Posted on 07/21/2005 7:13:42 AM PDT by Srirangan
A number of Tube stations have been evacuated and lines closed after three blasts in what Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair says is a "serious incident".
Sir Ian appealed to Londoners to stay where they were and said the transport system was effectively being shut down.
The minor explosions used detonators only, a BBC reporter said.
In addition, a Number 26 bus in Hackney Road in Bethnal Green had its windows blown out by a blast. There were no injuries.
Large areas around Warren Street, Oval and the Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith and City line Tube stations have been cordoned off.
One person was injured at Warren Street. There were reports the injured person may have been holding a rucksack containing the detonator.
Lines suspended
Police said armed officers had been deployed to University College Hospital after an incident.
The whole of the Northern Line has been suspended, along with the Victoria Line and the Hammersmith and City line.
A number of other stations were closed including Westminster tube station, Waterloo tube station and King's Cross Thameslink. There were also reports that St Paul's tube and Oxford Circus tube station were closed.
Tony Blair cancelled events in the afternoon and will be attending a meeting of the Cobra committee along with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
The BBC's Andrew Winstanley said devices had been found but appeared to have been dummies, containing no explosives.
London Underground went to an amber alert with trains taken to the next station and evacuated.
An eyewitness at Oval station said there had been a small bang, and a man had then run off when the Tube reached the station.
A spokesman for Stagecoach said the driver of the number 26 bus travelling through Shoreditch had heard a bang on upper deck, gone upstairs and seen the windows were blown out.
The bus driver was very shaken but said to be fine.
At Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith and City line station, police told reporters that a man had threatened to blow himself up and then ran off.
Sosiane Mohellavi, 35, was travelling from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow when she was evacuated from a train at Warren Street.
"I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke - it was like something was burning.
"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking."
The BBC's Rory Barnett said there had been no smoke on the platform at Warren St.
Liz Edwards, who works near Warren Street Underground station, said the area was full of activity.
"There are police, fire engines and ambulances all around there. A guy from our office had just come back from the station and said the police were aggressively keeping people away from the station and that you could not get anywhere near it."
Since the citizens have been disarmed, what, exactly will they do ?
Irate citizens saw him and everyone started shouting "Hey, stop" and chasing him. Somehow the guy ended up running into a hospital where police took him into custody.
Pretty confused still but one to listen for :)
Godspeed
I am in London at the moment. UGH! The rail system is all shut down, and the streets around Euston Square are all blocked off. For some reason, they are going to evacuate all the buildings on that block. There are lots of helicopters aloft.
Perhaps Police Chief Charles Moose would suggest looking for white suspects, starting with members of the BNP.
Muslims have leaned how to play the ghetto guilt trip/shakedown game. It been played with inner city blacks and liberals for years. And American citizens have paid for this insanity. Conservatives don't play that game.
Here's what Muslims need to know -- conservatives are different.
If Muslims nuke us, we nuke them. If they kill us we're not going to feel guilty and give them money for poverty programs or anything else. We're not going to "understand" them. When Muslims act like guests who pee on our carpets when invited to our homes, we'll throw them out. If when they're guest in our homes/countries and kill our families, we'll retaliate.
We're not going to take their rude antics anymore. If they nuke us, we nuke them. Period.
Then I stand corrected, and I congratulate the Londoners who pursued him. Looks like the same resiliency (sp?) that got them thru WW2 remains with them.
So there are no pictures of cr@p Hollywood films on here? There is no one making stupid comments about Britain worshipping Allah.
It's disgusting.
Keep us posted please? Thanks ;)
"I may not be very skilled with explosives, but a detonator is strong enough to blow the windows out of a bus? "
If you are in it's balst radius (approx 5 feet), a detonator will wreck your day. they are essentially equivalent in explosive force to an M80 (the real M80's - not the crap that goes for M80's these days - or an 1/8 stick of dynamite.
Is the 30 day deadline up already? That would seem to indicate that these terrorists aren't honorable people. Go figure.
Still looking for the pics you mentioned.
As for Britain worshipping Allah, you oughta read your history.
No society sets out to embrace Islam - they are terrorized into it.
It is not just a religion.
The fools in England have embraced the idea that being "English" means nothing. They are a "tolerant" and "diverse" society now. They opened the floodgates to Islamists for years, and the Islamists have been reproducing in their midst like rabbits, while the Brits have been prctising "responsible family planning." Look at the "shock" when it turned out that the murderous bombers were British citizens (with Islamic names). The Islamists have been at war to WIN for a long time now - and they are out to take over, either by terror or demographics. The Brits haven't figured it out yet. When they do, pray it won't be too late. It may be already.
Suppose the death toll has to reach 50 to have a headline that includes the words 'bomb' or 'terror'.
Tough times for MSM as they fall in on the side of the terrorists. [the enemy of my enemy, is my friend).
Bus windows are generally designed to be pushed out easily in case the bus is in a wreck. The overpressure from even a small explosion would probably be enough to pop them out.
Conversely, the friend of my enemy, is my enemy!
Well if you cannot see it on post no. 5 then that is something wrong with your PC.
The fools in England have embraced the idea that being "English" means nothing. They are a "tolerant" and "diverse" society now. They opened the floodgates to Islamists for years, and the Islamists have been reproducing in their midst like rabbits, while the Brits have been prctising "responsible family planning." Look at the "shock" when it turned out that the murderous bombers were British citizens (with Islamic names). The Islamists have been at war to WIN for a long time now - and they are out to take over, either by terror or demographics. The Brits haven't figured it out yet. When they do, pray it won't be too late. It may be already.
Frankly this is nonsense. Firstly it isn't just the English who are under attack but all of the UK.
Secondly, how many muslims are in the US?
Sadly...a reporterette has just asked Blair if his policies are responsible for these attacks. She was followed by another reporter who further elaborated on the question.
Mayor of London:
"Given that the Palestinians don't have jet planes, don't have tanks, they only have their bodies to use as weapons."
Can the people of London impeach this fool?
what, exactly will they do ?
Probably throw rocks. That's about all they have left.
Everything is calm on the streets, but there are huge queues for taxis, and crowds for the few buses.
There is a rumour that the police have a shoot to kill order, and that they are looking for suspects on the streets. A young man was bailed up by police and made to take his shirt off, but he was ok.
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