GROUP CLAIMS ATTACKS

Sky News ^ | July 7, 2005 | Staff

[MadIvan]

A terror group linked to al Qaeda says it carried out a series of terror attacks on London that have left a number of people dead and hundreds injured.

A previously unknown group calling itself "Secret Organisation al Qaeda in Europe" said it carried out the attacks as revenge for British "military massacres" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Two London hospitals have reported a total of 185 wounded after a series of blasts hit locations across the city on buses and Tube stations.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said there was evidence of explosives at at least two of the six sites.

Scotland Yard has denied reports they were warned of an attack by Israel minutes before the blasts.

Two people have been confirmed dead and at least 90 people injured in the explosion at Aldgate Station.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, issued a joint statement from all the leaders at the G8 summit.

"This is not an attack on one nation - it's an attack on all nations and civilised people everywhere," he said.

"It's important however that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people."

Witness, Angie, saw the bus explode in Russell Square. She said: "There were a whole lot of people around the bus. Next thing I was on the floor and there were a lot of people on me.

"I thought I was going to be crushed. The bus was ripped out at the back. It must have been a bomb."

The entire Tube network has been shut down and police have confirmed blasts at four sites: Russell Square and King's Cross Underground; Moorgate, Aldgate, and Liverpool Street Underground; Edgware Road Underground; and Tavistock Square where there has been a confirmed explosion on a bus.

One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from King's Cross when there was a huge flash.

The train stopped and people were using umbrellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.

He added people were milling around King's Cross covered in soot.

[PGalt]

Thanks for sticking around MadIvan.

[Valin]

I fear this will mark the end of British involvement in Iraq. The gutless left will go the way of Spain i fear.

Got a hundred dollar bill that says you're wrong.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I'm so sorry. Your American cousins stand with all of you.

[Ron in Acreage]

Great point. I was thinking the same thing. Al Qaeda is everywhere but Iraq, just ask a friggen' democrat!

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Tomorrow the hour of revenge will come.

If I were a Muslim in London right now I'd be keeping a real low profile...

[WorkingClassFilth]

I wonder when we'll see the same tactics (low cost, low risk and deadly) here...

[Valin]

Why is it that some here are always ready to expect that the worst is going to happen?

[lastchance]

Those who did this barbaric act will regret it. They have grabbed the Tiger by its tail.
May God give strength and comfort to the victims, their families, your fellow countryman and you.

[Terriergal]

It does seem like we're going to eventually need that kind of intervention to root out this level of evil doesn't it...

[varon]

I'll take alternative #3: "Identify, target and destroy ALL Muslims in the western world who merely insinuate any act of violence or hostility towards us, and keep a very close eye on all the rest of them."

[varon]

I'm sure Special Branch is clearing cell space as we speak.

I'd rather they be preparing grave sites...........

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[savedbygrace]

London,

We stand firmly and unmovably with you. For this moment, our prayers are with your victims and survivors. For the next moment, our prayers are with those who will find and kill these animals. We must kill them all, without mercy and without delay.

[reagan_fanatic]

I fear the show of solidarity is similar to the 9/11 response. They're all with us, until we try to fight.
To heck with political correctness... to heck with racial profiling. If you are muslim, you are my enemy, whether it be in the US, Great Britain, or anywhere.

My thoughts as well. 3000 people were murdered on 9/11 by MUSLIM terrorists and yet today, half the country wants to pull out and end the fight against these animals. When was the last time you saw a program on TV honoring the dead of 9/11? When was the last time 9/11 was the subject of a news story on the MSM? How many people who rushed out to buy American flags after the attacks still fly them today? Or even know why?

I hope and pray the British have better staying power and longer memories than the Americans do. This is not simply another generic war we are fighting here - it is a war for the very survival of our way of life.

[lastchance]

Those who did this barbaric act will regret it. They have grabbed the Tiger by its tail.
May God give strength and comfort to the victims, their families, your fellow countryman and you.

[MizSterious]

The ones who are saying that are probably thinking of the anti-war pukes, which dominate most of our newscasts. We hardly ever see anyone else videotaped or interviewed. Those have wanted to cede Britain (and the West) for years now, but I have great faith in the rest of the country.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

What the heck does that woman have on her face?

[Humal]

"It's important however that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people."

This should be the motto of all western & European countries. Tony Blair certainly has a wonderful way with words.

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[hellinahandcart]

Why is it that some here are always ready to expect that the worst is going to happen?

Bitter experience? I was pretty damned shocked when Spain folded.

But England isn't Spain and Blair isn't Zapatero.