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BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION - FOUR BOMB EXPLOSIONS AROUND LONDON
Sky News ^ | July 7, 2005

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.


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To: Killing Time

See #2552.

No, you must evacuate with a credible threat. And work hard to prevent false alarms. Maybe the news media could be kept a bit away from the realtime reporting of it, with their "helpful" cameras.


2,621 posted on 07/07/2005 7:22:22 AM PDT by maica (Do not believe the garbage the media is feeding you back home. ---Allegra (in Iraq))
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To: AFPhys

Now that I can agree with.


2,623 posted on 07/07/2005 7:22:45 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: petitfour

I'm in Dothan, Alabama. An antique mall is currently located in what was once a prison camp (aka internment camp). It is an odd structure of about a dozen gabled roofed buildings attached to one another - the roofline looks something like this:

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2,624 posted on 07/07/2005 7:22:58 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Braak

anti globalization hooligans wish they could do it but they lack brains, balls and resources


2,625 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:02 AM PDT by dimk
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To: Dad yer funny
A Link to 10 Downing street:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

2,626 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:11 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: patriciaruth; petitfour

Those were POW camps in Alabama. Only citizens of Japanese descent (and then only those along the West Coast) were interned en masse.


2,627 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:18 AM PDT by steveegg (The regularily-scheduled tagline will not be seen until the FReepathon is over. HURRY UP!!!)
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To: MadIvan

Glad to hear you and yours are all safe, Ivan.
We're all with you and your countrymen. Recover quickly, pick up the pieces, and then go kick some @$$.


2,628 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:34 AM PDT by sanchmo
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To: dimk
If the Catholic Church in the USA can be forced to pay millions of dollars based on allegations of illegal acts by their clerics,then why have not the Islamic organizations been forced to pay millions based the illegal inciting to violence(and the resultant deaths)by their clerics ????

Since the Saudis support the wahhabist sect they ought to be dunned for all the damages.

2,629 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:37 AM PDT by hoosierham
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To: MEG33

hey Meg.. We are proud of him, Shane talk to Dennis yesterday and said they were sad but Shane told them Adam would become a man that everyone would be so proud of. I know his other g-parents are proud of him.


Yes Go Navy and Go Marines.. My other nephew is going to Iraq in a few weeks, he just married 2 weeks ago.


2,630 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:39 AM PDT by JFC ( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
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To: B Knotts
The other thing we need to do is get off Middle Eastern oil all together. This could possibly be done, in part, by investing in algae pond facilities, which produce biodiesel.

And the other part is to give up our addiction to gas guzzling SUVs.

2,631 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:52 AM PDT by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: ChadGore

I just heard 1,000 injured and more than 40 dead. (Heard it on Fox)


2,632 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:52 AM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: Sacajaweau
I agree the G8 was a cover for moving around and getting into Town. With a lot of strangers in Town, it's pretty hard to pick out the evil ones quietly walking around London.

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My bet is that most of them were already there....multi-culturism, you know.

2,633 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:59 AM PDT by wtc911 (Rocky Sullivan died a coward.)
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To: 4everontheRight

CNN is reporting that LA will hold a breifing soon. Boston and DC are heightened and AMTRAK, plus Chicago and Cleveland I have heard.


2,634 posted on 07/07/2005 7:23:59 AM PDT by defconw (ALLEN IN 08)
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To: Paulus Invictus
Our four grandkids were all in central London at the time, but are safe, thank God.

Glad to hear they're safe. I pray they continue to be so.

2,635 posted on 07/07/2005 7:24:15 AM PDT by easonc52
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To: ChadGore

Emergency Services update NOW!


2,636 posted on 07/07/2005 7:24:20 AM PDT by steveegg (The regularily-scheduled tagline will not be seen until the FReepathon is over. HURRY UP!!!)
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To: B Knotts
London emergency services press conference beginning...
2,637 posted on 07/07/2005 7:24:40 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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To: bernie_g
Mobile phones were out this morning but seem to be working OK now, I've just been calling around all my friends and colleagues in London and thankfully they all seem to be OK.

Having spent a lot of time in London, and the U.K. in general, I'd bet they have the typical British attitude of moving on with things.

That's something that has stayed with me over the years, the British ability to not let fear overrun their lives. That's something the British could teach many people in America.
2,638 posted on 07/07/2005 7:25:06 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Darnright
Police say there's going to be "a series of controlled explosions" around Russell Square soon.

That says to me they've found UXBs.
2,639 posted on 07/07/2005 7:25:10 AM PDT by BJClinton
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To: Pyro7480

7 confirmed fatalities at Liverpool St..


2,640 posted on 07/07/2005 7:25:36 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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