DZJ 0 #1 June 29, 2007 From the BBC: QuoteTwo car bombs found in West End. Police say two separate explosive devices have been found in cars parked in London's West End. Details at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6255960.stm Always gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. Another demonstration, if one were needed, of the importance of constant vigilance - top marks to the paramedics who noticed the first car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #2 June 30, 2007 QuoteFrom the BBC: QuoteTwo car bombs found in West End. Police say two separate explosive devices have been found in cars parked in London's West End. reply] I'll bet it was Irish Separatists......no way it could have been Muslims. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #3 June 30, 2007 I'm waiting for the Truthers to come out and say it was a plot by Tony Blair... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites akarunway 1 #4 June 30, 2007 QuoteFrom the BBC: QuoteTwo car bombs found in West End. Police say two separate explosive devices have been found in cars parked in London's West End. Details at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6255960.stm Always gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. Another demonstration, if one were needed, of the importance of constant vigilance - top marks to the paramedics who noticed the first car.And to the lone cop that disarmed one by himself before anyone arrived.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DZJ 0 #5 June 30, 2007 I think that particular detail is a little speculative at the moment, and to be honest I'm somewhat concerned by it - if a policeman untrained in dealing with explosives is trying to disarm a bomb he runs a risk of simply setting it off, especially if it features any sort of anti-handling device. If that's indeed what happened here, I'd say we were lucky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Andy_Copland 0 #6 June 30, 2007 Yea but think of the credit he'd get. well worth the risk in his opinion.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #7 June 30, 2007 Agreed. When I first went to Bosnia in 97, they made sure to tell us about the sargeant that tried to disarm an antipersonnel mine and set it off. Best to wait until the professionals arrive, unless there's some overwhelming reason not to, like a timer ticking down...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #8 June 30, 2007 And how much would you like to wager that when arrests are made relating to the case, at least one of the suspects will have the first name "Mohammed"? Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skyrad 0 #9 June 30, 2007 Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #10 June 30, 2007 QuoteAnd how much would you like to wager that when arrests are made relating to the case, at least one of the suspects will have the first name "Mohammed"? Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. More importantly, notice a change in the MO, these were not to be a "suicide" bombing. These guys wanted to live to bomb another day. As to the policeman that grabbed the cell phone and run the hell away, I would submit that he probably did the right thing. A cell phone does not need to be wired to anything to be a trigger. GSM freqs are notoriously known for bleeding RF interference from the transceiver.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crozby 0 #11 July 1, 2007 QuoteAlways gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. I very much doubt it was dumb luck, it was just made to look that way to protect sources. Standard practice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #12 July 1, 2007 Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Kennedy 0 #13 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Always gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. I very much doubt it was dumb luck, it was just made to look that way to protect sources. Standard practice. zshou vil seece und dezizt vrom revee-link met-huds und zoor-sez, oor face zee coonzekwensez, vor dee hoomlant. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skyrad 0 #14 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Never here of a DA notice? News from NI often is restricted under a DA-Notice 05 or DA-Notice 01 As for the cheese maybe you can put it back in your ears close you eyes and keep on humming.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #15 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Never here of a DA notice? News from NI often is restricted under a DA-Notice 05 or DA-Notice 01 As for the cheese maybe you can put it back in your ears close you eyes and keep on humming. That's an easy thing to claim, you could write any old shit then claim it's because a DA notice covered it up. You have in fact heard about these bombs, what complete bollocks. And of course there are bombs and there are bombs. In NI Eniskillen's were rare and the backlash was counter productive. Dog bite's man, even if you won't admit it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skyrad 0 #16 July 1, 2007 I'm there your not, clearly you haven't a scooby.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #17 July 1, 2007 QuoteI'm there your not, clearly you haven't a scooby. Take your appeal to your own authority and shove it mate. You've made an idiotic claim about a coverup that being there offers you no insight into. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scoop 0 #18 July 2, 2007 Of all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #19 July 2, 2007 QuoteOf all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. I can only hope we're that competent. There is a difference however between concealing operationally sensitive information and suppressing the reportage of the discovery of a bombs in NI to make Tony Blair look good, which was the nonsense I was disputing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TypicalFish 0 #20 July 2, 2007 Quotetop marks to the paramedics who noticed the first car. And to the lone cop that disarmed one by himself before anyone arrived. N O S H I T."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skyrad 0 #21 July 2, 2007 QuoteQuoteOf all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. I can only hope we're that competent. There is a difference however between concealing operationally sensitive information and suppressing the reportage of the discovery of a bombs in NI to make Tony Blair look good, which was the nonsense I was disputing. OK so why haven't these (all in the last NINE MONTHS) been in the news in England? Do you really think that if these had been done by Muslims that we wouldn't all have heard about them? So why didn't anyone read about these in English newspapers or see it on the news at ten? http://www.utvinternet.