Unconfirmed LV bad news Re: Bomb in Luxor parking lot

[KurtSF]

Its borderline. I agree its just murder with one target and one victim, but when the method does indeed cause "terror", like a bomb in a public place, I think its reasonable to label it a terrorist attack.

And yes, what "should be done" about it is a police investigation hopefully leading to an arrest. No, I am not sheeple.

[bav]

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Praytell, what about exploding a bomb in a public place and killing people doesn't fit the definition of a terrorist attack?

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So which part of this is a terrorist attack? That a bomb was chosen as a weapon instead of a gun or knife? That it happened in a public place? Get a grip.

Not everything bad that happens is a "terrorist attack". The original WTC bomb was a terrorist attack. 9/11 was a terrorist attack. OKC bombing was a terrorist attack. Atlanta Olympics bomb was a terrorist attack. But a small bomb placed on an individual's car that goes off at 4am is probably a personal thing. This was likely no more a terrorist attack than the bomb placed in Lefty Rosenthal's car was.

[Xamot]

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Terrorism usually has a political motivation. Killing the guy because he owes money or is cheating on his GF doesn't count.

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it can

ter·ror·ism: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

[MrFizzbin]

If it were a terrorist attack it would be multiple Suicide Bombers hitting multiple main casino's at the same time during peak hours(like Bali, Spain and London) not some unfortunate person in a parking garage @ 4 am... Besides Al-Queda has pretty much said they aren't looking to hit the US with small scale suicide bombers, they want something big (in th 5-10k or more casualty range) This is at most a homicide pure and simple.

[AngusThermopyle]

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Terrorism usually has a political motivation. Killing the guy because he owes money or is cheating on his GF doesn't count.

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it can

ter·ror·ism: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

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Killing someone sort of defeats the idea of coercing them.

[KurtSF]

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If it were a terrorist attack it would be multiple Suicide Bombers hitting multiple main casino's at the same time during peak hours(like Bali, Spain and London) not some unfortunate person in a parking garage @ 4 am... Besides Al-Queda has pretty much said they aren't looking to hit the US with small scale suicide bombers, they want something big (in th 5-10k or more casualty range) This is at most a homicide pure and simple.

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This was my point. Just because it wasn't Al Queda doesn't mean it wasn't "terroist".

And all I wanted to do was point this out, not insist this incident be labeled a terrorist attack or something, so I'm done.

[jack frost]

wow this is really weird because last week I was in Vegas at the MGM and I think it was Monday or Tuesday night and they evacuated the poker room and slot area all the way back to the table games at 1:00 am in the mourning. The next day we found out there was a "suspisious package found along the strip in front of MGM.

[bav]

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I am not sheeple.

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I claim Kurt just picked out his new 2+2 title. I want to see his "poobah" changed to "sheeple". [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Xamot]

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Terrorism usually has a political motivation. Killing the guy because he owes money or is cheating on his GF doesn't count.

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it can

ter·ror·ism: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

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Killing someone sort of defeats the idea of coercing them.

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obviously. but you obviously wouldn't be coercing the dead guy.

[sethypooh21]

murder =/= terrorism

I suppose it's possible that this was 'terror' related, but if so, it sucked.