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Originally posted by lifesaver
I do have to admire the brittish and their 'stiff upper lip' cause all of them on TV are pretty firm in their resolution to not let the terrorists win. Unlike the pussy Spanish when this happened there in March 2004.
On another note - while this barbarism is tragic, its somewhat reassuring that the terrorists are still only using TNT. Its relatively low-end technology and shows that they havent been able to get their hands on raidological dispersal devices, bio weapons or other WMD's. The explosions suck, but they could be a lot worse.
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I'm personally waiting to find out what if any connections are made to other terror groups in this attack... as in where did the bombers get their explosives? If the explosives were homemade/stolen locally then it is a lone cell... if the explosives are a little more comlpex then they had to come from somewhere, and this is what I'm interested - the connections between groups and their sources of support (material, monetary, and men).
So for example if they used semtex or some other military grade explosive, then it most likely was acquired from ETA or IRA stocks... the ETA may have provided explosives for finacial support (they are hurting with France and Spain nailing some long operating cells this year), or from the IRA (or its many off-shoots) "decommisioned" arms caches. On the positive side if it was military grade explosives the origin of the explosive will be easier to trace, as most explosives manufactured since the late 70s have chemical signatures left in the residue.