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=81446&pt=n http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2693252&SectionID=3425 http://www.crosswalk.com/1205257/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6320785.stm Only on BBC NI website. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/26/europe/EU_GEN_NIreland_IRA_Dissidents.php http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/?jp=MHAUGBEYGBMH&rss=rss1 http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=77564&pt=n http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=61866 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=1856274 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=2230811 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=2230816 Outside of Northern Ireland these events mainly aren't reported and even in NI they dissapear from the news as soon as they surface. My being here meant that I knew about these events whereas you didn't, do you think its just a coinicidence that bombs in this part of the UK are not reported whereas any possible Islamic terrorism investigation recieves spotlight attention and front page news? Can you seriously belive that there isn't a cover up over whats really going on in Northern Ireland? Can you really not see why it would not be in the governments interest to keep quite the fact that bombs are reguarly planted in the UK.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,354 #22 July 2, 2007 Your one warning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #23 July 3, 2007 You're REALLY struggling, Some are duplicates, most ARE links to British news sites even if in *some* cases it is an Irish subsection it just says it's of more local interest. Several are small scale stuff and/or inanimate targets. A small device in an envelope in the garden of a minor ex-official is local News at best and despite your claims the stories are still available online. This stuff rarely ever made a splash in the mainland press, especially foiled plots, letterbombs & arson. The only worrying thing here is that you actually believe you have a point. Time for you to come in from the cold I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mr2mk1g 10 #24 July 3, 2007 Quote, most ARE links to British news sites Do you actually understand where Britain is? None of those were British news sites, (aside from the BBC Ireland page, a British page which is not usually shown to British citizens unless they go looking for it). And no, the "co.uk." doesn’t indicate Britain. Do I think there's a cover up? Nope - the Govt doesn't exercise nearly enough control over the media to achieve that. Do I think it's noteworthy that there are regular bombings in Northern Ireland which never even make the British papers never mind the world news? Yes, however you cut it that is odd. We get to hear about similar minor and foiled plots by ETA and oodles of stuff about Baghdad - why not PIRA et al bombings on our own doorstep? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dorbie 0 #25 July 3, 2007 Quote Do you actually understand where Britain is? I am British, born and bred, thanks. Do you know what an AP byline means? It's reach extends beyond NI. The claim being made is downright silly. Odd? Write a letter to the Times or whatever. 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mnealtx 0 #3 June 30, 2007 I'm waiting for the Truthers to come out and say it was a plot by Tony Blair... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #4 June 30, 2007 QuoteFrom the BBC: QuoteTwo car bombs found in West End. Police say two separate explosive devices have been found in cars parked in London's West End. Details at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6255960.stm Always gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. Another demonstration, if one were needed, of the importance of constant vigilance - top marks to the paramedics who noticed the first car.And to the lone cop that disarmed one by himself before anyone arrived.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #5 June 30, 2007 I think that particular detail is a little speculative at the moment, and to be honest I'm somewhat concerned by it - if a policeman untrained in dealing with explosives is trying to disarm a bomb he runs a risk of simply setting it off, especially if it features any sort of anti-handling device. If that's indeed what happened here, I'd say we were lucky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #6 June 30, 2007 Yea but think of the credit he'd get. well worth the risk in his opinion.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #7 June 30, 2007 Agreed. When I first went to Bosnia in 97, they made sure to tell us about the sargeant that tried to disarm an antipersonnel mine and set it off. Best to wait until the professionals arrive, unless there's some overwhelming reason not to, like a timer ticking down...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #8 June 30, 2007 And how much would you like to wager that when arrests are made relating to the case, at least one of the suspects will have the first name "Mohammed"? Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #9 June 30, 2007 Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #10 June 30, 2007 QuoteAnd how much would you like to wager that when arrests are made relating to the case, at least one of the suspects will have the first name "Mohammed"? Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. More importantly, notice a change in the MO, these were not to be a "suicide" bombing. These guys wanted to live to bomb another day. As to the policeman that grabbed the cell phone and run the hell away, I would submit that he probably did the right thing. A cell phone does not need to be wired to anything to be a trigger. GSM freqs are notoriously known for bleeding RF interference from the transceiver.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crozby 0 #11 July 1, 2007 QuoteAlways gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. I very much doubt it was dumb luck, it was just made to look that way to protect sources. Standard practice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #12 July 1, 2007 Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #13 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Always gratifying to read news of these plots being foiled, but disturbing that these two bombs seem to have been discovered by no other method than pure dumb luck. I very much doubt it was dumb luck, it was just made to look that way to protect sources. Standard practice. zshou vil seece und dezizt vrom revee-link met-huds und zoor-sez, oor face zee coonzekwensez, vor dee hoomlant. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #14 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Never here of a DA notice? News from NI often is restricted under a DA-Notice 05 or DA-Notice 01 As for the cheese maybe you can put it back in your ears close you eyes and keep on humming.