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Bomb injures 29 on London train; threat level raised as police hunt suspects

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Why would any nation share information about a terrorist attack with the United States? 

Why, given our President's apparently uncontrollable urge to prematurely disclose investigative details for his own purposes, would any nation do so?

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Detonation is the big technical challenge for terrorists for timed charges. The BBC is reporting this bomb may had the same explosive material as the one in the Brussels Airport bombing. 2 bombs on trains during the World Cup in Germany, placed there by Islamists, failed to detonate. If they had, it would have been massive.

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Thankfully it malfunctioned as if it hadn't... As always, Londoners will take the piss and get on with it.

So Trump has pretty much just alienated the only western nation friend he has left. I'm called May called him out on his insensitive tweets.

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Just a case of 'the emperor has no clothes'. Everyone knows it was a terrorist attack, and as usual they'll have been identified as a potential risk for years. Yet liberals would rather pretend there's nothing to see and complain about Trump instead.

Londoners will take the piss and get on with it.

I mean if getting burnt alive is 'getting on with it' then by all means. I hear it's 'part and parcel' of living in a big city, after all.

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Parsons green is on the district line in West London, i grew up in East London on the same line so this is a bit too close to home for my liking. The most powerful man in the world said ""Another attack in London by a loser terrorist", wow we really are circling the bowl. Flush!

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So Trump has pretty much just alienated the only western nation friend he has left. I'm called May called him out on his insensitive tweets.

Not a chance! The bond and relationship between the UK and the US will outlive every political leader in both countries, publicly they may scorn each other, but behind the scenes, NOT going to happen and the same goes for Israel.

Why would any nation share information about a terrorist attack with the United States? 

Publicly NO, privately they do and will.

Why, given our President's apparently uncontrollable urge to prematurely disclose investigative details for his own purposes, would any nation do so?

His own purposes? And what might those purposes be?

*I'll believe the US is serious about terrorism the minute they criticize Saudi Arabia, the ultimate source of this warped version of I***.  

They (the US) are serious as a heart attack, but the problem is, we need the Saudis and their oil, they wield a lot of power and until we can ween ourselves off of mideast oil, that will take awhile, but make no mistake no one trusts the Saudis or thinks that they are our friends, but in many ways they do help us with weeding out high value terrorist targets, it's just a bizarre relationship, but alienate them? Only if you want to cripple the economy then good luck.

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we need the Saudis and their oil, 

More so than you need their purchasing of your arms?

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I hear it's 'part and parcel' of living in a big city, after all

Oh really, where'd you hear that?

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Then Trump tweets in response London's tragedy

The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!

because why not turn another's misfortune into your own gain? (Trump's good at that; in fact, he's often manufactured misfortune to others for his own gain.)

BTW, wasn't the original rationale for the travel ban a six-month period during which procedures could be reviewed? And considering we're now in the eighth month of Trump's presidency, shouldn't that review have been completed, thus obviating Trump's stated rationale for a travel ban? Or was Trump misleading us as to the ban's purpose all along, fully expecting it to be made permanent? Perhaps we'll never know.

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I'm still scratching my head how Trump even came into this discussion. I mean, attempting to blow people up is the act of a loser, right?

Shouldn't the focus be placed on the root of the cause? Namely failed immigration. How many more bombs will have to explode at pop concerts for kids, or Pakistani running mammoth protitution rings using white British girls, or trucks plowing people over before people finally figure it out.

Honestly, who cares what Chump says at a time like this!

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wasn't the original rationale for the travel ban a six-month period during which procedures could be reviewed

OK, but we're talking about the UK here where 47% of people already support a complete ban on immigration from Muslim majority countries, not just a temporary travel ban. Only about 23% oppose a complete ban and 30% 'neither agree nor disagree'.

This is based on data collected by Chatham House in mid-2016, before the Westminster Bridge attack, before the London Bridge attack, before the Manchester Arena bombing. I suspect it's well over 50% by now. Needless to say no politician will touch this with a 10-foot pole let alone acknowledge that this is what many of their constituents want.

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OK, but we're talking about the UK here where 47% of people already support a complete ban on immigration from Muslim majority countries, not just a temporary travel ban. Only about 23% oppose a complete ban and 30% 'neither agree nor disagree'. 

This is based on data collected by Chatham House in mid-2016, before the Westminster Bridge attack, before the London Bridge attack, before the Manchester Arena bombing. I suspect it's well over 50% by now. Needless to say no politician will touch this with a 10-foot pole let alone acknowledge that this is what many of their constituents want.

PC-obsessed liberal cucks call these Hate Facts.

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I lived near Parsons Green and it's a good place come summer to hang out in. The worst damage has usually come from beered up football fans. Or so called fans. London is stronger than this. Stronger than Trumps useless tweets and more importantly; stronger than online chest beating from those who know little about our resilient city.

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The worst damage has usually come from beered up football fans

To be fair, pissed-up footy louts don't try to blow up innocent citizens on public transportation.

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Do a bit more research. About the English far right groups and you will find they are so called ordinary people, football fans, family men, soldiers and even politicians. The UK must deal with all kinds of extremists not just Islamic ones.

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Do a bit more research. About the English far right groups and you will find they are so called ordinary people, football fans, family men, soldiers and even politicians. The UK must deal with all kinds of extremists not just Islamic ones.

how many victims have English far right groups driven vans into?

How many knife attacks?

How many bombs?

How many English far right rape gangs are there?

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You clearly didn't read the links, there's not much point in discussing this anymore.

I tried to reply to you with relevant info (just a fraction of the horror that BAME people face) but as expected; you dismissed it.

How do you feel about IRA (and various splinter groups) murderous bombing campaigns in the UK and NI/6 counties over the years, btw.

Over three thousand people on both "sides" perished. Between late 60s and early 2000s (even post GFA).

What did you think of the demonisation of Irish nationals living in the UK at the time?

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