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.
Since when has a DemonRAT done the "well" thing?
I watched him....solid, strong, on point...iow - W at his best.
It may be they are using a bad translator.
Ken, I'm about two seconds from fraggin' that waste of oxygen.
He is beyond moonbat...he gets troops killed.
A walking polyp.
Believe this will place terrorism at the top of the G8 agenda. Why global warming took over I will never, never understand.
Maybe she's not married? Isn't that possible? Are muslim women not allowed to travel without their husbands? How do you know she was a muslim? When I travel by myself, nobody has ever asked me where MY husband is. I think you are wound a little too tight if you are at the point where you assume a muslim woman traveling alone is likely the wife of a terrorist.
I have a double barrel he can focus on.
Indeed. RIP our fallen friends BKO & BCM!
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I hate to turn to a discussion of politics..but what this means is that the 2006 election will be all about the WoT...and a lot of Dems are going down..since 9/11, under W and the GOP leadership, despite the efforts of the Dems to impede, we have NOT been hit..unlike Madrid, London, and other places..
This will not "help" Bush at all. The liberals will blame him for starting the WOT. The language of the AlQ web site made it clear that countries who help the US in Iraq and Afganistan are the targets.
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My apologies....I thought you meant Blair.
Source, please.
Wow! Mr. Livingstone is one hell of an orator!
Because at least 5 of the other 7 members want to throttle the US economy.
Who'll watch the kids? Who knows what they'll do with no morals in the house.
What a cruel plan - one blast on each of the tube stations. I hope that this wakes up many who were ignoring the terrorist problem.
How similar??
"And this is America filled with fear from the north, south, east and west, thank God". Message from Usama..Oct 7, 2001.
He mentions 80 years. The media notes NSEW the four corners of the US.
Please note the "burning" regarding the British attacks. It raises a question?? I don't think it's over in Britain.
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