Friday, July 22, 2005

British Anti-Terror Morality

Israel has been lambasted over 'targeted killings' and almost everything else it does to defend its citizens.

And Britain?

Oh, the old hypocritical attitude of "do as I say, not as I do".

Here, read on:

"I heard a load of noise, people saying, 'Get out, get down!'

"I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes police officers.

'Bomb belt'

"One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him."

BBC Home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore said officers had challenged a known suspect they had been following.

"He ran, they followed him. They say they gave him a warning, they then shot him.

"They brought in the air ambulance. They did everything they can to revive him. He died at the scene."

Police had warned they would shoot to kill if they believed somebody to be a threat, she added.

BBC crime correspondent Neil Bennett said the suspect was being followed as a result of CCTV footage seen by officers investigating Thursday's explosions.

The Muslim Council of Britain said Muslims were concerned about a possible "shoot to kill" policy.

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