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| Netanyahu was in London - Received Warning... |
| 2005-07-07 |
| Hat Tip Drudge... By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 7, 7:14 AM ET JERUSALEM - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to attend an economic conference in a hotel over the subway stop where one of the blasts occurred, and the warning prompted him to stay in his hotel room instead, government officials said. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said he wasn't aware of any Israeli casualties. Just before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the Israeli Embassy to say they had received warnings of possible attacks, the official said. He did not say whether British police made any link to the economic conference. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the nature of his position. The Israeli Embassy was in a state of emergency after the explosions in London, with no one allowed to enter or leave, said the Israeli ambassador to London, Zvi Hefet. All phone lines to the embassy were down, said Danny Biran, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official. The ministry set up a situation room to deal with hundreds of phone calls from concerned relatives. Thousands of Israelis are living in London or visiting the city at this time, Biran said. Amir Gilad, a Netanyahu aide, told Israel Radio that Netanyahu's entourage was receiving updates all morning from British security officials, and "we have also asked to change our plans." Netanyahu had been scheduled to stay in London until Sunday, but that could change, Gilad said. If Scotland Yard knew, then maybe they will have an indicator of the organizers. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #6 So, what is the truth? Not what the AP reported. Check the times on each report; the AP story is from 7:15 AM. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-07 13:06 |
| #5 So, what is the truth? One source and another... Here we go again... The only thing about Netanyahu being told is that he just was told. Subway stations would be a logical thing to avoid owing to Spain, and the mass of British citizens? Probably there wasn't time to do any effective evacuation, and there warning was too vague to do coherant acting on anyway. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-07 12:36 |
| #4 Israel not 'warned of attacks' Israel was not warned about possible terror attacks in London before at least six blasts ripped through the city, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has said. A Foreign Ministry official had said earlier that British police warned the Israeli Embassy in London of possible terror attacks minutes before the first explosion. "There was no early information about terrorist attacks," Shalom told Israel Army Radio. "After the first explosion an order was given that no one move until things become clear." Israel Says All Its Information Came After the Blast Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel's Finance Minister and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on his way to address British businessmen at a London hotel when the first bomb exploded in a nearby London Underground station Thursday morning. Israel denies reports that Netanyahu had received advance information about the attacks and was warned to stay away before the blasts happened. Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev dismissed those reports as "rubbish." Regev said he wanted to make it unequivocally clear: "All our information was afterwards." Netanyahu's advisor Amir Gilad explained what had happened in a radio interview. "We were exactly on our way to the hotel [located over a subway station -- the first one to blow up-, Gilad said. "We were asked by the British security sources not to arrive at the hotel. Still it was not clear what was happening. We stayed in the hotel where we were guests," Gilad said. Netanyahu was due to open a large conference at the time of the explosion, Gilad added. "Now we are receiving updates all morning from British security sources that are speaking about terror attacks in the underground train and also in buses throughout the city," he said. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had no immediate comment on the attack on London. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that Israel was standing with the British at this time, and he said that Israel has long warned that terrorism is not only a problem for Israel but for the entire Western world. "Terrorism can attack every country in the world that has the ideology of freedom, of democracy," Shalom said in a radio interview. Not that any one will believe it |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-07-07 12:29 |
| #3 Ah. Drudge from the AP. No wonder. The debunking of this story is already about four hours old. The Israelis did NOT receive advanced warning. They got a call to stay put after the first bomb went off. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-07 12:22 |
| #2 So this is another of those cases where the Joooos executed a plan to make the Muzzies look bad, but saved all their own folks. Ya know, like 9/11, right? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-07 12:20 |
| #1 Oh man, not this again. The old, "The jews new of 9/11 and were not there!!" Bullshit, pure fucken' bullshit. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-07 12:18 |