Comments for Glasgow's Burning — Run For Your Lives at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:34:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/1914-glasgows-burning--run-for-your-lives.html#comment-2486 they were attempting to build a fuel air device- they fell into common mistakes when trying to build this system. There attack in Scotland was a joke. - a guest Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:47:04 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/1914-glasgows-burning--run-for-your-lives.html#comment-2468 While I do agree with you that the media, in general, has turned these attacks into much larger events than they really are- there is some value to this ridiculous amount of press; if the goal of the attacks revolved around creating fear (let's face it, the design of these "bombs" were far from professional) they have succeeded, by doing so, there will be less attempts to gain the attention of the media- which, for the time being, makes similar attacks superfluous and only put the individuals at greater risk- is it better to have one large attack or a constant threat that it could happen at anytime any place? (it would have been a much stronger statement if the systems actually worked) Fuel Air Explosives, even with gasoline, can be quite damaging- and we must assume that the security services have not released all the details of weapon's assembly- they could have been attempting to create a home made thermobaric explosive (some of the more devastating bombs in current military arsenals) or an ANFO system (between 70-80% as effective as TNT). I would have expected your buddy the explosives expert would be familiar with the use of these weapons over the past 70 years; while there is a high failure rate, it is still addressed in the Army's 'unconventional warfare devices and techniques' manual- a college grade chemistry student would be able to correct the system for the needed ratios. I do agree that there are many more ideal explosives, but because of the simplicity (of these incidents) it creates a much greater sense of fear; the population would have been less concerned if a more exotic explosive was used- because they are just harder to acquire, less available and more expensive. (the bombs in Iraq are composed of (slightly) repurposed military explosives- you aren't going to walk into your local DIY store and pick up PETN or RDX) - a guest Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:02:04 +0100