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saul, was that Headline news? I'm on CNN.
posted by
kingmi
on July 21, 2005 at 5:54 PM
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According to CNN a few minutes ago, kingmi. John McGaughlin was sitting
in as analyst. Of course, they may have their information before the source, if you get my meaning.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 21, 2005 at 5:51 PM
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saul, Oh, OK. Do we know that?
posted by
kingmi
on July 21, 2005 at 5:45 PM
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Very plausible, kingmi, even possible. However,
I doubt if our London bombers are eco-terrorists, although it would be an excellent media ploy. In any event, I hope you turn out to be correct. The problem remains that the devices had explosives, they just weren't detonated.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 21, 2005 at 5:43 PM
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Some time ago, Vane...
posted by
saul_relative
on July 21, 2005 at 5:40 PM
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saul, no, the onlyother possible strategy, excluding failed triggers or fau
-ty devices, is the aftershock terror event, attempting to terrorize the victim without eradicating the central message containedin the bombings.
Many think that Islam wants to convert the West;
Some think that Al Q. wants Westerners out of the Middle East.
Perhaps, having attacked the WTC, one motif of the bombings is environmental. They used our airliners -- big smog producers - 3,000 dead. Maybe a kind of sick way of letting the punishment fit the crime.
Now in London, the deadly tube attack was the the attention-getter, motif transportation there, and the second tube attack was intended not to kill, but to terrorize, to instruct, and to reward. Subways are environmentally friendly.
posted by
kingmi
on July 21, 2005 at 5:17 PM
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saul
the world has gone crazy.
posted by
Vanidad
on July 21, 2005 at 4:41 PM
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