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A woman lights candles in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2005 as Poles show their solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in London. A string of rush-hour explosions blamed on Islamic terrorists tore into at least three London subway trains and a double-decker bus on Thursday, killing more than 33 people and injuring about 390. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) People light candles in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2005 as Poles show their solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in London. A string of rush-hour explosions blamed...

Muslim leaders have condemned the attacks on London and said they fear their communities could now fall prey to vigilante attacks. Muslim Association of Britain president Ahmed Sheikh said the attacks would make the Muslim community less safe. He said women in headscarves might be in particular danger and warned all Muslims to be especially vigilant. Muslim News editor Ahmed Versi noted one of London's biggest Muslim areas, around Aldgate, had been targeted. Mr Sheikh said the unique good relationship Muslims had with the government and society was threatened. "The person who did this was targeting along with wider British...

London: In the bloodiest terror attack in London in three decades, suspected Islamic militants on Thursday carried out coordinated blasts in underground stations and a bus killing more than 33 people and injuring nearly 300 of which 45 were serious. Sky television, however, said at least 45 people were killed in the explosions. Thirty three people died in the explosions at three stations and there were unspecified number of fatalities in the blast in the double-decker bus that ripped through its roof, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan police, Brian Paddick, told a crowded press conference. A visibly shaken Prime Minister...

 The original, huge thread:   BLAST AT CITY TUBE STATION - SEVEN EXPLOSIONS AROUND LONDON     Live Media Links Here     NEWS UPDATE: London Bombing (Preliminary Facts and Figures)     Key points on the London blasts -- What's getting the biggest laugh is that these morons might actually think that a city that went thru the Blitz and the IRA campaign will EVER be defeated by a bunch of goat farmers.    London explosions: Blair statement     Blair vows terrorists won't win    Blasts fit al-Qaeda pattern: analysts    George Galloway: "Give in, Britain"    Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat...

July 07, 2005, 11:56 a.m. Inadequate Responses London is al Qaeda's "spiritual hub in the Western world." By Aaron Mannes With this morning's tragedy in London many experts have noted that if London, which has long faced the highly sophisticated terrorists of the IRA and numerous international terrorist organizations, can be struck by terror then every city is vulnerable. While Britain's domestic intelligence and counterterror capabilities are highly professional and have disrupted numerous terrorist plots, there have also been glaring deficiencies in Britain's strategies against Islamist terror. Just over a month ago, France's leading antiterrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere gave an...

Timeline of attacks in London. Times listed are local; London is five hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. 8:51 a.m.: London Underground train explodes 100 yards into a tunnel outside Moorgate station in the financial district in east London. Seven killed. 8:56 a.m.: Explosion near the King's Cross station in north London. Twenty-one killed. 9:17 a.m.: Explosion near Edgware Road station. Five killed. 9:47 a.m.: Double-decker bus explodes near Tavistock Square. Undetermined number of fatalities. Source: London police.

Former Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani said the London terror strikes were an "eerie reminder" of 9/11 . Mr Giuliani, who led the Big Apple through the devastating attacks, said he was only yards away from the first explosion this morning, while on a visit to London. The politician said: "They are a very eerie reminder of September 11, I was right near Liverpool (St) station when the first bombing took place, so I could hear the sirens and then kept hearing reports of different bombing, in different parts of the city. "As we were walking through and driving...

(Washington, D.C.) This morning, the world learned of multiple terrorist attacks that have killed dozens of men and women in London and wounded hundreds more. National Libertarian Party Executive Director Joe Seehusen issued the following statement: "Today is not a day for politics or posturing. Instead we should focus our thoughts and prayers on the victims and their families. As the people of the United Kingdom mourned our losses on September 11th, we do the same for them today. Our hearts go out both to those who have lost loved ones today and to all of the victims who remain."...

London bombings toll rises to 37 Passengers evacuate an underground train at Kings Cross (Photo: Alexander Chadwick) A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others.Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two more died in a blast on a double-decker bus. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the "most intense police and security service action to make sure we bring those responsible to justice". An Islamist website has posted a statement - purportedly from al-Qaeda - claiming it was behind the attacks. Mr Blair, who...

