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5281 [lbo-talk] Shot dead in London -- rank: 72

... be such a way, and I think that the British police >(who btw are not known to be otherwise trigger-happy ... are using the right >strategy given the situation. Wojtek, the police will never be able to stop terrorism completely. Since they ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 26 14:49:44 PDT 2005

5282 [lbo-talk] Bangladesh: Drift into chaos? -- rank: 72

... to operate with impunity and the apparent support of local police, the ruling Bangladeshi National Party, and local authorities. > > For many ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Sun Jul 24 08:50:22 PDT 2005

5283 [lbo-talk] Bangladesh: Drift into chaos? -- rank: 72

... to operate with impunity and the apparent support of local police, the ruling Bangladeshi National Party, and local authorities. For many ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Sun Jul 24 07:58:13 PDT 2005

5284 [lbo-talk] WP: Al Qaeda centcom still functioning? -- rank: 72

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/23/AR2005072301052.html washingtonpost.com Al Qaeda Leaders Seen in Control Experts Say Radicals In London, Egypt May Have Followed Orders By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, July 24, 2005; A01 LONDON, July 23 -- The back-to-back nature ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sun Jul 24 05:10:40 PDT 2005

5285 [lbo-talk] Postmortem interrogation? -- rank: 72

Carl forwarded: >> Mr Winner, chairman of the Police Memorial Trust, went >> further than that. He told Times Online: "I think the police >> shooting the terrorist was absolutely right. More like Mr Loser ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Sat Jul 23 09:53:52 PDT 2005

5286 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Shot man 'unconnected to attacks' -- rank: 72

... at ebs.bbc.co.uk> A man shot dead by police in Stockwell, south London, was unconnected to Thursday's attacks, police say. For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com

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Author:	Wendy Lyon
Date:	Sat Jul 23 09:23:35 PDT 2005

5287 [lbo-talk] Postmortem interrogation? -- rank: 72

... a-n.com> > >... if he [the suspect shot by London police] was attempting >to arm or activate explosives on his body ... Washington Post says the suspect had no explosives on him: "Police officials told British reporters that the officers feared that the ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Fri Jul 22 22:48:46 PDT 2005

5288 [lbo-talk] RE: Postmortem interrogation? -- rank: 72

>I thought the London police were supposed to be adept in the use of >truncheons, effective at stunning. Very few London police carried guns in >the past. My guess is that if ...

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Author:	paul childs
Date:	Fri Jul 22 13:55:54 PDT 2005

5289 [lbo-talk] Liston vs Ali and other conspiracies -- rank: 72

Daniel Davies wrote: "But in order to get from [all the curious anomalies about 7/7], to the conclusion that it was all put together by British security forces, you would need a *lot* of intermediate premises, none of which seem to me to be well-supported." I absoluely agree. It ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Fri Jul 22 13:03:24 PDT 2005

5290 [lbo-talk] Postmortem interrogation? -- rank: 72

What exactly were the London police thinking when they blew away that bombing-related suspect today? Details: "They [the police] pushed him [the suspect] onto the floor and unloaded five ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Fri Jul 22 12:03:42 PDT 2005

5291 [lbo-talk] Liston vs Ali and other conspiracies -- rank: 72

On the specifics of the Liston/Ali fight, if Liston did throw the fight then he had excellent timing because he went down immediately after having taken an absolute pearl of a shot. In general, I don't put much store in "power" in the heavyweight division. At middleweight or lower ...

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Author:	Daniel Davies
Date:	Fri Jul 22 00:28:23 PDT 2005

5292 [lbo-talk] How London brought terror on itself -- rank: 72

... the Mossad statement came at a time when the official police public information statement was that the train b

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Thu Jul 21 16:56:28 PDT 2005

5293 [lbo-talk] Western states have created the biggest wars in history -- rank: 72

Doug, taking issue with Michael P over whether Rwandan and other massacres in the 3rd world are on a par with the record of Western Imperialism: "Which of course had nothing to do with the heritage of imperialism? Add up the body count for the colonization of the Americas, Africa, and ...

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Author:	James Heartfield
Date:	Wed Jul 20 12:34:21 PDT 2005

5294 [lbo-talk] Amnesia (not so fast) -- rank: 72

... more) http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article298105.ece Police hunt 'mercenary' terror gang recruited by al-Qa'ida By ... Goodchild, Severin Carrell and Raymond Whitaker Published: 10 July 2005 Police and intelligence agents are investigating the theory that a gang ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Tue Jul 19 09:10:16 PDT 2005

5295 [lbo-talk] Frustrated Iraqis ready to take law into own hands -- rank: 72

... Monday. The measures come amid waning confidence in the Iraqi police and other security forces as they struggle to get on ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Mon Jul 18 10:14:23 PDT 2005