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Local lass · Calnetalk Mayor Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 3093 Status:

fact, from what I read of the trial, that was actually not the case - he wasn't running or ordered to stop.

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i will look that up Big Smile

Geddi · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

Mr Menezes was not running anywhere. He was not wearing a bulky jacket. He was not seen to leave the house which was under surveilance (the copper watching had gone for a jimmy without getting cover). He was not behaving in any way shape or form in a suspicious manner (according to close witness testimonies). He was not aware he was even being spoken to (what if he were a deaf man and was running for a late train?).

All in all, those who like to call for murder to protect them and others should consider the consequences of what they are calling for...

It could be YOUR brother/uncle/son who next gets shot down mistaken for a 'terrorist'.

The War Against Terror is a complete farce, except that it has many more victims than terrorism ever did. It is a dark, dark comedy where the punchlines are interspersed with the mourning of bereaved families. It is rare in this country, thankfully, and we have certain standards which are demanded to be upheld. In Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries on the real front line of terrorism, there are victims of such incidents almost daily. I watched on NEWS last night as a cold description of a four missile strike on a building in Somalia was completely obliterated, all to hit one man. The NEWS reader calmly described the process by which this was enabled by satellite transmission and a signal to a US ship off the coast of Somalia which fired the guided missiles onto the target! It was a callous description of an act of terrorism. One man? Who else was also killed in that attack? Were there children involved? Mothers? Who else? How many innocent victims were killed or maimed in the attack which our NEWS reader calmly described?

The man being targeted was supposed to be a terrorist, but now I guess we will never know. He will not face trial anywhere. His own evidence will not be heard. We will not know why he was really killed. It seems that he was accused and that is enough to murder him in cold blood and all who were around him.

We will never know if he was a terrorist or not now. I say those who killed him are terrorists in every sense of the word.
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rosco · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: