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Explosions in London
2005-07-07, 2:26 AM #1
Not really sure what's happening yet... Explosions in Tube lines shut the whole of the Tube network. Transport Police blaming it on power surges.

Then reports coming through af an explosion ripping apart a double-decker bus in Russell Square.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659093.stm
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html
2005-07-07, 2:28 AM #2
Now there are reports that there was at least one explosive device in the Tube, and I just heard someone in the office saying there are THREE buses that have exploded.
2005-07-07, 2:38 AM #3
Forgive me for not believing the unfounded rumors about other buses exploding, but the other stuff is unfortunate.
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2005-07-07, 2:41 AM #4
Police have now confirmed a bus exploding in Tavistock Place. They haven't confirmed the one in Russell Square.
2005-07-07, 2:49 AM #5
Apparently it was terrorist attack (early reporting still though)
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2005-07-07, 2:50 AM #6
definatly one bus explosion and also 2-3 "incidents" at tube stations...not sure on the details of either at the moment, news reports are rather vague...

they are saying its related to the G8 conference however..
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Rbots
2005-07-07, 2:57 AM #7
I've not heard anyone saying terrorist attack.

What seems to be confirmed at the moment is:
Tube network shut due to smoke from power surges.
One confirmed explosion on a bus.

Unconfirmed reports of more buses exploding.

The report of an explosive device in a Tube tunnel I'd put down to the rumour mill at this stage.
2005-07-07, 3:19 AM #8
Euronews reports 90 casualties so far
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2005-07-07, 3:24 AM #9
If it is a terrorist attack, we knew it was coming. It was going to happen eventually.
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2005-07-07, 3:33 AM #10
They were just saying on the news that they believe it's definitely Al Queda - Not sure who "they" are though.
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2005-07-07, 3:44 AM #11
WTF do they mean by 'casualties' anyway? Fatalities, or wounded + fatalities?
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2005-07-07, 3:57 AM #12
well I've heard numorus reports, no definate figure on the number of casualties, although I know for sure quite a few people seem to be injured, 2 dead at least.

just watching the BBC, they had shots of people being bought to Royal London Hospital, (I've been to the A&E there, its the hospital near the university Maeve and myself go to...), they were having to do CPR on one person as they brought, what appeared to be a he, off the ambulance, he was heavily burnt, blackened, blood over his chest, clothes ripped and well...you get the idea.

the more I watch the news the more angry I get, I live in London for half the year, I know most of these places, I've been through these tubes stops on many occassions, the people that use these things did not deserve this.
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Rbots
2005-07-07, 3:58 AM #13
Casualties mean wounded or deceased. They're not going to specify straight away.

Its got to be a planned attack. World leaders on the G8 summit and explosions aren't coincidences.
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2005-07-07, 4:00 AM #14
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2005-07-07, 4:00 AM #15
They've shot a suicide bomber outside Morgan and Stanley apparently.
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2005-07-07, 4:10 AM #16
I don't think it's related to the G8 Summit, Scotland would have been directly attacked otherwise, but you never know.
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2005-07-07, 4:13 AM #17
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They were just saying on the news that they believe it's definitely Al Queda - Not sure who "they" are though.


How could they have any idea, one way or the other? I doubt there were business cards left at the scene and, correct me if I'm wrong, terrorists don't generally leave little souvenirs behind shaped like a bat so that you know who was there...
2005-07-07, 4:29 AM #18
But terrorists like the world to know who is responsible.
As hard as it sounds, but they want to bring a point across and they can't do that without anyone knowing them.
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2005-07-07, 4:37 AM #19
Woah.. :(

I hope all the Massassians in London are ok. Guys... check in with us.
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2005-07-07, 4:41 AM #20
Anyone hear word from Maevie? I hear she lives in London...
2005-07-07, 4:43 AM #21
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Originally posted by Matthew Pate
How could they have any idea, one way or the other? I doubt there were business cards left at the scene and, correct me if I'm wrong, terrorists don't generally leave little souvenirs behind shaped like a bat so that you know who was there...


Actually, Al Quaeda usually do. They tend to leave a truck with a Koran or an Al Quaeda handbook in it somewhere nearby.
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2005-07-07, 4:55 AM #22
Looks like the NHS is going to be overwhelmed with the tens of people that got injured. Let's hope we don't get MRSA.

