The terrorist who wasn't
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1725820,00.html
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Metropolitan police travelled to
Israel, Russia and Sri Lanka to learn how to deal with possible suicide
attackers. Yet when London was faced with a genuine threat, an innocent
man was shot dead. Peter Taylor investigates the crucial lessons that
went unlearned
Wednesday March 8, 2006
The Guardian
Operation Kratos, the highly controversial policy put in place by the
Metropolitan Police to deal with suicide bombers, is not for the
faint-hearted. The word comes from the ancient Greek meaning might,
power or strength. The name is not misplaced. On July 22 last year the
operation climaxed with the tragic killing of 27-year-old Jean Charles
de Menezes in a carriage deep underground at Stockwell tube station in
London. The young Brazilian was innocent, shot seven times in the head
by two undercover officers from Scotland Yard's elite firearms unit
known as CO19. It was a disastrous case of mistaken identity.
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