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UK under attack, burning Jeep rammed into Scotland Airport

post #1 of 26
6/30/07 at 2:23pm
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Could be a copycat attack;
http://www.reuters.com/article/world...rpc=22&sp=true
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post #2 of 26
6/30/07 at 2:24pm
"Under attack"?
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post #3 of 26
6/30/07 at 2:29pm
On a positive note, President Bush has come back from his fishing trip with his father, and the administration assures its citizens that there is no danger to the US. That's all right then.
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post #4 of 26
6/30/07 at 2:30pm
Scotsmen are cheap, one jeep was all they were willing to fork out for.
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post #5 of 26
6/30/07 at 4:04pm
If this turns out be about Salman Rushdie I'm gonna be pissed.
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post #6 of 26
6/30/07 at 4:23pm
It's about Gordon Brown becoming prime minister. Why else would a Scottish target suddenly come under fire?
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post #7 of 26
6/30/07 at 4:52pm
You mentioned you were going to the UK in the other thread, Capitan.
I'm gonna be in London for two months this July 17th, and I'm about as nervous about all this as you I suppose.

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Originally Posted by Ian Challis
It's about Gordon Brown becoming prime minister. Why else would a Scottish target suddenly come under fire?
I admit this was also my first thought, but what about the car bombs in London?
Those were probably waiting around for the Diana Memorial or Live Earth gigs, and that doesn't sound like a statement against Brown personally.
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post #8 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:00pm
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I'm going to be mostly in Cambridge, but I want to visit London for a few days of course. The main thing that sucks is that last year the waits at the airport were absurd.
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post #9 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:03pm
I just want to know which faction of psychotic zealots tried to kill us this time, it's been a while since we had the Catholics stir up something so it'd be a nice slice of nostalgia if the IRA admitted to it.
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post #10 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:09pm
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The "Catholics"???

Did the IRA target Scotland before?
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post #11 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:15pm
Spike's post is leading contender for misguided post of the day. The IRA has disbanded, and their political wing, Sinn Féin, is in a powersharing executive in Northern Ireland. It would be a massive misjudgement on their part to even consider this. I don't believe it would happen. Plus, Scotland has never been on their agenda anyway.
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post #12 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:21pm
Both men behind the attack on Glasgow airport were apprehended on the site, and holy shit, one of them was decked by a civilian.

Scottish cobblers.
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post #13 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:22pm
I was just at the Glasgow Airport last month for vacation. Thanks, terrorists, for waiting a month!
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post #14 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:27pm
Perfect day for CNN to upload their new site design as well.
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post #15 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:34pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
The "Catholics"???

Did the IRA target Scotland before?
The IRA were largely south England based in their destruction, but they did do some stuff up north.

My post was largely a joke, we all know that the only types of Terrorist around are Muslims.
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post #16 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:40pm
Well, excuse me if I'm not laughing my arse off.
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post #17 of 26
6/30/07 at 5:43pm
I'm guessing you're Irish/have Irish ancestory and as such view the last 80 years of British/Irish interaction as a protracted war of independence.

Either that or you really like Airport Walls/Burning Jeeps.

It could also be Militant Smokers behind all these attacks, you know how antsy they can get.
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post #18 of 26
6/30/07 at 6:36pm
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Run, run, the Catholics are coming, the Catholics are coming!
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post #19 of 26
6/30/07 at 7:49pm
I'm beginning to wonder if the British graduates of the Maddrassa Institute for Militant Carnage didn't take their cue from Ackroyd and Chase.

"You hear about London?"

"No man, what happened?"

"Faisal fucked up the bomb, man. Didn't screw the lid down. Fumes all over the motherfucker. Man flipped when he realised. Crashed the car and legged it."

"Stupid mutherfucker."

"Yeah, man, fucking retard."

(beat)

"Shit Ahmed, I dropped the Molotov."

"What?"

"I dunno, man. I lit it and the fucker lipped out of my hand."

"Aww, man. It's okay, I'll go for the suicide belt instead."

"No, man, no. Keep your hands on the fucking wheel..."

Crunch.

I have to say, as juvenile as it might sound, we all raised a glass this evening to the holidaymakers who helped wrestle the driver to the ground. Classic example of so brave it's almost stupid, but still, brave.
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post #20 of 26
6/30/07 at 10:11pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus
You mentioned you were going to the UK in the other thread, Capitan.
I'm gonna be in London for two months this July 17th
A neat trick. Time machine?
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post #21 of 26
6/30/07 at 10:21pm
Ho ho

Incidentally, my return ticket is for September 11. I hope the terrorism fad in the UK is ove rby then.
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post #22 of 26
7/1/07 at 8:40pm
Any mention of a blancmange? Anyone?
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post #23 of 26
7/2/07 at 12:18am
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This article has a pic of the obese burnt up terrorist being held in the ground.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...e_id=1770&ct=5
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post #24 of 26
7/2/07 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall
I'm guessing you're Irish/have Irish ancestory and as such view the last 800 years of British/Irish interaction as a protracted war of independence.
Corrected your typo there Spike, no worries.

And just as a matter of interest, what other way is there to 'view' it?

Oh and congrats on the 'Catholics/IRA joke up there by the way - stunner mate. Still laughing. I'm gonna go away and think about a Bloody Sunday gag - give me a while, there's so many comedic possibilities!
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post #25 of 26
7/2/07 at 4:45pm
Yes because one unforgivable atrocity is the perfect justification for a campaign of small bite sized atrocities. Hell I want Irish independence (it makes sense from a Fiscal as well as Moral point of view), I just reserve the right to make jokes.
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post #26 of 26
7/3/07 at 10:32am
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Yes because one unforgivable atrocity is the perfect justification for a campaign of small bite sized atrocities.
Sorry, Spike, but 'one unforgiveable atrocity' doesn't scratch at the surface of the surface of how badly Britain fucked Ireland over the centuries. And back in the day, those 'small bite-sized atrocities' were what won us our country, language, culture and history back from a brutal occupying force. Very thin line between 'terrorist' and 'freedom fighter' - then, and now. I abhor what the IRA did during the Troubles, by the way - just to be clear. The question of their efficacy will endure though - whether their methodologies led us to the Assembly in Northern Ireland, with McGuinness and Paisley sitting side by side.
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