is there a stockpile of explosives in London?
26 July 2005, 11:42 AM
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is there a stockpile of explosives in London?
listened to a radio interview this morning with the woman who lives next door to one of last weeks failed London bombers.
She said very recently they were carting 10's of boxes (at least 50) out of the flat into a waiting vehicle.
When she joked what was in them he laughed and replied wallpaper paste.
Surely a major worry?
She said very recently they were carting 10's of boxes (at least 50) out of the flat into a waiting vehicle.
When she joked what was in them he laughed and replied wallpaper paste.
Surely a major worry?
26 July 2005, 11:52 AM
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I'm not so sure they would stockpile home made explosives in a ready to use state, I would guess they are too unstable to be kept for any length of time. However it could be the raw ingredients they purchased to make the explosives. It could have also been rucksacks and plastic food containers.
26 July 2005, 11:53 AM
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It may well have been the raw material, which is more worrying in some respects. If all their raw material was made in to explosives at the same time then it is all now dud. If they only used part of the stock and can make more, and it has been moved from that site, then yes, it is very worrying.
Hate to be a Jonha, but I think there will be another attack in some form or another within a matter of weeks.
Hate to be a Jonha, but I think there will be another attack in some form or another within a matter of weeks.
26 July 2005, 12:05 PM
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Inevitable, there are at least 4 on the run with nothing to lose, they are desperate men on the run. The worrying thing is that backpacks will be rather passe now, they will probably use some other method of concealing the bombs
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26 July 2005, 12:10 PM
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Bearing in mind the failed attackers are being hunted high and low I would say that they would want to attack sooner rather than later, they want to die for the cause and being captured wont be an option for them.
However Londoners are going to be so alert to anyone carrying large rucksacks that if they were to reappear now they would stick out a mile. I know when i've been on the tube lately anyone with a large bag/backpack gets looked up and down. Problem is the tube is full of travellers with backpacks so its not an uncommon sight.
The other worry is that the whole backpack method is dropped infavour of suicide belts which no one will be able to notice
However Londoners are going to be so alert to anyone carrying large rucksacks that if they were to reappear now they would stick out a mile. I know when i've been on the tube lately anyone with a large bag/backpack gets looked up and down. Problem is the tube is full of travellers with backpacks so its not an uncommon sight.
The other worry is that the whole backpack method is dropped infavour of suicide belts which no one will be able to notice
26 July 2005, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SPEN555
Wot u selling? mucky mags 
So much more degrading
26 July 2005, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by **************
Bearing in mind the failed attackers are being hunted high and low I would say that they would want to attack sooner rather than later, they want to die for the cause and being captured wont be an option for them.
However Londoners are going to be so alert to anyone carrying large rucksacks that if they were to reappear now they would stick out a mile. I know when i've been on the tube lately anyone with a large bag/backpack gets looked up and down. Problem is the tube is full of travellers with backpacks so its not an uncommon sight.
The other worry is that the whole backpack method is dropped infavour of suicide belts which no one will be able to notice
However Londoners are going to be so alert to anyone carrying large rucksacks that if they were to reappear now they would stick out a mile. I know when i've been on the tube lately anyone with a large bag/backpack gets looked up and down. Problem is the tube is full of travellers with backpacks so its not an uncommon sight.
The other worry is that the whole backpack method is dropped infavour of suicide belts which no one will be able to notice
26 July 2005, 12:17 PM
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However Londoners are going to be so alert to anyone carrying large rucksacks that if they were to reappear now they would stick out a mile. I know when i've been on the tube lately anyone with a large bag/backpack gets looked up and down. Problem is the tube is full of travellers with backpacks so its not an uncommon sight.
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26 July 2005, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Edcase
I am moving back to London in August and opening my business in Soho in October.
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26 July 2005, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by stevencotton
I work in Soho too, I just don't think about it. Cool place to work though, shame you'll miss the summer
26 July 2005, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bbc
Enfield Council confirmed he had been a tenant at Curtis House (since 1999), Ladderswood Way, and had been receiving £75 a week in housing benefit.
26 July 2005, 12:55 PM
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No, the neighbour said they were carting the boxes into the flat, not out of it and they explained they were for decorating.
Who knows how many boxes there were. People tend to exaggerate these things.
Who knows how many boxes there were. People tend to exaggerate these things.
26 July 2005, 04:32 PM
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They did find a car in Luton which sounded like it was being used as a cache.
And the media are giving the impression the Authorities are only looking for the men in connection with the failed bombings. What about the people involved in the ones that worked? Handlers? etc
And the media are giving the impression the Authorities are only looking for the men in connection with the failed bombings. What about the people involved in the ones that worked? Handlers? etc
26 July 2005, 04:38 PM
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most will be working on those that failed as theyre still on the run and are still more lethal than those who carried out the successful bombings....
either way Im sure the authorities are doing all they can
either way Im sure the authorities are doing all they can
26 July 2005, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by King RA
Did you know Slough has the biggest privatly owned trading estate in Europe?? I bet ya didnt.
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