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A police source has told the Guardian that there is no need for officers to verbally warn a suspect before opening fire.

 

The source said: "If the firearms team are reasonably certain the person is a suicide bomber then there is no need to issue any warning.

 

"Experience from other parts of the world shows that if a suicide bomber knows they are being followed by police, they will detonate."

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,...1536751,00.html

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Kind of makes sense...although I worry about the 'reasonably certain' part.

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It's a bit worrying when the only 'suicide bomber' they've shot so far turned out to be completely innocent.

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From the SMB:

 

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lol - but obviously fake.

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No english speakers on London Underground.............

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So in the course of a few weeks they've gone from "Don't worry a bulb just blew in the underground", to keep everyone calm, to making people more worried about the police than the terrorists.

 

nice work!

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Kind of makes sense...although I worry about the 'reasonably certain' part.

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It's a bit worrying when the only 'suicide bomber' they've shot so far turned out to be completely innocent.

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Exactly.

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I've ALWAYS been worried more about the police than the terrorists

 

there's only 5-12 terrorists in the whole country but 150,000 coppers

 

And terrorists don't shoot you for carrying a chair leg from the pub, fit you up for 14 years++ inside, or drive over you at 125 mph as you try and cross the road...............................

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I've ALWAYS been worried more about the police than the terrorists

 

there's only 5-12 terrorists in the whole country but 150,000 coppers

 

And terrorists don't shoot you for carrying a chair leg from the pub, fit you up for 14 years++ inside, or drive over you at 125 mph as you try and cross the road...............................

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They do have that annoying tendancy to detonate a bomb turning themselves and all around them into chunky salsa.

 

But apart from that you're right, they're lovely.

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I think Rob might be on the same wavelength as me with current happenings but I don't want to say much because I think emotions are still running very high.

 

I remember how I was feeling after 9-11.

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I think Rob might be on the same wavelength as me with current happenings but I don't want to say much because I think emotions are still running very high.

 

I remember how I was feeling after 9-11.

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Listen, you're either with us or against us. :razz:

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I've ALWAYS been worried more about the police than the terrorists

 

there's only 5-12 terrorists in the whole country but 150,000 coppers

 

And terrorists don't shoot you for carrying a chair leg from the pub, fit you up for 14 years++ inside, or drive over you at 125 mph as you try and cross the road...............................

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They do have that annoying tendancy to detonate a bomb turning themselves and all around them into chunky salsa.

 

But apart from that you're right, they're lovely.

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yeah but only a couple of times a year.................... the police are always here.........

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Listen, you're either with us or against us. :razz:

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aye, last thing you need is a schizophrenic loyalist!

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got that sent in a text yesterday, not as harsh as the one doing the rounds about it been so expensive to ride the tube it cost a.........

 

think it's a bit soon to be using them jokes like

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Beauty salons in London have suffered a downturn in business lately.

 

 

Turns out police have started doing brazillians for free...

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Ouch! :icon_lol:

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to be honest I've less and less faith in average joe, coppers have a tough job and the pedestrian folk don't make it any easier

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got that sent in a text yesterday, not as harsh as the one doing the rounds about it been so expensive to ride the tube it cost a.........

 

think it's a bit soon to be using them jokes like

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That's not harsh, that's just shit.

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feel bad for the guy who died, but you have to hope that this tragedy will stop further accidents happening and hopefully in some way contribute to getting closer to a solution on ground level to this problem before more innocent people are butchered by fanatics.

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feel bad for the guy who died, but you have to hope that this tragedy will stop further accidents happening  and hopefully in some way contribute to getting closer to a solution on ground level to this problem before more innocent people are butchered by fanatics.

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How exactly?

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