2005-07-07 08:43![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineI hope you Londoners were nothing more than inconvenienced, but it's sounding as if several dozen had a much lousier day than that.
So far, listening to NPR, it sounds like the IRA is almost assuredly NOT behind this (no coded warning, conducted during high-traffic time, etc), and a few of the terrorism experts are leaning towards Al Qaeda as far as MO and apparent motivation. One of the former CIA agents who spoke out critically of the G8 leaders made what to me was a very interesting point - if it -was- AQ, the current administration is going to be -very- reluctant to say so, because they've been trying to convince the world that "it's back was broken," and that it was no longer a threat (despite, you know, that OBL asshole is still running around. . . remember him?).
Sorry, Don, I don't think it was rabid duck-squeezers, but I'll buy you a non-alcoholic beer if I'm wrong.
So far, listening to NPR, it sounds like the IRA is almost assuredly NOT behind this (no coded warning, conducted during high-traffic time, etc), and a few of the terrorism experts are leaning towards Al Qaeda as far as MO and apparent motivation. One of the former CIA agents who spoke out critically of the G8 leaders made what to me was a very interesting point - if it -was- AQ, the current administration is going to be -very- reluctant to say so, because they've been trying to convince the world that "it's back was broken," and that it was no longer a threat (despite, you know, that OBL asshole is still running around. . . remember him?).
Sorry, Don, I don't think it was rabid duck-squeezers, but I'll buy you a non-alcoholic beer if I'm wrong.
