According to a recent report, this pair had always intended to attack New York’s Times Square, with four bombs, but found that the car, which they’d hijacked, didn’t have enough fuel, and, when they stopped to fill up, the car’s owner (whom they’d kidnapped) escaped and informed the police. Knowing the jig was up, they changed their plans, and went for the Marathon instead.
“For evil to succeed, it only needs the good to do nothing” is as true, now, as it ever was. As long as “ordinary” Muslims condemn, tut-tut, but do nothing to eradicate these people, their religion will continue to be hijacked by those consumed by evil intent. The “ordinary” Germans, Japanese and Italians sleepwalked into WWII, and the same is happening now. Anyone who ignores it, or (worse) tries to justify it by introducing irrelevances like deaths in countries thousands of miles away, is playing directly into their hands; it’s to be hoped you wake up before your local bobby morphs into Abu Qatadah.

How do you know they are telling the truth? .

Standard ploy, for the disappointed, is to sling dirt, and hope some of it sticks. Doubtless, if the report had said 13.6 million, you’d have accepted it without question.

.I am still pleased all those extra police were used for something other than fighting crime

The police’s job is to protect the public, and that includes the possibility of being injured by some morons hurling more than just insults.

Perhaps we should sign a treaty with Iraq, so that he can be extradited and tried in their courts; I doubt he’d be able to do it again.

The Royal Mint does.

Somebody told me, years ago, that all of us have only one birthday; each following year there is just an anniversary of that event.

Very well rehearsed, and quite plausible, until you watch the video footage, and see him aim his punches past the horse and at the rider. There will be some “angel” willing to stand his bail, or a “no win, no fee” solicitor, with his eye on future business.

Sorry not really true.If you went into a supermarket to get a loaf of bread you wouldn’t be allowed to leave the shop UNTIL you had paid for it..

Unless, of course, you use a credit card, then default on the payment.

So Bruce….just who was it who deregulated the banks to allow the situation as you described to occur………Ahhh yes……The Baroness…

Ah, the classic cop-out, “Don’t blame me for stealing their jewellery, it’s their fault, since they should have locked their door.”