Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
This attack must be answered by at least one major regime change and it doesn't matter which one (actually, it matters to us to get the one with the most oil money still going to terror groups and that is Iran).
Syria first. Then Iran. Mugabe's gotta go, too (and I don't mean "go" to Paris on a state visit!)
Found an article. Israel was getting ready host and economic conference close to the first blast site:
"British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before today's explosions they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israel was holding an economic conference near the scene of one of the explosions. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was supposed to attend, but the attacks occurred before he arrived.
Just before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the Israeli Embassy and said warnings of possible attacks had been received, the official said. He did not say whether British police made any link to the economic conference."
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/tm_objectid=15710300&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-scotland-yard-was-warned--says-israel-name_page.html
How Blair will be able to work for a few hours this morning to talk about global warming is a mystery to me.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Let's hope we are being paranoid.
FWIW, I thought he was so angry that he had to be very careful while he spoke.
If we don't start executing the criminal radicals that are apprehended we can expect more attacks.
Listening to Tony: You can feel Tony's pain for his countrymen just as you could feel Bush's on 9-11. The resolve that good will conquer evil is the end game. Prayers to all.
Agreed.
"One issue" posters have tunnel vision and use every opportunity to push their agenda; then they are surprised when people react disdainfully toward them AND their issue.
Prayers for the people of London and for all of England.
There should be no doubt that this is a global war on terror and that we cannot rest, cannot stop. Ever.
Possibly, they might have just heard some chatter about bombs on busses, and their minds went right to Jerusalem. Alternatively, they might have thought Israel could possibly corroborate info about a London attack.
Christine Amanpour on CNN now.
*Click*
But, as Peach opined... the Israel notification has not been substantiated and the jihadists always like to blame Jews.
Blair's pulling a Giuliani. He's heading for London. He's giving bin Laden and the boys a good look at his extended middle finger.
LONDON BLASTS TIMELINE
08.49 - Emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate. Reported as "some kind of power surge".
08.50 - Police called to Aldgate station, east London.
09.22 - King's Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations cleared.
09.31 - The incident caused major disruption to the entire network with stations across the capital being closed.
09.33 - London Underground said that there has been "another incident at Edgware Road" station in north west London.
09.53 - Mainline train company First Great Western said its services into London's Paddington station were terminating at Reading in Berkshire because of the Underground crisis.
10.00 - The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had beenno problems with its system this morning which could have contributed to the incidents.
10.13 - Union officials said their sources had told them there had been at least one explosive device on the Underground. One explosion happened at Edgware Road and there were suggestions of two other explosions at King's Cross and Aldgate.
10.14 - Reports of a bus being ripped apart in an explosion in central London.
10.19 - Mainline services were being halted short of London. The Silverlink company, which normally operates into Euston station, was terminating trains at Watford Junction in Hertfordshire.
10.25 - Union sources said they had received reports of explosions on three buses in central London.
10.32 - Mainline London to Scotland train company GNER said it did not expect its East Coast Main Line services to run as far as London at any time today.
Britain has to eliminate their radical Muslim hideouts - they have so many "congregations" there now, they're going to have a heck of a time rooting out all the cockroaches who are in London alone.
Good Lord, I pray the number of fatalities don't rise much throughout today..
Indeed. Prayers for the whole of Britain.
We all recognize that if someone wants to commit an attack, they'll find a way to do it.
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