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2005-07-07 Britain

London Tube, Bus Hit with 65 explosions: 'terrible injuries'

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Posted by rkb 2005-07-07 07:14|| || Front Page|| [10326 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Uncomfirmed, Sky News says Scotland Yard source: indications attack on bus was suicide bomber.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-07 07:32|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-07 07:32|| Front Page Top

#2 british posters...talk to us, you ok?

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 07:35|| 2005-07-07 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 whew, I hadn't seen the other thread yet. Very sad. Wishing everyone the best.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 07:37|| 2005-07-07 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 repeat:

these were to timed & targeted to kill/terrorise. I know the Brits will deal w/ these fanatic fascist fools...the retarded ones just wrote another chapter in their book ...."How to win friends and rally the superior civilizations against us"

God bless you Brits!

Posted by Red Dog 2005-07-07 07:42|| 2005-07-07 07:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Gloves are off. Educate yourselves, deport these people.

Posted by Shistos Shistadogloo 2005-07-07 07:48|| 2005-07-07 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 From Sky News

LONDON BLASTS TIMELINE

08.49 - Emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate. Reported as "some kind of power surge".

08.50 - Police called to Aldgate station, east London.

09.22 - King's Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations cleared.

09.31 - The incident caused major disruption to the entire network with stations across the capital being closed.

09.33 - London Underground said that there has been "another incident at Edgware Road" station in north west London.

09.53 - Mainline train company First Great Western said its services into London's Paddington station were terminating at Reading in Berkshire because of the Underground crisis.

10.00 - The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had been no problems with its system this morning which could have contributed to the incidents.

10.13 - Union officials said their sources had told them there had been at least one explosive device on the Underground. One explosion happened at Edgware Road and there were suggestions of two other explosions at King's Cross and Aldgate.

10.14 - Reports of a bus being ripped apart in an explosion in central London.

10.19 - Mainline services were being halted short of London. The Silverlink company, which normally operates into Euston station, was terminating trains at Watford Junction in Hertfordshire.

10.25 - Union sources said they had received reports of explosions on three buses in central London.

10.32 - Mainline London to Scotland train company GNER said it did not expect its East Coast Main Line services to run as far as London at any time today.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-07 07:52|| 2005-07-07 07:52|| Front Page Top

#7 First, my thoughts and prayers for the lost and injured are with the UK this morning. Normally I wouldn't presume to speak for 295 million people, but I think I can safely say this morning that we are beside you.
Now, please, PLEASE - start deporting and imprisoning the monsters in your midst who provided aid and comfort to this atrocity. Until you do, there will be no safe place. They want us all dead, and will continue to mouth words of peace and coexistence until they slit the last of our throats.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-07-07 08:14|| 2005-07-07 08:14|| Front Page Top

#8 My heart goes out to the people of London and their nation. Hope all our UK posters are Ok.

Posted by Tkat 2005-07-07 08:18|| 2005-07-07 08:18|| Front Page Top

#9 more from the Guardian

Posted by rkb 2005-07-07 08:34|| 2005-07-07 08:34|| Front Page Top

#10 We are all Britons

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-07-07 08:39|| 2005-07-07 08:39|| Front Page Top

#11 My wife just pointed out 7 bombs on 07/07 - Islamo-numerology.

Posted by Ebbavilet Whong6781 2005-07-07 08:45|| 2005-07-07 08:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Indeed, Paul, well said.

Posted by .com 2005-07-07 08:48|| 2005-07-07 08:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Time to put aside the British reserve and get aggressive. They want us dead. It's that simple. They can blame the attacks on support for the Coalition but the attacks will continue on England as they have in Spain after capitulation. Fight on mighty England fight on.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-07-07 08:54|| 2005-07-07 08:54|| Front Page Top

#14 A couple of hours ago CNN was trying to pin it on the French cos they lost the Olympics. Bizzare

phil_b

Posted by Ebbavilet Whong6781 2005-07-07 08:59|| 2005-07-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#15 Nick Robertson on CNN just said that British intelligence report 50 people who were being closely tracked have disappeared - fled the country or otherwise gone to ground. This in the context of a discussion of Al Qaeda involvement in the bombings.

