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.
Interesting........\
JERUSALEM - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to attend an economic conference in a hotel over the subway stop where one of the blasts occurred, and the warning prompted him to stay in his hotel room instead, government officials said.
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"Prayers sent from TX"
And from this Texan too.
Seems that line was a bit of disinformation. A simple power surge sure as hell does not cause this sort of severe destruction. The British Prime Minister has now since gone on the record stating that it was a probable act of terrorism. A series of bombs have been reported as having gone off at least in 7 different locals.
Turning into a really rotten day, that girl misssing in Iowa, dead, as well.
Tomorrow I will be attending the Freedom Concert, I will be carrying a Union Jack along with Old Glory for you.
please everyone check out what gov. Warner said this AM.....it is perfect timing in light of this attack.
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I think they were designed to coincide with the opening of the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, or London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics.
Yes, I just saw that. Clearly they wish to prevent a viable state in Iraq by any means. Meanwhile though, people in the UK are wondering if anyone they know has been killed today.
I worked in London for several months over the course of a year. We travelled a lot from King's Cross and I am devastated to see this....
Thank God Pitinkie. Prayers for the safe journey of your sister and all on their flight home.
Don't be surprised it Egypt sends troops to Iraq now.
Still, we didn't inter those with German or Italian ancestry, and we still managed to defeat them . . . before we defeated Japan.The Germans and Italians weren't a visible minority seen as "unfair" economic competition.
-Eric
Get on the phone and vent your rage against this liberal mania!
I think the timing of his death is not coincidental though.
I really enjoyed that call. Laura can slice and dice with the best of them.
For those not tracking the market, everything is down slightly (Dow down 44, NASDAQ down 8, S&P down 7, NYSE Composite down 62, Russell 2000 down 4, and oil down $0.67 - no word on gold).
It's the "Old Hippie" generation that's killing us as they try to relive their "activist youth." It well may be the first time nostalgia had a body count attached.
The young goofballs are just their apostles.
MSNBC commentator is saying that only Bin Laden or Zarqawi (Iraqi) can order jihad attacks in England/Europe.
If that is true, Zarqawi is a most dangerous terrorist and should be considered on the same level as bin Laden.
As the lady caller to Tony Snow's radio program said this morning: Jihad is World War 3.
I have things I would like kept confidential.
However, if law enforcement believes they need greater access to such types of information to protect me and my American neighbors, they are welcome all of that.
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