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.
I know it's hard for you to focus...but this is a thread about THE BOMBING IN LONDON!!!!
If you want to rehash WWII foreign policy...use PM's.
Good grief!
My thoughts exactly.
How long before some prominent lib makes an asinine statement? I say before sundown EST.
To channel Bull Halsey, "When this is over, Islam will be practiced only in Hell!"
or better - death squads to hunt down zarqawi's thugs.
I would be doing the same thing as your husband. Don't give in to the terrorists on ANY front! Stand tall, be alert.
Me too. The phones have been a bit messed up and there are friends and colleagues in London I can't contact right now.
But now they went out to Harrods!!!! I yelled to get back to the hotel!
"I'm wondering if anyone I know in London was killed today."
I hope not.
Thanks, I'm a little behind here.
Mr Netanyahu is a favorite of mine from Gulf 1.
I remember him reporting night after night, at times with a gas mask on. I wrote him a letter about the bravery of the Israeli people throughout that war and he sent me a handwritten letter back.
Span 1 showing the British House of Commons
Let the DUmmies and moonbats howl, I don't care, they aren't the majority thinkspeak in this country.
Then act your age.
Over at DU they are already starting. They are even comparising President Bush's reaction to 9-11 to Priminister Blair's response today. Sick Sick people over there at DUMMIE LAND.
Hotels could be targets as well.
I'm a compromiser at heart.
How about deporting them in boxes?
No I want them safe til they get home tomorrow!
It'll be very interesting to hear Blair's reaction when some smug reporter asks him if he thinks he's in some way responsible for the attacks because of his support of Bush.
This is off subject, sort of, but Germans were one of two largest minorities in the USA in 1941, a lot of organizations were shut down and/or put under close watch in any event.
Japanese (asians) were much smaller minority, more insular, and not yet well accepted even on the west coast where they had been for generations. That and the fact that it was Japan that bombed US facilities & not Germany or Italy. The original round-up and vetting of an entire community was probably justified but the huge loss of property continued confinement afterward should not have been allowed.
("It's FDR's fault")
Thanks I will have to wait awhile to get ahold of them.
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