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Police have shot suspected suicuide bomber at Stockwell (Breaking news from London)
Sky News ^ | 22 July, 2005 | Sky News

Posted on 07/22/2005 2:39:11 AM PDT by Eurotwit

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To: cooper72
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.

61 posted on 07/22/2005 3:03:06 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: carl in alaska
"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

62 posted on 07/22/2005 3:03:08 AM PDT by Kelly_2000 (Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: beaversmom
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.
63 posted on 07/22/2005 3:03:36 AM PDT by kingu
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To: cooper72; All

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.




64 posted on 07/22/2005 3:03:51 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: mark3681
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.

65 posted on 07/22/2005 3:03:58 AM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: carl in alaska
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.
66 posted on 07/22/2005 3:04:25 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: Larry Lucido

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


67 posted on 07/22/2005 3:04:26 AM PDT by abb (Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
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To: Eurotwit

So the suspect wasn't a blonde Norwegian?


68 posted on 07/22/2005 3:04:43 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Eurotwit; MadIvan

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


69 posted on 07/22/2005 3:05:02 AM PDT by hmmmmm
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To: Eurotwit

One down, a few thousand to go.


70 posted on 07/22/2005 3:05:20 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Eurotwit

Yep.


71 posted on 07/22/2005 3:05:30 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Eurotwit

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.


72 posted on 07/22/2005 3:05:34 AM PDT by laconic
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To: ARCADIA

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


73 posted on 07/22/2005 3:05:48 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: cooper72

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


74 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:01 AM PDT by pau1f0rd (Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke.)
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To: cooper72

...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.


75 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:32 AM PDT by mark3681
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To: mark3681
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.
76 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:43 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Eurotwit
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.
77 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:48 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: hmmmmm

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


78 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:53 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: jimbo123

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


79 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:57 AM PDT by Killing Time
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To: Eurotwit
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.

80 posted on 07/22/2005 3:06:57 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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