Cui Bono?
Tel Aviv Blast. TEL AVIV, Israel — A Palestinian homicide bomber carrying 20 pounds of explosives blew himself up in a crowd of young Israelis waiting outside a nightclub near Tel Aviv's beachfront promenade just before midnight Friday, killing at least four other people, wounding dozens and shattering an informal Mideast truce.
How do they know the bomber was "carrying 20 pounds of explosives"?
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Actually, there is a science to determining the amount of explosives used. I happen to have first hand knowledge of this sort of thing in the past. You can determine (or at least a rough estimate) the amount of explosives used based on forensic evidence, blast radius, splatter patterns etc.
How quickly could you have analyzed the forensic evidence?
judging from the blast radius it could be instantly to a person trained and has seen their fair share of bomb blasts. Considering the area I would say there are probably lots of experts.
Wouldn't it depend on the type of explosive and wouldn't you need analysis for that? Not that I don't believe what you say is valid, just wondering.
Also Mr. Fresh, cui bono? (who benefits) from attempting to derail the peace process (if that's what one can call Abbas and Sharon's agreement)?
Well, I can't speak from this specific incident however, there was an occasion where I was asked to provide information as to the amount of explosives used in an attack and after several hours of observing the blast area and the vehicle used in the attack etc I was able to come up with a reasonable answer. I don't doubt what you were getting at in the original post. I don't believe either government there wants true peace. It would mean having to give up too much to each other in their eyes I'm sure. Just throwing my two cents in.
Thanks Doug.
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