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2005-07-21 Britain

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-21 09:44|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wantabe or no, terror is terror, as in causing mass panick and fear, etc.

Posted by Captain America 2005-07-21 09:55|| 2005-07-21 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Intent was there, even if the execution failed.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-21 10:02|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-21 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 We still have to see what is going on in this hospital...

Posted by Dutchgeek 2005-07-21 10:03|| 2005-07-21 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 devices had been found but appeared to have been dummies, containing no explosives

A wannabe sounds likely but it would be consistent with many other articles that we have read that they do dummy runs.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-21 10:43|| 2005-07-21 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 it would be consistent with many other articles that we have read that they do dummy runs.

When they do dummy runs, it's done without explosives just to get timing down and check security measures. This sounds like someone did a bad job of putting the bombs together.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-21 11:07|| 2005-07-21 11:07|| Front Page Top

#6 After reading the other articles, I agree.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-21 11:09|| 2005-07-21 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 So, after all this, of what value have all the cameras and surveillance around London proven themselves to be?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-21 11:13|| 2005-07-21 11:13|| Front Page Top

#8 So, after all this, of what value have all the cameras and surveillance around London proven themselves to be?

Slightly more useful than moderate Muslims.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-21 11:25|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-21 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Heh. Those cameras are going to turn up a lot of footage resembling Benny hill sequences, methinks.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-07-21 12:13|| 2005-07-21 12:13|| Front Page Top

#10 da da duhduh dada duh duh

Posted by Howard UK 2005-07-21 12:22|| 2005-07-21 12:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Hilarious Bulldog - you ever eat at Rasa Express on the Euston Road? Walked out of the place and there was ethe world and his aunt going down to Warren Street tube. I reckon news got out that they'd got one alive. Even Traffic Wardens were being bused in for a go.. Have been to pub. Strange day.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-07-21 12:25|| 2005-07-21 12:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Ah Pubs! Good O. Chin up and all that. Nothing the Royal Flying Corps can't handle.

Posted by Have Tongs Will Travel 2005-07-21 13:46|| 2005-07-21 13:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Afraid not, Howard. At least, I don't think so. Know the Mason's Arms, Marylebone, pretty well though. There's reputedly a tunnel leading to the old site of the Tyburn Tree in the basement there - would be a good place to take a un-ex-plodeydope for a pint and packet of scratchings before re-enacting one of London's historical spectacles.

Posted by Bulldog ">Bulldog 2005-07-21 13:59|| 2005-07-21 13:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Just reminds me of back in the 60's when I was in High School some greaser got ahold of some blasting oil and set it off in a locker. All it did was burn, it never detonated. If they tried the same method that worked with other home brew stuff on AM/Oil they might have wondered why they didn't get an earth shattering KABOOM! only alot of bad smelling smoke.

Posted by bruce 2005-07-21 15:54|| 2005-07-21 15:54|| Front Page Top

#15 After last week's bombing there was speculation that the bombers might not have known they were doing a suicide mission - that the bombs contained timers and may have been expected to detonate a half-hour later than they did. I don't recall the exact details.

This week, we have a similar attack, but in which the detonators alone exploded. I wonder if maybe the bombers pulled the detonators out to avoid becoming unwilling martyrs? I have no experience w/ explosives, so I don't know if that's possible.

Posted by BH 2005-07-21 18:12|| 2005-07-21 18:12|| Front Page Top

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