Reply #72: "WAS IT SUICIDE?" ... Were they told it was an exercise?

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WAS IT SUICIDE?

Why did they buy return train tickets to Luton? Why did they buy pay & display tickets for cars? Why were there no usual shouts of 'Allah Akhbar'? Why were bombs in bags and not on their bodies?

THE London bombers may have been duped into killing themselves so their secrets stayed hidden.

Police and MI5 are probing if the four men were told by their al-Qaeda controller they had time to escape after setting off timers. Instead, the devices exploded immediately.

A security source said: "If the bombers lived and were caught they'd probably have cracked. Would their masters have allowed that to happen? We think not."

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Their devices were in large rucksacks which could be easily dumped instead of being strapped to their bodies. They carried wallets containing their driving licences, bank cards and other personal items. Suicide bombers normally strip themselves of identifying material.


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Were they told it was an exercise? Were they told they were part of a secret test drill, and that their rucksacks did not contain actual explosives?

... two of the bombers had strong personal reasons for staying alive.

Jermaine Lindsay's partner Samantha Lewthwaite, 22, mother of his one-year-old son, is expecting her second baby within days. Mohammed Sidique Khan's wife Hasina, mum of a 14-month-old daughter, is also pregnant.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/1,,2005320810,00,00.html

SUICIDE bomber Lindsay Jamal’s wife last night insisted: “They’ll have to prove to me he did it.”
Pregnant Samantha Lewthwaite, 22, refused to accept Jamal was the fourth London bomber, responsible for 26 deaths. She sobbed: “He wasn’t the sort of person who’d do this. I won’t believe it until I see proof.”


MOHAMMAD SIDIQUE KHAN

One neighbour said: "He didn't seem to be an extremist. He was not one to talk about religion. He was generally a very nice bloke."


HASIB HUSSAIN

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189202,00.html

They said the 18-year-old was a "loving and normal young man".

"We had no knowledge of his activities and had we done we would have done everything in our power to stop him."


SHEHZAD TANWEER

"He was proud to be British," he said. "He had everything to live for. His parents were loving and supportive."

"He was a very kind and calm person. He was respected by everyone."