Ananova : 1) Bombers 'did not plan to kill' 2) Police hunt pock-marked man over Ealing blast 3) Bomber 'may have stopped to ask the way' 1) Bombers 'did not plan to kill' ===================== http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_367029.html?menu Terrorism expert Mike Yardley says he believes terrorists who planted the Ealing bomb did not intend to kill people in the explosion. However, the device was planted in a populated area to raise the stakes and show that the terrorists are prepared to take a large number of lives next time to achieve their aim. The car bomb, which exploded at midnight on Thursday in West London, is thought to have been planted by the Real IRA. He said: "I don't think republican terrorists are trying to kill people on the mainland. "Republican terrorists are sophisticated enough to realise that large numbers of casualties can be counter-productive to their cause because it generates bad publicity. "If they were aiming for maximum casualties they would have done it differently - for example by planting it in a shopping centre in the middle of the day. "Obviously it was grossly irresponsible to plant a bomb in a populated street at night - they were risking civilian casualties and deaths - but I don't think it was their primary intention to kill. "However, if you look at the history of incidents what we are seeing is a gradual escalation of activities on the mainland. "Looking at the recent attacks on the MI6 headquarters and the bomb on the rails at Ealing Broadway, the tactic so far has been to make a big bang. Whoever is responsible for bomb making has been quite clever. "This time what we can see is a message to the British Government and to the moderate republicans and loyalists that the terrorists don't want a peace process." Story filed: 19:40 Friday 3rd August 2001 2) Police hunt pock-marked man over Ealing blast ================================== http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_366808.html?menu Police are hunting a man with a pock-marked face who bought the car used in the Ealing bomb attack. The car had been purchased at Green Lane in Ilford, east London, Deputy Assistant Commissioner David Fry said. It has also emerged that officers were called to examine the car, a grey Saab 9000, by members of the public on Monday. The vehicle appeared to have been abandoned, but police took no action because it had not been reported stolen or was suspected of being involved in terrorism, he said. Police also described how they were given just 27 minutes to locate and deal with the bomb which went off injuring seven people. Assistant Commissioner David Veness described the attack as a "callous, potentially murderous crime committed with total disregard for the safety of potential victims". "Twenty seven minutes was given by the terrorists between the call which was first made to a third party and the explosion which took place a few seconds after midnight," he added. Police also appealed for people who had cameras and video cameras at the scene of the blast to come forward. Mr Fry, head of the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist branch, said: "The scene is still being searched but we have found fragments of blue plastic from a barrel-like container. This is similar to the one used to transport the BBC bomb and also ones in Ireland." The car dealers where the vehicle was sold have refused to comment. A spokesman for Assured Car Finance Ltd in Ilford, Essex, said: "We are not allowed to say anything." Story filed: 15:32 Friday 3rd August 2001 3)Bomber 'may have stopped to ask the way' =============================== http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_366763.html A motorist fears he may have unwittingly directed the Ealing bomber to the street where the blast went off. Simon Camper helped another driver find his way, later realising that the man's car matched the description of the one used in the bombing, which injured seven people. He left him near the spot in west London where the 88lb bomb went off only about 10 minutes before the midnight blast. Mr Camper, 37, a music photographer, lives just a few doors down from the explosion scene. He was driving home when he stopped at a petrol station by Gunnersbury Park to buy a newspaper and was approached by another motorist, who had a grey saloon car. The bomb was in a grey Saab 9000 saloon. "He was mildly agitated and kept his head down. He asked for directions to Ealing Common," said Mr Camper, who described the man's accent as "neutral". "I thought that was weird because there is nothing on the common. Then he said he needed Burger King at Ealing Common... He asked if I was going that way and if he could follow me, and that's what happened. "When we got to the Burger King I pulled over to show him, then carried on to the lights. They were red for ages and I noticed the man kept his engine running and wasn't getting out of the car. "I drove on to my flat, parked and went inside. Then the bomb went off. I must have left him no more than 10 yards from where it exploded." Mr Camper, who lives alone above a shop on The Mall, Ealing said he had no idea if the man - who he said was white, thin and in his early thirties - had been the bomber. He has reported his experience to the police. Story filed: 14:48 Friday 3rd August 2001 ------------------------ "Without a Peoples Army the people have nothing" Mao ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Peoples_War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
