Posted on 12/10/2005 10:42:38 PM PST by Big Bad Bob
Edited on 12/10/2005 11:05:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
The details of the situation with the explosions at the Oil Plant are sketchy to say the least. Initial eye witness reports suggested a plane was heard flying low overhead just before the explosions and some eyewitnesses even claimed to see a plane crash into the facility. All this has been reported by British media.
Whilst this is just conjecture, on July 7th the police said the underground bombings were "a power surge" for as long as they could get away with it. Once the bus bombing occurred, they then admitted it was a terror attack.
It's too early to call but an open mind is needed.
Bear in mind that there's a fairly major international airport (Luton) about twenty miles away.
Early on... ALL reports have to be taken with a grain of salt.
"Whilst this is just conjecture, on July 7th the police said the underground bombings were "a power surge" for as long as they could get away with it. Once the bus bombing occurred, they then admitted it was a terror attack."
That was a timeline of approx one hour. The first three blasts occured in underground tunnels where the first emergency services on the scene were unable to establish radio contact with the surface. Ninety minutes after the first bomb went off the police were confirming multiple bombs. Today we have an overground incident and the emergency services have been on site for over seven hours. It's too early for concrete conclusions, sure, but I just don't believe the cover-up conspiracy theories.
FWIW, if I recollect correctly, the nation's busiest FD and Hazmat departments are located in Houston. Hopefully this is an accident.
It's not a conspiracy, it's just political correctness.
How about somewhere between conspiracy and correctness?In that maintaining power via control is the main focus of governing agencies from the most to least powerful ones on earth.Their first thought after any "event" is how do I calm the seas so I can maintain my position.
Yes, power-lust and PC are close relatives. The motivation behind promoting the latter often has to do with having a great amount of the former.
I'm sure the authorities are checking it out to make certain. But percentages say it's an accident. Sounds like there are going to be some major traffic problems with a chunk of the M1 not open until Monday evening.
I wouldn't call it a cover-up. I would characterize it as being more willing to jump to the conclusion of events being an "accident" without any evidence and holding to that position for as long as possible.
The religion of peace at work...
See my post #157 It is possible it was an accident. But as a disclaimer, this was in the early 70's and we knew right away what the cause of the explosion was even though it was pre-internet and pre-FR.
The authorities initially said the London subway attacks were accidental transformer explosions. They must protect muslims at all cost.
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I suppose you mean the security guard at the FujiFilm building next door:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4518426.stm
Mr Ashraf had been checking the building an hour before he was due to finish his shift, when he smelled fumes, said the 26-year-old, who works every Friday and Saturday night at the firm.
"It was really bad, I had popped my head outside and smelled it there too, then it was difficult to tell if the smell was coming from inside or outside the building."
Within seconds he was felled by the force of the explosion.
After he escaped two men from a nearby firm came to his aid and took him to their cabin, he said.
"It was awful, it was like we were in hell. The flames were 200ft high. We could see them growing."
"One minute everything is fine, the next minute everything just crumbled, and you really don't know what's happened, what's going to happen and you just try, you're hoping it's a nightmare and you're going to wake up out of it."
Hat bombs, oh the humanity.
Or Sean bin Jihad..
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