Police: Bomber died on bus (London)

[allemand]

The suspected bomber of the London bus attack has been identified as among the 13 who died, according to police sources.

Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said it was still not clear if the man had been a suicide bomber.

It follows witness reports of a man on the No 30 bus in an agitated state looking into his bag up to 12 times before the blast.

Brunt said police were poised to make a number of arrests in London.

More:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13385127,00.html

[gratuitous]

1. What in the hell are they doing in Great Britain???

Identifying the perpetrator, checking his history, arresting people? Oh, I suppose they're going to have a trial and stuff and develop evidence and produce witnesses, too!

Goddam namby-pambies! Don't they know that they're supposed to start invading other nations, bombing and shooting civilians, and generally acting like a three-year-old throwing a bad temper tantrum? A three-year-old with the biggest army and nuclear weapons, but a three-year-old nonetheless.

[allemand]

2. Bomber was killed in London bus blast -Sky TV

ONDON (Reuters) - The bomber responsible for the attack on a London bus last week was killed in the blast, Sky television reported on Tuesday, quoting police sources. (...)

Sky said a decapitated head found near the scene had been that of the bomber.

Forensic tests then led police to carry out raids on Tuesday in Leeds, northern England and to a car at Luton railway station north of London, Sky said.

A police source had earlier confirmed to Reuters that a head had been found but said it was thought to belong to a victim.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050712/ts_nm/security_britain_bomber_dc_1

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Now this is where it get interesting

hmmm cant wait for info on the person. The bus look like a mistake
ood one out hey.

[AlCzervik]

4. when another source not owned by Rupert Murdoch confirms this then i'll

believe it---maybe.

[Swede]

5. This is breaking news on CNN too.

They should be moving quickly to catch this cell now.

[Sydnie]

6. They didn't even get to use a nifty bullhorn

How could they be done with this investigation and be arresting people? No bullhorn, no flags, no invasions that were "their" idea but forced upon another "democratic nation" out of strong arming and fear ... they sure don't know how to stage a credible war on terror do they? :sarcasm:

Take a lesson blivet**. This is how you do it.

[LibDemAlways]

8. Treating these bombings as a crime.

Going after the perpetrators. Investigating. What novel ideas.

Ironic that the US "kick their asses...bomb the shit out of Afghanistan and Iraq" foreign policy, which Blair signed onto in the wake of 9/11, made last week's attack inevitable.

[Monkie]

7. then its likely the bomber was white,going out on a limb now this rumour

has been confirmed.
There have been unconfirmed rumours in the media about the possibility that the bomber is white,since that rumour coincided with this rumour and we also see in this report confirmation that there is a witness, then i think its fair to take the leap that this witness is the reason there have been reports in the media that the bombers might be white.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1525743,00.html

"The theories include:

The white mercenaries

A gang of white mercenaries was hired by al-Qaida to carry out the attacks. The suspects could be "clean skins" - Muslims from the Balkans with no previous links to terrorist groups and able to avoid security checks."

to paraphrase brit hume "I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard that white mercenaries had been responsible for this attack and I saw the aluminium futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy." :D

[Monkie]

9. well here is me looking stupid now having posted this n/t