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Soj, one possibility is that the four men carrying the bombs didn't know much about the technicalities.  Whether or not they were unstable is a moot point (see other comments) but it's possible the four were not involved in the manufacture and knew little of the characteristics of the bombs.

Most interesting from my perspective is that nobody commenting on this diary has questioned whether the bombers were actually intending to kill themselves.  I was interested to read this article in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald, which quotes Scotland Yard, a 'security official' and Saturday's Daily Mirror on some good arguments (and circumstantial evidence) to suggest that the bombers might have been led to believe that they would set the bombs and escape.

by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Jul 19th, 2005 at 09:52:45 AM EST
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I now see that you covered the "were they suicide bombers?' aspect in your part 3 (incidentally the link above seems to transfer me to your front page rather than the specific post).
by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Jul 19th, 2005 at 10:11:48 AM EST
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