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Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
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There is no safety in denial. When seconds count the Police are only minutes away.
Sometimes I really wish a lawyer would chime in and clear things up. Do we have any lawyers on this forum?
Re: Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
makes me proud.
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Re: Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
Way to go Marines! Ooo-Rah! 
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Re: Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
These Marines weren't just sitting and jumped into a fight when startled. They were situationally aware and went in the offensive. Good for them!Belgian journalist Marin Buxant Tweeted that the US Marines were on leave in Brussels when they spotted the man and followed him on the train. When the suspect went into the toilet, the Marines recognised the sound of a weapon being armed and decided to act immediately.
It used to be the French who would '"attack, always attack."
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Re: Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
Thank God those 2 Marines were there. How many people would have died if it were not for their training and quick thinking kicking in? Situational awareness indeed! I'm anxious to see the full analysis of what went down.
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Apparently they were not Marines. One was in the Airforce and the other was in the National guard.
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Beat him unconscious as he begged for his gun. Awesome! I hope they butt stroked him with it...
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Thank God they were willing to get involved. Proud of them!
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Yes, one USAF, on NG, one American civilian, one Brit civilian:psijac wrote:Apparently they were not Marines. One was in the Airforce and the other was in the National guard.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/3- ... story.htmlThe Americans – Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, and his childhood friend Spec. Alek Skarlatos, who just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan -- are being lauded as heroes along with a third American friend and a British consultant who teamed up to subdue the assailant. But European leaders called for swift measures to improve security so that they would not need to rely on luck to thwart a shooting that could quickly have become as bloody as the January terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed 20 lives, including the three gunmen.
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Re: Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack
They were Americans, once again defending French soil and French people.psijac wrote:Apparently they were not Marines. One was in the Airforce and the other was in the National guard.
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Indeed Oldgringo!
Reminds me of the first few minutes of Saving Private Ryan as they are getting ready to unload on Omaha Beach:
Thirty seconds! Clear the ramp!
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Reminds me of the first few minutes of Saving Private Ryan as they are getting ready to unload on Omaha Beach:
Thirty seconds! Clear the ramp!
dlh
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Well gee, it was all just a big mistake.
The Morrocan guy who was on an Islamist watch list in three countries was just homeless and hungry and just happened to find an AK (and nine magazines and 200 rounds of ammo, and apparently a pistol and boxcutter) laying in the park near the train station in Brussels, and just happened to decide to rob a train full of "rich people" to buy a little hummus and pommes frites. According to his lawyer, he's shocked, shocked, that anyone could mistake him for a terrorist.
Hey, it could happen.
Train gunman 'dumbfounded' by terrorist tag, says was hungry: lawyer
The Morrocan guy who was on an Islamist watch list in three countries was just homeless and hungry and just happened to find an AK (and nine magazines and 200 rounds of ammo, and apparently a pistol and boxcutter) laying in the park near the train station in Brussels, and just happened to decide to rob a train full of "rich people" to buy a little hummus and pommes frites. According to his lawyer, he's shocked, shocked, that anyone could mistake him for a terrorist.
Hey, it could happen.
Train gunman 'dumbfounded' by terrorist tag, says was hungry: lawyer
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