The HSBC tower is located right next to Canary Wharf building which contains a tube station. Highly likely that the police intercepted two bombers who had been unable to enter the tube station or pursued them from it. That scenario would be consistent with instructions to the building occupants to stay clear of the windows so that the two bombs (probably in backpacks) could be defused and removed or (with possible glass impact) detonated in place if defusing was not feasible.
This may be the source for the reporting that the British had recovered two unexploded bombs. If true, that will speed the investigation as unexploded ordnance often evidences the "signature" of the bomb maker and thence the group either by his identity or the techniques of bomb construction taught by a particular group in its training centers. That data, along with tracing of materials used, can speed identification and arrest of suspects. David Bier Background on HSBC tower: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/HSBC_Tower,_London HSBC Tower, London >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Photo of HSBC Tower in the article show a building to right which is occuiped by Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America) HSBC Tower is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. The building, whose formal address is 8 Canada Square, serves as the international headquarters for HSBC Holdings PLC (the largest bank in the world by some measures). The tower was designed by Sir Norman Foster's team of architects. Construction began in 1997 and was completed in 2002. There are 39 office floors in the 200 metre high tower, the second largest in the United Kingdom. Standing alongside the HSBC Tower are 1 Canada Square (known popularly as Canary Wharf); and the Citigroup Centre, which forms the British head office of the multinational US bank, Citigroup. The tower is not open to the public. The nearest tube station is Canary Wharf, serving the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway. A bus service runs to London City Airport. A small shopping mall is at the base of the development. See Also * Tall buildings in London Other tall buildings in the same city as this building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_buildings_in_London * 1 Canada Square another building located on Canary Wharf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Canada_Square --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Tefft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334992 > > 'Police shot bombers' reports New Zealander > > > 09.07.05 > > > A New Zealander working for Reuters in London says two colleagues witnessed > the unconfirmed shooting by police of two apparent suicide bombers outside > the HSBC tower at Canary Wharf in London. > > The New Zealander, who did not want to be named, said the killing of the two > men wearing bombs happened at 10.30am on Thursday (London time). > > Following the shooting, the 8000 workers in the 44-storey tower were told to > stay away from windows and remain in the building for at least six hours, > the New Zealand man said. > > He was not prepared to give the names of his two English colleagues, who he > said witnessed the shooting from a building across the road from the tower. > > Reports of attacks carried out by suicide bombers have been rife in London. > > Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported an unconfirmed incident of police > shooting a bomber outside the HSBC tower. > > Canadian Brendan Spinks, who works on the 18th floor of the tower, said he > saw a "massive rush of policemen" outside the building after London was > rocked by the bombings. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
