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Experts: Latest London Blasts Amateurish
| Picked right up on that, didn't they? |
 The explosions that struck London subway trains and a bus Thursday appeared less sophisticated than the deadly attacks that hit the British capital two weeks ago, terrorism experts said.
| I'd guess the Brit cops have so many people either under surveillance or rounded up that the Bad Guyz had to bring up some minor leaguers. |
Explosions forced the evacuations of three Underground train stations and hit a double-decker bus early Thursday afternoon, authorities said. They reported one person injured. In the July 7 attacks, four suicide bombers killed 52 other people on three Underground trains and a bus. Jeremy Binnie, an analyst with the London-based Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center, said there were key differences between Thursday's explosions and the previous blasts.
| Not much gets by old Jeremy... |
The latest ones did not take place at rush hour, they targeted more outlying stations, and "if there were bombs, they seem to have been duds," Binnie said. "It seems much more amateurish in many ways," he told The Associated Press. That could suggest they were a copycat operation, but Binnie cautioned that it was too early to tell. He noted that investigations into the July 7 blasts showed signs there could be a second cell in existence.
| Yeah, but I'm guessing it's Islamic copycats... |
Posted by: Fred 2005-07-22 |
