Responding to Terrorist Attacks in Britain, Israel, and the USA
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Guest: Robert Friedmann, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University and a former professor at the University of Haifa in Israel. (Dr. Friedmann is a recognized expert in counter-terrorism techniques and homeland-security strategies. He advises police forces worldwide and has written several books on criminal justice in the US and in Israel.)
Last week, a group claiming to be affiliated with Al Quaeda attacked the London subways, killing more than 50 and wounding hundreds.
Today, a group claiming to be affiliated with Islamic Jihad attacked Netanya, Israel, killing two and wounding dozens. The suicide bombers were prevented from entering a busy shopping mall and doing more damage.
What should the response be in Britain and Israel? What is the proper balance between security and privacy? What lessons should we learn from these attacks in the USA?
Let us pray for the victims and their families.
And let us pray that one day, the USA and Great Britain will have leaders who recognize the scourage of Al Quaeda and radical Islamic terrorism for what it is and devote resources to capturing its leaders, destroying its existing networks in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and persuading Arabs who might support Al Quaeda and radical Islamic terrrorism that Americans do NOT support a Jihad Against Islam.
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EN's self-loathing makes an appearance July 23, 2005 9:01 am
EN–I can soothe my soul only by lifting you out of your darkness–listen to the whispers in your head–before they turn to shouts–learn atonement through joy and not pain–and give that option to your brother
Perhaps your self-loathing wishes personal reprisal–but vengeance certainly is not mine
EN's self-loathing makes an appearance July 23, 2005 9:01 am
EN–I can soothe my soul only by lifting you out of your darkness–listen to the whispers in your head–before they turn to shouts–learn atonement through joy and not pain–and give that option to your brother
Perhaps your self-loathing wishes personal reprisal–but vengeance certainly is not mine
EN July 22, 2005 9:33 pm
Gord:
>>MORE ANGER–yes that is the ticket–history proves your point–angry people doing reckless acts–that will solve everything<<
Gord, you have found fertile ground here for your self-healing project. You have predominantly candy-assed liberals worshiping a candy-assed liberal.
Soothe your soul, Gord. Strike me down.
EN
Gordon from Bora Bora July 22, 2005 8:36 am
Edwina–don’t break a nail and work up a tizzy when you try to rip out the throats of the bad-guys–I feel so much more secure, now–knowing you and your deranged vigilantes are ready to administer swift vendetta after the fact of disaster with–what?
MORE ANGER–yes that is the ticket–history proves your point–angry people doing reckless acts–that will solve everything
But what happened to the Bush Doctrine that Bush himself violated by opting for Iraq instead of the more culpable Pakistan–this current violence seems to lead there–perhaps surgical military intervention is warranted there–to remove safe havens for terrorism that the Bush Doctrine seems to ignore
But your nonsense–you can pack away in a personal suppository (You are so dangerous in your mind, aren’t you?)
EN July 22, 2005 3:21 am
The differnce between us and London.
We will not have a plane hijacked and used by our enemies again. Why, because there are guys like me and friends of mine who will risk our lives to tear their throats out with our bare hands if they try to take over a plane. There are other guys like me on a plane who if we get our hands around their throats, they would need a machete to maybe get us to release our grip. Laugh if you like. I don’t give a damn. I know what I’m capable of and I know what I’ve had to do in the past. It’s men who teach their boys to be real men who act when called upon. Not sissies who play with Ken dolls. No, not heroes. Just guys like Scott Beamer who said “Let’s Roll”.
On July 7th in London, over 50 people died. Today, bombs failed to detonate and the Londoners sat there? Those scumbags would have been ripped to shreds in NYC. But this wimp Tony Blair, who probably never fired a BB gun, tells people to be calm and go about their daily routine. Bullshit!
No, Tony Blair, NO! Without angry men you will not survive. 40,000 London residents died during the Blitz in WW II. Where did the decendents of those people go? How were they deballed to a collective Stockholm Effect? I don’t think they were. I think there is about to be a civil war in England.
London has a chance. The soccer thugs are pissed and they are not boys to mess with. I have know a few and drank with them on my trips to London. They have names like “Frasier” and “Trevor”. They drink their beer warm and they walk through walls for fun when they are pissed. And I have spoken to a few and they are pissed off. The muslims want to chant death to Blair, Bush, and all of us? They want to chant to nuke Washington? I am predicting that they are about to find some street justice. And it’s about God damn time. Here’s a letter that was published warning them. It bears reading and forwarding. Because we are only a few years behind them.
EN
From the London News Review:
http://www.lnreview.co.uk/news/005167.php
What the fuck do you think you’re doing?
This is London. We’ve dealt with your sort before. You don’t try and pull this on us.
Do you have any idea how many times our city has been attacked? Whatever you’re trying to do, it’s not going to work. [They are right. 40,000 died in the London Blitz and the Brits took it]
All you’ve done is end some of our lives, and ruin some more. How is that going to help you? You don’t get rewarded for this kind of crap.
And if, as your MO indicates, you’re an al-Qaeda group, then you’re out of your tiny minds.
Because if this is a message to Tony Blair, we’ve got news for you. We don’t much like our government ourselves, or what they do in our name. But, listen very clearly. We’ll deal with that ourselves. We’re London, and we’ve got our own way of doing things, and it doesn’t involve tossing bombs around where innocent people are going about their lives.
And that’s because we’re better than you. Everyone is better than you. Our city works. We rather like it. And we’re going to go about our lives. We’re going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we’re going to work. And we’re going down the pub.
So you can pack up your bombs, put them in your arseholes, and get the fuck out of our city.