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SAS Troops Posing as Homeless on UK Streets Amid Terror Fears

posted by takyon on Sunday June 18 2017, @07:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-they-beg-for-taxes dept.

n1 writes:

Armed SAS troops have reportedly been deployed to key positions in busy streets across the UK, with hopes that the tactic will have soldiers poised for any unfolding terror attacks.

One source told The Mirror: "The view is there are so many homeless people out there undercover operators will remain safe and anonymous.

[...] Another source claimed to the paper that the operation had been ongoing for "some time", with soldiers stationed around transport hubs and shopping centres.

Soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing have reportedly been drafted for the operation.

Source: The Sun

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:12PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:12PM (#527591)

    As soon as they learn to code, every homeless person will become rich and famous, just like Michael David Crawford.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:45PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:45PM (#527605)

    or you could end up like this guy:

    http://www.newworldwar.org [newworldwar.org]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:51PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:51PM (#527609)

      Sure because "blogging" === "coding" somehow.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @04:41AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @04:41AM (#527731)

        Sure because "blogging" === "coding" somehow.

        Hey, why not?, after all, it's also a 'job' as far as 'millennials' are concerned...

        (cf. http://www.emmagannon.co.uk/2017/06/05/news-im-in-the-latest-microsoft-tv-advert/, [emmagannon.co.uk] https://youtu.be/t4G12L8d6j4 [youtu.be] Warning: Content of said site and video will offend your sensibilities..)

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        • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Monday June 19 2017, @10:22AM

          by TheRaven (270) on Monday June 19 2017, @10:22AM (#527838) Journal
          Wow. Just.. wow. We all remember the love affair with our first Windows PC? Sure, in that kind of 'OMG, I'm so glad to be out of that abusive relationship' way, I suppose.
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      • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday June 19 2017, @08:09AM

        by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday June 19 2017, @08:09AM (#527803) Journal

        Of course it is. After all, as modern blogger you write in Unicode! ;-)

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