German Train Terror [The Islamists Tried To Blow Up Two Trains]

FrontPage Mag ^ | Aug. 4, 2006 | Stephen Brown

[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!"

[conservativecorner]

Pink panther strikes again?

[cripplecreek]

You're "somebody" now.

[keithtoo]

"It's just this kind of spontaneous publicity that MAKES people!"

Great movie.

[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.)

[freeperfromnj]

I know I would not ride in any train on the PATH or NYC subway which I do everyday if even a single Muslim looking person was on it.

LOL - that's pretty hard to do. I think 90% of all riders are middle easterners. If you took them all off the PATH and subways those trains would be pretty empty.

[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.

[willgolfforfood]

This could all be disinformation.

The bottle might have had too LITTLE gas in it to start the explosion, and the terrorists would put even less gas in next time.

Several other similar scenarios come to mind...

[sgtbono2002]

This bomb doesnt make sense to me. It appears to me that the bombs werent meant to explode. A gas cylinder would have to be penetrated in some way to cause an explosion.
If the gas in the cylinder had been meant to explode it would still have been designed to leak out some way. The gas cylinder couldnt be full and meant to explode unless a charge was placed beside it to penetrate it. If it was penetrated or leaking it wasnt full. Their explanation dosnt make sense to me, But then I am no bomb expert.