Blasts Hit London Bus And Underground

[beau2ifulday]

'The Secret Organisation of Al Qaeda Jihad' are claiming responsibility now.
They've just posted on their website.

 

[anne_j]

A guy from New Jersey is giving us a recap,,,,,,,,, interesting.
ABC10news

From what it sounds like, London did well.
They were prepared and organized.
ANd it looks like they are still doing well.



You know what I am always worried about?
Like, what if the terrorists let of another bomb right now?
The'yd get a lot of people...


I' holding my breath until Blair gets back to the G8 conference, or [erhaps, until it is over.............


hmm........

I think the London police and the rescue squads are well prepared for this kind of thing. Don't forget that it is not the first time terrorist attacks have happened there (although I don't believe anything of this scale has happened before). The IRA has set off lots of bombs in London in the past.

 

[enajh2]

 

[threwabrick]

Al Qaeda are claiming responsibility now.
They've just posted on their website.

Somehow, this doesn't surprise me.

 

[sallycinnamon78]

Janes.com has the government figure of 20 fatalities and 90 injuries.

http://www.janes.com/security/law_enforcement/news/misc/janes050707_1_n.shtml

Twenty fatalities my arse. 50 people were killed on that one bus alone.

I can tell you with 99.9% certainty that the government figure is a steaming pile of horseshit. Sorry. Nobody wants to hear that, naturally.

It's all beyond vile and despicable.

 

[enajh2]

ALL the G8 leaders at Gleneagles on News 24, and probably every news channel, right now

 

[dandy]

 

[anne_j]

A swedish man's wife works at the hospital nearest to King's cross station, and he says they were on high alert and that there were 16 dead.

 

[kellyahern]

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the UK and their firends and families

 

[Axver]

I can tell you with 95% certainty that the government figure is a steaming pile of horseshit. Sorry. Nobody wants to hear that, naturally.

It's all beyond vile and despicable.

Do you have any more news from your source that you are able to reveal? (I of course understand if there's anything you can't say publicly.)

 

[Dutch Partygirl]

I feel sick. There are no words to describe what I'm feeling right now. Iraq, Isreal, Madrid, New York and now London... The world is crazy.

 

[pax]

Your American friends are just waking up and getting to work...I'll be praying for London and the folks in and around the G8 today.

 

[enajh2]

A very powerful statement

 

[A_Wanderer]

I can tell you with 95% certainty that the government figure is a steaming pile of horseshit. Sorry. Nobody wants to hear that, naturally.

It's all beyond vile and despicable.

I don't imagine that it is accurate, it is the confirmed number after going through the beurocracy and then agreed upon by the authorities ~ it will definitely rise.

 

[sallycinnamon78]

I don't imagine that it is accurate, it is the confirmed number after going through the beurocracy and then agreed upon by the authorities ~ it will definitely rise.

I didn't mean to come across as being aggressive, sorry if I did.

Do you have any more news from your source that you are able to reveal? (I of course understand if there's anything you can't say publicly.)

I promise if I hear anything else I'm allowed to report then I will do asap.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

there are no words

bastards

 

[pax]

There is no excuse for this kind of attack on innocent people going about their daily business. None.

My heart is breaking for Londoners and for everyone in and around the UK today. It might not mean much, but I'm feeling very much like I did on 9/11, and I just hope our British post-ers here know that we're pulling for them and hoping for the best.

 

[Aardvark747]

There is no excuse for this kind of attack on innocent people going about their daily business. None.

My heart is breaking for Londoners and for everyone in and around the UK today. It might not mean much, but I'm feeling very much like I did on 9/11, and I just hope our British post-ers here know that we're pulling for them and hoping for the best.

 

[enajh2]

Thanks Pax

I feel sick to my stomach just like I did in 2001

 

[Axver]

I'm repeating Dream Theatre's In The Name Of God at the moment.

Listen when the prophet speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion, twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

 

[U2dork]

Woke up to the news this morning on the radio. Horrible. Just horrible.

 

[anne_j]

Yes, it does feel like that terrible day in the fall of 2001. There is one difference though. In 2001, the swedish TV had news about it nonstop for hours and hours, now it has news every half hour, and in between there is some sort of jazzmusic on and information about coming programmes of the day. I'm not kidding.

Have we really become that blazé? That a thing like this is not material for nonstop coverage?

 

[threwabrick]

'The Secret Organisation of Al Qaeda Jihad' are claiming responsibility now.
They've just posted on their website.

I also found this:
LONDON BOMBS: AL-QAEDA CLAIM EMERGES
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.184776526&par=0

IRAQ: AL-QAEDA THREATENS ALL WHO COLLABORATE WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.178263598&par=0

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I feel the same way I did on 9/11 too-very sad, scared, hopeless, angry

there's non-stop coverage in the US

 

[A_Wanderer]

We don't see the carnage; you didn't see the dead children in Beslan or the body pieces scattered over the train stations in Madrid. The self-censorship of the media I suppose, it makes things seem cleaner than they actually are.

I wonder if the producer of 'the power of nightmares' thinks this is all make-believe.

Blanket coverage in Australia, and evidently the US as well (cable TV has it's advantages).

 

[Halifax]

It just bewilder's me to see the contrast between yesterday when London was given the 2012 Olympics and people were smiling, partying and feeling elated. Today however...

My God. I feel as devastated as I was in 2001. Londoner's were planning a celebration for the Olympics soon, but its been scrapped due to todays tragic events. Australia has suffered with the Bali bombings and the devastaton is still fresh on our minds. My heart goes to all of you.

 

[enajh2]

Bush speaking now...

Still working on people

 

[U2democrat]

This is so much more touching to me now since i just got back from 2 weeks in europe. Such good people......

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

My friend's friends are in London but she says they're alright, and I'm quite happy to see many of our regular UK posters online as well.

Thoughts & prayers go out to everyone, of course.

 

[beau2ifulday]

This is so much more touching to me now since i just got back from 2 weeks in europe. Such good people......

It's good to have you back and safe U2democrat
I hope you had a wonderful time