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Posted on 07/21/2005 5:19:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Per foxnews
"Reporters on all channels seem keen to imply this was a just a reminder - not meant to cause mass casualties - I'm not buying this line"
...there is also the scenario of creating a diversion then hitting with the real stuff in all the confusion.
Beeb asks communters to stagger their journeys home.
The police chief acts like it is just any other day.
Hopefully it will be his last day. He and his idiot PC freinds have helped cause this problem.
90 mins before the 1st bombings, he said he was on top of the terrorist threat......
BBC: Dummy explosions caused incidents in 3 subways.
What is a dummy explosive? One that should have detonated but didn't?
Hey nimwit. I was just rephrasing what Blair said. Didn't you listen to his speech????
Take your complaint to him. He said it. I just repeated it. Oh, and the London Police Chief said almost exactly the same thing.
122 today. And it's cooler this summer than it was last year at this time.
I'm going to freeze in London next month! ;-)
There's nothing to see here, keep moving, keep moving.
"They are being told to stay home, don't leave your house ... they are not going on with "business as usual"."
What?! I'm a Londoner and I can assure you that - until today's attacks - it HAS been business as usual.
More importantly, though, there's something that's been nagging away at me since I came here a couple of weeks ago in the aftermath of the first attacks. I found this site a good way to keep up with what's being reported because people are posting material from a wide range of different sources. The same has been true today.
But I just can't get past some of the more extreme viewpoints being espoused here - many of which seem remarkably widespread. Again, today, people have reacted to the attacks by suggesting that the problem here is Islam, rather than terrorism, or voicing disapproval when Blair's response apparently wasn't bloodthirsty enough.
I'd like to ask these people a simple question. If the problem really IS Islam, don't you think the manifestation of that problem would be somewhat more serious?
There are somewhere above 1 billion Muslims in the world today. But if you take the FIRST attacks on the WTC as the start of Islamic terrorist attacks on the West, and trace that thread through the attack on the Cole, 9/11, Bali, Madrid and London, you'll note that in a 12-year campaign of terror, less than 3,000 people have been killed. Less than 3,000 - by an enemy numbering 1 billion. In 12 years.
In Leeds, around a sixth of the population is Muslim. Why aren't the streets of Leeds streaming with blood?
If all Muslims are burning with implacable hatred of the West, why do I count two of them among my oldest friends? If Islam is the problem, why did terrorist attacks on the West begin in 1993?
Seriously. Speaking as a Londoner, I'm as keen as anyone to ensure that the people responsible for this are put behind bars - and I also want to see people responsible for inciting terrorism deported. But it's pretty clear to me that what we're dealing with here is a strain of Islam - not Islam itself, not all Muslims, but a dangerous band of extremists. Pretending otherwise is not going to help to solve the problem.
Cheers!
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That's why I LIKE you so much! ;)
They cannot confirm what the white powder is by just looking at it. These reporters are just rehashing what they are being told by authorities or their own opinions. Officers are reported in bio suits.
Only if you're in my foursome.
Reporters keep saying they're not sure if this is a copycat or not...does it really make any difference?
Does Christianne A live in London with Jamie & baby?
WMD is probably a possibility. But it sounds like they want to keep the streets clear because they're still trying to round up the perps, which makes sense to me. Hope they're successful.
London Police find another package in St. Paul's Churchyard.
Oh no, another provocation to politicians to make death defying cliche ridden speeches.
Jihadists. The only question would be their location and the logistics needed to implement the strikes. Sometimes a Barrett would do as well as aerial ordnance.
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