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Ironically it was on an occasion when a bomb was phoned in that led to the single biggest atrocity during the troubles. 29 people killed by a cat bomb in Omagh.
by outoftheabyss 6y ago
Ironically it was on an occasion when a bomb was phoned in that led to the single biggest atrocity during the troubles. 29 people killed by a cat bomb in Omagh. We may not be living in peace today has it not happened
- sillysaurusx 6y agoWhat’s a cat bomb?
- throwaheyy 6y agoProbably a car bomb. The IRA were infamous for those.
- sillysaurusx 6y agoThanks. Apparently it's no longer cool to ask questions on HN, since I had no idea what a cat bomb was, yet a mod flagged it regardless.
- outoftheabyss 6y agoCommon sense would tell you the t and r keys are right beside each other
- outoftheabyss 6y agoA bomb with a cat in it. Use your noggin
- konjin 6y agoIt was probably plan #513 on how to kill Castro. Notes: Put bomb in cute cat. Castro is known to pat strays three times. Use that as the trigger. You can't prove I'm wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty
- dboreham 6y agoSurely a cat with a bomb in it.
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- x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago*car bomb
- thih9 6y ago“The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (...) Telephoned warnings had been sent almost forty minutes beforehand and police inadvertently moved people toward the bomb.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing