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Okay, so no sooner do I make a post indicating that the authorities had ruled out the involvement of suicide bombers, the story did a complete 180. They now think that last Thursday's blasts were the result of suicide bombers. Evidence collected at the scenes, searches at other locations, and CCTV footage have led authorities to conclude that the men responsible for the attack were British nationals. Personal belongings of three of the four men were recovered from blasts sites. Those three are presumed to be dead, but authorities are not certain of the fate of the fourth man.
I have to add a quick note here. I don't mean to be overly morbid, but just because they've found belongings of these men doesn't strike me as conclusive proof that the men themselves are dead. Is there any physical proof that these men actually perished in the explosions? One might argue that leaving personal belongings suggests that the attack was a suicide bombing because otherwise the belongings would point to the perpetrators. But if it leads authorities to assume you're dead, what better way to get away with it? Using a false identity (combined with substantial alterations to appearance -- after all, they've been spotted on CCTV), it would now become much easier to get out of the country if you're presumed to be dead.
Anyway, that's the latest. You can read the full story here.
2 comments:
Alex, I gotta say, you're theory strikes me as very Bourne Identity-esque. Not that this is a bad thing...after all, Matt Damon was really hot in that movie.
Yeah, maybe I'm just paranoid. But it's the first thing that struck me when the "proof" that the attacks were suicide bombings was the discovery of belongings and documents. I'd feel better if they had found something a bit more... conclusive.
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