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July 09, 2005
Not So Fast...
As Cliff May notes in The Corner, it's early in the investigation, but it looks like the bombs set off in London were rather crude devices. According to the NY Times:
Investigators have concluded that the bombs that ripped through three subway trains and a bus on Thursday were relatively crude devices containing less than 10 pounds of explosives each. That finding supports a theory gaining momentum among the authorities that the plot was carried out by a sleeper cell of homegrown extremists rather than highly trained terrorists exported to Britain.
Crucial facts remained unknown in the case Friday evening. But senior British and American investigators said the morning rush-hour attacks in central London appeared to have been a low-tech operation, less expertly conceived than the cellphone-detonated train bombings in Madrid on March 11, 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
This would seemingly refute the opinion offered below that the terrosists' sophistication is waxing rather than waning. May goes on to argue that if the NYT story's conclusion holds, then it would suggest a downward trend in sophistication (not to mention death toll) from 9/11 to Madrid to London.
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