ROP strikes again.
Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
You may be right about that, but here's a few from a Brit website including "bottle":
Slang Words
Below are a few slang words commonly used in Britain.
Bloke - man.
'John is a nice bloke to know.'
Botched - poor quality repairs.
'He made a botched job of fixing the television.'
Bottle - courage.
'He doesn't have the bottle to ask her.'
Cheesed Off - fed up
Chuck it down - to rain, often heavily.
'It is going to chuck it down soon.'
Chuffed - If you are chuffed, you are happy with something.
'I was chuffed to win a medal!'
I look forward to GovernsBestGovernsLeast update on the Today Show. Qatie was in rare form today. It's funny how she surrounds herself with experts that parrot her twisted perspective on terrorism.
I hope he is safe and is able to respond soon. I know his wife is sweating bullets right now.
Is he on there apologizing and saying it is Bush's fault, with kirsten brettweiser behind him?
Publius,,,please, you are making me nauseous.
Something for your "Democrat friend":
It is Clinton's fault that he allowed the terrorism to gain a beachhead in the 90s, and left this mess for Bush to start dealing with.
It is your FRIEND'S FAULT, and other DUmmies and liberals like her, that our politicians lack the will to eliminate completely these terrorists.
Just tell her she's talking like a traitor, and that she should be jailed.
Let it be so. Trace theses bastards back to their roots and lay it to waste. Make them understand that these attacks will result in tens of times the deaths they intend-- in the very grounds that bred the bombers.
Then this is not good for your winding down, is it.
I had planned early bedtime and early rise. Guess that won't happen for awhile.
Praying hard today seems to be the order of the day.
Did you see PM Tony Blair get choked up? God Bless that man. President Bush had that look on his face. I could not be more proud to be an American allied with Great Britain.
Humor is great at a time like this!
Laugh and pray, that's about all we can do.
ROP strikes again.
Can you please confirm what she said......if it is as reported we can start to take her down..increase the pressure on NBC
sw
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terriorists are Muslim.The State Department's list of terrorist groups includes the IRA, narcoterrorists, the Tamil militia, Kach/Kahane Chai, and a bunch of commie groups.
-Eric
I almost hate to say it, but I have been thinking that Blair has been trying a little too hard to please his leftist friends, talking about global warming and Africa. It's as if he is trying to make up for lost ground over his position on Iraq. I was wondering if he had gone wobbely.
We shall see, today, if he is up to the task.
We can see what THE NUTJOB ON THIS THREAD is saying.
You're disrupting this thread.
What the hell does that mean?
Look at post #1754
Actually, that term is commonly used in the USA, too.
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