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Smoke seen in London Train Station.( Explosions reported)

Posted on 07/21/2005 5:19:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55

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To: ravingnutter
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?

761 posted on 07/21/2005 6:52:58 AM PDT by bobdsmith
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To: Moose4

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


762 posted on 07/21/2005 6:52:59 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Dog

"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).


763 posted on 07/21/2005 6:53:18 AM PDT by Brit_Guy
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To: kelly

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


764 posted on 07/21/2005 6:53:27 AM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsch"....... "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: ken5050
I don't think these people scored very high in their SATs
765 posted on 07/21/2005 6:53:55 AM PDT by Kelly_2000 (Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: elc

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


766 posted on 07/21/2005 6:54:12 AM PDT by DefiantZERO
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To: Stellar Dendrite

They will obfuscate and babble asbout Roe vs. Wade.


767 posted on 07/21/2005 6:54:19 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Kelly_2000
I don't think these people scored very high in their SATs

The Shoe Bomber wasn't very smart either.

768 posted on 07/21/2005 6:54:40 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: ConservativeMan55

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....


769 posted on 07/21/2005 6:54:47 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: dfwgator
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 ...

770 posted on 07/21/2005 6:54:59 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Does it hurt when they shear your wool off?)
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To: mware
"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

771 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:04 AM PDT by Kelly_2000 (Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: TomGuy

Ba Bye, Mecca!


772 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:19 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: ken5050

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


773 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:24 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia--commemorating 140 years of Yankee occupation.)
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To: freeperfromnj

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


774 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:35 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: DefiantZERO
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!
775 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:40 AM PDT by Antoninus (Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis!)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
"Low power explosions ="

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

776 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:40 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: popdonnelly

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


777 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:43 AM PDT by neodad (I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Usually, but this looks more like plain old incompetence.


778 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:43 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Deuces Wild Poker
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.

779 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:50 AM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: Moose4

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


780 posted on 07/21/2005 6:55:57 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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