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AIM WAS TO ARREST MAN (Dead guy had no bomb)
Sky News ^ | 7/22/2005 | staff

Posted on 07/22/2005 6:32:29 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck

Specialist officers had been tailing the man shot at Stockwell Tube station from his home, says Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt.

Police believed the Asian man was responsible for an attempted attack on the nearby Oval Tube on Thursday and had set up surveillance on him.

Brunt said officers had followed the man from his home and that the initial plan was to arrest him.

(Excerpt) Read more at sky.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bomber; london; londonattacked; terror; tube
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Last sentence is key..."Initial examinations though, said Brunt, did not discover any explosives on the suspect." Here we go!
1 posted on 07/22/2005 6:32:30 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck
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To: Paine in the Neck

Oh crap!


2 posted on 07/22/2005 6:33:24 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone

The guy was wearing a coat in 75-degress weather. He deserves a Darwin Award.


3 posted on 07/22/2005 6:35:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Paine in the Neck

I guess he shouldn't have ran.


4 posted on 07/22/2005 6:35:29 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Why do they keep saying "Asian" man?

Are they trying to tell us he wasn't of middle-eastern descent?


5 posted on 07/22/2005 6:35:44 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: Paine in the Neck
BBC headline...7/31/2002

"Today, 1 million protesters gathered in front of Scotland Yard demanding the Police officers that murdered an Asian man on a London subway platform be tried and given life sentences..."
6 posted on 07/22/2005 6:36:20 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: nuffsenuff

Brits consider Pakistani's to be Asian.


7 posted on 07/22/2005 6:36:23 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Well a man who fits the profile, wearing a heavy coat in summer, after more than 8 bombings in the past 2 weeks should not run from police at anytime in the near future. I doubt his name was Christopher Thompson or Robert Jones. Just a hunch.


8 posted on 07/22/2005 6:36:27 AM PDT by Bigturbowski
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To: nuffsenuff

Asian is a term we use to indicate people from the Indian sub continent, Pakistan included.

Regards, Ivan


9 posted on 07/22/2005 6:36:43 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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"Initial examinations though, said Brunt, did not discover any explosives on the suspect."

So?

I guess we should have asked him before we killed him? *sarcasm*

10 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:19 AM PDT by grimalkin (“They have an engine called the Press whereby the people are deceived.” - C.S. Lewis)
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To: Paine in the Neck
"You're under arrest...cardiac arrest!"
11 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:27 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: areafiftyone

Even if there was no bomb, there's a lot of speculation he may have been one of the bombers from yesterday, the threat of him having a bomb alone will be enough to vindicate the officers involved in bringing this threat down..


12 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:27 AM PDT by fatOAP
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To: Dallas59

"2005". I typed without looking at my fingers.


13 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:39 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Paine in the Neck

I do not care. He was acting suspiciously and the officers were cautious. Well done, lads.

Regards, Ivan


14 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:42 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Especially now when everyton has these bombings on thier minds,I'm thinking if a law officer tells someone to stop, maybe it's in their best interst to stop.


15 posted on 07/22/2005 6:37:48 AM PDT by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: nuffsenuff

"Asia", in classical usage, refers to what we call Turkey and it's southeastern environs. British usage makes it include Iran, Pakistan, India. What Americans think of as "Asian" is more properly called "Oriental", e.g. China.


16 posted on 07/22/2005 6:38:09 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck
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To: Paine in the Neck

He must have been up to something.


17 posted on 07/22/2005 6:38:14 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: Paine in the Neck

I loved the last article on that Sky News page! They claim that tourism will not suffer, that tourists will display the same defiant attitude toward the terrorism. In their dreams! They need to get a real handle on this or their tourist industry is dead. If one murder can kill the tourism in Aruba, think what multiple terrorist attacks on London tubes can do.


18 posted on 07/22/2005 6:38:20 AM PDT by Eva
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To: nuffsenuff

I think he was the Chinese ambassador or something. :^)


19 posted on 07/22/2005 6:38:23 AM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: nuffsenuff
Are they trying to tell us he wasn't of middle-eastern descent?

Pakistan and India are considered Asian by many.

20 posted on 07/22/2005 6:38:39 AM PDT by Always Right
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