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LAPD looking for Suicide Bomber in USC campus area
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Posted on 04/17/2003 12:42:47 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

LAPD Tac 1 (507.0875) has a cp for a man wearing a bomb in or around the USC area. Metro 1 (506.8375 )has traffic re: the bomb squad.


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To: snooker
So you used your little pea brain, sized up the situation, and decided that you should shoot everyone who puts his hand in his pocket. I suppose you like jail. You definitely need help.

Hey, help me out here.

I've asked how, specifically, suicide bombings would be prevented by an armed citizenry.

The best answer I've gotten is "hope that the bomber is a blithering idiot."

101 posted on 04/17/2003 1:12:39 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: doosee
Escape from Alcatraz.
102 posted on 04/17/2003 1:13:04 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: Calpernia
Well it is know locally as the University of Spoiled Children, but its real name is University of Southern California.
103 posted on 04/17/2003 1:14:09 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked
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To: ken5050
Not in LA, it's not.
104 posted on 04/17/2003 1:15:14 PM PDT by RichInOC (U [clapclapclap] C [clapclapclap] L [clapclapclap] A [clapclapclap] UCLA tick tick BOOM!)
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To: BurbankKarl
Trust Arabs to screw up.
First a bomb in Germany.
Now a suicide bomber in a town that is anti war.

If they ever figure out where we are they might be dangerous.

So9

105 posted on 04/17/2003 1:16:09 PM PDT by Servant of the Nine (We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
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To: Poohbah
The ironic thing is, an armed citizenry IS cleary useful in deterring property crimes by criminals not interested in dying, sexual assaults on women, etc.

But the crimes that people here make laughable claims about an armed citizenry being a panacea for are politically-motivated suicide bombings, and things like the DC snipers.

Every citizen in the DC area could have been concealed-carrying a handgun and present at sniper every shooting scene and it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference.

And an armed citizenry would be 99% useless in stopping a large scale suicide-bombing campaign in the US, requiring, as you note, bomber incompetence.

What HAS worked against suicide bombing in Israel and what has been successful in markedly reducing the rate of attack is destroying the infrastructure of the bomb vest making; and that's been basic government/military intel/police work.

Making an effective wearable suicide device is less trivial than it seems, and each bomber requires a "support staff" of about 20 people to pull it off.
106 posted on 04/17/2003 1:16:16 PM PDT by John H K
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To: Poohbah
There have been cases where homicide-suicide bombers were detected and taken out before getting into crowds in Israel by armed citizens. Likely off-duty military, but still, the example applies.
107 posted on 04/17/2003 1:17:31 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: Poohbah

There's a guy in a jacket, and he just put his hand into a pocket.

So I'm supposed to cap anyone fitting those criteria?

According to some people around here, only if he's dark-skinned or wearing a kaffiyeh (sp) or both.

108 posted on 04/17/2003 1:17:35 PM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: John H K
>>>Every citizen in the DC area could have been concealed-carrying a handgun and present at sniper every shooting scene and it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference.

That is because the MO was for a white van :)

(point well taken though)
109 posted on 04/17/2003 1:18:46 PM PDT by Calpernia (Nancy = Bipolar - "This has been a public service announcement")
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To: John H K
Yes, that goes without saying.
110 posted on 04/17/2003 1:19:23 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: Poohbah
Mikey Moron was attached to this bomb:


111 posted on 04/17/2003 1:19:36 PM PDT by weegee (NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
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To: John H K
>>>Making an effective wearable suicide device is less trivial than it seems, and each bomber requires a "support staff" of about 20 people to pull it off.

Explain? About the support staff.
112 posted on 04/17/2003 1:19:58 PM PDT by Calpernia (Nancy = Bipolar - "This has been a public service announcement")
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To: Poohbah
"How does this happy circumstance prevent a suicide bomber from accomplishing his deed?"

Assuming the bulletin is accurate, they'll be able to do the same thing as the PD when they see him. It's a male dressed in bomb. Sounds like he's not even wearing slippers. I don't think CA has picked up on this fashion yet, so he shouldn't be too hard to pick out of the crowd.

If someone does see them, they can wait 'till he locates to a place relatively safe to set off a bomb and command him to stop, hands up. If he acts aggressive, tries to run, or looks like he'll make a break for something to threaten, shoot his batteries, or him. He's a homicide bomber, his intent isn't suicide, it's homicide.

113 posted on 04/17/2003 1:20:13 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: doosee
I believe the title was "Falling Down".
114 posted on 04/17/2003 1:20:18 PM PDT by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
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To: mvpel
Yes, thank you.
115 posted on 04/17/2003 1:21:02 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: Djarum; TC Rider
Ive been looking for that story since the question was posed but oddly I cant find it anywhere. It seems to have just disappeared...
116 posted on 04/17/2003 1:21:58 PM PDT by gnarledmaw
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To: Poohbah
Like I said you need help. Shuttle back over to the Dump-o-crap forums.
117 posted on 04/17/2003 1:22:05 PM PDT by snooker
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To: doosee
That Wammyburger scene was hilarious....


118 posted on 04/17/2003 1:23:26 PM PDT by rightwingreligiousfanatic (I will not stand by while peril draws closer --- GW)
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To: Calpernia
Vigilante groups in LA are now roaming the treets, forcing young women to disrobe to prove they're NOT concealing anything..
119 posted on 04/17/2003 1:24:02 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050
What are you talking about?
120 posted on 04/17/2003 1:25:00 PM PDT by Calpernia (Nancy = Bipolar - "This has been a public service announcement")
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