the authorities may have shut down the cellphone network after the attacks to prevent the remote detonation of further bombs via cellphone, and this may explain some of the explosives which have been found which were unexploded.
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I believe it is one bus, not three. It could have been worse but don't jump the gun - there is a lot of censorship of the media atm and we have no idea how the casulty count will go.Tiger Ace wrote:so summery..3 buses, 6 subways, a host of alerts to defuse. this could have been ALOT worse.
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Three buses, confirmed on that. It was on the Beeb numerous times as "Three buses..etc"ALI_G wrote:I believe it is one bus, not three. It could have been worse but don't jump the gun - there is a lot of censorship of the media atm and we have no idea how the casulty count will go.Tiger Ace wrote:so summery..3 buses, 6 subways, a host of alerts to defuse. this could have been ALOT worse.
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What the fuck kind of bomb does that to a bus? That had to be a suicide.
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Yeah that was horrible, and was quickly pulled. There was no point in showing that - imagine what his relatives felt like seeing that?weemadando wrote:[really bad sarcasm]
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Rush-hour on the east coast starts in about 15 minutes.weemadando wrote:Another interesting point - how long till peak hour in East Coast US - or is that right about now?
To Valdemar: See that red thing on the ground next to the bus? That's its roof. Definitely more than 2.
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When I was listening to the World Service coverage, survivors of the train bombs were saying that the carriages that had the explosions on them were almost completely destroyed...Admiral Valdemar wrote:I find it hard to believe only two have died so far from those blasts. Those double-deckers are always packed and one was clearly almost cut in half. It's miraculous for anyone to survive that without major injury.
They need to confirm, so far their saying missing.Admiral Valdemar wrote:I find it hard to believe only two have died so far from those blasts. Those double-deckers are always packed and one was clearly almost cut in half. It's miraculous for anyone to survive that without major injury.
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No, a case discreetly "forgotten" will do just fine. A timer set for a few minutes...CaptainChewbacca wrote:What the fuck kind of bomb does that to a bus? That had to be a suicide.
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The BBC's correspondent said that the fatalities don't seem to be as high as Omagh, but honestly we will be very, very lucky if the fatality rate isn't as high as a hundred. So many bombs, so many packed carriages and buses - there must be many dead, sadly.
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Rush-hour in 15 minutes a major incident in London and they haven't gone to Brown alert yet? Dept Homeland Security is getting lax...CaptainChewbacca wrote:Rush-hour on the east coast starts in about 15 minutes.weemadando wrote:Another interesting point - how long till peak hour in East Coast US - or is that right about now?
Though it would REALLY be a worry if more than one city was hit.
And as for the bomb origin - given the size of the blasts, well made suicide bombs look most likely as there is atleast something left of that bus...
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I'd be guestimating around 150 final tally - of course, thats based on the reports from the witnesses of the train bombings. Anyone in the "ground zero" carriages wouldn't have had a chance by all accounts - especially when you factor in the explosion, the derailing and subsequent possibility of hazardous fumes and just general smoke. The SAR people going in are wearing biohazard suits for a reason.ALI_G wrote:The BBC's correspondent said that the fatalities don't seem to be as high as Omagh, but honestly we will be very, very lucky if the fatality rate isn't as high as a hundred. So many bombs, so many packed carriages and buses - there must be many dead, sadly. :(