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Bombs used on 7/21 were packed with nails and bolts
2005-07-23
The four devices used to target innocent Tube and bus passengers during yesterday's lunch hour in London are all believed to have been nail bombs. Each of the explosive packages is thought to have been packed with nails, nuts and bolts in an attempt to create maximum casualties. Terrorism experts said the attacks were markedly different from those on July 7, which used conventional bombs to kill people with the impact of the blast. This time the terrorists were aiming to kill and cause horrific injuries on a wider scale with deadly shrapnel packed into the bombs. Their target was not early-morning commuters - but families and tourists travelling in the lunch hour. One security source said: "This was another attempt to bring mass murder to London. We have had an amazingly lucky escape."
Posted by:Seafarious

#5  its possible that during the packing of the nails and bolts, the detonation-bomb link was damaged

Posted by: mhw   2005-07-23 21:28  

#4  Pure stupidity. In a restricted space like the Tube using the space and weight available for additional explosive would be FAR more deadly than nails and bolts (a lot of them will be anyway syopped by the speparations between wagons).
Posted by: JFM   2005-07-23 08:39  

#3  Thank goodness they had only the B-squad bombmaker!
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-23 05:57  

#2  Yeah, wheres big Ken at now? Tell us again how peace full muslims are.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-23 00:48  

#1  A Paleo-type "specialty," no? And no Antiwar(s) to laud the bombers. I'm disappointed. Really.
Posted by: ex-lib   2005-07-23 00:03  

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