Police have shot suspected suicuide bomber at Stockwell (Breaking news from London)

Sky News ^ | 22 July, 2005 | Sky News

[beaversmom]

Why don't you just be happy with your rules and we can be happy with ours.

I, for one, am happy with the rule that took this terrorist down.

[Kelly_2000]

"Instead of tracking these AQ suspects, why don't they just arrest them and deport them? That would be a much more effective way of stopping them. The Brits make this stuff too difficult."

Think about it, that makes complete sense. they build a picture of how many cells and operatives there are by tracking them. A suspect leads them to another and so on. They then move on a larger group and arrest them all. Far more productive than grabbing them straight away

[kingu]

Don't forget that quite a few European countries still have school prayer, bible studies in the classroom, etc. But yeah, I know what you mean - it is like they sometimes have this spontaneous burst of sanity in limited areas and then go back to writing telephone book constitutions.

[Eurotwit]

Eyewitness on BBC:

He tried to run onto the rain, then half tripped and fell down. Eyewitness was 5 yards from the incident. Police was in hot pursuit of him, just 2-3 feet behind him, half pushed him, as he fell to the ground, police placed five shorts into his head.

Pakistani looking guy. Didn't sound like he was wearing a backpack. Wearing a large coat.

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[highlander_UW]

I thought the cops in England weren't allowed to carry guns?

A fox reporter stated that most do not carry weapons and this is unusual. However, MI5 has been deployed with weapons and suspected terrorists are getting extra watching. So maybe they were watching this guy and shot him as he made his move.

[ARCADIA]

Instead of tracking these AQ suspects, why don't they just arrest them and deport them?

Why send your problem elsewhere, where they can recharge and try again? Just arrest then and send them to Gitmo.

[abb]

"If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting" - Curtis E. LeMay, General USAF

[jimbo123]

So the suspect wasn't a blonde Norwegian?

[hmmmmm]

Not "suicide bomber" but rather "homicide bomber". Your security services are really on top things!

[R. Scott]

One down, a few thousand to go.

[Cindy]

Yep.

[laconic]

CNN says its likely the scumbo was killed by police; of course, that may be a logical conclusion given the reports of five shots to the "insurgent's" head.

[MadIvan]

A Freeper had a suggestion of using the Falklands for terrorist detention. I like the Falklanders too much for that, but we do have a number of islands we could use for the purpose, including the shark infested British Indian Ocean Territory.

Regards, Ivan

[pau1f0rd]

in all fairness it's probably out of fear that their govt will adopt some of our rules

[mark3681]

...No. I just thought they tried to talk them into coming a little closer so they could beat them to death with their plastic clubs. ...

"It's funny that whenever something serious happens in Britain, some can't help with their snidey points.

Why don't you just be happy with your rules and we can be happy with ours."

Obviously you've never read my comments in regards to our own situations.

I apologize for my sarcastic method of pointing out the absolute absurdity of political correctness.

No hard feelings mate.

[R. Scott]

I thought the cops in England weren't allowed to carry guns?

That was before they banned the private ownership of firearms. Now many have to carry.

[MindBender26]

Two important points.

Brits quietly shoot and kill terrs, even after they surrender sometimes. The embassy takeover about 20 years ago, SAS shot them all. Witnesses said some had surrendered and were sitting alongside a wall inside building.

This was near Brixton, a very Black part of London. The Island Laddies will not be happy with terrs blowing up their neighborhood.

[MadIvan]

I can't stress enough that our police know who the bad guys are - they've just not been set off the leash until now.

Regards, Ivan

[Killing Time]

Maybe shooting them in the head indicates that the coddling days are long past.

[Prince Charles]

He tried to run onto the rain, then half tripped and fell down. Eyewitness was 5 yards from the incident. Police was in hot pursuit of him, just 2-3 feet behind him, half pushed him, as he fell to the ground, police placed five shorts into his head.

Well now, there's one that won't be bothering us again.