London Bombings

WWW · Post by **WWW** » 07 Jul 2005 09:36

oh great...
Bombs are going off left right and center in london look:
http://channels.aolsvc.co.uk/news/artic ... 0309990004
and:
Bombs in bins
Bombs in busses
ect ect
DO NOT GO TO LONDON

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Jul 2005 09:40

... explosions in the subway? That's bad. Keep me informed of any further details.

Post by **orudge** » 07 Jul 2005 09:59

There are claims that the problems on the Underground were due to electrical faults, but it's not confirmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ if you can get there, or http://news.google.co.uk/

White Rabbit · Post by **White Rabbit** » 07 Jul 2005 10:15

Too early to confirm. I want a 'maybe' vote or, at the very least, 'no, but it's possible'.

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 07 Jul 2005 10:36

I don't like topics like this. They tend to polarize the entire opinion-forming process of people. I prefer waiting for more information, if it was only because I also read the metro-accident might be a power-related issue.

John · Post by **John** » 07 Jul 2005 10:40

according to german news:

3 bombs on london buses.
several reported on the london underground. (3-4 i think)

reports of the number of casualties and dead vary a lot.

underground is now closed, along with most of the bus network.

according to bbc
1 on bus, 5 in underground

LATEST NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659331.stm

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Jul 2005 10:49

According to dutch news:

Terrorist attack from Al-Qaida. at least 2 deaths, officiall confirmed. A doctor at one of the stations said there were 90 injured at that station. Explosions at 5 stations and 1 to 3 busses (1 officially confirmed).

That's currenlty all I can say.

Louie Armstrong · Post by **Louie Armstrong** » 07 Jul 2005 10:50

for christ sake had to happen today didnt it, i was meant to be going to a concert tonight in london, dont look like i am now,

Also my thoughts go to those injured

Edit: you know this was planned for if London got the olympics, to try and disrupt them some how, well i think it was anyway

John · Post by **John** » 07 Jul 2005 11:02

yeah, could be cuz london got the olympics or because G8 talks start in Glenagles.

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 07 Jul 2005 11:18

Louie Armstrong wrote:Edit: you know this was planned for if London got the olympics, to try and disrupt them some how, well i think it was anyway

Oh I doubt that a lot. I don't see who would and why they would.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Jul 2005 11:20

if they wouldn't have done it if England wouldn't host the Olympics... planning such an attack costs lots of time and money, it's a waste if you just cancel such an attack.

EDIT: Seeing from a terrorists view, of course.

DeletedUser21 · Post by **DeletedUser21** » 07 Jul 2005 11:25

One giant mess there in London, a lot of casulties 2 death so far confirmed. Those Al-Quaida weirdo's again.

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 07 Jul 2005 11:29

BBC just reported casulties in the underground, and that there was indeed going on a rescue operation there... And then dad turned off the TV. But anyways, Blair said it was dffinitely a terrorist attack, because of the nature of this, and also BBC got a report that Al Queda's websites took responsibility for this.

Bloody huge!

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Jul 2005 11:32

Do any of the regular members of these forums live in London?

DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 07 Jul 2005 11:36

Purno wrote:Do any of the regular members of these forums live in London?

I have no doubt that some do.

lynsey · Post by **lynsey** » 07 Jul 2005 11:40

I just felt sorry for Tony Blair (obviously I also feel sorry for the victims and their families) but he looked pretty shell shocked in that speach he did. It showed he is human though, his level of concern and not knowing what to say...I don't remember Bush being that emotional after 9/11.

I don't know if it would have been done because of the G8 summit, but I wouldn't be surprised if they chose this time to do it because of it. Sky have just shown a photo of people trying to escape one of the underground stations, looks pretty nasty!

Louie, sucks about your concert, but just be glad you didn't decide to make a day of it and travel in the morning, then you could have been cought up in it all which would be worse. I find it wierd, I only go into London a few times a year, and I went through some of the places a few days ago, makes me glad also it wasn't me today.

It doesn't sound like there are that many fatalities, I guess that is something we should be grateful of.

YouTube · Post by **Geo Ghost** » 07 Jul 2005 11:52

I woke up and heard something on the news downstairs 'Bombings in Lon...' and i didnt hear the rest.
I rushed downstairs, and iv'e been watching it all morning.
This is going to Jam up more then London. It will affect All the rail-networks, which means more delays, more problems etc.
This is only the start, im guessing its going to get worse!

DeletedUser21 · Post by **DeletedUser21** » 07 Jul 2005 11:55

News flash: All of europe is in red alert, they expect more bombings...
Good grief...

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Jul 2005 11:56

More bombings? In London, the UK or complete Europe?

DeletedUser21 · Post by **DeletedUser21** » 07 Jul 2005 11:57

They don't know.

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