BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION - FOUR BOMB EXPLOSIONS AROUND LONDON

Sky News ^ | July 7, 2005

[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.

[april15Bendovr]

Charges were dropped on 4 suspects after Al Qaeda threat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4433709.stm

[radiohead]

So.... Have any prominent Muslims condemned the attacks yet?

I was watching BBC on cable and they had the head of one of the London mosques (apparently one of the major ones, but I forget his name) who actually condemned the attack. He was being interviewed with an Anglican cleric.

So there's one...I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for more.

[flitton]

Thought you may want an update.

[tomkat]

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Nice illustration - I can just picture it !

[Steve_Seattle]

"This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful, this was against working-class Londoners, an indiscriminate attempt at mass murder.

Translation: "The attack against mighty and powerful America on 9/11 was justified, but this attack wasn't."

[patriciaruth]

There was an invasion scare along the West Coast after Pearl Harbor.

The Japanese actually did invade our Aleutian Islands (Alaska). And there was some attack on Oregon.

And of course, the Philippines and Guam, too, I believe, which were our territories/protectorates at the time were invaded and occupied by the Japanese.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Agree with both points. We need to collapse the Arab economy. They only have oil.

Agree: economic tit-for-tat would be a very wiseable solution.

[eyespysomething]

That says to me they've found UXBs.

Plus, think of all the unattended items left behind.

[steveegg]

Ongoing bomb threat closed the Victoria station. Subways out until tomorrow.

33 confirmed fatalities according to police.

[defconw]

They have a bomb threat at one station that they have closed.

[MEG33]

OH, my..I feared it was worse than first reported.

4 devices/3 trains affected by one blast they believe..No number of fatalities given on double decker blast(I believe this one was a bad one)..I counted 33 fatalities announced/ Press conference.

[afnamvet]

My and my family's prayers for the victims and the British people.

[MamaLucci]

OMG, Eva...........thank God your son, and his friends over slept....((((shudder)))

[exile]

"Agree with both points. We need to collapse the Arab economy. They only have oil."

I remember reading somewhere that it's possible to distill gasoline from coal.

[petitfour]

Here is a link to a story that has information about the Pickens County internment camp. It mainly housed German prisoners of war.

http://www.datelinepickens.com/historyinpickens/pickenshistory_3.shtml

[advance_copy]

CNN: Tony Blair back at 10 Downing St.

[Quilla]

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. -- Genesis 37:17

:-)

[Zechariah11]

I would hesitate to be so all-knowing in the future.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

There were internment camps in central Alabama for Germans. When I lived in Alabama, there were news stories about the camps. There must have been an anniversary date of them being released or something. But I could be crazy, and my memory could be flawed.

This argument, vis-a-vis our current problems, is really neither here nor there. Just an academic exercise at this point.

[Gunrunner2]

>>I just heard a report on TV that the hotel rooms in London have now gone up to 4 to 5 THOUSAND dollars a night...whoa..<<

I have a reservation with the London Marriott on Grosvenor Square at 181.30 pounds per night. While the dollar has slipped over the past year, the exchange rate is not that bad.