I am only playing Devil's Advocate.... It wasn't a war crime because although this is a war on terror errrr we're not at war
As soon as the statistics say that we are more likely to get wasted by a 'gun totin cop' over 'Tommy Terrorist' then I'm afraid that they have won...and we will be a police state like it or not.
cazatou has hit the nail on the head - This was an unlawful killing and ranks alongside the 'chair leg' incident, the details of which escape me now but needless to say the two oficers are up for murder!
I suspect that Tony Blair's policy of hanging out to dry anyone who's spur of the moment actions might reflect badly on him are coming to a head - I suspect that soon our security forces will stop playing his little game... and then, to quote Sir R. Mottram "We're all fu***d
Navaleye - when you say shoot first and ask questions afterwards, I take it that doesn't apply to Mrs Navaleye?