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More bombs??
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:52:20 GMT, Bob Wood wrote in
, seen in uk.railway: In , Bob Wood typed: [...] Eyewitness claiming small explosion in a rucksack - no casualties. I don't know which site this refers to. Also, train managed to continue to Warren Street where it was evacuated. I don't know whether this is the same incident. Radio 5 has just reported that these might be very small explosions - they are suggesting "detonators only". BBC News 24 report that LU "sources" are saying that nailbombs *without explosive* are involved, and the explosions are indeed detonators only. All unconfirmed, of course. 1 person injured at Warren Street according to BT Police (via BBC News 24). No injuries reported at the other two LU locations, nor on the bus. Some very sick copycats? -- Ross, Lincoln, UK We're *not* afraid http://www.werenotafraid.com |
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Ross wrote: Some very sick copycats? My immediate thought too. Looks like an amateur copy, done because it would be "funny". PhilD -- |
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The worry is how many of us could lay our hands on dets and the
knowledge to use them in less than 2 weeks in order to cash in on someone else's work? No doubt the conspiracy theorists will be having another field day soon. |
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In oups.com,
PhilD typed: Ross wrote: Some very sick copycats? My immediate thought too. Looks like an amateur copy, done because it would be "funny". I doubt it. I don't think a copy-cat would go to the extent of 4 almost simultaneous incidents. -- Bob |
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Bob Wood wrote:
In oups.com, PhilD typed: Ross wrote: Some very sick copycats? My immediate thought too. Looks like an amateur copy, done because it would be "funny". I doubt it. I don't think a copy-cat would go to the extent of 4 almost simultaneous incidents. I think London got lucky this time. One of the reports on BBC World service (30 minutes ago) had the bus driver reporting a split open rucksack, with white powder spilling out. My suspicion is that these were real bombs, but the main charges failed to detonate. Modern high explosives are pretty insensitive, and it require a detonator or blasting cap to get them going. Perhaps they were constructed incompetantly, or home made explosives were used which did not work. We'll know in a few days, I guess. pt |
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Peter Trei wrote:
[...] One of the reports on BBC World service (30 minutes ago) had the bus driver reporting a split open rucksack, with white powder spilling out. My suspicion is that these were real bombs, but the main charges failed to detonate. Modern high explosives are pretty insensitive, and it require a detonator or blasting cap to get them going. Another theory - these guys were set to go but police nabbed the explosives they were planning to use, but they decided to go ahead anyway (with fake explosives!). Doesn't seem likely, but neither does being as organised as they seem to have been but none of the devices working... |
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Simon Lane wrote: Peter Trei wrote: [...] One of the reports on BBC World service (30 minutes ago) had the bus driver reporting a split open rucksack, with white powder spilling out. My suspicion is that these were real bombs, but the main charges failed to detonate. Modern high explosives are pretty insensitive, and it require a detonator or blasting cap to get them going. Another theory - these guys were set to go but police nabbed the explosives they were planning to use, but they decided to go ahead anyway (with fake explosives!). Doesn't seem likely, but neither does being as organised as they seem to have been but none of the devices working... There's a certain logic to the bombs being badly made. I can't imagine it's easy to test bombs. |
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Neil Sluman wrote:
[...] There's a certain logic to the bombs being badly made. I can't imagine it's easy to test bombs. I'm hearing (PM, R4) that these devices were of a similar construction to the 7/7 ones. They all worked that time, none this time; maybe they had someone else provide detonators this time? |
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Neil Sluman wrote:
[...] There's a certain logic to the bombs being badly made. I can't imagine it's easy to test bombs. I'm hearing (PM, R4) that these devices were of a similar construction to the 7/7 ones. They all worked that time, none this time; maybe they had someone else provide detonators this time? |
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On 21 Jul 2005 08:50:23 -0700, "Neil Sluman"
wrote: Simon Lane wrote: Peter Trei wrote: [...] One of the reports on BBC World service (30 minutes ago) had the bus driver reporting a split open rucksack, with white powder spilling out. My suspicion is that these were real bombs, but the main charges failed to detonate. Modern high explosives are pretty insensitive, and it require a detonator or blasting cap to get them going. Another theory - these guys were set to go but police nabbed the explosives they were planning to use, but they decided to go ahead anyway (with fake explosives!). Doesn't seem likely, but neither does being as organised as they seem to have been but none of the devices working... There's a certain logic to the bombs being badly made. I can't imagine it's easy to test bombs. "Co-op mixture" made with the wrong type of weedkiller wouldn't seem to be too far-fetched a mistake for an amateur bomb-maker to make. One of various news reports had mention of a "white powder" in conjunction with a rucksack at one location. |
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