by Clarence
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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed

“The Brits are insane.”

No, Churchill is dead, and the Brits are a much lesser breed...especially the men. The woman who stepped off the bus to confront the Muslim murderers and the woman police officer who shot them are the new face of British resistance to evil. The men have surrendered.


19 posted on 05/23/2013 6:47:00 AM PDT by txrefugee
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“Soldiers should be able move about freely, in uniform, with firearms at the ready.”

They’ve issued a cowardly Stand-Down order.


20 posted on 05/23/2013 6:48:50 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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