Is Mumbai style the way forward for terrorists now?
Is Mumbai style the way forward for terrorists now?
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hornetrider

Original Poster:

63,161 posts

234 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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What a terrible tragedy in Mumbai, but a result for terrorists the world over.

I must admit I've often wondered why they jump through hoops to create fancy bombs and dastardly plots when guns are so easily available. Surely if someone doesn't care about their own life all they need to do is pick up some weapons on the black market and go on a random killing spree, almost Hungerford style? It would be so easy to do, I wonder why they haven't done it before.

The future is not bright frown

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

238 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?

rabw

9,027 posts

237 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
War

Mark V8

1,535 posts

238 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
The arming of the law abiding population of course ! biggrin

MonkeyHanger

9,267 posts

271 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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rabw said:
odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
War
I think we've tried that one already..

hornetrider

Original Poster:

63,161 posts

234 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
Precisely. I don't think it can be stopped. Ergo it's the way forward, if you are of a mind to do such a thing to the infidel.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

233 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
Apart from more taxes and giving binmen powers of arrest if you have put the wrong type of bottle in your recycle bin without filling in a form B2-11-A section B subsection 12

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

228 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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It was hardly a succesful operation, population of Mumbai, 13,000,000, number of caualties, 140, odds of getting killed by terorists similar to winning the lottery.

It won't happen in this country as it wouldn't be that easy to stockpile the hardware.

Don't have nightmares.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

278 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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rabw said:
odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
War
huh!

what is it good for?

whoami

13,200 posts

269 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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Baby Huey said:
It won't happen in this country as it wouldn't be that easy to stockpile the hardware.

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What hardware?

hornetrider

Original Poster:

63,161 posts

234 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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whoami said:
Baby Huey said:
It won't happen in this country as it wouldn't be that easy to stockpile the hardware.

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What hardware?
Indeed. Piece of piss to pick up guns on the black market.

jazzybee

3,056 posts

278 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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sleep envy said:
rabw said:
odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
War
huh!

what is it good for?
Absolutely Nuthin'

trampagne

1,211 posts

219 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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Baby Huey said:
It was hardly a succesful operation, population of Mumbai, 13,000,000, number of caualties, 140, odds of getting killed by terorists similar to winning the lottery.

It won't happen in this country as it wouldn't be that easy to stockpile the hardware.

Don't have nightmares.
By the same calculations (allies vs axis) wink Afghanistan and Iraq are both a massive success.

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

238 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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Baby Huey said:
It was hardly a succesful operation, population of Mumbai, 13,000,000, number of caualties, 140, odds of getting killed by terorists similar to winning the lottery.

It won't happen in this country as it wouldn't be that easy to stockpile the hardware.

Don't have nightmares.
1. I play the lottery every week
2. IDGARA what the odds are 140 innocent people were killed for no good reason other, perhaps, than the fact that tey were not true believers in which ever inaginary friend is required.
3. Where there is a will there is a way. Our borders are an open door. how many illegal weapons are already in circulation in this country?

I don't have nightmares but I do fear for the future...

igiveup

2,875 posts

311 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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jazzybee said:
sleep envy said:
rabw said:
odyssey2200 said:
More to the point what is it going to take to stop it?
War
huh!

what is it good for?
Absolutely Nuthin'
Say it again y'all

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

228 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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anonymous said:
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It maybe easy to get some guns, though I doubt lots of machine guns are that easy to come by, but it would be much harder to get your hands on thousands of rounds like these guys had.

And hand grenades, I doubt it.

whoami

13,200 posts

269 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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anonymous said:
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They were not exactly "stockpiling" stealth bombers though were they.

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

228 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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anonymous said:
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Eh?

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

238 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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And the guy in Reading who was using his own machine shop to turn replica guns in to fully automatics was a one off and all the guns have been accounted for, right?

scratchchin

Police State

4,367 posts

249 months

Friday 28th November 2008
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hornetrider said:
but a result for terrorists the world over...

...It would be so easy to do, I wonder why they haven't done it before.

The future is not bright frown
they have, plenty of times down the years...

the past was no less dark.