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.
No..just the word "brothers"
I'm reading the thread from the bottom up, so someone may have already posted this teaser from Drudge:
Senior Israeli official says Scotland Yard told Israel minutes before explosions it had received warnings of possible terror attacks...
nod. Still looking.
"Brothers?"
[What makes you think that the Iranians were involved?]
It doesn't matter. They're next. You defeat Islamism by democratizing country after country. This attack must be answered by at least one major regime change and it doesn't matter which one (actually, it matters to us to get the one with the most oil money still going to terror groups and that is Iran). After a while, they get the message: no more dictatorships. Unfortunately, we didn't do a regime change after the Madrid bombings. That guaranteed the London bombings. It is common sense. The left wing forced us to slow down the war until this happened. God help us if we remain in the "slowed down" mode.
But they destroyed them?
To our Brittish FRiends....the prayers of myself and my family are with you today.
Wow, Kilmeade on Fox just made the point that terrorism, not global warming, should have been at the top of the G8 agenda!
I heard a guy on FNC over there mention the Live 8 concert and the flood of people that were just in London and he wondered if people used that as a way to get into the city.
Did they have to lax security during the concert?
French-islamic Alliance??????
Good luck. Try to stay safe.
If they were able to recover a couple of unexploded bombs (UXB's) Scotland Yard might be able to start identifying the people behind it. The type of explosive and detonator used could identify if the bomb was built to something from an al-Qaeda manual.
Out of morbid interest, I think the death toll could exceed 200 based on the complete destruction of three double-decker buses and the subway station damage. 
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I hear you loud and clear. This calls for unity, not criticism of our leaders, they are not the cause of this the Islamofacisits are and I am tired of hearing people bash Bush and Blair!
Giving up some liberty does not ensure security.
Good point!
These areas all have surveillance cameras, especially Kings Cross (used to be a drugs/prostitution hotspot and has lots)
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