Wasn't it Tony Blair who said the world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein?
Gone slightly wrong since then
The three victims who died have been named as PC Keith Palmer, Aysha Frade and Kurt Cochran.
Pictures and more information about them:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39363933
That link also has some information about the injured. About 40 injured from 11 countries of whom 29 needed hospital treatment and seven of these are in a critical condition. No names have been released of those injured.
The attacker has not been named. He was British, known to the security services, but not "part of the current intelligence picture".
The man believed to have carried out the attack in Westminster has been named by police as Khalid Masood.
Kent-born Masood, who died in the attack, was not the subject of any current police investigations, but had a range of previous convictions.
The 52-year-old was believed to have been living in the West Midlands.
Police said there had been no prior intelligence about his intention to carry out an attack.
But he was known to the police and his previous convictions included GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.
His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife.
He had not been convicted of any terrorism offences.
El Loro posted:The man believed to have carried out the attack in Westminster has been named by police as Khalid Masood.
Kent-born Masood, who died in the attack, was not the subject of any current police investigations, but had a range of previous convictions.
The 52-year-old was believed to have been living in the West Midlands.
Police said there had been no prior intelligence about his intention to carry out an attack.
But he was known to the police and his previous convictions included GBH, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.
His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last conviction was in December 2003 for possession of a knife.
He had not been convicted of any terrorism offences.
This is the trouble there isn't the resources to keep all suspects under constant surveillance...and even if there was it wouldn't prevent these rogue attacks 
twitter & FB tw@ts are having the time of their lives..they all seem to know the quran, theyre shouting BRING ON BREXIT CLOSE THE BORDERS despite the fact the terrorist attacker was born in kent..sadiq khan apparently encourages attacks..TOMMY ROBINSON FOR PM..his idea of rule would be to kick p@kis heads in-send 'em all back..give him info on the national deficit & blow his tiny mind & his doc martens offa his feet
and its all the leftie liberals fault..it doesnt matter that a right wing party is at the helm & theresa may was, until recently, responsible for immigration
ive deleted shed loads from twitter & FB
pirate1111 posted:twitter & FB tw@ts are having the time of their lives..they all seem to know the quran, theyre shouting BRING ON BREXIT CLOSE THE BORDERS despite the fact the terrorist attacker was born in kent..sadiq khan apparently encourages attacks..TOMMY ROBINSON FOR PM..his idea of rule would be to kick p@kis heads in-send 'em all back..give him info on the national deficit & blow his tiny mind & his doc martens offa his feet
and its all the leftie liberals fault..it doesnt matter that a right wing party is at the helm & theresa may was, until recently, responsible for immigration
ive deleted shed loads from twitter & FB
makes me ashamed to be British Pirate and only fuels these lunatics.
pirate1111 posted:twitter & FB tw@ts are having the time of their lives..
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ive deleted shed loads from twitter & FB
I'm on F*c*book, but have as little to do with it as possible, and I wouldn't go on Twitter if you paid me.
It's at times like this that I feel certain I've made the right decision. 
Eugene's Lair posted:pirate1111 posted:twitter & FB tw@ts are having the time of their lives..
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ive deleted shed loads from twitter & FB
I'm on F*c*book, but have as little to do with it as possible, and I wouldn't go on Twitter if you paid me.
It's at times like this that I feel certain I've made the right decision.
Ditto Eugene
From 8 year old Hetty:
"Dear Police. You are doing a fantastic job. Thank you for keeping our country safe today and taking care of the people that have been hurt in London and keeping the prime minister safe. Your job is tricky but thank you for being brave as a police officer. Thank you so much. Love from Hetty x."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39379808
When the IRA bombed the mainland did people want to ban Irish or Catholics?
Saint posted:When the IRA bombed the mainland did people want to ban Irish or Catholics?
The Irish were looked down upon and mistrusted .....yes.
velvet donkey posted:I'd waterboard his corpse.
Whose corpse?
Take good care of yourself.
Saint posted:When the IRA bombed the mainland did people want to ban Irish or Catholics?
Well... Yes, actually.
Here's a reminder of the reaction to the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974:
"The bombings stoked considerable anti-Irish sentiment in Birmingham, which had an Irish community of 100,000. Irish people were ostracised from public places and subjected to physical assaults, verbal abuse and death threats. Both in Birmingham and across England, Irish homes, pubs, businesses and community centres were attacked, in some cases with firebombs. Staff at thirty factories across the Midlands went on strike in protest at the bombings, while workers at airports across England refused to handle flights bound for Ireland. Bridget Reilly, the mother of the two Irish brothers killed in the Tavern in the Town explosion, was herself refused service in local shops."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ngs#Initial_reaction
(I've removed the sources for clarity, but you can see them in the original article.)