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Britain
More marksmen to hunt five bombers on the loose
2005-07-25
If life was a tv show, I'd say the CI5 is on the case.
MORE undercover marksmen will be deployed on the streets of London today after it emerged that a fifth bomber may be on the loose after Thursday’s failed bomb attacks. Despite calls for an inquiry into Scotland Yard’s tactics after the killing of an innocent Brazilian, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, insisted that shoot-to-kill orders will stay in force. Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has postponed his family holiday to take charge of the fraught manhunt. Three days after Scotland Yard issued CCTV photographs of the fugitives, none has been arrested. But Sir Ian praised his officers, saying that “they are playing out of their socks”.

It emerged last night that a man was arrested on the street in Tulse Hill, South London, on Saturday but, like two others held on Friday, he was not thought to be one of the bombers. The three are being questioned at Paddington Green police station. Police sources also disclosed that a bag found at the weekend in a park in Wormwood Scrubs, West London, contained the same type of explosives that were used in Thursday’s attacks. They believe that a fifth bomber may have abandoned his mission for unknown reasons. Detectives do not know how much explosive material the cell still has. Security forces fear that the four gang members — all believed to be London-based and of East African origin — will strike again before they are found or the explosives degrade.

Sir Ian said that his force took full responsibility for the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27-year-old electrician, but said that there would be no change of orders to his 2,000 armed officers. Politicians and police chiefs believe that the risk of more mass killings is graver than another blunder. As Sir Ian apologised, the Brazilian Government demanded an explanation and Mr Menezes’s family and friends protested outside Scotland Yard.
Unless he's said something other than what I listened to on the radio, he didn't apologize. He expressed his regret. There's a difference.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#3  Indeed. Like Fonzi sed, eventually you have to blow somebodies head off to get respect.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-25 18:23  

#2  I can't imagine what is going through the mind of the failed bombers. They're probably thinking of trying something again, but it must rather unnerving to know that there are thousands of policemen in civilian clothing all over London, ready to shoot them in the head if they do anything suspicious. As has been convincingly demonstrated.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-07-25 12:41  

#1  "Sir Ian said that the Brazilian had been seen leaving the address but admitted that he did not how many people shared the building. "

Many houses in London are shared by renters, each having a room and sharing access to the kitchen and bathroom. The Brazilian electrician may have been unfortunate to have been renting a room in the same flat as a terrorist. There'd be no way for the police to know what relationship there was between these people as it had been less than 24 hours since the attempted bombings and a few hours since the house was under surveillance.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-07-25 12:38  

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