A Bolt From The blue

Today's armed attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team has shocked one and all.Imagine a team going in a omnibus to play a cricket match and suddenly sourrounded by well-armed gunmen.These miscreants begin to fire at the team.A few players are injured.Five cops are killed.We see TV shots of the gunmen,armed to the teeth with assault rifles and grenades,running around with ease.Kudos to the cops who made the supreme sacrifice to prevent a mayhem.
First and foremost,it reminds one of 1972 Munich Olympics,when Palestinian gunmen took 16 sportsmen hostage and later flew out with them.They were killed without any resistance.There was no way in which they could have been saved.The Israeli athletes were unlucky.
Back to Lahore.The policemen who made the supreme sacrifice deserve a salute of the highest degree.They prevented the killing of the Sri Lankan players with the bravery of the highest order.Its true that a few Sri Lankan players were shot.But the timely action of the cops prevented more casualties.Otherwise,this day,the 3rd of March,2009 would have become the worst day in the sporting history of the world.Just imagine the headlines the following day in the press - "Sri Lankan cricket team gunned down"
God bless the cops.Their heroics will not go unsung.They deserve posthumous medals for their bravery and their sense of obligation.The world SALUTES them.Best Blogs