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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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To: LSUfan

They behaved as the liberals have trained them to behave. They waited for the government to come and help them.


41 posted on 05/23/2013 7:16:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: I want the USA back

If this happened in North Carolina, the cops would be late to the citizens response on the street. The attackers would be dead.


42 posted on 05/23/2013 7:25:12 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: Prolixus
Western men are going to "snap" en masse.

Sadly, I must disagree. Western men of today are much like a herd of wildebeests. When one or two predators attack a wildebeest herd, the herd could easy charge the predators and trample them to death.

But that's not what the wildebeests do. Instead the herd scatters in every direction.

I might be wrong, but I think the Western Europe acts this way because of the effects of WW II. Hitler ruthlessly destroyed many minority groups. Now no one wants to even criticize a minority group.

43 posted on 05/23/2013 7:26:01 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: massgopguy
I award PM Cameron a White Feather.

As do I...

the infowarrior

44 posted on 05/23/2013 7:27:56 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: LSUfan
My father was assigned to a CONUS Army base in 1968. It wasn't popular to be a soldier then. After a couple of "incidents" with Black Panther types they got a similar order. Dad never wore his uniform off-base again, right up until he retired in 1994. It never bothered him but it always rankled me.

As does this order in GB. Lose the uniform rule! Issue sidearms instead.

45 posted on 05/23/2013 7:28:57 AM PDT by jboot (It can happen here because it IS happening here.)
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To: LSUfan

If I were Cameron...the answer would be..

Travel in groups of 5... locked and loaded..ferret out any Muzzies and shoot on site.


46 posted on 05/23/2013 7:31:30 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: stuartcr

The members of the IRA are sane.


47 posted on 05/23/2013 7:39:28 AM PDT by SilverMine
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To: SilverMine
The members of the IRA are sane.

Really?

48 posted on 05/23/2013 7:41:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LSUfan

How about wearing their full uniform, sidearm included?


49 posted on 05/23/2013 7:43:25 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Undicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: LSUfan

“Here nazi. Tarzan here, nazi.”


50 posted on 05/23/2013 7:43:29 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: DownInFlames

.........there are certain places in Texas that this guy would have gotten very dead very fast and would have had to been lifted off the street with a crane because of having so much lead in him..................

certain Sheriffs, particularly in West Texas would have let him lay there all day too!


51 posted on 05/23/2013 7:44:04 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: nhwingut
I heard it took the cops 20 minutes to arrive.
52 posted on 05/23/2013 7:44:24 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Every man dies, but not every man really lives.)
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To: LSUfan

Everyone should wear burquas!


53 posted on 05/23/2013 7:46:28 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SilverMine

yeah


54 posted on 05/23/2013 7:50:15 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: LSUfan

"Miss me yet?"

55 posted on 05/23/2013 7:51:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay
I heard it took the cops 20 minutes to arrive.

Wrong. Sadly, unarmed bobbies were there within 5-7 minutes...but they did not approach the two (2) mooselimbs because there were weapons involved. You can see in the videos the bobbies at both ends of the streets creating a cordon.

However, you are correct in the fact that it took twenty (20) minutes for ARMED bobbies to arrive. They had to run to the barracks, sign out their MP5s and then rush to the scene. It was a miracle that they muzzies didnt get on that bus and stab everyone on it.

56 posted on 05/23/2013 7:51:19 AM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: Cen-Tejas

not Ft Hood


57 posted on 05/23/2013 7:53:04 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: 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”

That is total BS!!! Wear your uniform and wear it proudly!!!

I haven’t been to London in a long time, but the last time I checked there aren’t any monuments erected in honor of Neville Chamberlain and his wonderful Munich Agreement in 1938 and that is all this amounts to — “appeasement,” period plain and simple.


58 posted on 05/23/2013 7:56:28 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: PoloSec

A soldier does if they live off base and are going to/from work. A much more a pain in the ass for a soldier(s) to find a changing area so further wasting time getting in their work day uniform/doing their actual job. There is not a lot of offices that have separate changing areas and if you think a bathroom is sufficient, be prepared to wait in line for awhile. Some buildings have 500+ Active Duty.


59 posted on 05/23/2013 7:58:36 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: nhwingut

Most British police are unarmed. And most police and public do not want them armed.


60 posted on 05/23/2013 7:59:37 AM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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