Posted on 07/07/2005 3:15:34 AM PDT by MadIvan
Several people have been injured after explosions on the Underground network and a double-decker bus in London.
A police spokesman said there were "quite a large number of casualties" at Aldgate Tube Station.
And Scotland Yard confirmed one of several reports of explosions on buses in the city - in Tavistock Place - but said the cause was not yet known.
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke said several explosions in central London had caused "terrible injuries".
"The health services are in support to deal with the terrible injuries that there have been," Clarke told reporters outside Downing Street.
Number 10 said it was "still unsure" whether the explosions were a terrorist attack and although casualties were reported, no further details were yet available.
Ministers are meeting to clarify the situation and the government will make a statement later, Leader of the House Geoff Hoon told the Commons.
One caller to BBC Five said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines and bodies everywhere".
And the Press Association quoted union officials as saying sources had told them there had been at least one explosive device on the Underground.
British Transport Police said incidents took place at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations.
Scotland Yard confirmed they were assisting with a "major incident" and said there were casualties.
Hospitals have said they are no longer accepting non-emergency cases, BBC Five Live reported.
The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had been no problems with its system which could have contributed to the incidents.
'Screaming and crying'
Jacqui Head, from BBC News, who had just left King's Cross station on a Piccadilly Line train as an explosion happened, said: "Everything was normal. Suddenly there was a massive bang, the train jolted.
"There was immediately smoke everywhere and it was hot and everybody panicked. People started screaming and crying."
The train was kept in the tunnel for 20 minutes and no announcement was made to explain the delay to passengers, she added.
Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes, near Kings Cross, told Five Live: "My only thought in the midst of all this confusion is that after the celebration of yesterday (for the Olympic 2012 London success) for people to be evil enough - if it is the intentional causing of death and injury - and think that they can justify this in any circumstances is completely unacceptable."
London Fire Brigade said four crews were at Liverpool Street and more were on their way.
Another passenger, who had left the Tube at Fenchurch Street Station, and walked to Aldgate East, told BBC Five Live that he saw injured people.
"As I walked through the bus station I could see people lying on the ground, black, as if they'd been covered in smoke. There were about three or four people on the floor being treated."
Eyewitness Paul Woloszyn from BBC News, who was at Blackhorse Road station on the Victoria Line, said: "We were told there was a bomb at Liverpool Street station.
"I was on the Tube, and they stopped the train and told everyone to get off and evacuate the station."
He said staff had said the entire Tube network had been affected, and leaflets had been handed out with details of alternative bus routes.
Another eyewitness, Dorothy Molloy, had been on a Tube train at King's Cross and said "staff just chucked everyone out of the station".
She said staff there had not given any details, but she said two passengers she had spoken to had said they had received messages saying there had been bombs.
"People didn't really know what was going on, they were just huffing and puffing and saying how annoying it was," she said.
"People don't seem to be panicked, but there's so many police and ambulances coming into the areas. People are just concerned, and some are just annoyed at the delay."
Yeah, darn it. Why does it have to be "honest" liberals. What is it about those "other" liberals that makes them completely blind about this?
I think Al Qaida could have got IRA help - after all the IRA are the experts when it comes to terrorist attacks on London.
What a pity there isn't another article posted here on FR titled "Multiple blasts level Iranian capital".
Indeed!
You and your countrymen are in my thoughts and prayers.
Bump.
There'll Always Be An England
I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen.
I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen.
May this fair dear land we love so well
In dignity and freedom dwell.
Though worlds may change and go awry
While there is still one voice to cry - - -
There'll always be an England
While there's a country lane,
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain.
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street,
Wherever there's a turning wheel,
A million marching feet.
Red, white and blue; what does it mean to you?
Surely you're proud, shout it aloud,
"Britons, awake!"
The empire too, we can depend on you.
Freedom remains. These are the chains
Nothing can break.
There'll always be an England,
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me.
words & music: Parker & Charles
copyright: Unknown
Not that our British cousins need it, but rest assured, we've got your backs.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in our day of battle; protect us against the deceit and wickedness of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
And you, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God banish into hell Satan and all of the evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
The above should have been addressed to "All"
Thanks for posting that.
:)
I second thattt Mr Prime Minister MAD IVAN LOL! GOD I wish MadIvan was Brit PM Ivan would probably do something like that LOL!
Hey any word on Saddam little b***H George Galloway Ivan
Where is little d***kwad
Well well I see Saddam little b***h George Galloway talking smack chat I want see his Barclary bank account or whatever bank he bank at
I want see those Deposits endorse by Saddam LOL!
Cheers Ivan
We stand by you shoulder to shoulder.
Remember an attack on the UK is an attack on the US.
We don't forget and under GW Bush will not relent.
We pray for your wounded and mourn your dead.
Absolutely, Ivan. Most Americans appreciate the unique history and relationship between Britain and our own nation. Even today, well over two-and-a-quarter centuries since we were a British colony, a large plurality, if not majority, of our population has ancestors that came from the UK.
I have no doubt -- none whatsoever -- that President Bush would comply with any anti-terrorism request your Prime Minister might make.
On a personal level, the British people have my deep condolences and heartfelt prayers.
If we only knew where to drop the bomb, we would have done it already.
It may be too early to know, but just how bad is the damage to the tube? You said:
This takes out most public transport in London in one fell swoop.
Do you mean days, weeks, months, or longer before the trains run again?
Public transport is running again this morning; yes there are alterations and delays in the schedule, and bus replacement services are taking the place of the London Underground in certain places, but London is resilient and getting right back to work.
Regards, Ivan
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