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2009-03-30 India-Pakistan

Breaking: Pakistan police academy attack (reports say at least 20 dead)

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Posted by phil_b 2009-03-30 04:34|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Wasabi popcorn.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-30 04:41|| 2009-03-30 04:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Three of my colleagues fell down in the burst of firing. I just turned and ran. Thank God, I managed to get away."

one of the trainers who is holed up inside the school,we took shelter in a room and stayed there until the rescue people arrived."

defence analyst Lt-Gen (rtd) Talat Masood said that Pakistani policemen did not match the level of physical endurance and motivation that the militants had displayed time and again.

Not like the police in civilized countries, who run toward the sound of guns. But then, ours know they are properly trained. It must be heartbreaking, after, knowing that because one cowered instead, one's comrades were murdered en masse.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-03-30 12:38|| 2009-03-30 12:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Not like the police in civilized countries, who run toward the sound of guns.

Most of the time, but not always. Remember Columbine.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-03-30 16:41|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-03-30 16:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Trained attackers with suicide vests, assault rifles and grenades change the game

Posted by john frum 2009-03-30 19:23|| 2009-03-30 19:23|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a good chance that the students and cadre were not armed. Unless there was armed security present they were easy pickings and I'm surprised there weren't more killed.

Posted by tipover 2009-03-30 22:06|| 2009-03-30 22:06|| Front Page Top

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