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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:00 AM
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You know the amusing part of the Glasgow accident
is that BBC has no live coverage but CNN and MSNBC have live coverage.

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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:04 AM
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1. I noticed that too. Slow news day in the US.
Edited on Sat Jun-30-07 11:05 AM by 48percenter
Just to scare the 'Murican masses.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:05 AM
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2. I suspect it's more about pushing fear
for a desperate Bushco as people get ready to enjoy the holiday week coming up.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:36 AM
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3. Ya think?
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:37 AM
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4. What I think is funny is that the BFEE can't even find competent suiciders to do their bidding.
fricken keystone cops.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 11:37 AM
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5. But there are FLAMES!!
And Cheney had a really bad week :)
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pingzing58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 12:04 PM
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6. They set cars on fire. It's happened there before. But the U.S. media reported a major terror plot
to kill hundreds was thwarted. The idiot wannabe terrorists (probably misguided adolescents who stole the cars) think that the cars will blow up, like in the movies, if they are set on fire. But on this one, the U.S. media took the reporting of this incident too far. They are nothing but right wing alarmists and no better than tabloid truthiness.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 01:15 PM
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9. Meanwhile several civilians wre blasted to the afterlife
in both Iraq and Afghanistan today by US and allied forces but that is not on the news. Something's up unless this is a special reception for the Scottish Prime Minister.
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 12:10 PM
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7. Faux News reporters are breathless with excitement
:eyes:
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 01:12 PM
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8. I noticed.
Quivering with joy.
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 01:33 PM
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10. where were they during the many other London bombings?
Such as the many IRA bombings over the years.

And what the nail bomb attacks against ethnic minorities and gay people in London which killed three people and injured over 160 in April 1999?!

The U.S. media didn't seem to care about those bombings that actually killed and maimed people.
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pingzing58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 01:50 PM
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11. Don't know about this can you tell me where to look, thanks.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:08 PM
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12. Here's a link to a report on the nail bomb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/05/99/the_nail_bomb_terror/333574.stm


Copeland was eventually convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

There were IRA bombs in London and in other parts of the UK over a long period, from the 1970s through 1990s.

Here is a link to London's 'explosive history', including air raids and terrorist bombs.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4734400


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pingzing58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:25 PM
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15. Could it be the Racist group called White Wolves? They're here in U.S. also.
Thanks for the info. Here's an article I found that makes me want to know if our government is keeping an eye on them since they seem to have the potential to become home grown terrorists. http://www.adl.org/learn/news/White_Wolves.asp
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:27 PM
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16. Here are some links to past bombings in London
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:11 PM
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13. Do you have actual BBC or BBC America?
The programming on the two is completely different.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:19 PM
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14. The next terror weapon: The Millwall Brick


OY!

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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:37 PM
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17. The British likely wouldn't interrupt Coronation Street if they got nuked
As others have pointed out, they've been around the block with this sort of thing enough not to go all paralyzed every time someone dents a mailbox or whatever. It's a Bad Thing, not The End Of All Civilization, and that's about it.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-30-07 02:57 PM
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18. Glasgow must have the world's worst fire department..
They keep showing the same footage without a "recorded eralier" tag..:)
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