More grief on the underground ?

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:38 pm

Just watching the news here at work.
Allegedly 3 tube stations with smoke coming out and evacuated.

Joy, my tube line has been suspended. Hope this gets sorted soon else I ain't going nowhere tonight.

Hmm.. they've just sealed our building off, and we're back to Amber Alert

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:40 pm

Yeah watching TV now

Accordinging to ITV, a small explosion on a bus in Hackney

Night · Post by **Night** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:21 pm

Wanna meet up for beerage Villar ?

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:39 pm

LOL, just saw a guy getting jumped by armed police outside, and dragged away.
Now they've shut the doors of my building

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:40 pm

Villa wrote:LOL, just saw a guy getting jumped by armed police outside, and dragged away.
Now they've shut the doors of my building

Your building is near downing street?

The guy kinda looked like you

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:45 pm

We are directly opposite.
At least, where I go out for a smoke is anyway, but now they've sealed the whole building off so no more smoke breaks

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:45 pm

Blergh, some cunt phoned the police saying their was a bomb in the Overgate (shopping centre) car park in Dundee, mates only just got to his car, ioh well, we should still make it for the start of FANTASTIC FOUR.

Yey

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:48 pm

Yeah, anyone watching TV saw that guy getting lifted at gun point.

Any idea as to when you get off work then?

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:51 pm

Im not watching the TV atm, jusyt waiting on lift. Although sounds like i really should be, think ill turn it on while i wait

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:54 pm

Hmm.. OK so all 4 bombs fail to detonate properly, and only the detonators explode.

My theory -
The intelligence services have infiltrated this group and had switched the explosives for duds, or in some way made some alterations.

Either that, or the guys involved were working from a 'bombs for dummies' manual which had a page missing.

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:57 pm

Villa wrote:Hmm.. OK so all 4 bombs fail to detonate properly, and only the detonators explode.

My theory -
The intelligence services have infiltrated this group and had switched the explosives for duds, or in some way made some alterations.

Either that, or the guys involved were working from a 'bombs for dummies' manual which had a page missing.

Only the second theory sounds plausible

Noxin · Post by **Noxin** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:10 pm

They were advanced military grade explosives..
Now I know explosives is explosives but it's the first time I've seen anyone use militray grade stuff like this, perhaps they wired them up wrong.

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:37 pm

I remember hearing reports many years ago about MI6 infiltrating the IRA and thwarting a number of incidents from within.
This could apply here, given that the kind of people responsible for the recent bombings don't seem to have the same kind of in-depth organisation or training as the old IRA.

I still suspect the intelligence services of having had a hand in preventing a very very nasty incident.

Noxin · Post by **Noxin** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:41 pm

Apparently the causulty figures from this one is, 0 deaths, 1 injured.
Now in order to be injured by the detonation of a detonator you have be pretty damn close to the thing.
I've exploded a couple myself (Obviously not military stuff but still..) you have to literally be right next to the bugger to get injured.
Kind of makes me think the guy placing it had an accident and injured himself rather than an innocent passer-by.

Post by **Buster** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:49 pm

Noxin wrote:They were advanced military grade explosives..

Is that true, not seen that reported anywhere.

All they probably mean is high grade C4 or C5, pretty nasty stuff even in small quantities.

@ Villa - you stil on amber? Is that the same state scale we all use?