Sri Lanka attack

• Guest 664

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  3 March 2009     12:2416498
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  Thoughts with the Sri Lankan cricket team today after the shocking attack by Muslim terrorists in Pakistan.
  
  The ramifications for world sport remain to be seen.
• Guest 660

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  3 March 2009     12:3216499
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  Yes of course Andrew and one of the people injured is Paul Farbrace who is of course local.
  If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
• Guest 664

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  3 March 2009     12:3216500
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  Indeed, former Kent cricketer and, I believe, a Dover Athletic fan.
• Guest 660

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  3 March 2009     14:5916506
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  I went to School with the Farbrace family,and one of the boys daughters played for Dover Ladies FC with my daughter.He appears to have just a schrapnel wound in his shoulder.
  If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
• howard mcsweeney1

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  3 March 2009     18:5516522
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  one of things that all militants knew was not to interrupt the cricket in pakistan, almost a religion there.
  
  in the old days of the troubles in ulster, paramilitaries knew to leave sportsman and sporting events alone.
  too much lost support there.
  
  
  getting back to today's incident, that bus driver showed incredible nerve, hope he gets recognised for it.
• Guest 640

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  3 March 2009     19:2416525
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  Howard yes just want to agree about the bus driver. I hope he gets the recognition he desrves. Ive just seen it on the news and he had tremendous nerve to keep the bus going despite bullets ripping into his cab. Had he not done so the carnage amongst the cricketers would have been worse.
  
  Whent he English cricket team deliberated recently about going abroad, I forget exactly where now was it Pakistan, but they got much criticism of the wuss variety...they werent all that daft as it turns out.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• howard mcsweeney1

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  3 March 2009     19:5916527
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  they had doubts about going to zimbabwe.
  that was a year or two ago.
• Brian Dixon

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  3 March 2009     20:0016528
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  paulb,it was india the mumbai job that stuffed every thing up.shame really.