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Default The lesson from the Mumbai mayhem

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:11:24 -0500, the infamous Wes
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Ignoramus11056 wrote:

What they forgot to say that it relied also on the fact that the
Indian citizens who were attacked, were not armed. Somehow, I have
hard times visualizing this attack happening in, say, Oklahoma City.


No, that one was a truck bomb.

I'm surprised that some of the foreigners didn't have security details. Maybe they did
and it hasn't been reported.

Do you think the results would be much different if the same number of similar armed
terrorists stormed a Cook County luxury hotel?


Not at all different. Now Maricopa County, AZ would give a tango a
very good run for his money, ah reckon.

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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a
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