Posted on 07/07/2005 2:31:35 PM PDT by Pyro7480
A woman lights candles in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2005 as Poles show their solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in London. A string of rush-hour explosions blamed on Islamic terrorists tore into at least three London subway trains and a double-decker bus on Thursday, killing more than 33 people and injuring about 390. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People light candles in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2005 as Poles show their solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in London. A string of rush-hour explosions blamed on Islamic terrorists tore into at least three London subway trains and a double-decker bus on Thursday, killing more than 33 people and injuring about 390. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) signs a book of condolences as British Ambassador to the U.S. David Manning looks on at the British Embassy in Washington July 7, 2005. The world recoiled in shock on Thursday after bombs tore through London's transport system killing 37 people in a coordinated rush-hour attack. Countries in Europe and the U.S. stepped up security after the blasts and vowed to hunt down the militants who caused carnage in Britain, the closest U.S. ally, host to the G8 rich nations' meeting and EU president. REUTERS/Larry Downing
The inscription by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the book of condolences at the British Embassy in Washington, July 7, 2005. Rice expressed her condolences Thursday and wrote 'They will not have died in vain'. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
Candles are placed in front of a sign at Madrid's British embassy July 7, 2005. Countries in Europe tightened security on Thursday after four deadly bombings in London, fearing more attacks across the continent. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that he had ordered the Interior Ministry to activate 'all of the alert and prevention systems'. Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters
A Muscovite places flowers outside the British embassy in central Moscow July 7, 2005, to express sympathy for victims of Thursday's blasts in London. Four blasts tore through packed underground trains and a bus during London's rush hour on Thursday, killing at least 37 people in the capital's deadliest peacetime attack and disrupting a summit of world leaders. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
A Muscovite places flowers outside the British embassy in central Moscow July 7, 2005, to express sympathy for victims of Thursday's blasts in London. Four blasts tore through packed underground trains and a bus during London's rush hour on Thursday, killing at least 37 people in the capital's deadliest peacetime attack and disrupting a summit of world leaders. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
A man with his son, who did not want to be identified by name, places a cross outside the British Embassy in Washington in remembrance of those killed in series of bombings that rocked London today Thursday, July 7, 2005. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A man lays down flowers in front of the British embassy in Berlin following a string of deadly blasts in London. Four explosions tore through packed underground trains and ripped apart a double decker bus, massacring at least 37 people and wounding 700 in the worst peacetime attack on London.(AFP/DDP/Marcus Brandt)
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As we are learning now from the forensics of the 2 unexploded bombs that have been found it appears that the bombs had a timing device. The question is how could 3 or more of these devices be left at various areas inside the London subway system without any kind of security force noticing? After all England and Blair are a prominent part of the G-8 Summit and just yesterday London was in the news for just having been picked to host the 2012 Olympics, not to mention Blair is a staunch supporter of Bush's campaign in Iraq. Shouldn't the United Kingdom have been on high alert recently?
I used the contact us option at this site to send a note
http://www.britainusa.com/consular/embassy/
It could've happened here. Or anywhere for that matter. They have all the opportunities. We only have to make one mistake.
My own fiancee could've been among those 37 today, thankfully she completed her trip to London recently..
Let's kill these bastards.
Has anyone heard from the British Freepers? Are they OK?
"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terrors - Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."
Wow, I guess Churchill never got the memo from Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, Howie Dean, and friends that surrender is a better war aim....
Britian has invited Muslims into their country, and they have allowed Mosques to be built all over England, so that they may be taken over from within , and Britian has allowed firey sermons to stir up strife and hatred. Britian is only reaping what it has sown, and no one should even act surprised. I am not.
Oh hell, the feelings I had on 911-01 just came flooding back.
True, it could've happened here (i.e. the USA), but I now think our security and intelligence is probably among the best in the world post 9/11. We have no choice.
Any theories that maybe the Irish Republican Army (the IRA) was behind this with the help of Al-qaeda? After all, although they may have different goals their agendas might dovetail at times. As the old saying goes "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
I haven't heard anything like that. The group that is claiming responsibility -- what is it? The Secret Society of Al Qeada in Europe?-- sounds like a bunch of punks. We'll learn more as the investigation goes forward, but we shouldn't be surprised if these animals lived in London.
I just did, too. This is an appropriate site; they even have an option for selecting condolences for the London bombing as the subject line.
Don't be too confident that it can't happen here. Our own officials have said that we can't protect everything 24/7. We already have terrorist cells in the USA. Our "borders" are extremely porous -- all the illegals here are proof of that.
Of course it can happen here and in France as well. According to a Newsweek article last year, "The Hunt for Bin Laden", should OBL's capture be imminent his three sons have orders to kill him. This will cause him to be seen as a martyr in the eyes of the radical Islamic world with possible major terrorist attacks in France and the USA. France has by far one of the largest Muslim populations in Europe (which is not to say that every Muslim is a radical but all it takes is a handful).
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