They really are helpful. Like the one who put a truck through the jet wash after mowing down 200 people.

So, they're now looking for a Tunisian due to an ID document left in the cab.
It won't be the first time an ID card has been left - didn't this happen with the Paris cafe attacks too?

"Officials issued the document to a Tunisian man named Anis A., who was born in 1992 in Tataouine. The suspect is also believed to go by two aliases."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...a-1126946.html

also

( Guardian)

and "German media speculated that the perpetrator must have disabled or overridden the vehicle’s automated braking system to carry out the attack." No idea about this but it again implies some real planning.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ose-say-police

As German privacy laws mean they can't release surnames ( thus any of his aliases) they're surely going to find it difficult to get intelligence from his local community.

Well apart from the murder of Lee Rigby which took place in 2013?

And are you seriously suggesting that you know more about the situation than the security services? And that they're lying to us? To what end?

I hope you are right, however I suspect that in actuality most rational people wouldn't be in the least bit surprised when, and I repeat when, there is another terrorist attack n the U.K.

From what I've seen, all the papers were regurgitating the same info on the wrong suspect. Whilst the Guardian was right not to initially open comments, their coverage also smelled of desperation NOT to have an asylum seeker as a perp. So pot calling the kettle on this one.

All the Brit papers were most interested in the political implications or even worries for Merkel more than expressing any real concern for those that died. Guardian was no exception there.

How many people were killed in the Lee Rigby incident? Tragic as that may have been for his family, that was a targeted attack against a serving soldier, and therefore not one that would be a threat to anyone who wasn't a serving soldier.

A significant terrorist attack is one that affects innocent civilians, regardless of their profession, ethnicity or nationality and as I say there hasn't been one of those in the UK for over 11 years.

You are seeing the emergence of the New World Order which began on 1 January 2016.

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelop...opment-agenda/

There you are! Proving me right again.

Indeed. Even when confronted with their opportunistic bigotry based on bogus info they still can't admit they're wrong to think as they do.

The Heil is saying the Germans have bungled the investigation, but you can't really say that until you've shot a Brazilian.

In your tiny little mind maybe.

Really? ISIS style operation is mass revulsion and media attention with some sick novelty factor thrown in. I reckon Lee Rigby murder affected innocent civilians re the main aim - to create panic and fear. Lee Rigby was innocent.

you also said:

You reckon there might be a link between sec service work recently & Britain not having suffered the no. of attacks as seen in France?

Doesn't appear to be a lot of concern or sympathy for the man who was arrested, held for 2 days, history looked into and published, and generally reviled in the press and online all for the crime of running away from danger during a terrorist attack.

I don't think anyone disagrees that it's a matter of time *when* an attack happens, not *if*, but Basil, I think you're confusing 'an attack' with a significant attack.

The bombings on 7th July were a significant attack,
The Lee Rigby murder was an attack.
Stabbings at Leytonstone tube station in December last year was an attack.
The murder of Jo Cox was considered terrorist related.

Attacks happen and are happening, and the fear of a significant attack is still prevalent. A significant attack may happen - it's certainly not irrational to think otherwise, no matter how condescending you might be.

A bit harsh, our cops probably shoot less people than any other force, anywhere outside Lichtenstein. That was a bungle to top many though. But it's certainly early days to be claiming its bungled. Letting go an obviously innocent man is a good start, not a bungle. Sounds very much like they are looking for a fairly recent arrival though.

This is so, so dodgy. He just happens to leave a temporary residency permit in the truck. Hmmm, not suspicious at all. No doubt planted so the Germans can say 'he came here through a legitimate process', rather than just being herded in with a million other foreigners.

To traffic, when the Changing of the Guard occurs.

What is it with terrorists who keep droping their ID in places where they will be found
Are they just very careless terrorists ?

You haven't quite got the hang of the "Please treat other users with respect" bit of the rules have you?

Another insult and I'll report you. I'm amazed I haven't done so yet.

He sent through a red light which is proof of terrorist links - or learnt to drive in the UK.

To be fair, the UK has a very impressive intelligence apparatus. We spend more on intelligence that France and Germany put together, have much stronger intel links with the US, are part of the five eyes set up, and have a long history of fighting terrorism. We are undoubtedly a target - why wouldn't we be? If the government were just lying to pursue some warped agenda, they could easily stage a false flag attack.

So in your view a "significant attack" kills more than one person
I disagree

Er, no. Most rational people accept the security services here do a good job. Only CT nuts believe it's all false flags and made up threats.

You don't think people find your posts insulting sometimes?

This man has now been released. The authorities have made it clear he is innocent, and most importantly he hasn't been identified. If he feels his life has been ruined he can seek compensation.

Arrest, questioning and release is a pretty standard practice on crime suspects to rule them out. Are you saying that this process should not have been carried out because the ex- suspect was an asylum seeker?

Yes, and a growing list of planned attacks have been foiled and terrorists jailed before achieving their aims. By September terrorist prisoners in British jails reached a new peak of 152 (27 awaiting trial, the rest already convicted). As well as these Islamic terrorists, another 13 were inside for domestic extremism or 'separatism' offences such as Irish Republicanism.
Source, Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...office-figures

And here's the Met's list of arrested and convicted terrorists and sympathisers.
http://news.met.police.uk/latest_new...nter-terrorism

So absolutely no need for a 'false flag' - the convictions speak for themselves.