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.
A war on terror is a war with no front and no safe rear areas. We've fought one recently, with somewhat different opponents. We knew what we were getting into when we signed up. If you want to win a war, what you need are cheerful and fearless citizens who trust and support their government.
It appears that the leftists aren't the only ones who have forgotten it, lady........
Sounds like someone in the press is letting their imagination get the best of them. After the bomber was released from Gitmo, did he also "out" Valerie Plame?
You are pasting your Judeo-Christian ethics onto an Islamowacko. It doesn't stick.
I understand them reasonably well, but understanding does not imply agreement. If you can't (or won't) see them for what they really are, you have no hope to stop them.
...as I said, as you wish.
Here's the current US Army Counterinsurgency Manual.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-07-22/index.html
It's a pragmatic and realistic document on these matters.
Planning to fly it tomorrow at the Freedom Concert, Sean Hannity is having for the families of troops killed in the service of their country.
Templates are real easy. It makes thinking unnecessary. But templates can often be wrong and should therefore be used sparingly.
We are not speaking of an opponent to bested with words. This one must be defeated at its core, and we must understand that core no matter how repulsive it is to us.
Chrissy? Please, I couldn't stand him for 5 seconds. OK, maybe 1 second. lol
I watched Brit and turned it off. I am sick of these morons that ignore basic FACTS and just run off at the mouth ending with, "Bush's fault" and Iraq.
The rest of your post is off base because you continue to assume things about my thinking that have no basis in fact.
But since you've said that words don't affect this war, why don't you try arguing successfully that Dick Durbin's treacherous words had no effect on the progress of this war.
I'll give you time. Think about it.
Tomorrow's event was going to be good before, but I bet after today, Hannity's concert will have the added passion from this day...and it ought to be quite a terrific show!!!
I envy you getting to go!
At your service!
(#3805)
I like Chertoff's "plain talk" approach. I think he's one cool dude, tough and to the point. He's like a Cheney and Rummy but with a different personality.
Chrissy also had on two of the 9/11 Commission members...Tim Roemer, and Lehman...
AND they both made a big deal about how WE havn't done even HALF of what they told us to do...
Which is supposed to explain why BRITAIN was hit!???????
All of the Sunday Talk shows will be dems saying that Bush hasn't done enough to keep us safe,...but, they won't let us profile, shut the borders (even if Bush would), pass the Patriot Act, treat prisoners like prisoners, OR STAND BEHIND THE CIC AND MILITARY DURING A TIME OF WAR....
But, you watch on Sunday, it will all Bush bash all of the time!
Kerry, Hagel, McCain, Jane Harman, Charlie Rangel, Levin, Biden....you name them, the Bush critics on parade.
LOL. Good one! :-)
You call blowing yourself up because you hate another country, rational. I'm sorry, but I don't see any kind of suicide as rational.
as you've noticed , I can't bring myself to watch the Sunday morning Bush-bashing , even Fox tries to be "fair&unbalanced" bashBASHbashBLAblaBLA
The statements by the Senators were to numerous, so I did not post them, I got bored and checked all the Senate sites plus Delay ad Pelosi.
A week ago, the 9-11 commissioners said there were a couple of items that haven't been thoroughly addressed. Remember, this is now a "Private Citizen Group" consisting of some of the members. In other words, tell them to chuck it.
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