Posted on 12/10/2005 10:42:38 PM PST by Big Bad Bob
Edited on 12/10/2005 11:05:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Uh-OH!
Keep us posted!
First thought is ROP but I have no information.
Prayers for our brothers and sisters across the pond
I hope it's an accident and not terrorists.
Terror threat to 'crowded areas' (Nationwide Warning in UK)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538138/posts
SCOTLAND YARD has issued a nationwide alert that Islamist terrorist cells may be plotting a Christmas bombing campaign. The warning was distributed to police chiefs nine days ago by the Yards anti-terrorist branch. It follows a series of operations by police and MI5 aimed at disrupting possible attacks by terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda.
Oooooh boy. And here I was - getting ready for bed.
This from the BBC
A series of large explosions have taken place near Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
The blast is thought to have happened at about 0600 GMT, in the vicinity of the Bunsfield Oil depot, close to the junction 8 of the M1 motorway.
Residents in the area, which is 10 miles from Luton Airport, reported hearing a "loud boom".
Rethinking my post to you on the other thread.
According to Zawahiri, bin Laden said to do this just last week.
I was just about to go to bed...now I have to make sure all is well across the pond before I go to bed. Sleep can wait.
Hope all is well.
Well, flames are near the M1, there is plumes of thick black smoke, flames are extremely high according to eyewitnesses, damage is over a vast area, with broken windows at the Ramada Hotel, Nr Hemel Hempstead.
Be on the lookout for White Christian males, or it could be an isolated incident! < /sarc >
I was awoken by my mum telling me about this. People are reporting that they heard this in West London and as far as Maidenhead, Surrey, which is at least 40 miles away.
AM, Please post direct link to article, there is one now:
Explosion Near London
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1205711,00.html
There has been a large explosion followed by two smaller blasts in the St. Albans area, 25 miles north of London.
This is a very fast moving story, and there is rumours, just rumours that a plane went down. Now, these are just reports from eyewitnesses
LONDON (Reuters) - A large explosion was reported north of London by witnesses ringing into British media early on Sunday.
One, identified only as Heather, said she had hear a loud blast near the commuter town of Hemel Hempstead and could see sheets of flame soaring into the sky.
"There is a fuel depot nearby," she told BBC Television. "There are lots of houses damaged."
Police were not immediately available for comment but another eye witness also said he thought there had been an explosion at the fuel depot although Luton airport is relatively nearby.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-11T063632Z_01_FOR123780_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-EXPLOSION.xml
Yup. My first thought, too.
The Militant Wing of the Salvation Army, again! The blaggards...
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