TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Political Discussion / Debate
-- terror in london
Pages (4): [1] 2 3 4 »
terror in london
7 July 2005
TUBE BLASTS BRING DEATH AND CHAOS TO RUSH-HOUR LONDON
By Steve Purcell
Explosions on the London underground have brought death and chaos to the capital this morning.
Several people are reported to have been killed or injured and the whole of the Tube network was shut down just before 9am, at the height of the rush hour.
There were also reports of three explosions on buses around London.
British Transport Police said power surges had caused explosions at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square.
Advertisement
However, other unconfirmed reports said the scale of the explosions appeared more like a terrorist incident.
Scotland Yard confirmed there had been an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Place, near Russell Square, leaving the bus ripped apart. A spokesman said police were at the scene and attempting to determine what had happened.
Emergency services were called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion shortly before 9am.
Passengers were seen emerging from tunnels covered in soot an blood. Scotand Yard declared the incident a "major emergency."
Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there had been "terrible injuries" and the government were assessing the situation. He said the police had very well established procedures in place to deal with the emergency and urged people not to travel into or around the capital.
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".
"There are walking wounded, but that is as much as we know at the moment," said the 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."
IF you witnessed any of these events, or have photos of the scene, contact [email protected] or call freefone 0800 282 591
More updates:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...in_explosion_21
6 Explosions - 2 confirmed dead alreaady.
Casualty count looks pretty low so far.
Lets hope it stays this way.
Its 7 explosions confirmed now - 6 at tube stations and one on a bus
The Count is now seven explosions in total.
All london undergroud services have been suspended and all buses going to Zone 1 in london have also been suspended.
Let us hope that this is the end of this horrific incident, and let our thourghts go out to the people who have been injured and also to the people who will not be comming home tonight !!!
London's cam system might come in handy.
One bus's top has been reportedly blown "right off"
Obviously people are already talking about the connection the Olympics.
However, I think the connection is more obvious to the G8 summit which the UK is hosting. Security is no doubt overwhelmning in Scotland, so the terrorst as they do, attack the soft spot.
Europeans markets got shot up:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/bus...on-Markets.html
Will probably be a bad day for Wall Street as well.
Washington has gone on higher alert: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nat...Explosions.html
BBC.co.uk has trouble coping with the traffic.
Site of attacks:
I can't even connect to BBC Yoepus, logjam, managed to do so on Al-Jazeera only to see commentaries justifying the attacks as payback for Iraq, hmm surprise, surprise
| quote: |
| Originally posted by NYCTrancefan I can't even connect to BBC Yoepus, logjam, managed to do so on Al-Jazeera only to see commentaries justifying the attacks as payback for Iraq, hmm surprise, surprise |
Just heard on the local news that a European branch of Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility, while rumour has it that the simultaneity of the attacks points to an organised 'terrorist' network.
I'm not having any problems with the BBC site
As for al-Jazeera what are you talking about commentaries justifying this attack? I checked it and it says nothing of the sort
Anyway, latest from the BBC TV news (website is slower to add new developments) says an Islamist website (used by al-Qaida) has claimed responsibility saying it was for Iraq and Afghanistan and has warned Italy and Denmark to expect similar
| quote: |
| Originally posted by George Smiley I'm not having any problems with the BBC site As for al-Jazeera what are you talking about commentaries justifying this attack? I checked it and it says nothing of the sort Anyway, latest from the BBC TV news (website is slower to add new developments) says an Islamist website (used by al-Qaida) has claimed responsibility saying it was for Iraq and Afghanistan and has warned Italy and Denmark to expect similar |
Death toll reported at 40 now by US official and 300 injured:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...itain_explosion
Israel Media reports death toll of 12 more than 300 injured.
| quote: |
| Originally posted by George Smiley Anyway, latest from the BBC TV news (website is slower to add new developments) says an Islamist website (used by al-Qaida) has claimed responsibility saying it was for Iraq and Afghanistan and has warned Italy and Denmark to expect similar |
Such a disappointment... 12 confirmed dead, dozen are critically injured. Madness..
