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More grief on the underground ?
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:38 pm
by Villa
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:40 pm
by Nixon
Yeah watching TV now
Accordinging to ITV, a small explosion on a bus in Hackney
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:21 pm
by Night
Wanna meet up for beerage Villar ?
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:39 pm
by Villa
LOL, just saw a guy getting jumped by armed police outside, and dragged away.
Now they've shut the doors of my building
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:40 pm
by Nixon
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:45 pm
by Villa
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:45 pm
by Angus
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:48 pm
by Nixon
Yeah, anyone watching TV saw that guy getting lifted at gun point.
Any idea as to when you get off work then?
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:51 pm
by Angus
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:54 pm
by Villa
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:57 pm
by Nixon
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
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:10 pm
by Noxin
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:37 pm
by Villa
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:41 pm
by Noxin
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:49 pm
by Buster
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?