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| Black Watch Suicide Bomber Was 'Grinning' | |
| 2004-11-09 | |
| From the Dept. of An Article I Really Wish I Didn't Have to Post: A suicide bomber who killed three Black Watch heroes was an al Qaeda terrorist, according to Army chiefs. The bomber, who was white, reportedly grinned as he delivered his devastating payload. His face was seen by surviving troops as he drove up to a road block in a car seconds before the blast. Army chiefs believe he was an al Qaeda extremist fighter from somewhere in Europe. A senior military source in Iraq said: "The bomber was Caucasian. That means he could be from anywhere between Bosnia to Birmingham. We don't know any more because there wasn't much left of him. But it confirms our fears that the Black Watch are now up against foreign terrorists." The blast last Thursday killed Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, Private Paul Lowe, 19, and Pte Scott McArdle, 22, all from Fife, as well as an Iraqi interpreter. Officers said the bomber, and another suicide attacker who left two British soldiers seriously injured on Sunday, both attacked with a calm grin on their faces. Their relaxed manner and broad smile seconds before they struck disarmed troops who were tricked into thinking they meant no harm. The senior source added: "The bombers drove slowly, and were very relaxed and assured. "How they could commit such a cold-blooded act in that manner is very hard to comprehend."
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #15 The problem is not the bombs, or the smiles, it's the cars! Once the Black Watch realize that all vehicles must be stopped... back at a distance, and the occupants made to get out with their hands in the air fingers spread, this type of intrusion will always 'catch' them. Stop everything larger than a rolling can of beans, if it don't, blow it up in place!! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-11-09 9:39:59 PM |
| #14 GB, for a little perspective on the NYT's perspective, remember that they completely missed the Holocaust during WWII. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-09 11:42:32 AM |
| #13 Do not forget that Iranians are Caucasions as are Chechnyans. Clean 'em up and put them in western clothes and you'd be hard pressed to tell either from an Eastern or Southern European. If he truly was a Brit I would think he could have done far more damage. Bury his remains in pig guts and maxi pads and let the others Jihadists contemplate eternity denied the virgins. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2004-11-09 11:30:58 AM |
| #12 The NYT does NOT lack perspective -- it's just a perspective that has little relationship to the facts and threats and American mainstream. It's the U.S. version of the BBC. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-09 8:35:53 AM |
| #11 Charles -- possibly Chechen. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-11-09 8:17:50 AM |
| #10 God I'm pissed at the NYT. Their lack of perspective is shocking. |
| Posted by: gb506 2004-11-09 5:23:52 AM |
| #9 Let's keep this in perspective: Abu Ghraib. All you panty waist libs need to do an A-B comparison between a grinning suicide bomber and a naked guy. The naked guy will forget about his day of humiliation and live his life. The grinning bastard will have taken life. Are you reading this NYT? A thirty-two day straight run of front page stories about a handful of malcontents with no adult supervision? Get a fucking grip. |
| Posted by: gb506 2004-11-09 5:20:19 AM |
| #8 Both. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-11-09 5:00:57 AM |
| #7 #6 Any similarity between beeb and terrs is NOT coincidental. Both. |
| Posted by: Cornīliës 2004-11-09 4:55:40 AM |
#6 Bastards.The terrorists, or the Beeb? |
| Posted by: someone 2004-11-09 4:34:20 AM |
| #5 I may have to stay off RB today - after a morning of listening to Beeb news I'm on the verge of having an anyeurism or taking a weapon into the streets. Bastards. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-11-09 4:24:23 AM |
| #4 Does seem likely to me that they'd have chosen a Brit to attack the British troops, if there was one available. As a whitey, he would probably be an individual convert to the religion of peace; the usual screwed-up criminal loner type. If so, his folks probably wouldn't have had anything to do with it. Better to evict his recruiters and deport or incarcerate them. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-09 4:15:53 AM |
| #3 If they're British then we should adopt the Israeli approach and demolish their family's homes and deport them. Bastards. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-11-09 4:00:58 AM |
| #2 Caucasian eh? Probably a person disillusioned by the election results here in the US. Wouldn't be suprised to find out this suicide bomber is a AL-Guardian reader from France or Britain. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-11-09 3:45:41 AM |
| #1 grinned as he delivered his devastating payload I'm sure this will be repaid in kind. In fact, I'll be grinning every time an M1A1 lets off a round or two in Fallujah. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-11-09 1:21:48 AM |