Manchester Bombing *** Please remain respectful and refrain from antagonising posts ***
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I've tweeted including a link to two of the sites/papers he writes for, hopefully he never gets work again.
We know a COBRA meeting was convened
Sad to see this news. Not really surprised but sad nonetheless. And to think the girlfriend and I had Manchester on our list of potential places to settle if we ever came back to the UK. Yes, could happen absolutely anywhere but larger cities are always a target.
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We can't keep going on like this, something has to change. Look at the way Trump was cosying up to SA recently, selling them arms etc and we know they support their particularly aggressive form of Islam in this country. It just seems mental, our government aren't doing anything to stop the problem at source, only reacting to threats and reports and tip offs etc.
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Eyewitness reports from on MEN seems to suggest otherwise
Nail bomb or similar
there wasn't any context to it, your post was disgusting tbh...
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Probably counts as extreme measures, alongside up and actually kicking everyone out who looks even vaguely arab.
Whatever happens, if it happens, then as has been said the majority who'll suffer will be innocents, but then its not the first time innocent people have been put through the ringer in the name of war.
Problem is theres no leader, no clear demands, nobody to negotiate with and nothing to negotiate for, just random mindless brutality.
Bloody well hope not. I will never accept permanent armed forces on the street.
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Was common around Christmas markets across the country
Few people seemed to mind although I would question the impact it would have on preventing attacks such as this.
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Why do you consider the West the good guys? Notice these sort of attacks (assuming it was an eastern bomber) never happened until the West started bombing the east relentlessly?
How many innocent people killed overseas by the western governments does it take before some mad idiot responds and starts killing innocent westerners
Killing anyone should not happen, this world needs to have a word, this endless 'war on terror' is a complete farce, lies and is only resulting in truly horrendous events happening.
Stop the wars, stop the killings, stop terrorist attacks, it's 2017 I can't believe humanity still does this.
Whoever did the Manchester killings tonight, they need bringing to justice, if it was a suicide bomber who is now dead, then go after the people that helped them.
They're armed so it doesn't really matter if you accept them or not... not really sure what it's going to achieve though.
Horrible loss of life.
Wonder if whatsapp is to blame again.
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When I interrogated Saddam, he told me: “You are going to fail. You are going to find that it is not so easy to govern Iraq.” When I told him I was curious why he felt that way, he replied: “You are going to fail in Iraq because you do not know the language, the history, and you do not understand the Arab mind.”
Nixon was a CIA analyst and is the author of Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
I think with the likelihood of child fatalities a more visible presence of armed officers at large gatherings would be wise. Might not prevent it but they're already there if something does happen. Also depends who is linked with attack but at some stage it's possible it would be regarded as an act of war like it was in France.
wouldn't want standard plod being armed but don't mind special units for specific circumstances
That's not really relevant, as Saddam also used Arab nationalism more so than religion.
Also worth wonderding what exactly changed globally that saw a rise in the terrorism threat