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   From: nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz   
      
   abelard wrote:   
   > Ned Latham wrote:   
   > > abelard wrote:   
   > > > Vidcapper wrote:   
   > > > > Svenne wrote:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Swedish news is reporting this morning that the police team who   
   > > > > > entered the Rinkeby ghetto to arrest a suspect did not fire   
   > > > > > warning shots when they were attacked by stone throwing mobs.   
   > > > > > They shot sharp, they meant to kill but their bullets did not   
   > > > > > hit anyone. This is new for Sweden. It looks like they are   
   > > > > > beginning to play tough with the immigrant gangs who rule in   
   > > > > > the no-go zones that surround Swedish cities.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > For mobs whose only response to challenge is violence, why should   
   > > > > they expect less than the same in return?   
   > > >   
   > > > 'mobs' don't do 'expects'   
   > > >   
   > > > though a whiff of grapeshot is sometimes necessary....it doesn't   
   > > >     make comforting reading to groaniad 'readers'   
   > > >   
   > > > keep the children comforted and grazing peacefully   
   > >   
   > > What I'd like to know is: if the police were shooting to kill, how   
   > > come they didn't hit anyone?   
   >   
   > water pistols   
   >   
   > 3 did die from chills caught from the trauma   
      
   I can see how getting wet in that climate might be a problem, but   
   really...   
      
   Svenne saud they were Swedish police, Basil Jet said they were   
   shooting blanks, and Abelard says water pistols. Nice bot of   
   giggle, guys, but is *was* a serious incident, wasn't it?   
      
   What *really* happened?   
      
   Ned   
      
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