The newest twist on collateral damage

The "shoot-to-kill" police policy for an innocent man  after the London bombing of 7/7/05 does raise the question, who are we at war with?  In World War I the civilian casualties of war were 10%. Today we experience a rate 9 times that, yes, 90% of the  casualities of war are civilian. It means that war today is mostly about killing civilians, otherwise know as collateral damage!

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Met chief warns more could be shot 

Rosie Cowan, Vikram Dodd and Richard Norton-Taylor
Monday July 25, 2005

Guardian

Britain's most senior policeman remained defiant last night over the new "shoot-to-kill" policy for dealing with suspected suicide bombers, despite the killing last week of an innocent man by armed officers.

Sir Ian Blair, the Scotland Yard commissioner, apologised to the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the 27-year-old Brazilian who died after being shot five times in the head at close range by police on board a tube train at Stockwell, south London, on Friday.

But he admitted more people could die at the hands of police marksmen in the escalating battle against terrorism. Openly discussing the shift in police tactics for the first time, Sir Ian defended the policy of "shoot to kill in order to protect", saying it was necessary to shoot suspects in the head if it was feared they might trigger devices on their body.

"The Metropolitan police accepts full responsibility for this," he said. "To the family I can only express my deep regrets. What we have got to recognise is that people are taking incredibly fast-moving decisions in life threatening situations. There is no point in shooting in someone's chest because that is where the bomb is likely to be. There is no point in shooting anywhere else if they fall down and detonate it. The only way to deal with this is to shoot to the head."

The block of flats in Tulse Hill, south London, where Mr Mr De Menezes lived, was under surveillance following the discovery of its address in a rucksack containing one of four bombs which failed to explode in the capital last Thursday.

He was followed for several miles by undercover officers. According to eyewitnesses, he bolted after being confronted by armed officers at the tube station, resulting in a chase and him being shot on the train. Mr De Menezes' family branded the police "stupid and incompetent", insisting they had no reason to suspect him.

Alex Pereira, his cousin, said: "He was 100% good guy who never did anything wrong and had no reason to run. What the police have shown is that they are incapable and stupid."

A criminal inquiry will be launched into the shooting today. The Independent Police Complaints Commission will bring in independent investigators to assess whether officers will face criminal or disciplinary charges.

It is, however, unclear, whether the special shoot-to-kill tactics, codenamed Operation Kratos, were authorised by a senior officer.

The shooting has increased the already huge strain on the Met, which Sir Ian has admitted is facing the biggest challenge in its history in hunting down the four men responsible for last week's bomb attempt, and their support network. Three men are currently under arrest but it is not known if any of them are the bombers.

In Little Wormwood Scrubs, north-west London the bomb squad carried out controlled explosions on a package found hidden in bushes. They believe it may have been a fifth bomb linked to the devices which failed to go off last Thursday.

Meanwhile, Charles Clarke and Jack Straw, the home and foreign secretaries, backed Sir Ian. Mr Clarke, who has postponed his holiday to attend an anti-terrorism summit chaired by the prime minister today, said: "It is an absolute tragedy for Mr De Menezes and his family and I send my deepest regrets."

Mr Straw, who will face difficult questions from Celso Amorim, the Brazilian foreign minister, today, said: "We have to ensure that clear rules are operated. But we also, tragically, have to ensure that the police do have effective discretion to deal with what could be terrorist suicide outrages about to take place."

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