According to what I've read Scottland Yard has been getting help from Israel and other nations that have dealt with suicide bombers and they were told that the only way to deal with a suicide bomber is to shoot them in the head. Now, I know that the person shot on Friday was not a suicide bomber, but he should not have run from the police. One of his relatives was interviewed and he stated that most everyone would run from the police. Maybe in Brazil that's true but not in Britain or most other countries.
The person that the police were following fit the general description of a bomber - heavy clothing for the season, irratic behavior and, finally, running from the police. The police had a split-second decision to make and they made it. Unfortunately, they were wrong but they were doing their best to protect the public. Bottom line - he should not have run. Howie --- On Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:27 PM, Larry C. Lyons scribed: --- > > How? All it takes is barely a thumb twitch to trigger the explosion. > You try gassing the person, but gas is too slow. Stunning him, with > what - there are no SF stun guns yet. And such devices as stun > grenades would have collateral damage, and still may allow the person > to set off the explosions. How are they going to check the person's > background when they did not have a name? As for diverting the person, > that assumes that they knew where he was going. They were following > him, more or less behind him. How are they going to get in front of > him without giving everything away, and still not prevent him from > getting into the subway station. Moreover how are you going to do the > auditory surveilence without either getting into the house to plant > the microphones, or by having some fairly bulky equipment, that more > or less advertises what they were doing. > > Its a matter of time in all these cases. The situation appeared to be > developing into an immediate threat to others. So what do you do, > risk many others hurt or killed, or take out the potential suicide > bomber? Remember the police have to be lucky each and every time. The > terrorists only have to be lucky once. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166128 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
