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2005-10-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

U. of Oklahoma Blast Is Apparent Suicide

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-10-02 11:39|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I find this story both unsatisfying and incomplete.

First they claim it was a suicide.

Then they claim that the swat team "Detonated Explosives" at the site of the blast.

These two reports indicate a partial explosion, leading me to think that it went off prematurely and was an incomplete explosion.

That just plain does NOT add up to Suicide.

I remember reading of radio that was used to blanket potential bombing targets to prevent "Boomers" from getting near enough to carry out their Bomb plans, this is what I think really happened.

First, the only safe way to carry explosives is to keep the detonator away from the main charge until needed.

I think a radio "Blanket" set off his detonator as he was approaching the Stadium, and before he had connected it to the main charge.

They ARE correct, it was indeed a "Suicide" but didn't go off quite as planned.

I think that a Suicide Bomber failed.

Good.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-02 12:58|| 2005-10-02 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Did OU loose again?

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-02 13:16|| 2005-10-02 13:16|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the 48 hour rule needs to be applied here - there are too many stories going around at the moment.

The freeper thread is currently over 1900 comments long!

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-10-02 15:39|| 2005-10-02 15:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Whbat was the gist?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-10-02 15:40|| 2005-10-02 15:40|| Front Page Top

#5 There's too many differing opinions Mrs D. That's one of the reasons I say we ought to wait 48 hours. One thing is for sure - with 84,000 people at the match, there's going to be plenty of stories floating about.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-10-02 15:49|| 2005-10-02 15:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Yah, we've got to give the Authorities time to come up with ~~lies~~ reasons this isn't terrorism, just like with time they came up with ~~lies~~ convincing explanations the shooting at LA International wasn't terrorism...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-10-02 15:55|| 2005-10-02 15:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I like the idea of a radio setting off the bomb. Makes sense, and a big college game would have a cluster of TV trucks pumping out a lot of RF.

I suspect we'll be told this fellow just meant to commit public suicide, but we'll find out later he's a ROPer, made jihadist noises, and had promised to make the news in a big way.

He just fucked up prematurely detonated.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-10-02 16:37|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-10-02 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Reports of a second explosive device take this out of the suicide category for me.

Posted by SteveS 2005-10-02 21:15|| 2005-10-02 21:15|| Front Page Top

#9 maybe a perfectionist?

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