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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:05 AM
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Special Forces called in as gunman taunts UK Police for 5th day..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1292921/Raoul-Moat-Now-SAS-joins-gunman-hunt.html

Special forces have joined the manhunt as Moat continues to elude a huge police dragnet. The elite troops trained in search-and-snatch operations were sent to the North East last night.
They were joined by snipers from the Metropolitan Police, while a fleet of 20 armoured cars was supplied by police in Northern Ireland.
Sources said the special forces excel at working in the dark, with heat-seeking equipment which can work over huge ranges.
Their deployment came amid mounting concern over the police operation to catch the 37-year-old former nightclub bouncer after he was revealed to have been living in a tent only 200 yards from where he dumped his car - at the very edge of the police’s so-called ring of steel.
The steroid-addicted bodybuilder headed to the moorland spot armed with two shotguns and a stash of ammunition after shooting his ex-girlfriend, killing her new partner and gunning down a policeman in Newcastle.
When police finally found his camp near Rothbury in Northumberland there was no sign of the fugitive, who had left a letter in the tent to taunt them, repeating his vow that he would keep killing officers until he died.
In the eight-page letter, addressed to his ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart whom he shot, Moat attempted to justify his deadly spree, saying he killed her lover Chris Brown only because she told him falsely that he was a policeman.

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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:07 AM
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1. capture or kill him.
this guy is out of his skull.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:10 AM
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2. He's toast if the SAS guys get hold of him first
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:25 AM
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3. If this were a screenplay, it would be laughed out of every studio in Hollywood
Edited on Thu Jul-08-10 08:26 AM by rocktivity
for sounding too unrealistic.

Look up "armed and extremely dangerous," and you find a picture of Moat--he hasn't even got a last name?

:crazy:
rocktivity
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:33 AM
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4. Moat is his last name...First name Raoul

Seems to be an expert at living in the wilderness..
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:22 AM
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5. Britain needs stringent gun control laws to prevent this kind of thing.











Oh, wait...
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Dank Nugs Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:25 AM
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6. I gotta respect the guy, not for his actions, but for his testicular fortitude. n/t
How many cops has he killed? 2/3?
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