The de Menezes execution: not a mistake.

[Warren Stupidity]

A five minute primer on operation kratos, courtesy of google.

Operation Kratos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4716645.stm
But the threat of suicide attacks meant that shooting a suspect in the head was sometimes the "proportionate" response.


http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20050724&articleId=732
The shoot to kill policy was undertaken under the auspices of "Operation Kratos", named after the mythical Spartan hero. It was carried out by the London Metropolitan's elite SO19 firearms unit often referred to as the Blue Berets. The latter are described as the equivalent to the US SWAT teams, yet in this particular case, they were not wearing uniforms.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2003-48,GGLD:en&q=operation+kratos
Code-named Operation Kratos, the policy was put in place after the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks in the United States. "Shoot first and ask questions later...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kwh/Operation_Kratos
Operation Kratos is the code word used by the SO13 branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service to refer to policies surrounding "shoot-to-kill" tactics to be used in dealing with suspected terrorists and suicide bombers. The tactics were developed shortly after September 11th, and are based in part on consultation with Israeli and Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies on how to deal with "deadly and determined" attackers. Little has been revealed publicly and officially about the policies, which were apparently first activated after the bombings of July 7, 2005 in London, and were first exercised in the mistaken shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on July 22, 2005.

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/British-Cops-Israel24jul05.htm
The shoot to kill policy was undertaken under the auspices of "Operation Kratos", named after the mythical Spartan hero. It was carried out by the London Metropolitan's elite SO19 firearms unit often referred to as the Blue Berets. The latter are described as the equivalent to the US SWAT teams, yet in this particular case, they were not wearing uniforms.

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1. So, an official policy of murder

[Igel]

2. Yes.

Very few law enforcement agencies or organizations to uphold social order fail to have one. Or even several.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. I would expect that the US has a similar policy in place. eom.

[wli]

4. the death squads are out in force... oh crap n/t