Let the evidence tell the story.
Posted on 07/07/2005 1:17:31 PM PDT by LexHoskin
Edited on 07/07/2005 1:45:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
July 7, 2005 — U.S. authorities tell ABC News that British police have recovered two unexploded bombs from the scene of the terror attacks in London.
In addition, British investigators say that parts of timing devices have been recovered from the blast scene that would have been used to detonate an explosive device. This could provide evidence that would help determine who was behind the attacks, sources told ABC News.
I've heard that the problem stemmed from everyone trying to make calls at once. The cell networks are only designed to handle a fraction of the phones at any point in time. Too many callers = outages for many people.
They've said it's the next best thing to finding the terrorists themselves.
i assume the bodies they were strapped to are gone???
You wouldn't need an EMP -- just have the cellphone companies with nearby towers go ahead and shut them down. There's usually only a couple of networks in any given area -- so it's probably now SOP in the midst of a bombing run.
Doubt it...as soon as the bombs started going off...you KNOW the cell lines were slammed. Remember 9/11. The terrorists probably got a busy signal trying to call their bombs to go off.
Trick is attempting to salvage the bomb while keeping everyone safe. If there is any question...they'll just detonate the thing.
EMP would've destroyed everything in an area electronically that wasn't shielded...highly unlikely.
UXO, not UXB.
Did I just hear that the bus bombing was a homocide bomber?
Hook marks on the handle and a "Finsbury Mosque" luggage tag.
I'll wait for confirmation by a reliable news source, thank you.
And BBC doesn't qualify :-)
Forensics galore...
"I spoke with a colleague this morning who is from London. She said that this morning none of the cell phones were working."
Interesting. The Madrid bombers used cell phone ringers or such. Perhaps when the first bomb goes off there's a "switch" turning off all cell phones as a security precaution.
This is great news. Talk about clues to lead straight to the terrorists.
typical arab wankers.....can't even make bombs that reliably go off.
It's simpler than that - they just shut down the cell towers remotely. It's all in the tower equipment's software. Normally, it's used to remove a misbehaving tower from service until a tech can get out there and service it.
If you turn off all the towers in an area, what you have left is a bunch of paperweights.
Let the evidence tell the story.
"And BBC doesn't qualify :-)"
No. He's waiting for verification from CBS. :-)
Not EMP, just a flip of a switch and the cells are off.
You don't even need TelCo cooperation. There are hand-held devices that can kill cell signals in a small area.
One of the news stations (I wasn't listening too closely to the details so I could have heard it wrong) mentioned that the Brits have some sort of emergency system that narrows the available bandwidth for civilian phone signals in the event of a disaster such as this so that the phone calls of first responders can get through better.
Like those mental midgets in Spain who synchronized their watches, only to be undone by the genius who was off by 12 hours.
Sometimes I wonder what kind of trouble we'd be in if we were up against people with a triple digit IQ.
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