Hang 'em high...

I wonder why the beauty store employees weren't suspicious of someone purchasing such a large order of hydrogen peroxide? I wonder what the bombers told the beauty store employees to alleviate their suspicions? Or did the beauty store employees turn a blind eye. Even more, why wasn't the parent company or manufacturer(from whom the beauty store had to order the surplus supply) wasn't suspicious? Curiouser and curiouser.

My God. When is this outrage going to stop. George Bush is spying on honest, law abiding , tax paying, Muslims with security cameras. Who cares if they are buying enough chemicals to level a 5 square block area of London. I hope Nancy Pelosi and Chargles Rangel do something about this.

I was wondering that too -- what was the explanation given for that? "We're.... uh.... all bleaching our hair."

Or, WERE the beauty store employees suspicious, and they DID call the cops, and that's one of the reasons they were stopped in time?

Look how easy it is to find material for a bomb over the counter

In another era the above would appear not to be British. Multi-Culturalism has taken hold in Britain and not much assimilation has taken place. Diversity may be grand but not when the diverse don't accept the culture where they are living and working.

Maybe they wanted to be Blonde.

Good point, T Nette. The problem is, if you are suspicious of a couple of Middle Eastern men, you are called a racist and a profiler. Obviously, common sense would make a ten-year old suspicious of these guys ordering 52 gallons of chemicals. These are the times we live in.. sometimes I think we don't want to win!!

People should be required to present a purchase permit and a usage license to purchase anything that can be used to build a bomb. Detailed records should be kept as to how much is being purchased.

Sort of giving away the formula for would be terrorists to follow, aren't you?

Give it time -- Dan Rather will come up with documents implicating George W. Bush.

CAIR will blame Israel.

I second that... That's an awful lot of cheesy hair highlights for the "gentlemen." There must have been a very clever alibi. (Or just ignorance - "It must be some kind of science experiment")

Yikes! Makes you wonder though if airing it is an invasion of their privacy. At least, there are some in the Democractic party would make that argument.

It does sound like a curious amount but maybe it isn't. Maybe orders of that size do come up.

Hindsight is 20/20.

If I were the clerk I wouldn't have any idea peroxide could be used that way.

How do we know the storeowners were not involved? In the US, especially in the region I live in, unassimilated Muslims own a high percentage of gas stations, cell phone shops, smoke shops, and party stores. Beauty Supply Shops, and 'Dollar an Item' stores are in that small volume, low oversight category. A Beauty Supply shop would be a good front to facilitate the movement of items like peroxide, acetone (nail polish remover) and other solvents. If the customer is busted, the store owner can feign ignorance, fold his business, and reappear under a new name down the street.

I can only hope the majority of Americans don’t EVER become this stupid or compliant.

Bet you can buy that amount in every state if you happen to know where or 'know someone'.

Remember Ok. City. 'Non farmers' bought enough fertilizer to blow up a city block.

No need for Dan Rather to fabricate some documents showing who is behind the plot. EVERYONE knows it's President Bush.

One reader wrote: "Good point, T Nette. The problem is, if you are suspicious of a couple of Middle Eastern men, you are called a racist and a profiler. Obviously, common sense would make a ten-year old suspicious of these guys ordering 52 gallons of chemicals. These are the times we live in.. sometimes I think we don't want to win!!"

Two Comments:
1. Better to be a racist and profiler than a dead racist and profiler. They're counting on PC

2. You're right -- we don't want to win.

I have read this and feel i need to say my mind. As some people here think there should be a ban on all chemicals dealing with explosives, I think it is crazy. The chemicals used to make explosives are every day things. I bet you have used or seen them every time you go to a super market. This can be pipe cleaner, first aid wash, and things as simple as aspirin. Yes, even aspirin can be used for explosives.
The idea of baning chemicals for this is crazy if even able to be done. Anyone who says this is living in a world of ignorance, and needs to wake up.