jaiyen Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 " Explosive powder with a huge number of ball bearings was stuffed into a metal pipe " Oh ! A new invention. Werent they doing this with cannons and muzzle loaders hundreds of years ago ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 absolute idiot talk at it's best, can't believe how incomprehensible & plain daft these officials can be ! Not been here long, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVillain Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 bloody foreigners! Coming over here.... Building our bombs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketandsee Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Great quote on Stickman tonight - "For a country obsessed with its image, Thailand sure excels at looking foolish." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek JM Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 They are really jumping to conclusions to say for a fact this bomb was taught to them by foreigners when it can easily be learned online without any help Days ago they were saying it an entirely internal thing..and not international! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelman868 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 What makes them think the bomb wasn't carried into Thailand? Do they think the border is secure or that even if detected at the border, a bribe wouldn't get it past an immigration or customs officer? Zaphod I think you need to be reborn again. Even in Thailand the border guards or customs would not see a man with bomb and say " hay you got bomb, you pay me 2000 baht or I not let you in" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiver Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It's not often I get my sarcasm hat on at TVF, but in all seriousness, how many things can you think of that were invented in Thailand? Plenty "Made in Thailand" or copied, but it is almost certainly foreign technology, even if it's a low grade device that is still capable of causing a lot of hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedtripler Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 If it was a 100thb it would be slightly less ridiculous.... But not much Drivers don't take fares for a 20 in the prime time of the evening..... They can't even make up a believable lie...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Mumbo Jumbo at its' best. "Foreigners of unknown nationality". How do they know they were foreigners then ? A random 20 Baht note could have hundreds of fingerprints on, if not thousands. Interesting how the taxi driver knew which note it was. "Confirmation of much progress", meaning ? A "Patchy" sketch has been issued to 190 countries. For what purpose ? And the best bit "The Source". Bit like "The Stig". funny Journalism. They are making a fool out of themselves with such statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim walker Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 [cant solve a crime then it must be foreigners] Police wrong again they can’t continue to blame foreigners for all their ills it’s a homemade bomber and Thai technique cowardly to the end run away and hide not even the guts to be a suicide bomber and go with your product dump it and run typical Thai trait been same since WW2 when the Thais bravely fought the japs for all of the 4 hrs. a Bus or lorry crash what does the driver do help no RUN This whole bomber thing is just another Thai farce beginning to end, starting to get bored with it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 What makes them think the bomb wasn't carried into Thailand? Do they think the border is secure or that even if detected at the border, a bribe wouldn't get it past an immigration or customs officer? Despite the spending of some tens of millions of baht on "scanners," I don't believe any electronic device has yet been developed which can reliably detect any explosive. There are dogs which supposedly been trained to do it. In fact I just saw an article that Cambodia has purchased 10 more for use in locating land mines. Trouble is the dogs are no better than flipping a coin. Half the alerts they do are false positives, just like drug sniffing dogs. Mine clearance specialists are studying the use of rats because they're less likely to give a false warning to please their handlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 . According to the source, TNT was used for both pipe bombs. "Explosive powder was stuffed into steel pipes with a huge number of ball bearings," the source added. News Flash, Somchai: TNT is not a powder. And if Thais need a foreigner to teach them how to make a pipe bomb with ball bearings, then they are even dumber than I gave them credit for. Ha ha ha...Somchai is confusing TNT with the explosive powder mix used in fire crackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Of course the bomb was designed by foreigners. Otherwise it wouldn't have worked. Thai logic at its most incisive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdome Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Whoever did this has no motivation or interest in making it easy for the authorities (by claiming responsibility). I have a feeling they are being misled (but do not wish to appear so). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 "foreigners" they say... How do they expect the world to take them seriously when they come out with rubbish like this???: TIT...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It seems rather easy, just look up the work permits for bomb-makers and track it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callaway Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 What about all the other bombs that have happened in Thailand? Those damn pesky farang come here every time and teach our innocent population how to build bombs. If they didnt come we would never have this problem. During the red and yellow fiasco the damn farang were so busy making bombs. Just so "thais would never do that" could go and use them. They need to start drug testing these people that are commenting to the media. Do they ever go back and read their quotes and think " damn I sounded so stupid saying that crap". