Major incident occuring on the London Underground.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 07:56am

I'm bloody impressed that its a near full House of Commons and that everyone hasn't just gone to ground.

Good, measured, calm. Bloody good speech. No hell-raising or finger pointing. Just an excellent statement of facts and the current state of affairs.

And the PM returning to take the COBRA chair this evening.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2005-07-07 07:56am

The Polish building fire was the result of construction work.

Bomb threat against shopping center.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-07-07 07:56am

Airports open, says Clarke. Of course its raining now, so that'll slow the SAR.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-07-07 07:57am

Conservatives unsurprisingly give their full support to the government.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 07:58am

Fuck - I don't envy anyone having to do SAR for a fucking bombblast in the tube... What a nightmare.

*best wishes and godspeed to those doing it*

Tiger Ace · Post by **Tiger Ace** » 2005-07-07 07:59am

ALI_G wrote:Statement says:

- FOUR explosions confirmed so far
- Not sure who did it yet
- MET police in operational command
- Underground will be closed for at least today, no buses until later today
- Airports operating normally.
- People advised NOT to travel into London
- COBRA meetings chaired by Home Secretary until Blair comes back

Their out of date(not suprised, their busy travelling and cordinating), but we have 6 subway hits, 3 buses, more.
Its a suprise their keeping airports functional, but I think its more to prevent panic.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-07-07 07:59am

The statement from the govt. seems to have boosted the markets. The FTSE is now down only 118 points.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 07:59am

ALI_G wrote:Conservatives unsurprisingly give their full support to the government.

What a shock... Though, there's a bit more vitriole in the Conservative leaders speech.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2005-07-07 07:59am

My God...i'm watching this on three channels, cutting between them as i can.

Six blasts, three in busses, and maybe two secondaries from what i hear. AT LEAST 90 casualties, i dont know the fatalities.

The busses look...decimated. I doubt anyone could survive.

Am i the only one who immediately thought IRA? I dont know why it's just i heard Britain and 'multiple explosions' and IRA was the first three letters to come to mind.

I'm really glued to the set here, trying to watch and type so some of this might sound wierd if i leave out any words or something.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2005-07-07 07:59am

From the looks of it London was really quite properly prepared for an attack of this magnitude. Everyone seems calm and collected for as far as that's possible given the situation.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-07-07 08:00am

To be honest, I think that there really is a good chance to oppertunity to do this has come because of G8. They've got police officers from all across the UK up in Scotland, and not just at Gleneagles, they've got a huge contingent of english police across at Ayr on the other coast, enough police.

edit
Al quaeda claim responsibility on a website.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-07-07 08:01am

18-Till-I-Die wrote:My God...i'm watching this on three channels, cutting between them as i can.

Six blasts, three in busses, and maybe two secondaries from what i hear. AT LEAST 90 casualties, i dont know the fatalities.

The busses look...decimated. I doubt anyone could survive.

Am i the only one who immediately thought IRA? I dont know why it's just i heard Britain and 'multiple explosions' and IRA was the first three letters to come to mind.

I'm really glued to the set here, trying to watch and type so some of this might sound wierd if i leave out any words or something.

I really doubt that the IRA were behind this. It would alienate their American supporters and the whole world since the G8 is in Britian ATM.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 08:01am

Al Jazeera is being pretty fucking tough on the matter - outrage at this shit is universal, but unfortunately, no new angles or anything...

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-07-07 08:01am

"The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda Jihad in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the attack

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 08:02am

Col. Crackpot wrote:"The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda Jihad in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the attack

What the hell? Sounds like something Calvin and Hobbes would create in their treehouse...

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-07-07 08:02am

weemadando wrote:Al Jazeera is being pretty fucking tough on the matter - outrage at this shit is universal, but unfortunately, no new angles or anything...

Wait... Al Jazeera condemned this?

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-07-07 08:02am

Col. Crackpot wrote:"The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda Jihad in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the attack

Not very secret if they announce their existence.

Blair looked emotionally moved during the speech he gave.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-07-07 08:03am

I like how al-Qaeda seems to have their own blog for reporting this sick shit. If it is them, something needs to be done. I expect it's another group claiming this "victory" in their name though.

And this won't be the IRA, forget them.

If those responsible wanted to stop the G8 summit, they have failed. Blair is allowing it to go ahead without him.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 08:03am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
weemadando wrote:Al Jazeera is being pretty fucking tough on the matter - outrage at this shit is universal, but unfortunately, no new angles or anything...
Wait... Al Jazeera condemned this?

AJ coverage, a bit out of date now, but they certainly ain't dancing and singing about it...

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-07-07 08:04am

Jason von Evil wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:"The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda Jihad in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the attack

Blair looked emotionally moved during the speech he gave.

Blair is so fucking good at these things, this really is when he comes into his own.

He must be gutted though - his big plans for the G8 lie in ruins now.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2005-07-07 08:04am

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.

Honestly, I don't see any way to deal with them by force. All terrorists need is a small cell for a big attack. They don't need an infrastructure, so you can't find this infrastructure and blow it up.

Tiger Ace · Post by **Tiger Ace** » 2005-07-07 08:04am

That wasn't Blair, that was the home Secretery.
Fox news(grain of salt), reported that a Jihad cell of AQ has claimed responsibility.

More confirmation of the obvious.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-07-07 08:05am

BBC World News Update: "Irish terrorism is unlikely..."

And yes: "A coordinated, calculated terrorist outrage..." Goddamn, that is a great phrase.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-07-07 08:05am

You can't imagine the impact this will have. The people here may be resilient to the hilt, they did laugh off the Blitz afterall, but when the morning papers today are full of large images of celebrations in London over the winning of the Olympic bid, it puts this into contrast.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2005-07-07 08:06am

Blair looked like hell, by that i mean he looked very upset about this. Pissed too. Someone is going down for this.

The Brits is the fightinest people on the planet, they didnt blink at the goddamn Blitz and that made 911 look like some kids with firecrackers, whoever did this is going to be in a world of hurt very soon.