Not so smart bomb

[OwlHoot]

Why would a suicide bomber use remote detonation? Doesn't make any sense.

a fallback, unknown to them, in case they bottle out?

Talking about blowing up planes :

This happened just last year, but it certainly deserves to be included in the annals of mathematical legends:

A graduate student (let's call him Saeed) is in the airport standing in a security line. He is coming back from a conference, where he presented some exciting results of his Ph.D. thesis in Algebraic Geometry. One of the people whom he met at his presentation (let's call him Vikram) is also in the line, and they start talking excitedly about the results, and in particular the clever solution to problem X via blowing up eight points on a plane.

They don't notice other travelers slowly backing away from them.

Less than a minute later, the TSA officers descend on the two mathematicians, and take them away. They are thoroughly and intimately searched, and separated for interrogation. For an hour, the interrogation gets nowhere: the mathematicians simply don't know what the interrogators are talking about. What bombs? What plot? What terrorism?

The student finally realizes the problem, pulls out a pre-print of his paper, and proceeds to explain to the interrogators exactly what "blowing up points on a plane" means in Algebraic Geometry.

[gingerjedi]

Don't be ridiculous, she got a signal.

I was with O2 for years and never had a problem... why couldn't they do a cheap HTC Desire like Orange.

I've signed up to (yes you have to) use the T-mobile signal since they've merged, now I get Orange at the front of the house and T-mobile at the back, if it switches you lose the call.

24 months of this.

[AtW]

That's what I thought, but then I thought, sod it, it's a great story.

Great story? This bombed is allegedly part of the group that killed 35 people at Moscow's airport just few days ago - this information only appeared AFTER bombing took place: no doubt special services that failed yet again wanted to have a "great story" to have a laugh at "stupid" bomber in order to divert attention from yet again failure to prevent attack.

[amcdonald]

Maybe it's the 'handlers' way of ensuring the carrier doesn't get 'cold feet'?

Watching Cold Feet on your mobile now that would be a fate worse than death

[wobbegong]

Why would a suicide bomber use remote detonation? Doesn't make any sense.

Maybe it's the 'handlers' way of ensuring the carrier doesn't get 'cold feet'?

[Zippy]

Why would a suicide bomber use remote detonation? Doesn't make any sense.

That's what I thought, but then I thought, sod it, it's a great story.

[Bunk]

Why would a suicide bomber use remote detonation? Doesn't make any sense.

[Churchill]

A suicide bomber's plan to detonate explosives in Central Moscow on New Year's Eve was foiled when she received an unexpected text message that caused her deadly payload to blow up too early, according to news reports.

The message wishing her a happy new year came hours before the unnamed woman was to set off her suicide belt near Red Square, an act of terrorism that could have killed hundreds of people, The Leader-Post reported. She ended up dying at a safe house instead.

From El Reg

This claim is from people who are known to lie a lot.

Yeah, what my ex-commie friend says!

[TykeMerc]

Don't be ridiculous, she got a signal.

Good point

[RichardCranium]

If the silly bitch had been devout and made it clear to friends she only celebrated the Islamic New Year, she'd have been fine!

[AtW]

A suicide bomber's plan to detonate explosives in Central Moscow on New Year's Eve was foiled when she received an unexpected text message that caused her deadly payload to blow up too early, according to news reports.

This claim is from people who are known to lie a lot.

[PRC1964]

I bet she was with Orange.

Don't be ridiculous, she got a signal.

[gingerjedi]

I bet she was with Orange.

[Cliphead]

A suicide bomber's plan to detonate explosives in Central Moscow on New Year's Eve was foiled when she received an unexpected text message that caused her deadly payload to blow up too early, according to news reports.

The message wishing her a happy new year came hours before the unnamed woman was to set off her suicide belt near Red Square, an act of terrorism that could have killed hundreds of people, The Leader-Post reported. She ended up dying at a safe house instead.

From El Reg