I think there's a common consensus that this world has gone mad, but I've been thinking about when did this world decide to turn on its head and go nuts??? I only noticed that something's out of place back in about 1996-7, but that was in my adolesent years where I began to lose my innocence (for various reasons that I wont get into right now 
) and come of age, but bands like Rage Against The Machine have been singing about a fuct up world for many a year before then... Where did it all begin, and obviously when will it all end??
Thats a vast question.
People will have so many different beliefs as to when shit starting going downhill.
Report: Islamic group claims responsibilty
Canadian Press
Thursday, July 07, 2005
CAIRO, Egypt -- A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida 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 website popular with Islamic militants, according to Der Spiegel magazine in Berlin, which republished the text on its own website.
"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, which was translated by The Associated Press in Cairo.
The authenticity of the message could not be immediately confirmed.
"The heroic mujahedeen carried out a blessed attack in London, and now Britain is burning with fear and terror, from north to south, east to west," the statement said.
"We warned the British government repeated. We have carried out our promise and carried out a military attack in Britain after great efforts by the heroic mujahedeen over a long period to ensure its success."
"We continue to warn the governments of Denmark and Italy and all crusader governments that they will receive the same punishment if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan," the statement went on.
It was signed: "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe."
*****
Graphic: where the blasts hit.
London Underground bombing targets.
-Noble
| quote: |
| Originally posted by NYCTrancefan Well the BBC site is working now, looks slightly wierd however on the homepage layout from its normal look. The Al Jazeera website I am referring to is http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8876 not the english.aljazeera.net/HomePage one. In the commentary section under the story of the explosion you have readers responding saying they got what they deserved, etc, etc. That is expected however if history is any precedent. The site is slow as ever so takes a long time to load. Amazingly the commentaries have now been disabled until Saturday 11am. Wonder why. |
| quote: |
| Originally posted by TheNobleEu Report: Islamic group claims responsibilty Canadian Press Thursday, July 07, 2005 CAIRO, Egypt -- A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida 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 website popular with Islamic militants, according to Der Spiegel magazine in Berlin, which republished the text on its own website. "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, which was translated by The Associated Press in Cairo. The authenticity of the message could not be immediately confirmed. "The heroic mujahedeen carried out a blessed attack in London, and now Britain is burning with fear and terror, from north to south, east to west," the statement said. "We warned the British government repeated. We have carried out our promise and carried out a military attack in Britain after great efforts by the heroic mujahedeen over a long period to ensure its success." "We continue to warn the governments of Denmark and Italy and all crusader governments that they will receive the same punishment if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan," the statement went on. It was signed: "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe." ***** Graphic: where the blasts hit. London Underground bombing targets. -Noble |
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/...1188265,00.html
At least 45 dead and 1000 wounded. This sounds to me like the description of chaos. I guess that death toll will be going up during the day. When Madrid was hit, the numbers also started low and increased as the extend of the disaster became clear.
There were four explosions, 26 confirmed dead with fatalities confirmed at one of the other sites but number not confirmed. Thats from the live media report from the police
The reason we got reports of 7 is because the explosions did not happen at stations (or some of them didn't) but went of on trains between stations
Here the map with the four locations
It now says more than 33 fatalities confirmed
| quote: |
| Originally posted by Yoepus However, I think the connection is more obvious to the G8 summit which the UK is hosting. Security is no doubt overwhelmning in Scotland, so the terrorst as they do, attack the soft spot. |
| quote: |
| Originally posted by George Smiley Maybe cos alJazeera is not as biased as you are told to believe? |
| quote: |
| Originally posted by NYCTrancefan You seem to have me mistaken, so let me clarify, I am not accusing Al Jazeera of anything but rather was commenting on the posts that were made by those readers who read the story and submitted a statement afterwards. In no way did I assert that AlJazeera was making such statements but rather the readers of AlJazeera, got it. No one has to lead me or tell me to believe anything, I read more than enough news sources from around the world to formulate an opinion. If you have seen my posts on here in the past that would be apparent. |
)
Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright © 2000-2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.