"They must not have seen a way to leave the bags inconspicuously and chose suicide or the bombs went off ahead of time."
Or, they didn't KNOW they were on a suicide mission, maybe they believed all they were required to do is plant the devices and get away; but the mastermind, not wanting to be identified if they survived and were caught, set the timers much earlier than they believed. The fourth device failed to detonate at the set time, the fourth bomber was turned away by security, he got on the bus and THEN realized he was NOT in control of the timing mechanism, he going to die and panic set in, but it was too late...
Remember, 'suicide' car bombers in Iraq have been found with their arms chained to the wheel of the vehicle. They are all only too happy to kill the infidel, but not all of them want to forfeit their own lives. (No problem, they are going to paradise anyway, we just won't tell them! LOL!)
"Or, they didn't KNOW they were on a suicide mission, maybe they believed all they were required to do is plant the devices and get away; but the mastermind, not wanting to be identified if they survived and were caught, set the timers much earlier than they believed. The fourth device failed to detonate at the set time, the fourth bomber was turned away by security, he got on the bus and THEN realized he was NOT in control of the timing mechanism, he going to die and panic set in, but it was too late... "
Great minds work in sync. I was thinking the above just the other day. It would indeed fit in with how those fiends operate.
I heard on the radio that the bombers had purchased round trip tickets. Now, how they know that is byond me, but, there was speculation that the guys may not have known that they were on suicide missions.
The fourth device failed to detonate at the set time, the fourth bomber was turned away by security, he got on the bus and THEN realized he was NOT in control of the timing mechanism, he going to die and panic set in, but it was too late...
Yeah, the whole bus thing is strange, some reports stated a guy was " fumbling" with his backpack prior to the bus blast. If he "chickened out" or was having second thoughts, why didn't he just ditch the backpack?
Sounds familiar.
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