[nmh]

Maybe the Germans will WAKE UP!

[1rudeboy]

“With the Dortmund bomb, the gas bottle was filled to the brim and the gas concentration too high,” one police expert told the publication. “An explosion can only result when there is also sufficient air in the bottle. It is only dangerous when there is the right gas-air mixture.”

Good to know. Thanks. /sarc

[cripplecreek]

“With the Dortmund bomb, the gas bottle was filled to the brim and the gas concentration too high,” one police expert told the publication. “An explosion can only result when there is also sufficient air in the bottle. It is only dangerous when there is the right gas-air mixture.”

Well if the would be bomber knows how to read he might just get it right next time.

[USNBandit]

“With the Dortmund bomb, the gas bottle was filled to the brim and the gas concentration too high,” one police expert told the publication. “An explosion can only result when there is also sufficient air in the bottle. It is only dangerous when there is the right gas-air mixture.”

Talk about loose lips. I'm sure the islamists won't make that mistake next time.

[sionnsar]

The German federal office responsible for investigating the suitcase bombs says both deadly devices were professionally built....

According to a report that appeared in “Focus Online”, a German news publication, police suspect the only reason the bombs didn’t detonate was because the gas bottles that were to ignite them were too full.
“With the Dortmund bomb, the gas bottle was filled to the brim and the gas concentration too high,” one police expert told the publication. “An explosion can only result when there is also sufficient air in the bottle. It is only dangerous when there is the right gas-air mixture.”

Professionally but inexpertly built?

[synbad600]

". . . investigating the two incidents from the terrorism angle."

Do ya think this is prudent? /sarc

[keithtoo]

"Cans! He doesn't like cans!"

"Trains! They don't like trains!"

[AbeKrieger]

It's still terrorism even if the bombs didn't detonate. Somebody better get that through their skulls.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

“With the Dortmund bomb, the gas bottle was filled to the brim and the gas concentration too high,” one police expert told the publication. “An explosion can only result when there is also sufficient air in the bottle. It is only dangerous when there is the right gas-air mixture.”

Isn't this like the story of the Engineer and guillotine? WTF are you doing telling them how to do better next time? (Unless this is complete disinformation.)

[12th_Monkey]

Appeasement to terrorist gets you bombed anyway, when will the EU learn.

[Alouette]

A conductor discovered a suitcase in an empty passenger section at the Hamm end of the run and sent it to the Dortmund train station because there was no lost and found office in Hamm.

In Israel, any unclaimed package/luggage on a public transport is turned over to the bomb squad IMMEDIATELY.

My son, before he joined the IDF, discovered a backpack on a Jerusalem street corner. He yelled Chefetz chashood! ("suspicious package!") and within one minute the intersection was cleared and the bomb squad was there.

In that case, it turned out to be just a backpack with someone's stuff in it.

[driftdiver]

OK my first thought is why the heck did they tell the terrorists what they did wrong and how to fix it.

[Popocatapetl]

Much harder to do in Germany. Since the time of the Red Army Faction, the public has been very aware of unattended packages of any kind. Because people don't leave their stuff sitting around, any packages that are left stick out.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

This didn't make the NBC Nightly News. Must've been bumped by more important topics.

[IronJack]

one that ran between Moenchengladbach and Koblenz.

Ah, yes. The all-important military targets of Moenwhoozit and Koblenz!

Meanwhile, the Israelis are excoriated in the press for bombing innocents in their war against the Jizzbollah creeps.

[expatpat]

police suspect the only reason the bombs didn’t detonate was because the gas bottles that were to ignite them were too full

That should help the jihadists! "Loose brains explode trains."

[wolf78]

An interesting detail:

A plastic bag found inside the suitcase, probably the one that held the white powder, was from Beirut.

For those of you who can read German: Google news

[Schweinhund]

That Dortmund - Aachen train is my daily route to University. Ah well, fuck it, it's all in God's hand. It sounds rather like an extortion plot. International terrorism isn't that incapable.

Besides, Focus is the only source yet to leak that gas air info. Brilliance.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

JIHAD WATCH.org (SPIEGEL): "GERMANY: SUITCASE BOMBS CONTAINED BAG FROM BEIRUT?" (August 4, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "GERMAN TRAIN TERROR" by Stephen Brown (August 4, 2006)

DEFENSEnews.com (REUTERS, BERLIN): "GERMANY PROBES POSSIBLE TERRORIST LINKS TO BOMBS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of the bombs was discovered in an abandoned suitcase at a train station in Dortmund, which hosted some of last month's World Cup matches.") (August 1, 2006)

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