Posted on 02/06/2007 2:58:00 AM PST by HAL9000
Two people have been injured after an 'item of mail' exploded at the offices of a company in Wokingham, Berkshire.The incident comes just a day after a letter bomb exploded at an office in London.
Thames Valley police said that the incident took place at the Oaklands Business Centre and the injuries sustained by the two people were minor.
The building was evacuated and a cordon was placed around it.
Police said they were aware of the incident in London but said it was "too soon" to speculate on a connection.
Sky sources said that the company targeted deals with the enforcement of speeding fines.
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This isn't islamo-fascist related. This is almost certainly some nut case protesting at the increasing 'big brother' aspect to living in the UK at the moment - (speed cameras, congestion charges, video surveillence everywhere, tax on everything you can think of).
I may have sympathy for some of their aims - but we are a democracy for goodness sake - you don't need to go all terrorist to make your point. Quickest way to lose an argument.
Yep, terrorism IS terrorism no matter who is doing it.
And you are so right Brit Guy, terrorist acts are the "quickest way to lose an argument."
These people were only doing their jobs - miserable as they are.
Couldn't these freaks just blow up the cameras or something? Maybe just paint the lenses black?
My bet too... a good old fashioned crank. This is not the Muslim style
Worked in Madrid, Denmark, France. People use terrorism because it generally works.
Terrorism: The poor mans democracy.
A bit too early to know that. Random bombing is how islamo-fascists work, and these two bombs are an attack on government. Islamo-facism terror remains a strong possiblility until a "normal" anglo nut case is shown to be merely angry at government, and not religously motivated.
Well, at least it wasn't past it's expiry date. /humor
Only one catch, which is that Islamofacists view any government besides the Koran interpreters as infidel. Even democracy (maybe especially democracy) allows autonomy enough to be a threat to an Islamic state form of society.
For those who want to impose their will on others without the inconvenience of elections.
well, exactly.
Add the cult of political correctness to that list, will ya Lonesome? Thanks.
There seems to be curiously little coverage of this here in Britain. The news is mentioning it, but only in passing. It seems to be only getting a nod amongst the avalanche of other stuff. I'm actually beginning to wonder slightly if the news coverage is being kept quiet because of some kind of police operation or something of the sort.
Usually when something like this takes place, even if people aren't killed, it's the main story. It hasn't been mentioned on BBC News 24 or Sky News for over an hour.
Anyway, I hope everyone is okay.
Just FMI, is Sky News regulated/purse-controlled by the UK govt like the BBC?
That might explain some of the "controlled release" aspect?
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