Posted on 03/11/2004 11:53:10 PM PST by HAL9000
Attacks. - The terrorists tried to fly the station of Atocha by means of the simultaneous explosion of six pumps
MADRID, 11 (EUROPE PRESS)
The terrorist authors of the today attacks tried to explode at the same time in the station of Atocha six of the pumps placed in two of the attacked trains, according to judicial sources informed and into the displaced police equipment to the place of the facts.
The same sources indicated that, according to the first investigations, the pumps placed in the trains whose explosive charges exploded in the station of Atocha and the neighborhoods of the Téllez street, was predicted that they exploded to the same hour inside the station of Atocha, to obtain a multiplying effect of the rarefaction wave that destroyed the facilities and caused its collapse.
Such average they related that the train whose loads exploded in the station of Atocha had four explosives, two located in the center of the convoy, one in tail and another one in the head. This last one did not explode.
As far as the train whose pumps exploded approximately to a kilometer of distance of the same station, near the Téllez street, it counted on pumps in the center of the convoy and the tail.
This second train had predicted its arrival to the station of Atocha to the same hour that the previous one, but had been two minutes of delay, which avoided that the explosions took place simultaneously in the station.
The same sources related the chilling scenes lived in the rescue of the victims, with clipped heads and bodies tended on the marquees of the stations. In addition, next to the bodies it was listened to without stopping the sound of the movable telephones that took the victims, who possibly gathered calls of the relatives being interested in their luck.
ETA, AUTHOR
The sources informants emphasized that everything aims at ETA like author of the attack, mainly by the type of used explosive, mixture Titadyne a dynamite and nitroglycerin.
They added that, months ago, the Forces of Security shuffled that in ETA could prevail the "line lasts" of the leaders who today tried an indiscriminate and brutal attack like the perpetrated one in Madrid. Of this form, according to the macabre form to think of the terrorists, an exit to the weakness was tried that crosses the band, obtaining that the citizens forced to the Government to a negotiation.
In this case I believe that "bomba" would more accurately translate as "bomb", rather than pump. It appears that there were multiple bombs on one or more of the trains, and that they were supposed to have been detonated together, at the exact moment the train/trains entered the station, thereby destroying the station itself, for even more horrific casualties. The timing was off, according to the article...
the infowarrior
Pretty much the same, slighty different. Posted for comparison purposes.
On March 11, 2004, 16h03
Atentados. - The terrorists were trying to demolish Atocha's station by means of the simultaneous explosion of six bombs(pumps)
MADRID, 11 (EUROPA PRESS)
The terrorist authors of the today attacks were trying to make explode at the same time on Atocha's station six of the bombs(pumps) placed in two of the irresolute trains, as reported judicial sources(fountains) and of the police equipments displeased to the place of the facts.
The same sources(fountains) indicated that, according to the first investigations, the bombs(pumps) placed in the trains which explosive charges exploded on Atocha's station and in the surroundings of the street Téllez, there was foreseen that they were exploiting at the same hour inside Atocha's station, it(he,she) stops achieves an effect multiplier of the shock wave who was destroying the facilities and was provoking his(her,your) collapse.
The same means reported that the train which charges exploded on Atocha's station had four explosives, two placed ones in the center of the convoy, one in tail and other one in the head-board. It(he,she) did not exploit the latter.
As for the train which bombs(pumps) exploded approximately to a kilometre of distance of the same station, near the street Téllez, it(he,she) was possessing(relying on) bombs(pumps) in the center of the convoy and in the tail.
This second train had foreseen his(her,your) arrival to Atocha's station to the same hour(o'clock) that the previous one, but it(he,she) was taking two minutes of delay, which he(she) prevented that the explosions were taking place(produced) simultaneously on the station.
The same sources(fountains) reported the chilling scenes lived in the rescue of the victims, with cut heads and bodies stretched on the marquees of the stations. In addition, close to the bodies there was listened non-stop(steadily) the sound of the mobile telephones that there were taking the victims, who possibly were gathering calls of the relatives being interested for his(her,your) luck.
ETA(BASQUE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY), AUTHORESS
The sources(fountains) informants emphasized that everything aims at ETA(BASQUE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY) as authoress of the attack, mainly for the type of used explosive, a mixture(mixing) of dynamite Titadyne and nitroglycerine.
They added that, for a few months, the Security forces were shuffling that in ETA(BASQUE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY) there could triumph the " hard line " of the leaders who were claiming an indiscriminate and brutal attack as the perpetrated one today in Madrid. Of this form, according to the macabre way of thinking of the terrorists, an exit was claimed to the weakness that crosses the band, achieving that the citizens were forcing the Government to a negotiation.
Car fire set off suspicions as crew fought it (Smith Tennesee License Scandal)
Even if the structure(framing) survived, everyone in the concourse would have been in a cloudburst of razor sharp glass shards.
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