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Incident on London Underground

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    #122
    AndyBoBandy
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    And people stopping to take photos on their phones :rolleyes:

    Those photos may very well help someone in a few weeks/months to identify the next potential IED being deployed somewhere!


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    #123
    todders
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    gitzy16v wrote: »
    Im no bomb expert.

    Clearly. Nor are many people here would be my guess.

    That's probably why they don't comment specifically on something they know nothing about....


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    #124
    bilston
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    Looks like London got very lucky this morning. Still 18 people injured.

    The big worry has got to be that the person or people responsible are still at large and will know that the hunt is on for them.


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    #125
    gitzy16v
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭gitzy16v


    todders wrote: »
    Clearly. Nor are many people here would be my guess.

    That's probably why they don't comment specifically on something they know nothing about....

    I was right,confirmed the MET,so CLEARLY I know something but Im not an expert.
    Get back in your box.


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    #126
    vicwatson
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    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    Those photos may very well help someone in a few weeks/months to identify the next potential IED being deployed somewhere!

    Yeh? they might not have existed had a secondary IED went of in the bottom of the bucket, get the **** outta there, end of, person that took the pic i saw earlier might not have lived, instead takes time to photograph the damn thing


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    #127
    A Little Pony
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    Only because it didn't ignite are we not looking at people dead in the double figures. But sure Sadiq Khan the worst London mayor of all time said it's normal in a big city.


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    #128
    The_Valeyard
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    This could have been so much worse this morning.


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    #129
    biZrb
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    Police have put an appeal out for photos and videos:
    https://ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk/upload/choose

    While there is no way I'd hang around to take photos or videos of an event like that, they can help in the investigation.


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    #130
    Maddux Weak Tarp
    Posts: 0 ✭ Maddux Weak Tarp


    Someone must have lit a candle to prevent the IED from going off...

    Yea, but in all seriousness, continues to be the case that nothing is being done and will continue to happen until the known Jihad fighters scumbags & Training centers masqueraded as Mosques are dealt with

    Oh and stop calling the Muslim rapist gangs 'Asians' in the mainstream media that would help


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    #131
    jacksie66
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    #132
    fr336
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    Rory Rigney, said he had just got on the tube train - one of the last to board - when the explosion happened only a few feet away.

    “I thought ‘did someone smash something’. It sounded like a smash then I heard a scream and thought ‘it’s someone having a fight’. Then I saw the fireball coming towards me - yellow or orange. My face still feels warm. I wasn’t hanging around to get a better look at it,” he told reporters.


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    #133
    fr336
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    Met police sources have said the device only partially exploded.

    Initial examination of the device by explosive experts have led them to conclude it was “viable”, meaning it was meant to explode more fully.


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    #134
    AndyBoBandy
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Yeh? they might not have existed had a secondary IED went of in the bottom of the bucket, get the **** outta there, end of, person that took the pic i saw earlier might not have lived, instead takes time to photograph the damn thing

    And I might have plucked up the courage to kiss that girl that was giving me the eye in the club all those years ago. and had a much better life because of it.

    My point is, its after the fact.
    People are inquisitive, People will stop to take photo's of anything these days. was it a stupid thing to do? probably. Was it dangerous? probably. Fact is someone did take all of 1/2 seconds to take a photo of something ,and now those photo's exist, and perhaps could help people identify the next IED.


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    #135
    munsterlegend
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    Judging by Donald Trump's tweet Scotland Yard are aware who was responsible.


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    #136
    A Little Pony
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    Someone predicted it on August 21st. What are the security services doing..


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    #137
    Maddux Weak Tarp
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    A Little Pony wrote: »


    Someone predicted it on August 21st. What are the security services doing..

    He's the former Special Forces guy isn't he??
    It's absolute madness.


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    #138
    AndyBoBandy
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    A Little Pony wrote: »


    Someone predicted it on August 21st. What are the security services doing..

    kick footballs at a goal all day from the halfway line and eventually one will go in


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    #139
    A Little Pony
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    M!Ck^ wrote: »
    A Little Pony wrote: »


    Someone predicted it on August 21st. What are the security services doing..

    He's the former Special Forces guy isn't he??
    It's absolute madness.
    I think so, don't know much about him.


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    #140
    kopite386
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    Security officials are now saying there was a timer on the device meaning whoever put it there wasn't around when the device exploded


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    #141
    Podge_irl
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    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Judging by Donald Trump's tweet Scotland Yard are aware who was responsible.

    Yeah, cause he is a reliable source of information.


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    #142
    BillyBobBS
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    kopite386 wrote: »
    Security officials are now saying there was a timer on the device meaning whoever put it there wasn't around when the device exploded

    That would indicate to me they are working alone and obviously were not prepared to die which beggers the reasons why? It's possible they wanted to live and place other devices in public places.


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    #143
    Billy86
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Yeah, cause he is a reliable source of information.

    Now now, I'm sure he wouldn't jump to conclusions and would want to get the "full details" before passing any comment, just like he said after the neo Nazi terrorist attack in the US...


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    #144
    gandalf
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    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Judging by Donald Trump's tweet Scotland Yard are aware who was responsible.

    That Muppet can't even keep his own country in order! He should keep his nose out of situations he has no idea about.


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    #145
    munsterlegend
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Yeah, cause he is a reliable source of information.

    Well Britain do share everything with the US from an intelligence perspective on these events.


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    #146
    weldoninhio
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    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    That would indicate to me they are working alone and obviously were not prepared to die which beggers the reasons why? It's possible they wanted to live and place other devices in public places.

    Exactly, and the authorities will know their face now. All trains have CCTV. A friend of mine was on the train, got off a few stops before Parsons.


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    #147
    flaneur
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    I'm sure the security services are very aware of the risks. To be fair to the UK security services they have generally been doing a fantastic job of responding to and preventing attacks. They've foiled quite a few and I'm sure we aren't hearing about many others they've prevented too.

    It's an extremely difficult nut to crack.


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    #148
    gandalf
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    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    That would indicate to me they are working alone and obviously were not prepared to die which beggers the reasons why? It's possible they wanted to live and place other devices in public places.

    We could go the tinfoil hat route and say it was a false flag operation ;)

    It's early days let's see what comes out of the wash over the next few hours and days.


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    #149
    BillyBobBS
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    gandalf wrote: »
    We could go the tinfoil hat route and say it was a false flag operation ;)

    It's early days let's see what comes out of the wash over the next few hours and days.

    The tin foil hat brigade are absolute clowns. There is nothing tin foil about this. These people want us all dead and aren't going away. I refuse to accept the view of the London mayor and others who view this as "part and parcel" of life in a big city.


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    #150
    The_Kew_Tour
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    flaneur wrote: »
    I'm sure the security services are very aware of the risks. To be fair to the UK security services they have generally been doing a fantastic job of responding to and preventing attacks. They've foiled quite a few and I'm sure we aren't hearing about many others they've prevented too.

    It's an extremely difficult nut to crack.

    And thats the scary part. They are doing immense job and yet we still have plenty of attacks this year. And only going get worse as thats what some are accepting


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    #151
    Maddux Weak Tarp
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    flaneur wrote: »
    I'm sure the security services are very aware of the risks. To be fair to the UK security services they have generally been doing a fantastic job of responding to and preventing attacks. They've foiled quite a few and I'm sure we aren't hearing about many others they've prevented too.

    It's an extremely difficult nut to crack.

    No they haven't.
    It's reactive measures at last minute.

    Preventing the problem is getting to the route cause.


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