Also: at least one of the Underground explosions went off just as 2 trains were passing one another. Suicide bomber there as well as on the bus??

Posted by rkb 2005-07-07 08:59|| 2005-07-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#16 Very interesting, rkb, although I'm not sure I trust Nick Robertson much.
Now Steve Emerson's another story: He knows Islamist terrorism.

Posted by Jennie Taliaferro">Jennie Taliaferro 2005-07-07 09:03|| http://www.greatestjeneration.com]">[http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2005-07-07 09:03|| Front Page Top

#17 Nick Robertson on CNN just said that British intelligence report 50 people who were being closely tracked have disappeared - fled the country or otherwise gone to ground.

If true, this illustrates the idiocy of just following people around. If you know they're involved, grab them and send them someplace unpleasant.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-07 09:12|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-07 09:12|| Front Page Top

#18 My sympathies for the British and outrage directed against the adherents of a pseudoreligion that promotes, executes, and justifies such atrocities in the name of their idol. Who truly thinks muslims can coexist with nonmuslims, when their religous dictate is absolute power over all? Send them back to their muslim hellholes to devour each other.

A little realted background for Americans. In 1997, two muslims were arrested after a shootout in NYC with nail studded bombs they were going to use in subway bombings. Both were connected with Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, of the first WTC bombing and plots to bomb Brooklyn brige, NYC tunnels and other landmarks. One of these animals was caught several times trying to enter from Canada (like Ahmed Rezzam, minus the explosives), and was finally released into American society after claiming political asylum when Canada refused to take him back. Thank you congress and the INS.

PS. Was watching an ABC News London on-the-street interview and a stout Pakistani listening in the background was having a good old time, the only one in the video breaking out in smiles. Too bad he didn't have any candy to hand out.

Posted by ed 2005-07-07 09:23|| 2005-07-07 09:23|| Front Page Top

#19 just said that British intelligence report 50 people who were being closely tracked have disappeared - fled the country or otherwise gone to ground.

whoa...

I shouldn't jump the gun, but if true, then we need to take a serious look at this, because AQ has clearly learned how to take advantage of the fact that the investigative services, FBI, and the British equivalent, allow the bad guys to go free so they can "watch" them under the misguided belief that these moderate size fish will take them to their leaders. It doesn't work! I know it's more complicated than just arresting them, but (again) if true, it is clear that AQ has learned how play the services while being watched. Time to take a look at Yassin and the first WTC bombing again, or they'll just keep doing it right before our investigators eyes.

Certainly, the idea of just "watching" has done little to rid large cities of mob influence, so what makes us think it will work any better with AQ. FBI can tell you who is who in mob families - but personally, I'd prefer that the cement, trash, construction and other industries weren't accepted as mob enterprises - as if that was just to be expected. How about getting rid of the mob influence instead of just monitoring it?

If indeed AQ was able to plan and then disappear, it's time for a serious rethink of how our investigative services deal with known bad guys in our midst - cause the bad guys are way ahead of them.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 09:25|| 2005-07-07 09:25|| Front Page Top

#20 rkb - if they've disappeared, they obviously weren't being followed "closely" enough.

Report from SkyNews at 9:30 am EDT (US): 45 dead, 1000 injured.

Our sympathies, Britain. We are with you.

One suggestion: Knock off the "bring to justice" talk (which our President is guilty of as well) and just kill the bastards.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-07 09:27|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-07-07 09:27|| Front Page Top

#21 darn, rc. You said it much sweeter and shorter than I did.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-07 09:27|| 2005-07-07 09:27|| Front Page Top

#22 Kill every islamofreak out there. No mercy. These "people" don't even rate protection from PETA since they are lower than animals. Bulldoze their mosques, deport the innocent and kill the guilty. Enough of trying to "understand" these wastes of flesh. They are not worth your pity or caring.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-07 09:32|| 2005-07-07 09:32|| Front Page Top

#23 Spineless bastards .
Figures will keep rolling up all day i fear . Am in process of trying to contact friends in the areas attacked .
I for one want retaliation . Hard and fast

Posted by MacNails 2005-07-07 09:53|| 2005-07-07 09:53|| Front Page Top

#24 My sympathies are with the people of London and England. British Rantburgers, shout out so we know you're okay.

