>>>To be fair to Naomi the reporting here in the UK highlighted the fact that 1 Briton was amongst the dead. I think its human nature.
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>>The same here. They also reported one Cypriot killed. And if I am not mistaken it is the same person. (Yacht magnat)
>>He was British Cypriot, holder of both passports. At the scene he had 'wrong' one on him, and that (according to article) is
>>what got him killed.
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>>However this was really gruesome event. Unlike with bombings, I belive this is first terrorist act where people were
>>directly targeted by nationality (singled out / shot)
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>This was common practice among Palestinian terrorists in the 60s and 70s. Munich, Achille Lauro, numerous hijackings. Those who were identified as Jews ( or, in some cases, Americans ) were singled out to be murdered.
This is ancient history. I was talking about this 'new brew' , 21st century terrorisam.
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>Of course, if we "profile" people to increase our chances of finding those who want to kill us, this is a crime against humanity.
If you overdo that profiling, then you might get to the situation where this becomes so obvious
almost to the point of insulting everybody's intelligence.
>>World is getting more mad by the day.
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>In about a hundred years, then, they may catch up with me.
But then 'Doc' fixes that crucial clock on his time-machine and flies straight 'Back to the future' {vbg}