Apparently a Soldier who was around 500 yards away from Woolrich Barracks was ran down and beheaded.
So, in light of this, what will this now do for relations between communities in London, and in the UK at large?
Can we at least wait to see who did it, and maybe why? For all we know they were “collecting” on a gambling debt.
I’m sorry, but a soldier is killed, and now COBRA is involved? WTF?
BBC reporting that it ma y have been a member of the armed services. The two attackers were ‘moslem appearance’, the man was attacked with a knife and machete while the other filmed it. God is Great was shouted.
I thought it smelled of something Zartan would organize.
The British government believes it was supposed to be terrorism. And while it’s sad and crazy, it shows the continued incompetence of what’s left of international terrorism in the West. I wouldn’t speculate about social relations in a country I don’t live in, but this does seem a lot less effective and scary than bombings and other things. Terrorism is supposed to sow paranoia. ‘Could there be a bomb in this stadium?’ This is more random than anything else. ‘Are two guys going to run down the street and attack me with a machete? Eh, probably not.’
Maybe they finally realized that they can’t shoot for shit and decided to try something else.
I hope they got Shipwreck. I never understood what he was supposed to be doing with other Joes.
We shall respond as Shrub did to 9/11 but in proportion. We shall invade the Comoros islands and send three people kidnapped randomly from round the world and detain them in Tropical Sark.
If available in the US, it is worth watching a satirical film called “Four Lions”.
It has proved remarkably accurate in some of its portrayals and suggestions!
It is available:
Warning. Very graphic picture of one of the killers making political statements to an ITV camera.
Disgusting.
Oh man, ITV actually interviewed the guy just after he killed someone!?
I was expecting much worse.
Sark’s no good, there was only one Breton who claimed it for Brittany and his one man insurrection was (sadly) cut short. Y’all should detain them in the Falklands instead. Then claim it’s Argentinian territory so you can’t be held accountable for what goes on there.
My father used to work with the current seigneur of Sark- he was a simple ngineer before his mother died leading to his reign!
Apparently they were chanting “Allahu Ackbar”. http://news.sky.com/story/1094380/woolwich-soldier-dead-after-terror-attack
What does a “Help for Heroes” T-shirt refer to?
ETA: Got it, British wounded servicemen and women.
I think it’s mobile phone footage. Bizarre world we live in in which people hold up their phones rather than getting the hell away.
The lad who shot the footage had been on the way to a job interview according to ITV.
Not only that, but apparently passersby were engaging in conversation with the suspected killer, still holding the knife: pic