Brussels

[MK Shrimper]

Where abouts is the line, west of which we start caring about these atrocities? Somewhere like Budapest I would suggest. I'm as much from Ankara as I am Brussels. Guess it's a lot closer to home, hence my point about the line. Also with Turkey being 'a Muslim country' there is a reduced sense of sympathy for civilian fatalities. Hmmmm, doesn't sit well with me at all.

Not just Turkey, there's car bombs and suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc on a daily basis that take 100s of lives but barely make a couple of lines in the papers or a 30sec mention on the BBC.

As you say, Brussels and Paris and their citizens look more like London than a market in Baghdad so it's gets more attention.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I haven't been for a while but I know at Belfast airport during the troubles you had to have your cases screened before entering the terminal. The system worked well. The secret is to have plenty of X-ray machines so that queues don't form.

The security services have just started to train for up to 10 simultaneous attacks on London. lets be careful out there.

Remember a similar system in operation at Moscow airport a few years back.There were huge queues outside the airport.As others have pointed out they're a magnet for suicide bombers.And yes there were plenty of X-ray machines in operation once you got into the terminal building.

 

[Napster]

Remember a similar system in operation at Moscow airport a few years back.There were huge queues outside the airport.As others have pointed out they're a magnet for suicide bombers.And yes there were plenty of X-ray machines in operation once you got into the terminal building.

St Petersburg as well back in 2009 when I went - but inside there were beer vending machines, which was cool.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Remember a similar system in operation at Moscow airport a few years back.There were huge queues outside the airport.As others have pointed out they're a magnet for suicide bombers.And yes there were plenty of X-ray machines in operation once you got into the terminal building.

I travelled through Moscow about 2 years ago for work, remember security being very tight - took a long time to get through security, we had our bags scanned and searched twice going outbound.

However you could still have theoretically walked into the terminal, left a suitcase (with explosives) near the checkout desk and walked away unoticed...

the real security nightmares are places like Bluewater and Lakeside

 

[Mad Cyril]

I travelled through Moscow about 2 years ago for work, remember security being very tight - took a long time to get through security, we had our bags scanned and searched twice going outbound.

However you could still have theoretically walked into the terminal, left a suitcase (with explosives) near the checkout desk and walked away unoticed...

the real security nightmares are places like Bluewater and Lakeside

Not to mention The Royals and Victoria Shopping Centre.

 

[wakes123]

Where abouts is the line, west of which we start caring about these atrocities? Somewhere like Budapest I would suggest. I'm as much from Ankara as I am Brussels. Guess it's a lot closer to home, hence my point about the line. Also with Turkey being 'a Muslim country' there is a reduced sense of sympathy for civilian fatalities. Hmmmm, doesn't sit well with me at all.

This is a good point and I'm uneasy with it to.

Why didn't Wembley light up with the Turkish flag, after the Ankara attacks a couple of weeks ago (that killed a lot more people)? Seems some lives matter more than others to the media.

 

[Pubey]

And now in Lahore as well. Christian families and children targeted in a park. Over 7O killed.

 

[Benfleet A1]

And now in Lahore as well. Christian families and children targeted in a park. Over 7O killed.

And another 40 odd in Iraq at a football tounament. That's a lot of flags to fly and a lot of gatherings at Trafalgar Square.

 

[rigsby]

And another 40 odd in Iraq at a football tounament. That's a lot of flags to fly and a lot of gatherings at Trafalgar Square.

Sadly many of them children aged 10 to 16 as they collected their trophies. You can picture a scene of family joy just seconds before as I'm sure most of us have been in that same scenario as a child or adult.

I would like to see the world of football speak out. I doubt they will