The (shoe) bomber from Bromley

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 12/26/2001 | DOMINIC KENNEDY, RICHARD FORD AND SAM LISTER

[meenie]

About as much IQ as it takes to try to set off C-4 with a match. If the C-4 is packed properly, he could have possibly set it off by taking his shoes off and slapping them together.

[Revolting cat!]

One thing about the place is, it's full of shoe shops.

Good intel, thanks. Solution: bomb Bromley!

[Cicero]

Far too many coincidences here for this to be a crazy loner. Not only the Moussaoui connection, not only all the talk about Jihad, but apparently he went to PAKISTAN not too long ago. I hate to say it, but until Bush leaned on them, Pakistan was practically running the Jihad.

I too think that Bush has got to get rid of that third-rate no-name that he put in charge of the FBI and put in someone like Rudy Giuliani instead, so they can rid of all the timeservers and corrupt clintonoid stooges at the top levels. I can't believe that they are putting the same people who covered up Ron Brown, Vince Foster, OKC, Waco, Ruby Ridge, TWA 800, and all the rest, in charge of the anti-terrorism campaign. Hell, some of these guys WORKED with the terrorists. They are old friends.

Now they are going out of their way to run lying stories in the press about the anthrax letters and even this shoe bomber. Next thing they'll tell the Washington ComPost that the shoe bomber is really a pro-life sidewalk counselor. If it weren't for these English media reports, we wouldn't even hear this much of the truth.

[Clinton's a rapist]

Far too many coincidences here for this to be a crazy loner.

If you read the history of past al-Qaeda ops, you'll recognize that a good number of their recruits fit this description. Being a "crazy loner" is not incompatible with being part of the Vast Muslim Conspiracy.

[Zorobabel]

"I can't believe that they are putting the same people who covered up Ron Brown, Vince Foster, OKC, Waco, Ruby Ridge, TWA 800, and all the rest, in charge of the anti-terrorism campaign. Hell, some of these guys WORKED with the terrorists. They are old friends.

Now they are going out of their way to run lying stories in the press about the anthrax letters and even this shoe bomber. Next thing they'll tell the Washington ComPost that the shoe bomber is really a pro-life sidewalk counselor. If it weren't for these English media reports, we wouldn't even hear this much of the truth. "

My sentiments exactly. The FBI is the crookedest, most politicized law enforcement agency in the country. They are a disgrace to the American people.

[BunnySlippers]

I was surprised that Britain has about 10 times the number of radical militant Islamic groups than we have ... for such a tiny country. I sure hope Blair is trying to clean them out but haven't heard this in the news.

[LarryLied]

Libertarian freepers would approach suspects and ask them where in the Constitution is it written that they can fly planes into skyscrapers. Then they would start a Socratic dialogue and try to convince the terrorists their acts were illogical.

[ClearBlueSky]

Tell us AGAIN that it's NOT about religion!!!

[tubebender]

Mr Reid, a mixed-race Briton who appeared in court in Boston on Christmas Eve

You won't hear that in the US of A.

[tubebender]

Good intel, thanks. Solution: bomb Bromley!

If they were Bruno Mallies (sp) will we bomb Rome?

[Revolting cat!]

If they were Bruno Mallies (sp) will we bomb Rome?

I think it's Bruno Maglis (The key to remembering the spelling of such names is to screw the grammarians and pronounce the silent g's!)

Anyway, as Randy Newman tried to tell us 30 years ago:

"There'll be Japanese kimonos for you
And Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
Let's drop the big one now!"

[Fulbright]

Drudge is linking to a story saying that American put "Reid" up in a 4-star hotel after denying him boarding rights on Friday.

The stupidity of this industry is without parallel.