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Chilling new face of police in Britain: New counter terrorism 'robocops'
Daily Mail ^ | 11/17/15 | Chris Greenwood

Posted on 11/17/2015 7:33:10 PM PST by Enlightened1

Armed to the teeth and sporting military fatigues, the officers are part of a counter-terrorism unit

Elite Scotland Yard squad arrived in huge armoured vehicles to throw a ring of steel around Wembley Stadium

The marksmen were also toting their new lightweight, semi-automatic SIG 516 rifle for the friendly match

They came out of the shadows in the wake of the massacre of 129 people in Paris on Friday

Heightened terror threat was confirmed when Germany v Holland was called off due to a 'concrete' bomb threat

She is the new face of British policing.

Armed to the teeth and sporting military fatigues and a combat helmet, the officer is part of a counter-terrorism unit unveiled at Wembley last night.

The elite Scotland Yard squad arrived in huge armoured vehicles to throw a ring of steel around the 80,000 fans watching England beat France.

The marksmen were also toting their new lightweight, semi-automatic SIG 516 rifle.

The 130-strong unit has been developing new tactics with UK special forces, including abseiling from helicopters and tackling rampaging gunmen.

They have been trained to shoot for the head instead of the usual target, the chest.

They came out of the shadows in the wake of the massacre of 129 people in Paris on Friday.

The heightened terror threat was confirmed last night when another friendly - between Germany and the Netherlands - was called off very late because of a 'concrete' bomb threat.

No risks were taken because three of the seven Paris suicide bombers had targeted a fixture at the Stade de France between France and Germany.

Last night's match began with English and French fans uniting to sing France's national anthem, La Marseillaise.

One expert described the counter-terrorism officers at Wembley as 'effectively SAS officers in police uniform'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: britain; new; police; robocops
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1 posted on 11/17/2015 7:33:10 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1
Now I remember where I have seen this before.


2 posted on 11/17/2015 7:34:54 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

bookmark


3 posted on 11/17/2015 7:35:33 PM PST by Artemis Webb (CAIR should be designated a terrorist organization. Muhammad was a Pedophile.)
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200 police uniforms were found in France in the suspected terrorists raids that took place there.

Dressing as cops and other emergency providers seems to be their new tactic. We also saw this with the fake ambulance that was founds outside the stadium in Germany.

For some reason, the ambulance truck bomb part of that story was omitted in much of the U.S. coverage.


4 posted on 11/17/2015 7:35:48 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Enlightened1
Looks it's "Cobra" in Great Britain.


5 posted on 11/17/2015 7:37:21 PM PST by Enlightened1
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Great. Now put a man in the robo-suit


6 posted on 11/17/2015 7:40:10 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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For some reason, the ambulance truck bomb part of that story was omitted in much of the U.S. coverage.

Ministry of Truth


7 posted on 11/17/2015 7:41:35 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: Artemis Webb

bookmark..<<<<

K!.....but are we really gonna talk about it later???


8 posted on 11/17/2015 7:42:51 PM PST by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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Nice rack!


9 posted on 11/17/2015 7:43:28 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic needs your financial support.)
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When I read the title, the first thing I thought of was when Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act (1914), in October 1970, and his response to a query from a journalist, on the steps of Parliament Hill.

Old man Turd-owe was cocky and arrogant, but at least he had one hellovalot more brains than his spawn!

10 posted on 11/17/2015 7:54:45 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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“Trained to go for head shots.”

That means more misses, and more collateral damage—hitting innocent bystanders with failed head shots.

I think the SIG 516 has a greater effective range than 117 yards. Forget head shots on a moving target with a red dot at that range. Wow. He carries extra magazines and some are transparent. Deadly!


11 posted on 11/17/2015 7:57:43 PM PST by nonsporting
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The new Immigration Police State

If they had not let in the thug masses of the Third World, these covert cops would not be necessary

More police won’t solve the problem

Deportation and tight immigration control will


12 posted on 11/17/2015 8:11:56 PM PST by Regulator (Nice helmet, lady. If yer in the NAZI party.....)
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I have an idea. How about keeping the Mohammedans out?


13 posted on 11/17/2015 8:13:59 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7H)
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Put false noses on them and send that bunch who wants to burn witches after the sandturds.


14 posted on 11/17/2015 8:17:51 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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Padded knees, lol...


15 posted on 11/17/2015 8:29:54 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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I’d rather the citizens be armed.


16 posted on 11/17/2015 8:36:43 PM PST by Ken H
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I have a question...Regarding those extra magazines on the guys chest...

Seems to me a bullet in that area would cause a few of them to "cook off"...with disastrous effect on the wearer.

17 posted on 11/17/2015 8:40:55 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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I’d rather the citizens be armed.

Yeah. By the time robocop shows up there are hundreds dead or wounded.

18 posted on 11/17/2015 8:41:24 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: nonsporting

They don’t want to blow them up if the have a bomb vest. Also a cns shot might keep them from triggering the bomb unless it’s a deadman trigger.


19 posted on 11/17/2015 9:01:45 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Ken H
A photo whose time has come.


20 posted on 11/17/2015 9:01:47 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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