Claims that July 21st bombings were just intended to scare, not kill

[mrph]

Italian newspapers are now reporting that one of the suspects in the July 21st bombings claims that they were never intended to be lethal - according to Yahoo news, Osman Hussain told interrogators he wasn't carrying enough explosives even to "harm people nearby," and said "We didn't want to kill, just sow terror."

Yahoo have the story hereThe

Comments

[absinthecity]

Yes, and the last thing they want is to appear incompetent. I don't buy it myself...

[mchicago]

Oh i do...

Top three reasons as to why they are idots:

a) they're muppets becuase they're going to a city to kill other people
b) they're muppets because in the process they'll kill themselves
c) its pritty incompetent for a suicide bomber to fail...

All suicide bombers must now go on a test run first....

[londonbard]

I'm trying to deal with my home being wrecked because of this lot (broken front door and plumbing problems - repairmen wouldn't come into area on Friday...)

Despite that I had to laugh at your your last line.

I wonder if one can sue a suicide bomber?

[lougarry]

a hoax or a prank is as bad as the real deal imo.

[justmadabout]

the police have some of the bombs, don't they, so they would be able to assess the impact of an explosion and whether it would have been small or large?

[thecesspit]

"Defense Statement"

Bet it was leaked by his brief.

Further To Which:

[wemyss]

The Times coverage is here.