Major incident occuring on the London Underground.
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Just got in touch with my sister we had been trying to call for some time. She is fine. They WERE going to go into Londen today to show a heep of friends from Australia around, but got drunk celebrating NSW's win last night in the State of Origin match, so they slept in.
Bloody lucky for that. Otherwise they would have been heading into Londen via the tubes about the time this whole thing went down....
Just got in touch with my sister we had been trying to call for some time. She is fine. They WERE going to go into Londen today to show a heep of friends from Australia around, but got drunk celebrating NSW's win last night in the State of Origin match, so they slept in.
Bloody lucky for that. Otherwise they would have been heading into Londen via the tubes about the time this whole thing went down....
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Oh look, the "blame the jews!" train of thought has already started!weemadando wrote:Any updates on the reports that the Israeli embassy got a "5 minute warning" on this?
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Picture of the blown up bus
From that picture and others, it looks to me like something was left under the seats at the back of that top level, where it'd be least likely to be discovered quickly. If it was a suicide bomb, I would have expected a blast in the middle or front of the bottom level, where it should be able to do more damage.
From that picture and others, it looks to me like something was left under the seats at the back of that top level, where it'd be least likely to be discovered quickly. If it was a suicide bomb, I would have expected a blast in the middle or front of the bottom level, where it should be able to do more damage.
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Shep, for the first 2 hours, the major media channels were reporting this, then they determined it wasn't true.MKSheppard wrote:Oh look, the "blame the jews!" train of thought has already started!weemadando wrote:Any updates on the reports that the Israeli embassy got a "5 minute warning" on this?
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It's still being reported that there were 'only' four explosions - has anyone got any sources that differ from this?
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But whats with the police denying there were last minute alerts to the subway stations to evacuate?CaptainChewbacca wrote:Yeah, that turned out to not be true. Scotland Yard may have been making a quick call to Israel because they found some intel. No "Zionist Conspiracy" here.weemadando wrote:Any updates on the reports that the Israeli embassy got a "5 minute warning" on this?
And from Israeli news, we did not get prior warning beyond what any other nation got. I.E nil.
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There are reports that a number of warnings were given just before the bombs went off.weemadando wrote:Any updates on the reports that the Israeli embassy got a "5 minute warning" on this?
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The entire world? Its the officials being too busy to give updated reports, leaving the news media to actully find out themselves.ALI_G wrote:It's still being reported that there were 'only' four explosions - has anyone got any sources that differ from this?
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I've seen buses destroyed alot more throughly.Archaic` wrote:Picture of the blown up bus
From that picture and others, it looks to me like something was left under the seats at the back of that top level, where it'd be least likely to be discovered quickly. If it was a suicide bomb, I would have expected a blast in the middle or front of the bottom level, where it should be able to do more damage.
Someone's inexperianced, sure, they have the resources to apprently plant bombs all over London, but their not that bright on blowing up busses.
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Its 4 places, 7 separate devices. They'll sort it out.Tiger Ace wrote:The entire world? Its the officials being too busy to give updated reports, leaving the news media to actully find out themselves.ALI_G wrote:It's still being reported that there were 'only' four explosions - has anyone got any sources that differ from this?
A few of the trains might have blown up in between stations, that could cause some confusion. 6 stations involved but only 3 bombs...
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Holy fuck. You wake up one morning and grab a book and you don't expect buses in fucking London to explode. It's just surreal.
My condolences to everyone who died- do we have confirmation that all SDN members are okay? I see quite a few are, but you have to make sure.
Are terrorists that stupid? Madrid and this new attack only strengthens the resolve to fight. Speaking hypothetically, the only way you could ever make the Western World feat is to pull of large attacks across the globe simultaneously and make yourself look powerful. These bus attacks just make Tony and Co. pissed.
My condolences to everyone who died- do we have confirmation that all SDN members are okay? I see quite a few are, but you have to make sure.
Are terrorists that stupid? Madrid and this new attack only strengthens the resolve to fight. Speaking hypothetically, the only way you could ever make the Western World feat is to pull of large attacks across the globe simultaneously and make yourself look powerful. These bus attacks just make Tony and Co. pissed.
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I don't think many people would have survived on that top deck. On the bright side, the top deck is usually less crowded because passengers aren't allowed to stand there.Tiger Ace wrote:I've seen buses destroyed alot more throughly.Archaic` wrote:Picture of the blown up bus
From that picture and others, it looks to me like something was left under the seats at the back of that top level, where it'd be least likely to be discovered quickly. If it was a suicide bomb, I would have expected a blast in the middle or front of the bottom level, where it should be able to do more damage.
Someone's inexperianced, sure, they have the resources to apprently plant bombs all over London, but their not that bright on blowing up busses.
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SDN roll call in OT.MRDOD wrote:Holy fuck. You wake up one morning and grab a book and you don't expect buses in fucking London to explode. It's just surreal.
My condolences to everyone who died- do we have confirmation that all SDN members are okay? I see quite a few are, but you have to make sure.
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I know this probably isn't very porbable, but how would the al-Qaeda respond if the EU did the unthinkable and quarantined/arrested all Muslims? Would it deter the AQ, or just make them even angrier?
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Not quite that quality, but better than the one I posted earlier.CaptainChewbacca wrote: Do you have one that quality with all the leaders?
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Erm I think it would piss them off a LOT!Peregrin Toker wrote:I know this probably isn't very porbable, but how would the al-Qaeda respond if the EU did the unthinkable and quarantined/arrested all Muslims? Would it deter the AQ, or just make them even angrier?
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