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SA Police do Bloody Thursday with Automatic Rifles, on Automatic
You tube clip to follow, not SAPF finest day, the local news is pretty terrible, a crowd surges forward and they open up on auto, believed 18 killed.
South African police shoot dead striking miners as union turf war intensifies - TelegraphDry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
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- 16-08-2012, 19:38 #2Senior Member
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I read they were armed with machetes, if that is the case no wonder they were brassed up.
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They charged the police lines whilst armed with machetes.
If I'd been one of those coppers I'd have deployed nuclear weapons if available, never mind high velocity rounds."Two in the goo, one in the poo".
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- 16-08-2012, 19:57 #4Senior Member
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Armed striking miners will fall when hit,
Watch and shoot, WATCH AND SHOOT.
- 16-08-2012, 21:04 #5
Thats Ok then, I thought there may be some sympathy for the miners!
Sadly the shooting was terrible, when you get to see the footage, dreadful shooting and awful fire control.whitmos and RoyalGreenJacket like this.Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
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- 16-08-2012, 21:08 #6
Now you can watch the film:
Lonmin mine shoot-out footage | News24Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
Advice to Officer's of the British Army, published 1782
- 16-08-2012, 21:13 #7
Lots of Machettes in this one:
Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
Advice to Officer's of the British Army, published 1782
- 16-08-2012, 21:16 #8
Bit shocking, but fully justified. The coppers must have been bricking it, couldn't see them acting in any other way.
Gets more like Zimbabwe every day.Last edited by Nobby Sapper; 16-08-2012 at 21:21.
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- 16-08-2012, 21:17 #9
"Careful, pot that chap somebody. Good fellow".
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- 16-08-2012, 21:20 #10Senior Member
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According to the news earlier on, not only were they tooled up with various sharp or heavy instruments there's also been killings of people from rival unions as well as the murders of 'scab' labour and police during the strike.
Personally if I'd been a copper facing that I'd probably still be firing into the crowd now (with aimed shots, natch).
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