Unsophisticated bombs in London

The Rape of Lucretia

agsdi wrote: »

Bastard UK papers blaming the Paddy's as usual when it could have been anyone with an Irish stamp...

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs/the_papers

Clearly its dissident southern Breunionists, but they may be doing more harm than good.
The sooner the Republic has an open and serious debate on rejoining the UK the better. We do not want to go back to the violence of 1922.

The Rape of Lucretia

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Clearly its dissident southern Breunionists, but they may be doing more harm than good.
The sooner the Republic has an open and serious debate on rejoining the UK the better. We do not want to go back to the violence of 1922.

E+/D-

Good setup, poor punchline.

Get Real

So a journalist wrote this headline saying the letters were sent from Dublin https://www.thejournal.ie/police-investigate-london-4525150-Mar2019/

The article then lists no source confirming this. I know Dublin is written on the package.

But seriously, the journalist has come to this conclusion themselves based on an address that in crude marker is written what looks like " Bus Gergann, DvBIan"

By the journalists logic, why not just write an article saying "Bus Eireann office source of parcels to London"

Terrible headline from the Journal. At least have a source saying it has markings from x sorting office etc. But nowhere in the article does a Met Police spokesman, An Post, or the Gardai say it's from Dublin.

Some lad with issues living in Westport could have sent it for all we know so far. Or if they were bothered, anyone in the North with a handy 20min drive to an Irish post box along the 500km border could have posted it. Nobody knows yet. Journalist is jumping miles ahead with their own expertise.

weldoninhio

OmegaGene wrote: »

Why was it a year ?
These stamps were on sale recently around Valentine’s Day in books of 10 for €8

So there could be another 7 bombs out there.

FrancieBrady

weldoninhio wrote: »

So there could be another 7 bombs out there.

Or 6 and a very surprised boyfriend/girlfriend?

Galwayguy35

This now is going to make things a bit harder for Irish people working and living in Britain.

Laois_Man

The University of Glasgow and a Royal Bank of Scotland building in Edinburgh have this afternoon been evacuated due to suspicious packages

Perhaps related to yesterdays incidents.

sjb25

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

A sod of turf in a jiffy bag.

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GinAndBitter

sjb25 wrote: »

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Fùckin deadly

Cee-Jay-Cee

Its been solved, the idiots that posted it put a return address on the envelope so they know who they are and will arrest them shortly.

GinAndBitter

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Its been solved, the idiots that posted it put a return address on the envelope so they know who they are and will arrest them shortly.

You think the culprits put their home address on the packages?

Badly Drunk Boy

Get Real wrote: »

Some lad with issues living in Westport could have sent it for all we know so far.

Hmmm. Or somebody from Galway?

Grab All Association wrote: »

Where’s the Airmail stamps on it?

Hmmm. If it's not by Airmail, then it's probably Eldon_Maxbank.

Grayson

To be fair Busaras could do with a bombing.

Maybe it hasn’t airmail stamps on it as it was transported via bus eireann?

That was a bus stamp not a sender address.

OmegaGene

OmegaGene wrote: »

This is a return address not a stamp :rolleyes:

Relax, I was messing

igCorcaigh

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1103305795712761856?s=19

whiskeyman

Grab All Association wrote: »

Return says Bus Eireann Dublin

Typical..

You wait ages for 1 bomb, and 3 arrive at once...

Monkeynut

nacho libre wrote: »

It's obviously a MI5 conspiracy to remind people that a hard border risks going back to the bad old days. I for one will be glad when brexit, hard border and back stop are no longer in use

That was my first thought. What better was to make parliament accept a backstop!

Timberrrrrrrr

I see it's being reported that the IRA have claimed responsibility for the devices.


https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/SUzYo

Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police have said the claim was received by a Northern Ireland media outlet using a recognised codeword.

The forces said in a joint statement that it was allegedly was made "on behalf of the IRA".

Officers were already exploring this as a line of enquiry after the packages bore similarities to devices sent by Northern Ireland dissident groups in the past.

mollygreene

The whole 'The IRA' bit is very weak.

No Irish person or group would leave it as vague and vanilla as 'the' IRA

New IRA would specify its them, otherwise they wouldn't get the credit.

This combined with the fact that Scotland was one of the targets (aaand how shoddy the bomb was) really leads me to think this was a UK or possibly angry Unionist in NI is responsible.

Just doesn't add up to simply say the IRA.

Franz Von Peppercorn

The Ira is odd alright. Ok it’s own. If they are operating again in violation of the agreement then it’s round up the usual suspects time.

FrancieBrady

That story didn't get much traction.

Atoms for Peace

The new Provo front.

janfebmar

mollygreene wrote: »

Just doesn't add up to simply say the IRA.

It said the claim "was received by a Northern Ireland media outlet using a recognised codeword.". That is how bomb attacks were verified to the IRA in the bad old days too.

RandomName2

Sciprio wrote: »

If it was the IRA wouldn't they target military,government spots instead?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

{gasp}

ha ha ha ha