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #15 July 1, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Funny how it makes news here and all around the world when this year alone at least three bombs that I know of have been discovered in Northern Ireland and no one heard a bloody thing. Can't have reality spoiling 'Tony's' leagacy now can we? So you're saying there's a BBC conspiracy to make Blair look good?Would you like some cheese with that whine? Never here of a DA notice? News from NI often is restricted under a DA-Notice 05 or DA-Notice 01 As for the cheese maybe you can put it back in your ears close you eyes and keep on humming. That's an easy thing to claim, you could write any old shit then claim it's because a DA notice covered it up. You have in fact heard about these bombs, what complete bollocks. And of course there are bombs and there are bombs. In NI Eniskillen's were rare and the backlash was counter productive. Dog bite's man, even if you won't admit it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #16 July 1, 2007 I'm there your not, clearly you haven't a scooby.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #17 July 1, 2007 QuoteI'm there your not, clearly you haven't a scooby. Take your appeal to your own authority and shove it mate. You've made an idiotic claim about a coverup that being there offers you no insight into. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #18 July 2, 2007 Of all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #19 July 2, 2007 QuoteOf all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. I can only hope we're that competent. There is a difference however between concealing operationally sensitive information and suppressing the reportage of the discovery of a bombs in NI to make Tony Blair look good, which was the nonsense I was disputing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TypicalFish 0 #20 July 2, 2007 Quotetop marks to the paramedics who noticed the first car. And to the lone cop that disarmed one by himself before anyone arrived. N O S H I T."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #21 July 2, 2007 QuoteQuoteOf all the car bombs, suicide plots and attacks being made we seem to do well to keep stumbling across them. So many resources have been ploughed into anti terrorist efforts the last few years with the growth of special branch as an example. Whilst I am unsure that there is any deliberate effort to cover up the investigative process (although this would make sense) leading to the discovery of these its still a very strange coincidence. So much goes on behind the scenes at a furious rate just to keep the public safe its unbelievable. Well done, police, SB and whoever else may have been involved. I can only hope we're that competent. There is a difference however between concealing operationally sensitive information and suppressing the reportage of the discovery of a bombs in NI to make Tony Blair look good, which was the nonsense I was disputing. OK so why haven't these (all in the last NINE MONTHS) been in the news in England? Do you really think that if these had been done by Muslims that we wouldn't all have heard about them? So why didn't anyone read about these in English newspapers or see it on the news at ten? http://www.utvinternet.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=81446&pt=n http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2693252&SectionID=3425 http://www.crosswalk.com/1205257/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6320785.stm Only on BBC NI website. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/26/europe/EU_GEN_NIreland_IRA_Dissidents.php http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/?jp=MHAUGBEYGBMH&rss=rss1 http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=77564&pt=n http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=61866 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=1856274 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=2230811 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=3425&articleid=2230816 Outside of Northern Ireland these events mainly aren't reported and even in NI they dissapear from the news as soon as they surface. My being here meant that I knew about these events whereas you didn't, do you think its just a coinicidence that bombs in this part of the UK are not reported whereas any possible Islamic terrorism investigation recieves spotlight attention and front page news? Can you seriously belive that there isn't a cover up over whats really going on in Northern Ireland? Can you really not see why it would not be in the governments interest to keep quite the fact that bombs are reguarly planted in the UK.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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dorbie 0 #23 July 3, 2007 You're REALLY struggling, Some are duplicates, most ARE links to British news sites even if in *some* cases it is an Irish subsection it just says it's of more local interest. Several are small scale stuff and/or inanimate targets. A small device in an envelope in the garden of a minor ex-official is local News at best and despite your claims the stories are still available online. This stuff rarely ever made a splash in the mainland press, especially foiled plots, letterbombs & arson. The only worrying thing here is that you actually believe you have a point. Time for you to come in from the cold I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #24 July 3, 2007 Quote, most ARE links to British news sites Do you actually understand where Britain is? None of those were British news sites, (aside from the BBC Ireland page, a British page which is not usually shown to British citizens unless they go looking for it). And no, the "co.uk." doesn’t indicate Britain. Do I think there's a cover up? Nope - the Govt doesn't exercise nearly enough control over the media to achieve that. Do I think it's noteworthy that there are regular bombings in Northern Ireland which never even make the British papers never mind the world news? Yes, however you cut it that is odd. We get to hear about similar minor and foiled plots by ETA and oodles of stuff about Baghdad - why not PIRA et al bombings on our own doorstep? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #25 July 3, 2007 Quote Do you actually understand where Britain is? I am British, born and bred, thanks. Do you know what an AP byline means? It's reach extends beyond NI. The claim being made is downright silly. Odd? Write a letter to the Times or whatever. Letter bombs, pipe bombs, arson, small bomb on road, all local dog bites man stuff. There was maybe one incident I thought was newsworthy further afield on that list, the foiled truck bomb with an unknown target. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites