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LONDON - Three explosions rocked the London subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday. The blasts killed at least two people and reportedly injured more than 90 in what a shaken Prime Minister
Tony Blair called a series of "barbaric" terrorist attacks.
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Blair said it was clear the attacks were designed to coincide with the opening of the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. The prime minister said the meeting of world leaders would continue but that he would return to London.
"Whatever they do, it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world," said Blair.
A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe" posted a claim of responsibility for the blasts, saying they were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. The Web statement, republished on the site of the German magazine Der Spiegel, could not be immediately confirmed.
Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there were three explosions in the subway and one on a bus. "We do not know who or what organizations are responsible for these terrible criminal acts," Clarke said.
The blasts came one day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics. Giselle Davies, a spokeswoman for the
International Olympic Committee, said the committee still had "full confidence" in London.
Bloodied and bandaged witnesses reported panicked crowds fleeing the blast sites. A witness at the bus explosion said the entire top deck of the bus was destroyed.
Sir Ian Blair, London's police chief, said he was concerned the explosions were a coordinated attack but said he wouldn't speculate on who was responsible. He said officials had found indications of explosives at one of the sites.
Police reported "a number of fatalities" at one London subway station. "Things are still relatively confused," Superintendent John Morgan said.
Denying an earlier report, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that
Israel was not warned by Scotland Yard in advance of the blasts.
"We have been at a very high state of alert. Of course if there had been any kind of specific warnings we would have dealt with it," Blair said.
One witness, Darren Hall, said some passengers emerging from an evacuated subway station had soot and blood on their faces. He told BBC TV that he was evacuated along with others near the major King's Cross station and only afterward heard a blast.
Police confirmed an explosion destroyed a double-decker bus at Russell Square in central London.
Paul Woodrow, an official with the ambulance service, told reporters that rescue operations were ongoing and that "there are large numbers of casualties." Officials at the Royal London Hospital told BBC that 95 injured had been brought into that hospital alone.
Jay Kumar, a business owner near the site of the bus blast, said he ran out of his shop when he heard a loud explosion. He said the top deck of the bus had collapsed, sending people tumbling to the floor.
Many appeared badly injured, and bloodied people ran from the scene.
"A big blast, a big bomb," he told The Associated Press. "People were running this way panicked. They knew it was a bomb. Debris flying all over, mostly glass."
"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," Belinda Seabrook told Press Association, the British news agency.
Police said incidents were reported at the Aldgate station near the Liverpool Street railway terminal, Edgware Road and King's Cross in north London, Old Street in the financial district and Russell Square, near the British Museum.
Bradley Anderson, a subway passenger, told Sky News that "there was some kind of explosion or something" as his train reached the Edgware Road station in northeast London.
"Everything went black and we collided into some kind of oncoming train," Anderson said.
Simon Corvett, 26, who was on an eastbound train from Edgware Road station, said: "All of sudden there was this massive huge bang."
"It was absolutely deafening and all the windows shattered," he said. "There were just loads of people screaming and the carriages filled with smoke.
"You could see the carriage opposite was completely gutted," he said. "There were some people in real trouble."
London's cell phone network was working after the explosions but was overloaded and spotty, limiting communication.
The explosions sent stocks plummeting in Europe, with several of the major indexes down 3 percent.
On March 11, 2004, terrorist bombs on four commuter trains in Madrid killed 191 people.
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An act of cowards! Best wishes to all in London!!!
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we stand with England and the English people.
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I hope that people respond to this the way the Spanish people responded to the Madrid bombings, which was generally the right way to go. They blamed the government for getting involved with the US war and thereby bascially provoking reactionary fundamentalists to attack them.
That's what this is about. These are the consequences of empire.
Now before anyone gets stupid, I'll make the obligatory statement that progressive, radical, and revolutionary-minded people and people against the war should not side with reactionary fundamentalists. I think that their choice of targets--a civilian population--shows how bankrupt their ideology is. Funny, though, how you could say the same about the US ruling class, and on a much larger scale.
It's almost as if part of the US war is designed to stir up fundamentalists. The invasion and occupation naturally call forth opposition, but the repeated offenses to Islam--destroying the Quran at Guantanamo, the statements that Christian Fascist military people like Gen. Boykin make, and so on--stir up more indignation in the Muslim world than the people in the US even know about. This is fuel for fundamentalists, and it seems deliberate.
In other words, the US is creating its own enemy.
Like I said in another thread, I don't think there's anything inadvertent about it. They need justification for their wars for plunder. You can't just say, "We're gonna go get that oil no matter what"...you've got to have a pretext.
I think now more than ever we need to drive the Bush regime out. There's only one direction this shit can go, and that's more war and more police state measures, and more scapegoating. Imperialism is the enemy of ALL the worlds' people. That's where our fight is.
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andf they have been attacked 3 times since.its a good thing that will never happen in the U.S. and England.
get attacked,pull out.what A PUSSY.thats why the american people reject your ideas and policies.
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Thanks for putting my opinion into better words then I ever could XTC. The idea that a bunch of guys woke up one morning and thought "hey, let's be terrorists" is ridiculous. The Republican sheep (not generalising here, there are Republicans without the sheep values) are much more comfortable taking Bush's word that these kind of attacks are from freedom-hating maniacs and we're the Hollywood good guys. This is punishment, the same punishment we are currently giving in Iraq for the same punishment the US recieved on 9/11. People think we can blast the world into peace, we'll just blast it to pieces. Is there any way to escape that anymore?
Nobodies right if everybodys wrong.
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Originally Posted by XTC
LONDON - Three explosions rocked the London subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday. The blasts killed at least two people and reportedly injured more than 90 in what a shaken Prime Minister
Tony Blair called a series of "barbaric" terrorist attacks.
ADVERTISEMENT
Blair said it was clear the attacks were designed to coincide with the opening of the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. The prime minister said the meeting of world leaders would continue but that he would return to London.
"Whatever they do, it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world," said Blair.
A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe" posted a claim of responsibility for the blasts, saying they were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. The Web statement, republished on the site of the German magazine Der Spiegel, could not be immediately confirmed.
Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there were three explosions in the subway and one on a bus. "We do not know who or what organizations are responsible for these terrible criminal acts," Clarke said.
The blasts came one day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics. Giselle Davies, a spokeswoman for the
International Olympic Committee, said the committee still had "full confidence" in London.
Bloodied and bandaged witnesses reported panicked crowds fleeing the blast sites. A witness at the bus explosion said the entire top deck of the bus was destroyed.
Sir Ian Blair, London's police chief, said he was concerned the explosions were a coordinated attack but said he wouldn't speculate on who was responsible. He said officials had found indications of explosives at one of the sites.
Police reported "a number of fatalities" at one London subway station. "Things are still relatively confused," Superintendent John Morgan said.
Denying an earlier report, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that
Israel was not warned by Scotland Yard in advance of the blasts.
"We have been at a very high state of alert. Of course if there had been any kind of specific warnings we would have dealt with it," Blair said.
One witness, Darren Hall, said some passengers emerging from an evacuated subway station had soot and blood on their faces. He told BBC TV that he was evacuated along with others near the major King's Cross station and only afterward heard a blast.
Police confirmed an explosion destroyed a double-decker bus at Russell Square in central London.
Paul Woodrow, an official with the ambulance service, told reporters that rescue operations were ongoing and that "there are large numbers of casualties." Officials at the Royal London Hospital told BBC that 95 injured had been brought into that hospital alone.
Jay Kumar, a business owner near the site of the bus blast, said he ran out of his shop when he heard a loud explosion. He said the top deck of the bus had collapsed, sending people tumbling to the floor.
Many appeared badly injured, and bloodied people ran from the scene.
"A big blast, a big bomb," he told The Associated Press. "People were running this way panicked. They knew it was a bomb. Debris flying all over, mostly glass."
"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," Belinda Seabrook told Press Association, the British news agency.
Police said incidents were reported at the Aldgate station near the Liverpool Street railway terminal, Edgware Road and King's Cross in north London, Old Street in the financial district and Russell Square, near the British Museum.
Bradley Anderson, a subway passenger, told Sky News that "there was some kind of explosion or something" as his train reached the Edgware Road station in northeast London.
"Everything went black and we collided into some kind of oncoming train," Anderson said.
Simon Corvett, 26, who was on an eastbound train from Edgware Road station, said: "All of sudden there was this massive huge bang."
"It was absolutely deafening and all the windows shattered," he said. "There were just loads of people screaming and the carriages filled with smoke.
"You could see the carriage opposite was completely gutted," he said. "There were some people in real trouble."
London's cell phone network was working after the explosions but was overloaded and spotty, limiting communication.
The explosions sent stocks plummeting in Europe, with several of the major indexes down 3 percent.
On March 11, 2004, terrorist bombs on four commuter trains in Madrid killed 191 people.
I knew it wouldn't be long for someone to talk shit! Do you know the actual meaning of Jihad? This is not an act of Moslum faith but some uncommon criminals portraying their acts for kicks basically. Islamic Defensive Jihad can only be issued by the head Caliph...something which hasn't been done!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad
Jihad is not terrorism:
It is to be emphasized that terrorism against the innocent civilians, whether through aggression or suicidal means, is under no circumstances permissible in Islam. Islam encourages the oppressed people to struggle for their liberation and it commands other Muslims to help those who are oppressed and suffering, but Islam does not allow, under any circumstance, terrorism against non-combatants and innocent people. Terrorism is not Jihad, it is Fasad (mischief). It is against the teachings of Islam. There are some people who use their twisted arguments to justify terrorism for their causes, but it has no justification: Allah says:
"When it is said to them: 'Make not mischief on the earth,' they say: 'Why, we only want to correct things.' Indeed they are the mischief doers, but they realize (it) not." (Al-Baqarah: 11-12)
http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/eng...hFatwaID=51346
What has happened falls against the Islamic faith completely! This is not Bushs or Blairs fault...its an act of aggression by some dumb asses trying to make a name in history. To bit killers without the courage to confront their adversaries face to face or on a battle field.
Best of wishes to the fine people in London!
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they have a strong leader in blair who just won re-election.
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now watch the national id legislation sail through parliament...you won't be able to travel without it.
i feel sorry for the people who died and their families, and also for those who are going to have to live in the resulting id card dictatorship because of it. which won't keep them safe by the way.
the easter bunny could have made a website and claimed responsibility...if we're really sold that al-qaeda did this because of the war, i'd say it has MI5 or some other intelligence agency written all over it.
but i guess we'll see who stands to gain from this...qui bono?
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i wonder what nationality the people who carried out this attack are?
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Guys stop fucking around! this is some serious shit here. Don't you see what's happening. amsterdam and p4b should be thanking pisshead for his offers of the alex jones videos. alex stated that soon there would be another terrorist attack which would benefit police state militarism.
think about it. the blasts happened and in just a few hours they determined it was terrorism. yes yes...they have the al-quaeda video but they've managed to authenticate it completely in such a short amount of time?! sounds just like how we knew afghanistan must be attacked right after 9/11. get a clue! the new world order is almost here. its up to us to resist it. stop fighting and just listen. we love whats ours as do you. why cant we all just call it a day and work together?
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Originally Posted by nicholasstanko
Guys stop fucking around! this is some serious shit here. Don't you see what's happening. amsterdam and p4b should be thanking pisshead for his offers of the alex jones videos. alex stated that soon there would be another terrorist attack which would benefit police state militarism.
think about it. the blasts happened and in just a few hours they determined it was terrorism. yes yes...they have the al-quaeda video but they've managed to authenticate it completely in such a short amount of time?! sounds just like how we knew afghanistan must be attacked right after 9/11. get a clue! the new world order is almost here. its up to us to resist it. stop fighting and just listen. we love whats ours as do you. why cant we all just call it a day and work together?
paul joseph watson who runs prisonplanet.com had also been talking in the recent months about an imminent terrorist attack in london, based on the same basic pre 9/11 warnings that made alex get on the radio for months before 9/11 and say call the white house, they're going to use bin laden to attack NYC and DC.
do yourself a favor nich...put amsterdam and psycho on your ignore list. it's not worth it to waste time on people like that. they want to be lied to and believe the lies in their cozy left/right world.
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everyone on the planet knew they were going to attack again.im suprised we havent had one here yet.its coming.
love the ignore list,what are you 6 years old.cant handle other opinions that arent the same as yours?you guys are the fringe of society.i would stay on this site if i were you,no one else would give you the time of day,except alex.lol.now be gone kool-aid drinkers.
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i hate to say it and i mean this in no bad way but thats what happens for following america into a war over oil,everybody has been waiting for some kind of attack on london for a couple of years now.
the latest figures are that there are 40 innocent people who lost their lives this morning and that figure may rise before the end of the day
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Originally Posted by professer evil
i hate to say it and i mean this in no bad way but thats what happens for following america into a war over oil,everybody has been waiting for some kind of attack on london for a couple of years now.
the latest figures are that there are 40 innocent people who lost their lives this morning and that figure may rise before the end of the day
yes, and now in the US we're on this orange alert for all travels...
it's incredibly easy to see how the constitution will be set aside like Tommy Franks said once we're attacked again here. it'll start slow with localized martial law, then the propaganda on fox and cnn to show us how wonderful the troops are doing to keep us safe and that we have to be searched for our safety, and that having no constitution isn't that bad...
then it's downhill from there.
a military homeland security dictatorship won't keep us safe from terrorism...only the governments of the world stand to gain from 'terrorism' with troops on the streets and national id cards and police state measures...
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and we are coming for you scully!!
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al queda europe have taken responsibility, some of you people do too much reading fiction and shit,talkin about the new world order being responsible,thats bullshit
the new world order????????? everyone knows the illuminati is full of the most powerfull men of the world,all the former american presidents are members including g w bush but i think crazy muslims were the motive behind this attack
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i'm looking at who benefits...who stands to gain. who gets more power and control over everyones' lives after attacks.
i could put up a website saying the easter bunny claimed responsibility. talk about reading fiction.
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muslims??no way,it's w's fault along with the secret groups everywhere.(sarcastic)
watch the approval ratings climb.
