Blundering bomber 'blew himself up after forgetting to put his watch forward'

Daily Mirror ^ | Apr 01, 2014 09:17

[Mercat]

Somebody needs to post that commercial of the car with the suicide bomber - he parks it outside the sidewalk cafe and pushes the button and the car is so sturdy that no one notices except of course the bomber.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Wait... failure to go on daylight time would make the bomb detonate too late, not too soon.

[Vaquero]

Dublin Ireland?? IRA????

Perhaps Peter King funded this ‘freedom fighter’

[HiTech RedNeck]

Oh wait. Maybe the bomb’s time was correct. The bomber’s time was one hour late. So, intending to plant the bomb an hour ahead of its explosion, it exploded while he was doing it.

[Red Badger]

The bomb timer was probably set to DST. His watch wasn’t, so he was an hour behind....................

[Red Badger]

From what I’ve read, the IRA and their Protestant equals have descended into plain ordinary mafia style extortion rackets to local businesses. The owner of the SUV probably didn’t pay his ‘dues’.......................................

[raygunfan]

the story says he fled the scene in a cab??? no cabbies reporting a bloody mess of a passenger at all?? wtf??

[driftdiver]

More likely he just inadvertently triggered the device while planting it.

It probably had nothing to do with time changes. IMO

[ameribbean expat]

who says it was a cabbie driving the car? stolen taxi, accomplice driver. good cover, as it would not draw suspicion like most unfamiliar cars driving slowly and stopping in a neighbourhood.

[oh8eleven]

Somebody needs to post that commercial of the car with the suicide bomber ...
Really? I can't say I've even heard of it, let alone seen it.
I just can not imagine a car company using terrorism as a sales tactic.

[Mycroft Holmes]

Actually, it's a scream. Look Here.

Fight the Free Sh☭t Nation

[Hatteras]

Volkwagen Polo - Small but tough...

[fungoking]

Wow! Usually forgetting to change the clocks just means you are late for church.

[oh8eleven]

Effin' VW. A car invented by Nazis no less.
Wouldn't drive one even if they gave them away.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’ll bet the moron didn’t change the batteries in his smoke alarm too.

[VRWCmember]

Premature detonation.

[bunkerhill7]

Confucius say man who forget time lose face.

[heartwood]

From what I saw of Dublin this summer, it’s just possible that “inner city gang” no longer refers to home-grown elements.

[Albion Wilde]

Irish police are investigating if he got his timings wrong after planting the high-grade explosives under an SUV on Long Lane in Dublin’s South Inner City...The man was then seen stumbling from the scene and getting into a taxi on the junction of New Street and Clanbrassil Street.

The Blackplitts Mosque and Islamic Center is on Clanbrassil Street, one block below Long Lane.