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.
Wow! Thank God they are okay!
Sadly no, they will lay low at first and after some of the sting is gone say that it's our own fault and call for another round of Kumbya.
Prayers to all those in the UK.
[MSM will wake the hell up and realize our WOT is merited and serious.]
You can't be serious. The MSM will wait about 5 hours and then it will be all Bush's fault. Sorry, I meant 5 minutes. They will say that it "was because Bush is at Gleneagles" with all the insinuation that brings.
And I was supposed to be in London today. This will shut down business and my income will be delayed. That really pisses me off... as well as the murdering of those innocent fine people. This going far enough. To me, killing our soldiers in Iraq was a provocation. But the public better finally get wise.
This should get the British on board to conduct regime change in Iran...but it won't. Never underestimate the power of the left. Just like the artilleryman said in the real book "War of the Worlds": "when we get beat, there will be humans who will actually help the Martians find us to harvest us for food."
Terrible, Heard it over Curtis Sliwa's show this morning and then out of 840 from Louisville, sometimes KDKA here in Pittsburgh is slow on the uptake. Prayers for all involved and stay safe.
In fact only possible is Islam , because it like 3.11
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It is yet to be confirmed by Downing Street or Scotland Yard. The hospitals have been put on "major incident alert", which indicates that they are responding as if it is.
Regards, Ivan
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An explosion destroyed a double-decker bus in central London(after the explosion)
AP ^ | 07/07/05
Posted on 07/07/2005 2:51:11 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
7 minutes ago
LONDON - An explosion destroyed a double-decker bus in central London during rush hour Thursday, police said. There were reports of casualties.
The bus exploded near Russell Square not long after several blasts were reported on London subways, police said. A witness said the entire top deck of the bus was destroyed.
"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," Belinda Seabrook told Press Association, the British news agency.
She said the bus was packed with people.
"It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying through the air," she said.
If you remember, no one mentioned the Islamists when we were attacked, at first, either.
My prayers are with you and your family.
They were there for us, we will be there for them.
Any alerts for you?
Cells are no doubt overloaded. Praying for your family.
The systems become overloaded in emergencies.
Don't worry, pitinkie. It's much more than likely that it's system overload. Try and stay calm. We are ALL holding your hand right now. Hang in there, hon.
SKY NEWS: "A highly sophisticated and coordinated terrorist attack."
Fox has transferred over to SKY NEWS.
The initial reaction will be to think it is Islamic terrorism, but I am not all that confident in them being able to pull off a large scale, coordinated attack.
Saying some prayers for you.
Please let us know when you contact them.
damn
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