Posted by BH 2005-07-07 09:54|| 2005-07-07 09:54|| Front Page Top

#25 BH, they're mostly hanging out in the other thread. All are accounted for, I believe.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-07-07 09:56|| 2005-07-07 09:56|| Front Page Top

#26 we are all brits today

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-07 10:05|| 2005-07-07 10:05|| Front Page Top

#27 Thanks, Dave.

Posted by BH 2005-07-07 10:19|| 2005-07-07 10:19|| Front Page Top

#28 I'm sure George W Bush will try and connect this to 9/11 and ~~abu grahib~~ oops Iraq thingy. Wrong wrong wrong.

Posted by SF Nancy Pelosi">SF Nancy Pelosi 2005-07-07 10:25|| 2005-07-07 10:25|| Front Page Top

#29 I want to see a sweeping assault on these people. Raid their mosques, grab their imams and the other s who are being "closely tracked", and have all of them "disappear". Drain intell out of them and then act swiftly on it.

But I know better. There will be press conferences, statements from politicians denouncing this, counselors brought in for people to talk about their feelings, and little else done. Remember, we are "civilized" and that means trying to understand why they hate us and then giving them things to make them like us.

We're writing our own epitath through our "civility"

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-07-07 10:26|| 2005-07-07 10:26|| Front Page Top

#30 Well said, YS. Amen.

Posted by .com 2005-07-07 10:29|| 2005-07-07 10:29|| Front Page Top

#31 Further proof that civilizations are not overthrown... they commit suicide.

Posted by eLarson 2005-07-07 10:40|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-07-07 10:40|| Front Page Top

#32 One suggestion: Knock off the "bring to justice" talk (which our President is guilty of as well) and just kill the bastards.

Well said Barbara...

Howard... You out there? R U O K?

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-07 10:55|| 2005-07-07 10:55|| Front Page Top

#33 Simply horrible.

"if it is the intentional causing of death and injury"

What kind of fool says something like this? Of course it was intentional!

Posted by Secret Master 2005-07-07 11:06|| 2005-07-07 11:06|| Front Page Top

#34 Hear, hear, YS! Well said!

Posted by BA">BA 2005-07-07 11:10|| 2005-07-07 11:10|| Front Page Top

#35 Time for the Brits to build their own "Gitmo". I suggest the western plains of Ascension Island. And forget the air conditioning. Let the retards sweat a little. Feed them bangers and chips twice a day, and if they don't eat it, too bad. And skip the Quran - it's just an incitement to violence.

As for retaliation, I can think of a dozen or so places that need to be totally flattened, all in Soddy Rabida.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-07-07 13:09|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-07 13:09|| Front Page Top

#36 hi everyone,I'm a long time lurker that comes out of the woodwork every now and then. Does anyone know if Howard is ok? Good guy is Howard so hope he is ok and im sure everyone else hopes too. Well its happened guys and take it from a Brit we are very very pissed off and angry about this,even the average pacifist in the factory i work in was saying they should be boiled alive or shipped out and such - people are angry and distressed and some worried even though we are about 100 mile or so away from London so in no danger. This is without a doubt Britains own 911 , ok its on a far smaller scale thankfully but the feeling and mood is very much alike among britons and as many have stated all around the world when the 911 attacks happened. A Dark Day indeed but if we british are anything like we were during ww2 then we will prevail. Something odd to myself is the medias reaction as in the use of the 'T' word ie terrorist, see normally when a bus of kids or whatever in Israel gets blown to bits by some Islamo scub bag the BBC and the like label the terrorists who carried it out as 'militants' or 'insurgents' in Iraq that target hospitals, now we have the horrer bought to our own country and suddenly the T word is used,as it should be of course but my main thought on this is will this lead to main stream leftist media leaning away from terms like militants or insurgents when reporting on international terrorism or in say Iraq or Israel or will they finally realise. I hope for all our sakes they do as the current situation where mainstream media seems to sympathise with Islamo terrorists and give them comfort is in my mind more dangerous then the actual terrorists themselves, Mike Moore is another example of this and as i say is just as if not more of a threat for our future. I've had a rant i know but, oh another thing, anyone else like me been wondering if the bomb maker is perhaps the most vital target for us to get? I dont know alot about counter terror ops and the like but if that guys still out there surly he's our top target,interested to hear your thoughts on it. Bye for now.

