Turk Police Shoot Dead Suspected Suicide Bomber (Good Shootin', Boys! BRAVO!)

Yahoo! News ^ | 7/01/2005 | Reuters

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Ankara on Friday.

Turkish television showed live footage of police shooting at the man, said to be around 35 years old, in a street in the leafy central district of the capital. A Reuters correspondent saw the man lying dead in a pool of blood.

Witnesses said the suspected bomber had been unable to detonate his explosives.

The incident revived memories of four devastating suicide bomb attacks in Turkey's largest city Istanbul in November 2003. More than 60 people were killed in those attacks, which struck British and Jewish targets in the city.

Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network claimed responsibility for those attacks. Dozens of people are now being tried for involvement in those bombings.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oops! That odd-lloking word in the title should read Shootin', obviously. :) Can this be fixed, please...?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Thanks! :)

[carumba]

Witnesses said the suspected bomber had been unable to detonate his explosives.

If I were Tesla, I would figure out a way to detonate this stuff with some kinda wireless zapper. Suicide bombers would pop prematurely, all alone as they stroll down the road or while he is getting his last minute directions from his handlers.

[R. Scott]

Witnesses said the suspected bomber had been unable to detonate his explosives.

Good head shots or bad wiring?

[lentulusgracchus]

Suicide bombers would pop prematurely, all alone as they stroll down the road or while he is getting his last minute directions from his handlers.

Do that by flying over Ramadi, and you'd level half the town. The half that deserved it.

[jhroberts]

Only the mainstream media could refer to a guy wired with explosives who then tries to detonate himself as a "suspected" suicide bomber.

[Americanexpat]

"Good head shots or bad wiring?"

You know you got to be damned close to get a good head shot, close enough that if his bomb does detonate your probably dead. Wonder what those cops were thinking once they had a chance to sit down and consider what had happened?

[R. Scott]

Wonder what those cops were thinking once they had a chance to sit down and consider what had happened?

Probably the same as mine has been in similar circumstances – check both arms and legs. Yep, two of each and they aren’t leaking. Check for leaks in torso. Look at buddies – no one is leaking, all have the proper number of appendages. Shake unwanted material from pants leg. Begin breathing again.

[Turk2]

A Turkish police officer stands guard as another officer films the body of a suspected suicide bomber shot by police in Ankara July 1, 2005. Turkish police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Ankara on July 1. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Photo by Stringer/Turkey/Reuters A Turkish police officer stands guard as another officer films the body of a suspected suicide bomber shot by police in Ankara July 1, 2005. Turkish police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Ankara on Friday. Email Photo Print Photo

A bomb expert, left, in protective equipment examines a bomb taken from the body of Eyup Beyaz, right, a suspected suicide bomber, after he was shot and killed by Turkish police as he was trying to run from the Justice Ministry next to the prime minister's office in Ankara on Friday, July 1, 2005. Turkey's Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said the bomb was strapped to the bomber and that he was shot because he was running towards a crowded street. (AP Photo/CHA)

A Turkish forensic policeman searches the body of a man shot dead by police in Ankara. Turkish police shot dead a wanted leftist radical after botched suicide bombong at the justice ministry in a crowded Ankara neighborhood, officials said.(AFP/Ihlas News Ageny-HO)

A Turkish bomb disposal expert policeman searches the body of a man shot dead by police in Ankara. Turkish police shot dead a wanted leftist radical after botched suicide bombong at the justice ministry in a crowded Ankara neighborhood, officials said.(AFP/Ihlas News Agency-HO)

Bomb experts in protective equipment approach the body of Eyup Beyaz, a suspected suicide bomber, after he was shot and killed by Turkish police as he was trying to run from the Justice Ministry next to the prime minister's office in Ankara on Friday, July 1, 2005. (AP Photo/CHA)

A bomb expert in protective equipment gets closer to examine the body of Eyup Beyaz, a suspected suicide bomber, after he was shot and killed by Turkish police as he was trying to run from the Justice Ministry next to the prime minister's office in Ankara on Friday, July 1, 2005. (AP Photo/CHA)

A Turkish policman stands next to the body of Eyup Beyaz, a suspected bomber, after he was shot and killed by security forces as he was trying to run from the Justice Ministry next to the Prime minister's office in Ankara on Friday, July 1, 2005. Police cordoned off the area in front of the Justice Ministry and the suspect could be seen on the ground as a member of the bomb squad, wearing protective clothing, removed the man's shirt and then held up a tan colored cylinder with wires coming out of it. The demolitions expert successfully defused the bomb about 10 minutes later. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

[R. Scott]

Bomb disposal is not a job I would want – I had the opportunity and actually thought about it for maybe a whole second. But, I sure am glad some people take the job.

[Turk2]

It wasn't on my list of thing I wanted to do in life either. Sure glad it was for some other people.

[R. Scott]

We had an experience a few weeks before I left Viet Nam that involved an EOD type. A 60 mm mortar round hit our boat but didn’t explode. We stayed off the well deck the entire trip back to Da Nang from Hue, knowing it would blow any time.
After we tied up at the repair dock the Navy EOD man came aboard. He looked at it, picked it up, said “Dud”, and chucked it over the side. It exploded as soon as it hit the water. Even the pros occasionally make a mistake.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 7/01/2005. From the FRchives. Thanks KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle.

Turkish police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber near Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office in Ankara on Friday... The incident revived memories of four devastating suicide bomb attacks in Turkey's largest city Istanbul in November 2003. More than 60 people were killed in those attacks, which struck British and Jewish targets in the city. Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network claimed responsibility for those attacks.