Smoke seen in London Train Station.( Explosions reported)

[bobdsmith]

Cobra is the dramatic name for the civil contingencies committee leading the response to the London bombings. The group is named after the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A in the bowels of Downing Street where it normally meets.

Lol how many focus groups and work experience students does it take to come up with an acronym that was also word?

[ken5050]

Just wondering..wou;dn't it have been more "effective" ( for lack of a better choice of words) to do this during rush hour..many more commuters..thus much more panic..and if you do it in the morning hour, you shut down the city for the day..kill commerce..the economic cost of the disruption is in the billions

[Brit_Guy]

"Blair is in a "Cobra" meeting.....what is that?"

It is the UK equivalent of your 'Situation Room' for these major incidents.

It is effectivley a cabinet sub committee consisting of the Home Secretary, Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Foreign Secretary - plus head of relevent departments (e.g MI5, Met Police etc - depending on the specific emergency).

[mware]

Sounds like your friend in the ER is going to have the scoop on this story.

[Kelly_2000]

I don't think these people scored very high in their SATs

[DefiantZERO]

Well..somethings are out of my control, unfortunately.. </shame>

[sheik yerbouty]

They will obfuscate and babble asbout Roe vs. Wade.

[rhombus]

I don't think these people scored very high in their SATs

The Shoe Bomber wasn't very smart either.

[kittymyrib]

This may have been a warning run for Blair, showing that they could bring chem/bio explosives into the tube without being stopped. That's the frightening part....

[tx_eggman]

Warren Street - no idea as of this time. I think this is the clue that will lead us to those scumbags.

Warren Christopher - former Clinton Secretary of State?

James Street - the quarterback who engineered Texas 15-14 win over Arkansas in 1969

You guys need to quit huffing glue ...

[Kelly_2000]

"Sounds like your friend in the ER is going to have the scoop on this story."

I just hope she is OK:-( I only saw her a week ago when I was in London myself

[tobyhill]

Ba Bye, Mecca!

[Moose4]

I don't think we're dealing with the brightest bulbs in the fridge here. That's one thing about Islamists...the smart ones take themselves out of circulation after one attack. The dumb bunnies (like Richard Reid and these yahoos today) are the ones that perpetuate themselves.

}:-)4

[gopwinsin04]

Foreign Sec. Jack Straw leaves Cobra at 10 Downing Street. Blair will address the nation inside his residence.

[Antoninus]

With all due respect to Wisconsin, there's a little-known word called "flavour"! Should look it up! (All in good humour of course, not meant to be insulting)

Actually, in America, we call it "flavor" and "humor." Get with the program, will you!

[Deguello]

"Low power explosions ="

No, equals a bad recipe for home-made black powder.

[neodad]

Waiting for Howard Dean to condem the Presidents attempt to take the focus off of John Roberts and Karl Rove.

[Spktyr]

Usually, but this looks more like plain old incompetence.

[softwarecreator]

Warren Street could be "Warren County, Ohio." ?? Remember Osama threatening the red states before the election?

Hahahaha ... heck of a stretch, isn't that?  The 3rd largest city in Michigan is named Warren but I don't think they have this info.

[OXENinFLA]

BLAIR to speak in about 20mins. @ :15 after the hour.