Posted on 07/07/2005 9:23:02 AM PDT by Syco
PARIS - World leaders condemned the deadly attacks in London Thursday and quickly ordered security stepped up in their own countries, vowing to cooperate to track down the attackers in a globe-spanning pledge of solidarity.
Spain, bitterly familiar with terror after train bombings in Madrid killed 191 people last year, put its security forces on maximum alert, posting army and police units to watch over airports, train stations and shopping centers.
The government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero offered its "unconditional help to chase the criminals who perpetrated such a repugnant attack."
A similar response came from France, the object of attacks in the 1990s. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin ordered the alert level raised and promised Britain the "immediate, full and complete collaboration" of French intelligence.
"It is a drama for Great Britain. It is a drama for all of Europe," Villepin said.
In Washington, the Homeland Security Department asked authorities in major cities for heightened vigilance of major transport systems. In the U.S. capital, bomb-sniffing dogs and armed police patrolled subways and buses.
In Denmark, former Foreign Minister Mogens Lykketoft said what others were remembering with likely dread: "This is the continuation of Sept. 11 and the attacks in Madrid ... No one can feel safe."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said terror attacks demand universal condemnation and unity, according to a Kremlin spokesman. Moscow officials ordered stepped-up security measures for the Russian capital's underground transportation system, a subway official said.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stressed the need for fighting terrorism "with all the means at our disposal."
As in many other European countries, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt called an emergency response meeting to assess security measures in Brussels, which houses the European Union and NATO.
In Strasbourg, France, seat of the European Parliament, European Parliament President Josep Borrell, of Spain, expressed condolences "to all suffering consequences of these barbaric attacks."
"As a citizen of a country that only last year experienced the horrors of such terrible attacks, I want to send a message of solidarity with British people .... We will never let atrocities or terrorism defeat the values of peace and democracy."
At Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI called the attacks "barbaric acts against humanity," and said in a telegram to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, archbishop of Westminster, that he was praying for families of the victims.
"This is all wanton violence," Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said after an audience with the pope.
Security in Copenhagen's new driverless underground system was stepped up, and, in Norway, the Foreign Ministry summoned its crisis team. In the Swedish capital, Stockholm, top police chiefs met.
Candles appeared in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, shortly after news of the attacks flashed around the world.
Australia's national counterterrorism group met late Thursday, and Canberra set up a hot line for relatives of the hundreds of thousands Australians who live in Britain.
In Turkey, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul urged greater international cooperation against terrorism, saying it is a mistake "if we make a distinction between 'my terrorist and his terrorist.'"
Give it some time and it will back to the SOS, worse actually. A bunch of Islamist's countries cheered at 9/11 but I haven't heard any of that on the media about lastest bombing. I think the world might get a little PO'd about that now even though it wouldn't do anything to help get rid of terrorists.
CAIR will probably start sniveling and whining again tonight..
They understand terrorism.
They do NOT understand we are in a world war and what is necessary to defeat Islamofascists.
There is a distinct difference.
Okay. We can just agree to disagree about this. I need to get to work too! And anyway, it looks like on the social stuff we have a whole lot more in common. In Him!
The leaders of the European countries who are against Bush and the War on Terror.
Blair is with us.
Europe, except Britain, will blame Bush and the United States for the bomb attacks.
OH, don't blame the Muslims! They are the good guys!
/sarcasm off
Hey Syco, I've got a Christian question for you. I am having anger issues right now because my home life has been turned upside down because of a "houseguest that will not leave." The houseguest is buddy buddy with my roomate relative. We are all related. They like to drink, but they drink more when they are together and get obnoxious. I have been working three jobs (and am a sober person) and the houseguest does not work. She depends on others to provide her with food, lodging, beer and cigarrettes. My roomie has decided to take out his frustrations on me since she has been here. Last night I got home from work and it started again. I did nothing to provoke this. So I left and am in the houseguest quarters presently. Before she was here, we got along great, and were the best of friends. Now I have been thrown over for an alcoholic sponge and the bond seems broken now.
I have been very tolerant for the last 6 weeks. My tolerance has reached its end. I know what the bible says but am having a difficult time obeying the word. I cannot get the houseguest to leave, and she is infringing on my rights and being irresponsible with my pets. I know I made the right decision in packing up a week's (I don't know when she is leaving) worth of belongings and moving into the guest quarters. Should I continue the passive resistance or should I assert myself with my roomie? I am thoroughly ticked off, and hurt. What is the Christian way of dealing with this? Or should I take the atheist route?
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