Major incident occuring on the London Underground.
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I think this has jackshit to do with the Olympics or the G8, other than people who are celebrating (Olympics) tend to have their guard down, and so much security was drawn to G8 that it left an opportunity in London..
It's the fucking religious nutjobs again.
The world has got to come up with an effective strategy to deal with people who think blowing other people up is somehow acceptable.
It's the fucking religious nutjobs again.
The world has got to come up with an effective strategy to deal with people who think blowing other people up is somehow acceptable.
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Just to cut some of the hype in this thread, the BBC is reporting 2 confirmed dead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
We will cope, the IRA have been doing worse for 20 years, and yes, we feel free to criticise the government at times like this.
As a Londoner, my first thought was 'Wow, the French really took the Olympic bid seriously'.
My second thought was that 6 weeks ago I was working in Aldgate.
Please don't overreact when people make jokes about this, it is the London way. Better to laugh than to cry.
As an aside, I take it these weren't suicide bombers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
We will cope, the IRA have been doing worse for 20 years, and yes, we feel free to criticise the government at times like this.
As a Londoner, my first thought was 'Wow, the French really took the Olympic bid seriously'.
My second thought was that 6 weeks ago I was working in Aldgate.
Please don't overreact when people make jokes about this, it is the London way. Better to laugh than to cry.
As an aside, I take it these weren't suicide bombers.
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I think its the G8, the equivalent of bombing the office building when you go out of town. A warning of "you aren't safe".Broomstick wrote:I think this has jackshit to do with the Olympics or the G8, other than people who are celebrating (Olympics) tend to have their guard down, and so much security was drawn to G8 that it left an opportunity in London..
It's the fucking religious nutjobs again.
The world has got to come up with an effective strategy to deal with people who think blowing other people up is somehow acceptable.
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A.Q ever read History? that wont work on Britain, nor any English speaking nation.Dark wrote:My brother thinks AQ did it to bring our troops back
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This will have zero affect in bringing the troops back. We survived the Blitz - the Briton is not someone who cries surrender when the going gets tough.Dark wrote:My brother thinks AQ did it to bring our troops back
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According to a German news site, Spiegel.de, a claim of responsibility by Al-Qaida has been published on an islamistic web page...
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Good God, I have an absolute horror of being trapped underground.Stuart Mackey wrote:People trapped in underground near Kings Cross station
Well, that settles it, when I ride the train into Chicago this morning I'm getting off a stop early so I don't have to go under Millennium Park. I doubt Chicago is going to be hit, but we'll sure all be jumpy this morning.
Good luck and safety to all our London friends. Be careful, be safe.
Double post on the fatalities*points above*.zippy wrote:Just to cut some of the hype in this thread, the BBC is reporting 2 confirmed dead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
We will cope, the IRA have been doing worse for 20 years, and yes, we feel free to criticise the government at times like this.
As a Londoner, my first thought was 'Wow, the French really took the Olympic bid seriously'.
My second thought was that 6 weeks ago I was working in Aldgate.
Please don't overreact when people make jokes about this, it is the London way. Better to laugh than to cry.
As an aside, I take it these weren't suicide bombers.
In other news, Police mounting an operation to rescue those trapped in the tubes.
Useless geek posting above.
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Britain isn't Spain, and Tony isn't up for re-election.zippy wrote:Then they really fail to understand British mentalityDark wrote:My brother thinks AQ did it to bring our troops back
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COBRA has been initiated - emergency powers for the police and government to control basically whatever they like.
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Well they do not wan't poverty solved, it is too good a recruitment base, and I doubt they give a shit about climate. Allah will fix it.ALI_G wrote:BBC Monitoring says that Islamists have claimed responsibility. What are they trying to achieve? At this time when the G8 are talking about poverty and climate change, they have to ruin everything.
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The BBC have a regually updated page with todays ongoing events:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659331.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659331.stm
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[really bad sarcasm]Its obviously the New Yorkers getting revenge for not winning the olympic bid[/sarcasm]
On the serious side - BBC World seems to have gone all Fox News... AQ this, AQ that and some seriously nasty footage (including looping of "live footage").
Did anyone else see the really badly burned guy receving CPR as he was taken from the ambulance at Royal London - Sarah didn't respond too well to that.
I'm not sure about this being AQ - seems a bit too "tame" for them, lack of utter destruction, more precision, designed to cripple the city, not to blow it wide open. Though, the lack of other real suspects is growing shorter.
On the serious side - BBC World seems to have gone all Fox News... AQ this, AQ that and some seriously nasty footage (including looping of "live footage").
Did anyone else see the really badly burned guy receving CPR as he was taken from the ambulance at Royal London - Sarah didn't respond too well to that.
I'm not sure about this being AQ - seems a bit too "tame" for them, lack of utter destruction, more precision, designed to cripple the city, not to blow it wide open. Though, the lack of other real suspects is growing shorter.