Everyone seems to be overreacting, though. Sure, some bombs went off... although at the current count more people died in a cumbrian car accident.
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2005-07-07, 5:03 AM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by Cool Matty
Anyone hear word from Maevie? I hear she lives in London...


she 'should' be fine, she doesn't live anywhere near any of the explosions...i've given her a text, waiting on the response, [edit] Should point out that they have shut down the mobile networks in most of the city to prevent phone-triggered bombs.. so I might not get a response for a while...[/edit]

It looks like they didn't plan on killing a lot of people, more like causing a lot of disruption to london and trying to make a big as impact as possible with G8 going on...
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Rbots
2005-07-07, 5:08 AM #24
heres a picture of what happened to the bus...

[http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41277000/jpg/_41277243_bus_obi_reader_203.jpg]
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Rbots
2005-07-07, 5:47 AM #25
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2005-07-07, 6:08 AM #26
Regardless of how "light" the attack was, or who did it, my heart goes out to everyone involved in the situation. Let's not let ourselves get swept up into the politics of this incident but give our condolences to people who were injured or killed.
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2005-07-07, 6:18 AM #27
Just heard on the Radio that there have been 6 confirmed explosions, and that Al Quida has claimed responsibility on a website and through some other means not stated.
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2005-07-07, 6:20 AM #28
Man, my condolences to everyone who was affected by the blast. The news just said that the stores and markets around the explosion area are still open for business. I have to hand it to the English, they still have the spirit and ability to defy anything that is thrown at them, the kind of determination personified by Winston Churchill.
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2005-07-07, 6:24 AM #29
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Originally posted by dak354
Man, my condolences to everyone who was affected by the blast. The news just said that the stores and markets around the explosion area are still open for business. I have to hand it to the English, they still have the spirit and ability to defy anything that is thrown at them, the kind of determination personified by Winston Churchill.


I love that about the English too, keep rockin hard guys.
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2005-07-07, 6:30 AM #30
Bloody terrorists.

My condolences to the victims and their families.
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2005-07-07, 6:49 AM #31
This is just horrible. :(
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2005-07-07, 7:00 AM #32
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Originally posted by Tenshu
WTF do they mean by 'casualties' anyway? Fatalities, or wounded + fatalities?


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ca·su·al·ty
n. pl. ca·su·al·ties

1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
2. One injured or killed in an accident: a train wreck with many casualties.
3. One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy. Often used in the plural: Battlefield casualties were high.
4. One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or a circumstance: The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.
2005-07-07, 7:04 AM #33
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Originally posted by IRG SithLord


Yeah... just in time, thanks
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2005-07-07, 7:14 AM #34
I don't understand terrorists. The attack on the World Trade Center was understandable because it was a major economic center for the country they were trying to undermine. But killing off innocent civilians? That is extremely low.

I hope maeve's okay, and Martyn.

[Okay, so not Martyn, I just didn't know where he lived.]
2005-07-07, 7:16 AM #35
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Originally posted by KegZ
I don't think it's related to the G8 Summit, Scotland would have been directly attacked otherwise, but you never know.


Well it has disrupted it. Tony Blair left the summit to fly back down to London.
nope.
2005-07-07, 7:18 AM #36
Quote:
Originally posted by Boco
Well it has disrupted it. Tony Blair left the summit to fly back down to London.


He should have gone ahead with the Summit. If this attack was indeed related to G8, then Blair is just doing what they want.
2005-07-07, 7:26 AM #37
Quote:
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine
He should have gone ahead with the Summit. If this attack was indeed related to G8, then Blair is just doing what they want.

I agree.



My condolences to everyone across the pond as well. :(
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2005-07-07, 7:26 AM #38
G8 summit is continuing. Foreign Secretary is standing in for Blair while he's in London. He's going back later today they said on the radio. The leaders are very determined to continue the summit.

Turns out there were only 4 bombs - there were reports of more since some happened between stations and therefore got reported twice as separate bombs, and there was only one bus attack as well - apparently all the places reported for bus attacks are close to each other and they were reporting the same one over and over. Well, that's what they're saying at the moment.

Unconfirmed numbers suggest at least 10 dead from the bus attack, with many more critically injured, so the official figure of 2 deaths is likely to rise before this is over.
2005-07-07, 8:12 AM #39
I hate to agree with Mort, but this was an inevitability. These goddamn ****head al-Qaida types have hit Madrid, Paris (yeah) and New York in the span of ten years. London was next.

I only hope that Britons have more balls than Spaniards and do not respond by cutting and running. I don't think they will.

Regardless, I'm deeply sorry for everyone in London. You'll get messages of condolences from across the world, but you know 'merica has your back in ways that count. ;)
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2005-07-07, 8:20 AM #40
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Originally posted by Vincent Valentine
I hope maeve's okay, and Martyn.


martyn was in london?
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