Posted by Shep UK 2005-07-07 13:32|| 2005-07-07 13:32|| Front Page Top

#37 Shep! Long time no hear!

Glad you're okay. You can see here on the big thread that Howard is fine, just on foot and not too happy about it.

Also glad to hear of the response - screw the Beeb wankers.

Posted by .com 2005-07-07 13:36|| 2005-07-07 13:36|| Front Page Top

#38 Look at this photo. Odd people placement...

What? On the far right front Vicente Fox? (To Putin's left)

Canada's Martin on far left rear. Is he hiding?
He is a part of the 8. Fox is not...

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-07 13:58|| 2005-07-07 13:58|| Front Page Top

#39 Front Row
DaSilva, Brazil
Berlusconi
Hu, China
W.
Chirac
Singh, India
Putin
Fox

Back Row
Martin, Canada
don't recognize
Mbeki, S Africa
don't recognize
Kofi
Kozumi, Japan

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-07 14:07|| 2005-07-07 14:07|| Front Page Top

#40 The first don't recognize is Schroeder...

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-07 14:08|| 2005-07-07 14:08|| Front Page Top

#41 dam. well ima layte on em nyoos today. :(

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-07 15:33|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-07 15:33|| Front Page Top

#42 better late than never lettuce man.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-07-07 15:51|| 2005-07-07 15:51|| Front Page Top

#43 This is a classic example of what hyper-sensitive, politically correct totalitarian leftists foist on societies that are stupid enough to allow Islamist cockroach cells to form.

These Islamist murderers have been out in the open for years. They have promised attacks, even going so far as to use a suicide bomber today -- a first in Western Europe since I don't know when, if ever. They have spouted their vicious anti-Jewish rhetoric that leftists have by-and-large embraced or avoided criticizing with vigor.

Now their deeds are out in the open. When will the West learn that to open the door for Wahhabi ideologues from North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and other parts of the Moooslim world is to invite a Trojan horse?

Posted by Omavitch Cravitch1380">Omavitch Cravitch1380 2005-07-07 16:07|| www.michaelcalderonscall.com]">[www.michaelcalderonscall.com] 2005-07-07 16:07|| Front Page Top

#44 Shep - good to hear you, v pissed off myself. Stiff upper..

Posted by Howard UK 2005-07-07 16:39|| 2005-07-07 16:39|| Front Page Top

#45 Shep, Howard - good to hear from you.

So now we have weapons drawn - be honest, we always knew this would happen. Now, shall we kill these fuckers where they stand?

But beware of the MSM and hyper-PC fuckers - I've just complained to the BBC about a TV shithead who was talking about the deaths today as though it was some Marathon. I kept in control...but only just.

We're at a crux here - we'll see what happens next....

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-07-07 18:57|| 2005-07-07 18:57|| Front Page Top

#46 Now, shall we kill these fuckers where they stand?
Now technically Ima with you, but you must must admit this is a little over the edge? Maybe you could talk with them a bit, you Brits do have a way with words

Yeah, WTF I'm not busy tomorrow.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-07 19:24|| 2005-07-07 19:24|| Front Page Top

#47 Not that I feel like laughing right now, but LOL, Ship! I'm not busy either. In fact, I'm quite looking forward to an "enjoyable" weekend.

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