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaBlue05 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 These Thai "Officials" are predictably juvenile when confronted with a serious things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBill Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Translation: we don't have a clue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 . According to the source, TNT was used for both pipe bombs. "Explosive powder was stuffed into steel pipes with a huge number of ball bearings," the source added. News Flash, Somchai: TNT is not a powder. And if Thais need a foreigner to teach them how to make a pipe bomb with ball bearings, then they are even dumber than I gave them credit for. Actually TNT initially comes out as a dry substance when the process of manufacture is complete. After manufacture it is usually, but not always, mixed with plasticisers. Then placed into many types of containers from charges (4 to 6 ounces) to artillery shells & aerial bombs of various weights. However...it's rather uncommon to transport it in its raw form. Raw TNT... Google for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 ""Such a technique did not exist in Thailand before. And our in-depth investigations reveal that foreigners of unknown nationality came to Thailand in 2011 to provide training on such a technique," the source said." So, he's saying the bomb-maker was Thai! All the statements in the OP are a whole lot of blather, trying to sound professional, but coming out as bits of unconnected rubbish and inconsequential trivia. As usual they're attempting the old tactic of deflecting attention from the reality of mishandling and incompetence and just as usual they're failing miserably. Yes, another day, another ridiculous display of incompetence. Or Is he actually implying that no Thai would have the ability / intelligence / skill to make such a bomb? They should be ashamed of their reputation, but somehow they just aren't...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) bloody foreigners! Coming over here.... Building our bombs! obviously bomb building is on the special list of reserved occupations which "Alien Not Do". (isn't it?) Edited August 23, 2015 by bangon04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRISTIANa9 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 B20 for a Tuk tuk ride, I have never pay so little, has anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrY Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 If the explosive used indeed was TNT, the there is no expert 'instructor', foreign or local. At something like 7000m/s blast velocity you don't need to make it into a pipe bomb (pipe bombs are designed to overcome the shortcomings of low explosives), just tape short nails or ball bearings straight onto it "Claymore style", stick in a blasting cap (you can improvise one), add an amplifying circuit with a battery (or any high voltage source), connect it to a cell phone ringer, and Voilà! you've got a bomb [remote controlled]. Takes about an afternoon [shopping included] once you got the explosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 They should check with the guy who blew up a house up north not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oil Baron Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 These guys make Columbo look like a dunce. Aww come on now! That's not fair on Columbo. He was an excellent sleuth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Great quote on Stickman tonight - "For a country obsessed with its image, Thailand sure excels at looking foolish." Only when it is a choice between looking foolish or guilty. They would rather look foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oil Baron Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 They are really jumping to conclusions to say for a fact this bomb was taught to them by foreigners when it can easily be learned online without any help Wrong. This bomb was decidedly the work of a very different bomb-maker. From the location, the blast, the secondary frags, the color and smokelessness of the blast- not a kitchen clown. Your statement would not produce a bomb blast like this with total consumption high yield Everyone thinks Thai are stupid and for good reason but it's not beyond belief that one of them had figured out how to make a pipe bomb... Most of the info on chemical reactions could be watched on YouTube, you could Google the rest I have met a few exceptionally smart thais, one of them being a surgeon at bumrungrad, we can't rule out 70 Millon thais just because the bomber didn't blow himself up like the other one... I agree for sure. Thais are hindered by the ones in power. They, (the ruling class) don't really want an educated class questioning their authority or dictums. The uneducated are much easier to control this way. If the general populace had access to good education and proper vocational skills or apprenticeships, then this country could be a powerhouse. Think about it. Logistically it's in a fantastic location and they have a potential wealth of talent to draw from. I can see why people think them stupid, truth is, they just don't get presented with the same opportunities that are available to their counterparts in the west. That's my tuppence worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedtripler Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 He knows the exact 20thb note the guy paid with... Lol This should be good... Ridiculous isn't it ?I did some shopping yesterday and was given Bt 20 notes in change which went into my wallet already containing Bt 20 notes and I'm dammed if I could tell which I received yesterday. Now I wonder if they will conveniently find fingerprints on the notes and whose will they be unless they play safe and say ' unidentified, not on file ' ? Dna can not be faked but unless he's already in the databases it will lead to nothing... Any organisation with leadership will use a fresh young recruit for a job like this over someone who is a known member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 First the Foreigners came to Thailand and taught them about the concept of 'fun', which never existed in Thailand before. The word for 'fun' (sanook) is foreign, because all the vowell sounds are not written. Then the Foreigners come and teach the innocent Thai people how to make pipe Bombs. What's next? Teaching the Thai people how to pronounce the 'r' sound at the end of words? 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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