    Statement by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on London Bombings             This morning, the civilized world watched with concern as the people of London saw the face of violence and brutality.  We offer our deepest sympathies to the families who have lost loved ones and to those who were wounded.              Too often the global struggle against violent extremists is discussed in a context that can distract from the harsh reality that its victims are innocent mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, and neighbors we see and work with every day.             Images from London have shown faces filled...

n full: Blair on bomb blasts Prime Minister Tony Blair has made two statements about the series of explosions in London on Thursday morning. Here are his statements in full: STATEMENT FROM DOWNING STREET, 1730 BST This is a terrible and tragic atrocity that has cost many innocent lives. I have just attended a meeting of the Government's emergency committee. I received a full report from the ministers and officials responsible. There will be an announcement made in respect of the various services, in particular we hope the Underground as far as is possible and rail and bus services are...

A British defense expert says Thursday's bombings in London were executed by at least 24 people and designed to mirror bombings last year in Madrid. While the city was still reeling from five subway blasts and three aboard buses, Michael Clarke, director of the Center for Defense Studies at King's College London, told The Guardian the attacks had obviously been well-planned. The fact that London was hit when the resources of the security forces were focused on the Group of Eight summit in Scotland indicated some clever thinking by terrorists, he said. He also noted the similarities to the attacks...

LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Deadly blasts in London drew shock and sympathy from Middle Eastern capitals on Thursday, some of them all too familiar with carnage on their own streets. "We've been experiencing terrorism for 30 years," said Samira Murr, a Lebanese teacher in her 50s, in Beirut. "It's like the Madrid bombings, like the 9/11 attacks. We feel we are not safe anywhere in the world any more." In Damascus, Syrian businessman Majed Ali said: "I really hope this is not the doing of an Arab or a Muslim because our values are 100 percent against this devilish...

July 07, 2005, 3:20 p.m. Londonistan No More A new Finest Hour? By John F. Cullinan As London copes with the aftermath of Thursday morning's terrorist bombings — and braces for the possibility of fresh attacks — some sobering thoughts on causes and effects come immediately to mind. After the Madrid bombings in March 2004, London's senior police official revealed that British security services had thwarted several major terrorist attacks targeted against London. But he grimly acknowledged that "there is an inevitability that some sort of attack will get through." "This is not just about the railways, the underground," he...

LONDON mayor Ken Livingstone said the terrorists who attacked the British capital today can never destroy the city's principles of freedom and harmony. "Nothing you do, no matter how many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our cities where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another," Mayor Livingstone said in Singapore just 24 hours after London was named the host of the 2012 Olympics.

To our brothers and sisters in the war on terror you can be sure the US will stand with you. These are the sentiments I have already seen. Shortly after this attack in London my unit and a few others I have already been in contact with this morning have all felt the same way. After all, they have served side by side with some of England’s bravest. They are doing the most after the US in this effort to end the global actions of terrorists of all kinds. No, this is no September 11th, and in the end it...

Tony Blair has said terrorists will not succeed in destroying "our values and our way of life" after blasts hit London's transport network.The prime minister said it was reasonably clear the blasts were a terrorist attack designed to coincide with the G8 summit in Gleneagles. He said he was flying back to London to hear reports from police and emergency services face-to-face. But the G8 summit would continue in his absence, he said in a TV address. Mr Blair said it was "reasonably clear" terrorists were behind the blasts. "It is important that those engaged in terrorism realise that our...

08.49 - Emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate. Reported as "some kind of power surge". 08.50 - Police called to Aldgate station, east London. 09.22 - King's Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations cleared. 09.31 - The incident caused major disruption to the entire network with stations across the capital being closed. 09.33 - London Underground said that there has been "another incident at Edgware Road" station in north west London. 09.53 - Mainline train company First Great Western said its services into London's...

CAIRO, Egypt  — A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda in Europe" has posted a claim of responsibility for the series of blasts in London, saying they were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The statement was published on a Web site popular with Islamic militants, according to Der Spiegel magazine in Berlin, which republished the text on its own Web site. "Rejoice, Islamic nation. Rejoice, Arab world. The time has come for vengeance against the Zionist crusader government of Britain in response to the massacres Britain committed in Iraq and Afghanistan," said the statement,...