Originally posted by CQB60: The lads depicted here clad in jeans and hiking boots are most probably members of the SAS which does have troopers advanced in the major UK cities that work in close cooperation of MI-5's CT task groups...
This version of the picture shows a CTSFO patch, indicating "Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer," a unit from the Metropolitan Police. I believe today was their first real operational deployment since being formally stood up.
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March 22, 2017, 07:23 PM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by CQB60: This version of the picture shows a CTSFO patch, indicating "Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer," a unit from the Metropolitan Police.
Nice find. You can also make out the CTSFO patch here:
Here's more CTSFO from today's incident. It looks like this squad had more time to suit up.
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March 22, 2017, 08:21 PM
Scoutmaster
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Originally posted by Hound Dog: Has the msm come out with their typical "we may never have a motive" line yet?
I am looking for "workplace violence", or "lone wolf". But it's all the same, "these aren't the droids you are looking for, move along. . . move along . . ."
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London police believe they have identified the Parliament attacker, but will not name him publicly at this point, Metropolitan Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Rowley said Wednesday.
If his name was Jimmy Smith and he was a skinhead, we would have known within 5 minutes of the attack. We would have his complete family history, every politician he has supported, home address, everything.
We all know this to be true from past experience - they withhold the name as long as humanly possible so the coverage will diminish and something in the next news cycle bubbles to the top and the masses are no longer paying attention.
And yes, they are playing the 'unknown motive' game as well.
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March 22, 2017, 08:50 PM
medic451
Well then, guess I'll try to keep an open mind about the new levels of bullshit they can spew about this. I swear these people are all members of some cult, and illogical viewpoints are the cornerstone of thier beliefs.
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March 22, 2017, 09:01 PM
mikeyspizza
Dumb question - why are some of the good guys wearing masks?
March 22, 2017, 09:04 PM
entropy
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: Dumb question - why are some of the good guys wearing masks?
Probably so Smedly Bigglesworth Farnsworth-Farnsworth the Fourth doesnt recognize him and hurt his family.
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March 22, 2017, 09:04 PM
MikeinNC
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: Dumb question - why are some of the good guys wearing masks?
fear of reprisals from the enemy when you are recognized from photos
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March 22, 2017, 09:08 PM
mikeyspizza
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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: Dumb question - why are some of the good guys wearing masks?
fear of reprisals from the enemy when you are recognized from photos
Do we do that here?
March 22, 2017, 09:10 PM
Cassandra
Undercover.
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March 22, 2017, 09:10 PM
Cassandra
And yes.
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March 22, 2017, 09:53 PM
mr kablammo
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: Dumb question - why are some of the good guys wearing masks?
In Australia the "immigrants" resorted to surveilling the police with drones. The threat is real, the solution is singular.
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March 22, 2017, 09:59 PM
46and2
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London Police: ‘We Remain Open-Minded to the Motive’ in Terrorist Attack
[eyeroll]
March 23, 2017, 04:27 AM
tacfoley
Before the flames get too high regarding what some folks perceive that the Mayor of London said, let's rewind a month or two to the official document of what he REALLY said -
Quote - '...Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you have to be prepared for these sorts of things, you have to be vigilant, you have to support the police doing an incredibly hard job, you have to support the security services.'
Quite how that offers tacit support or tolerance for acts of terrorism, I really can't imagine.
tac
March 23, 2017, 06:09 AM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by tacfoley: Before the flames get too high regarding what some folks perceive that the Mayor of London said, let's rewind a month or two to the official document of what he REALLY said -
Quote - '...Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you have to be prepared for these sorts of things, you have to be vigilant, you have to support the police doing an incredibly hard job, you have to support the security services.'
Quite how that offers tacit support or tolerance for acts of terrorism, I really can't imagine.
tac
Seen in full context, his comment really is sort of innocuous. Here's his chance though to come out and fully condemn these terrorist attacks and ISIS in particular. And I don't mean the regular lip service. I want to hear forceful condemnation and a call out to fellow British Muslims to assimilate to Western culture and reject the backward, hateful teachings of their radical Islamic brethren. But don't ask me to hold my breath.
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March 23, 2017, 06:48 AM
sdy
still not releasing name, but
- attacker was born in Britain
- previously been investigated for suspected extremism by MI5 several years ago
- suspect was not “part of the current intelligence picture”.
Originally posted by tacfoley: Before the flames get too high regarding what some folks perceive that the Mayor of London said, let's rewind a month or two to the official document of what he REALLY said -
Quote - '...Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you have to be prepared for these sorts of things, you have to be vigilant, you have to support the police doing an incredibly hard job, you have to support the security services.'
Quite how that offers tacit support or tolerance for acts of terrorism, I really can't imagine.
tac
Seen in full context, his comment really is sort of innocuous. Here's his chance though to come out and fully condemn these terrorist attacks and ISIS in particular. And I don't mean the regular lip service. I want to hear forceful condemnation and a call out to fellow British Muslims to assimilate to Western culture and reject the backward, hateful teachings of their radical Islamic brethren. But don't ask me to hold my breath.
Concur 100%.
tac
March 23, 2017, 06:53 AM
parabellum
Horse shit. He's a Muslim apologist, making excuses for his psychopathic Muslim buddies.
I'm going to suggest to you guys to move the conversation away from the mayor of London, because I suspect some in this thread would really not care for what I have to say about that pig and his lies.
March 23, 2017, 06:53 AM
AllenInAR
That guy looks vaguely familiar. I watched a documentary....either on Netflix or Amazon Prime....which followed a radical Islamic mouthpiece in England. Hopefully, it was him.
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March 23, 2017, 07:31 AM
bionic218
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Horse shit. He's a Muslim apologist, making excuses for his psychopathic Muslim buddies.
Yep. We had one of those in the White House. And look how that worked out...
Ft. Hood Boston Chattanooga San Bernadino Orlando
and probably more I can't recall right now.
And how many of those had been under investigation or previously investigated for ties to terror?
And in those last three, it was always "not going to release the names" and all that blah-blah horseshit. "Not sure of the motives" yada yada nonsense.
Dude has Mohammed in his name and a black ISIS flag up on the wall in his living room, but we can't be sure. It's some Sherlock Holmes shit.
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