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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 10:13:00 -
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Not the Irish? Does anyone here REMEMBER the Docklands bomb?
Then again, since it has been shown that IRA splinter groups have worked with Al Quaeda before, how different is it? Just be careful if you send troops into Belfast please? I've got a great aunt living there...
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 10:23:00 -
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Looking at the reports, the terrorist angle doesn't ring true.
Whatever caused this, a little planning could have added zeroes to the number of people involved. If it was planned then it was planned to only harm a limited number of people, which would certainly rule out Al Quaeda since they always go for bodycount first.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 10:28:00 -
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I saw 20 hospitalised.
However, remembering previous British reporting, I suggest nobody pay too much attention to the numbers. They're most likely massaged to sell papers.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:14:00 -
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 Originally by: The Praetor
I'm amazed that there is confusion about who is behind this! Who the hell else blows up subways and buses? Canadians?! Come on people, take a wild guess...
There have been about 20 such attacks in London by Irish terrorists and about none by Islamist terrorists.
So that makes two suspects, both equally likely.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:26:00 -
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The ironic thing is that in late 2001 we were all shaking our heads and saying that it had only been a matter of time before terrorists struck at the US.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:38:00 -
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I was just told that the police have been on local news saying that there are reports of more bombs than there actually were because they're evacuating people out of multiple stations from one incident.
From the sound of things, if it was Al-Quaeda then the bodycount is going to be extremely low for their records.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 14:14:00 -
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Originally by: corporal hicks
I think really you should lay off the IRA topic, The IRA's agenda as regards the UK was to hurt the English Tax payer causing enough damage that they hoped the English people would just say to hell with this give them back Northren Ireland, people were killed and hurt but warnings were given in 99% of the incidents. I am not condoning this in anyway just showing the difference the IRA are as much Scum as the rest.
The IRA started giving warnings when people stopped believing them when they claimed responsibility after the fact. There was a joke that they would claim responsibility for your car backfiring.
They have shot babies at point blank range, blown the legs of pregnant women and more. Their warnings are always ambiguous and frequently fail to save lives, because they don't care how many people they kill, as long as they spread terror.
Sorry, but I've heard the 'warnings = not wanting to kill' fallacy too many times.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2005.07.07 15:58:00 -
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Whether or not this is the worst attack in England depends on how you do the maths. But it doesn't matter.
Do I believe the hitherto unheard-of group who claimed responsibility after nobody else had? No. Why should I? After all, someone claimed responsibility for 9/11 in the name of the DFLP but it turned out to be a hoax. If these nameless typists want me to believe it was them then they'll have to do a lot better than that.
I wonder what Bin Laden thinks of them claiming to be a part of his organisation? I hope it makes him miserable, because that has to be good in my book.
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