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2005-11-07 Britain

London Bobby squeezes off a few rounds outside US Embassy

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Posted by gromky 2005-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Officer has been re-assigned the British Embassy in Paris.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-07 01:09|| 2005-11-07 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Barney Fife is supposed to only have one bullet, lol. On my first tour in Saoodi in '92 I had an account at Saudi British Bank. Outside every bank, monetary exchange, and (for some reason I never could fathom) fire station back then was a Saudi guard - not a local cop, I believe they were from the Saudi National Guard. They were armed with machine guns - wish I had paid more attention back then - I can't say which they were.

One night (the banks stayed open until 10 PM after reopening from the last prayer time of the day) I was coming out of my bank in al Khobar when the guard there, suprised I guess, let his weapon drop off his shoulder and clatter down the steps to the sidewalk - it bounced and spun and traveled about 10 feet. I saw the entire thing as if in slow motion and have to admit my heart skipped a beat or two, lol. He looked at me sorta sheepishly and retrieved it. Luckily, there was no one passing on the sidewalk at that moment, as I recall. After that, I wondered if they were even loaded.

Posted by .com 2005-11-07 04:13|| 2005-11-07 04:13|| Front Page Top

#3 London Bobby squeezes off a few rounds outside US Embassy

You sure he wasn't just trying to make us Yanks feel like home?

The unnamed officer's mishap on Friday caused no injuries but prompted alarmed embassy staff to immediately call for assistance.

Obviously, not a staff that has spent a rotation in Baghdad. Wonder how the Marine Guards reacted, to the staff?

Posted by Whash Unick6318 2005-11-07 09:43|| 2005-11-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 .com -

IIRC - at least in '95 - they were HK MP-5KA4s:

http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg15-e.htm

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-11-07 17:50|| 2005-11-07 17:50|| Front Page Top

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