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its safe to say the bush and blair dont give a fuck about bombs goin off around them and limbs being torn off people,its obviously good publicity for them and their "no surrender to terrorism" policy.
ive heard word on the news that a police sharp shooter killed a suicide bomber somewhere in london(around paddington i think) and all knowledge is being denied by police,theres definitley some kind of cover up goin on but i still reckon it was crazy muslims,although if i was blowing up london i would have done it at the big thank you party for the olympics that took place yesterday,there would have been maxium casualties there
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if anything,W cares to much and takes things personaly.
use your brain,if it was a cover up you wouldnt have heard anything yet.our governments are good at that my friend.
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Originally Posted by pisshead
People dead in the streets and you post this shit. You are one sick son of a bitch!! And thats from the heart Pissant!
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i dont know about ur government amsterdam but my government doesnt cover up any kind of things like that,we wouldnt have it.george w is a clown,only yesterday he went rideing on his bike after he got to scotland and he crashes into a police officer and falls off scrapeing his arm,this is the kind of muppet thats basically in charge of the world,he makes me really angry the bastard
the english are not to be trusted,theyll stick knife in ur back and take your land and its the innocent people who get blown up
the muslims should just blow up one of the palaces or house of parlament or some government place,as time goes by there bomb manufacturing will get better and their delivery will be better also,they used mobile phone technology to arm some of their bombs in the underground today,i reckon its only the start although i hope its not
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Originally Posted by nicholasstanko
Guys stop fucking around! this is some serious shit here. Don't you see what's happening. amsterdam and p4b should be thanking pisshead for his offers of the alex jones videos. alex stated that soon there would be another terrorist attack which would benefit police state militarism.
think about it. the blasts happened and in just a few hours they determined it was terrorism. yes yes...they have the al-quaeda video but they've managed to authenticate it completely in such a short amount of time?! sounds just like how we knew afghanistan must be attacked right after 9/11. get a clue! the new world order is almost here. its up to us to resist it. stop fighting and just listen. we love whats ours as do you. why cant we all just call it a day and work together?
Oh hell yes, I'll drop down and kiss his ass just like you! NOT!!! If there was actually a NWO they would be taking you two out with your lord Alex Jones. :D
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why bomb in london when the leaders are in scotland???? i know damn well terroist would be more prone to attack the people behind their countries down fall...... anyone else smell a set up......just another reason for the government to clamp down and control our lives even more
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because london is a better target than glasgow you genius.are you kidding me.
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the english are not to be trusted,theyll stick knife in ur back and take your land and its the innocent people who get blown up
Stupid stupid man\boy what an ignorant thing to say..
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the muslims should just blow up one of the palaces or house of parlament or some government place
Just how does your puny little narrow minded brain work Prof Evil?
You are an incredibly insenitive person who has shown that this type of incident means nothing to you.I hope your family never has to endure something like this....PRICK.
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the english are to be trusted to the death,america will live and die with england and i am proud of that.
you cant disrespest an englishmans football team without a smack down,you think they will tolerate killing their people?yea right.mess with the bull and you will get the horns my silly friend.
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Originally Posted by nomadherbman
why bomb in london when the leaders are in scotland???? i know damn well terroist would be more prone to attack the people behind their countries down fall...... anyone else smell a set up......just another reason for the government to clamp down and control our lives even more
These people aren't about that. They kill their own in the streets of Bagdad every day. Zarqawis' group kills shi'ites:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?...ectID=10334633
They target Egyptians:
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Dail...005070703.html
They're not freedom fighters, their cowards! AlQueda is losing respect around the world including the Mosums nations. Nothing more than a pack of cowardly headline grabbers!
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thats why they are so fucking pissed off.this isnt just a war against america,they are trying to spread fundamentalist islam everywhere.they hate saudi arabia,egypt,kuwait and the like because they see those muslim nations moving with the rest of the world away from the ancient times.
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fuck you twoshots ive alredy said my prayers are with the innocent people who died but im an irishman so dont be surprised if i have no respect for your queen and government,they have brought this attack on u all
my point was that the target for these bombs should be government targets and not civilian
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like all the club bombings in london by the IRA.government huh?yea right.one in the same.
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Protestants killing Catholics, Catholics killing Protestants....hmmmmmmmmmm
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the ira bombing were not only aimed at government targets but also groups of protestants,its completely different to the muslims agenda,why were we bombing you???because you took our country then u divided it then your army up the north along with the protestant civilians attacked and murdered innocent catholics of all ages and of both sex,dont get me started on this coz im 2 passionate bout it and people have been murdered today so lets not be petty about past events and try to be positive
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i dont know just seems a bit timely??
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it makes a good excuse for being jailed without charge and national id cards. here it will mean further erosion of posse comitatus and more police state.
