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Passenger believes he saw bomber
BBC ^
| July 8, 2005
| Staff
Posted on 07/08/2005 8:58:29 AM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
Mr Jones said he saw a man in an agitated state on the bus A bus passenger says he may have seen one of those responsible for the bomb attacks in London. Richard Jones, from Binfield, near Bracknell, Berks, had got off a bus just before it was blown up in Tavistock Square on Thursday.
Mr Jones, 61, an IT consultant, has told BBC News he saw a man acting suspiciously on the bus.
He said the man was fiddling with something in his bag and seemed in an agitated state.
Everybody is standing face-to-face and this guy kept dipping into this bag
Richard Jones
Mr Jones, who was forced to take the bus from Euston after Tube services were suspended, said: "He was standing next to me with a bag at his feet and he kept dipping into this bag and fiddling about with something.
"I was getting quite annoyed with this because it was a crowded bus.
"Everybody is standing face-to-face and this guy kept dipping into this bag."
Mr Jones, who said he got off the bus because it was in heavy traffic, has given a statement to police.
Police have yet been unable to establish whether a suicide bomber was responsible for the attack on the bus.
So far police have only confirmed that two people were killed on the bus.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: busbombing; london; suicidebomber; terroristbombings
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To: WmShirerAdmirer
"So far police have only confirmed that two people were killed on the bus."
That number now said to be 13.
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:02:56 AM PDT
by
dob
To: WmShirerAdmirer
Kinda wish they hadn't made his name so public.
To: WmShirerAdmirer
Wow, what a detailed description.
</sarcasm>
To: WmShirerAdmirer
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:04:41 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
The BBC continues to do everything in its power to bring down Western Civilization.
To: WmShirerAdmirer
The account is also mentioned in a Scotsman article:
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=756602005
Richard Jones, a passenger from Scotland, said he had just alighted from the bus when the bomb went off: "I got ten yards away and the bus exploded," he said.
"Basically, there was a young gentleman, an olive-skinned gentleman, in front of me and he kept diving into a bag at his feet. He became more and more agitated and so, on reflection, that may have been the bomber I was standing next to."
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:06:42 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(America is the Last Beach)
To: ncountylee; Rutles4Ever
See my post #7 - "olive-skinned"
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:07:28 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(America is the Last Beach)
To: SittinYonder
an olive-skinned gentleman
or ?
9
posted on
07/08/2005 9:16:52 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: SittinYonder
"olive-skinned"
hmm... Irish? (sarc off)
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:19:12 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Imagine a world of liberal silence.)
To: Revolting cat!
Could I have door number 2 please?
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:20:58 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
I was watching Black Hawk Down on FX the other evening, and they worked hard to remove all refrences to Islam. For instance, at night fall the Somalis stopped attacking for evening prayer which allowed the troops to move and reorient themselves. My DVD has this scene, yet was PC'd out of the movie as to not offend anyone.
This will be our demise, the PC approach makes us vulnerable and gives them free reign.
To: SittinYonder
'Olive-skinned'?!You mean to say that he wasn't lily-white & Irish-Catholic?! Well lets see... maybe he was a Basque Seperatist or one of those dreaded, right-wing America militiamen! ;^O
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:24:14 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“'Deservin ain't got 'nothin to do with it!” -Will Money)
To: Andrewksu
worked hard to remove all refrences to Islam Amazing!
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posted on
07/08/2005 9:28:45 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: johnny7
until we call this war what it is..we will lose....
To: johnny7
Mr Jones didnt see a Swedish grandmother fiddling with a bomb in her purse?
To: BurbankKarl
Or still worse. . . THIS SWEDE. . .
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posted on
07/08/2005 10:38:28 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: ncountylee
It was one of those Swedish grandmothers the TSA is so worried about.....
Interesting how the BBC is so careful not to tell the world what the actual description of the perp would be..... can't imagine why not?? /sarcasm
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posted on
07/08/2005 11:14:09 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(Kerry's mere nuisances: Marine Barracks '83, WTC '93, Khobar Towers, Embassy Bombs '98, USS Cole!!!)
To: dob
Let's hope that hte bomber was among those 13...
To: ncountylee
It is not amazing.....it is deliberate....see this:
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Horowitzs Unholy Alliance, writes John Haynes, the noted historian of American Communism, is an insightful, brilliant examination of the mental world of the radical left. Horowitz shows how todays radicals, unwilling to reflect on the internal flaws that destroyed Marxism-Leninism from within, have embraced an all-consuming nihilism in its place. This has led them to a hatred of American institutions and a solidarity with Islamic terrorists that makes the radical left more properly regarded as dangerous than loony. Unholy Alliance is an eye-opening book that should unsettle conventional assumptions and reveals why intellectuals and political leaders who applaud Michael Moore are no laughing matter. As Harvey Klehr, author of Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, writes, The world Communist movement may be moribund, but its habits of mind and ideological fantasies have not disappeared. This is a fascinating and depressing account.
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