by Wildwell » Tue 12 Jul 2005, 22:27:58
Another complete load of garbage. The bombers have been caught, it's a bunch of misguided kids from Leeds, ok?
Everything else mentioned in that article has been explained.
For example, the power surge was how the explosions were picked up by the electrical controllers as the circuit breakers tripped out. Because cables were probably damaged, it was probably not apparent to electrical/signal controllers exactly what had gone wrong. They can't see these trains, for example Piccadilly line control is at Earl's court several miles away.
More likely after the incident, it was reported by LUL control to the national grid, while the grid controllers were looking into their systems it was probably reported to the media that is was a power failure. The tube was closed soon after and all explosions were simultaneous, therefore no one else was put at risk. People were not 'streaming onto the subway'.
The Israeli thing has been denied, pure rumour.
I saw somewhere, in another article, that the BBC is state run. Incorrect, the BBC is not state run it's a corporation funded by a TV license fee. It doesn't always support the government, far from it. Eg Falklands war, Iraq WMDs. There are plenty of other news sources that are not controlled in any way.
If you want my opinion on how the British people will react, they will carry on as normal the best they can. Sadly, I think there will be a backlash against some Muslim communities. People will probably insist the trouble makers are rounded up before any sort of ID is brought in. The coming days I think the government is going to have to answer serious questions over security and possibly immigration – even though these people were British born.
Get used to it, there' people in this world that do not like the US and its allies. Individuals are more than capable of bombing soft targets if they so feel, it doesn't take a government conspiracy for a few disaffected kids to get bomb making instructions off the internet, taking a train to London and blowing themselves up. Hopefully the same thing won’t happen to the US.