I am not so sure. Like rats when you see one,there's a nest of them nearby.
Terror Attack in Paris, January 7, 2014
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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I have heard the last 24 hours many news items that said that the terrorists were well known to the security services of many countries. Also that the Algerian service has warned France a day in advance that an action was planned. So could it happen because of incompetence of the French services or was it allowed to happen to have an excuse to formally end the protection of privacy of all people in Europe as in fact happened in the US?
I don't know whether this is true or not,when I was listening to my local radio station about the Paris attack a caller claimed that these Muslim fanatics believe that they will not enter paradise if they were to be killed by a women opponent in battle.So perhaps we should respond by training a corps of women to counter the terrorists
Geographer
Junior Member
That is a stunning video. The cameraman had a direct line into the store as the raid began, and you can actually see the hostage taker charge the police with a gun then get shot to pieces. I can imagine the tension and fear of the front line police, hostage taker, and hostages as they saw the metal door slowly rise, knowing that a firefight would erupt within seconds. I'm surprised the hostage taker left the lights on.
Jura The idiot
General
I always admire the member of an assault team (SWAT, ship-boarding etc.) who goes first ... from his perspective, bullets will be flying from both sides! here he enters at 00:22, moves quickly to the right ...
broadsword
Brigadier
Never! Do not put women on the front line in the fight against terrorists. I don't want to discuss the alternatives or else the mod will throw me into the doghouse, but what did the Israelis do that was haram to Muslims?
broadsword
Brigadier
The woman terrorist is still on the loose. Where is James Bond when you need one?
Jura The idiot
General
now I read an interview with the Commander of Czech SWAT Teams; as far as I know, there're three units stationed over the country so they claim a team can arrive within half of an hour after their presence had been requested (?), and the total number of their members is classified; my guess is 300 ... I didn't know about:
- ATLAS Network of European Union SWAT Teams (I didn't find their webpage though -- maybe there isn't any) ... he said he used to meet French Commanders (of GIGN and of RAID) twice per year on meetings of that network, and that French and Czech teams happened to exercise together in December of 2014
- if this standoff had happened in the Czech Republic, the freed hostages first would've been detained and searched (to make sure they're unrelated to the hostage taker(s)) ... that's what he said while commenting on the inexplicable disappearance of the female perpetrator from the store in Paris
... I didn't know about:- ATLAS Network of European Union SWAT Teams (I didn't find their webpage though -- maybe there isn't any) ... he said he used to meet French Commanders (of GIGN and of RAID) twice per year on meetings of that network, and that French and Czech teams happened to exercise together in December of 2014
- if this standoff had happened in the Czech Republic, the freed hostages first would've been detained and searched (to make sure they're unrelated to the hostage taker(s)) ... that's what he said while commenting on the inexplicable disappearance of the female perpetrator from the store in Paris
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broadsword
Brigadier
I doubt that female had escaped this way. Checking the identity of the hostages is the standard procedure the world over, I believe. Considering that her face is already exposed to the public, her life on the lam won't last long.