SUSPECT HELD IN ITALY

[GracieM]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1190644,00.html

"The fourth would-be London bomber has been arrested in Rome, according to reports. It follow the arrests of two other suspects today."

[allemand]

1. Italy says arrests fourth London bomb suspect (Reuters)

ROME (Reuters) - The fourth man suspected of trying to plant bombs in London on July 21 has been arrested in Rome, Italy's interior minister said on Friday.

Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said in a statement that the suspect was a Somalian who was a naturalized Briton.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050729/ts_nm/security_britain_dc_184

Italian police arrest suspected London attacker in Rome: minister
4 minutes ago
ROME (AFP) - Police in Rome have arrested Somali national Osman Hussein, suspected of being one of the four would-be suicide bombers in the failed London attacks on July 21, Italy's Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu announced Friday.

"The arrest took place a short while ago in Rome of the Somalian, Osman Hussein, a naturalized British citizen, the fourth attacker in the London on July 21," Pisanu said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050729/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksrome_050729163605

[GracieM]

2. Just me or did the Brits make it look easy?

[Henny Penny]

3. Too easy??

the guy was in his brother's house and the arrest comes the day that the senate in rome was passing anti-terrorism legislation.

At least according to a local journalist Stefano something that was just interviewed by bbc24 online.

[Benhurst]

4. Yes, aside from their little slip-up of murdering an innocent man. NT

[GracieM]

7. Innocent?

He was running/walking away from police. He was wearing clothes! He obviously knew that the people following him were police despite their lack of uniforms. He deserved to be shot 5, 6, 22 times in the head. :sarcasm:

Sorry. I meant to include this exception.

[mirandapriestly]

5. I noticed that, too.

I guess they are just better at deception.

[Henny Penny]

6. I don't mean to suggest a conspiracy

but a terrorist on the run, who's pic is everywhere goes to hide in his brother's house?

Either he is very dumb, or not a terrorist. Also a Roman connection to the arrest when anti-terror legislation is being passed there is a piece of amazing good fortune for berlusconi!

[GracieM]

8. Are they just amateurs?

"goes to hide in his brother's house?"

Why not hide in your own house?

[Henny Penny]

9. They may be total amateurs who have sprung up as

a consequence of UK/US foreign policy. If so it makes it easier to catch them, but also raises the specter of more amateur groups springing up just as easily.

Assuming that they are guilty.

But it never ceases to amaze me that just as parliaments may be dragging their heels over anti-terror legislation, something happens to remind them just how necessary it is.

[GracieM]

10. Strange coincidence...

[ZR2]

11. doesn't one have to be very dumb to start with

in order to strap a bomb on and blow themselves to little bity pieces.

[GracieM]

12. Given the right cause

I'd prolly strap a bomb to my chest.

[ZR2]

14. No cause is worth blowing up innocent civilians

alnog with yourself. Once you blow yourself up you lose the ability to fight and your cause is downgraded.

[Henny Penny]

15. I have to agree, but then we're not suicide bombers! n/t

[GracieM]

16. Trying to be a little extreme here

but if I believed that the only way to save my children was to strap a bomb to my chest and kill those who would put my children in danger....I think I'd do it.

"No cause is worth blowing up innocent civilians"....I agree. The problem is who defines innocent? We agree that workers at the world trade center and the london tube passengers were innocent. Some people in this world would disagree.

An irrational belief maybe. But even irrational beliefs are powerful.

[LondonAmerican]

17. that's insane

how can you or anyone else want to kill innocvent people? no cause is worth murdering for.

[xchrom]

18. humans are a hair trigger bunch

we can't determine in our more rational moments what people were thinking when they did blow up london.

and i'm not sure i want to know -- but we have to try to deal with people BEFORE{hopefully} they strap on bombs.

[Henny Penny]

13. It might help alright, but probably bigger motivations might

be extreme anger and powerlessness.