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Another attack in London?
Posted: July 21, 2005 8:58 am
by MA_Buffett_Fan23
What's wrong with the world today?
I just got this breaking news from CNN
-- Scotland Yard responding to reports of "incidents" at three London Underground subway stations.
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:06 am
by PHAW Webmistress
Yup watching the news coverage right now
(((((((((((((((((LONDON PEEPS))))))))))))))))
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:08 am
by MA_Buffett_Fan23
Can you fill me in?!?! I'm not near a tv and won't be near one for another 8 hours.. What's happening over there?
(((LONDON)))
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:13 am
by SMLCHNG
From what I'm listening to now, it sounds like there was some smoke and smell of rubber on one of the trains. It really doesn't sound like there was an attack, but understandably, pholks in London are a little 'on edge'. But they're talking about a bus having some windows blown out.. Still too early to tell what's going on.
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:14 am
by MA_Buffett_Fan23
Thanks for the update!
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:16 am
by PHAW Webmistress
LONDON (AP) - Three London Underground stations were evacuated at midday Thursday following reports of incidents, British Transport Police said. The Fire Brigade was investigating a report of smoke at one station.
Emergency services also were responding to a report of an incident on a bus in east London, police said.
A London Underground spokesman said there were no reports of casualties in the unspecified incidents.
British police say they are not treating the evacuations as a "major incident."
The reports came two weeks to the day after attackers bombed three subway stations and a double-decker bus, killing 56, including four suicide bombers.
On Thursday, the Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval stations were evacuated. Emergency services personnel were called to the stations, police said.
"People were panicking. But very fortunately the train was only 15 seconds from the station," witness Ivan McCracken told Sky news.
McCracken said he smelled smoke at the Warren Street station, and people were panicking and coming into his carriage. He said he spoke to an Italian man who was comforting a woman after the evacuation.
"He said that a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack," McCracken said.
"The man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage."
Services on the Victoria and Northern lines were suspended following reports of a number of incidents, the London Underground said.
"I was in the carriage and we smelled smoke, it was like something was burning," said Losiane Mohellavi, 35, who was evacuated at Warren Street.
"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking."
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:17 am
by SchoolGirlHeart
Fox News wrote:Three London Underground stations were evacuated at midday Thursday following reports of incidents, British Transport Police said. The Fire Brigade was investigating a report of smoke at one station.
Emergency services personnel were also responding to some sort of incident on a bus in the Hackney neighborhood.
A London Underground spokesman said there were no reports of casualties in the incidents.
The Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval stations were evacuated. Emergency services personnel were called to the stations, police said. There were reports of a nail bomb that exploded at Warren Street but those reports have not yet been confirmed.
Some witnesses said they heard gunshots at the Warren Street stop but according to Sky News, police believe those noises were actually detonators going off for bombs that didn't explode
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:27 am
by jonesbeach10
((((LONDON)))) Stay strong!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phin Power Phor London:
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Posted: July 21, 2005 9:29 am
by ph4ever
It has been reported that a man had a backpack and the backpack was seen exploding on a bus. Fox has been talking to people that were at the Warren station and there was a smell of rubber burning or an electrical fire. Hazmat crews are there now, which makes me wonder - if there were "chemicals" involved, what about the train passengers being exposed? It appears as if they just all left the scene.
Posted: July 21, 2005 9:58 am
by land_shark3
ph4ever wrote:Hazmat crews are there now, which makes me wonder - if there were "chemicals" involved
I don't know about London, but in ATL Hazmat crews are called in anytime there are liquids or unknown gases to determine both the environmental impact and the safest way to clean up. Let's hope that was the case here.
Posted: July 21, 2005 10:11 am
by MojosMama
From CNN.com just now:
Blasts hit London transport
# Explosions in 3 London subway stations and one on bus caused by small bombs, according to London police
# Scotland Yard looking into an "incident" at University College Hospital
# One person injured in explosion at Warren Street Tube station, police say
# Bus driver in East London reports bang on top of bus, windows blown out
Posted: July 21, 2005 10:34 am
by RinglingRingling
I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Posted: July 21, 2005 10:52 am
by SchoolGirlHeart
RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
Posted: July 21, 2005 10:53 am
by bravedave
RinglingRingling wrote:does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so.
I'm with you, R2
RinglingRingling wrote:Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
On my local TV news (from the AP wire)
Pakistani Suspect Reportedly Had Links To London Bombers
Police in Pakistan have made what they call an important arrest in the search for the mastermind behind the London bombing attacks two weeks ago Thursday.
Pakistan, cooperating with British investigators, used a list of telephone numbers to determine who might have had contact with the suspected suicide bombers.
London newspapers identify the suspect arrested in Pakistan as Haroon Rashid Aswat. He reportedly visited the British hometowns of all four bombers and selected the targets.
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is holding an intelligence and security review Thursday as the government considers asking for new powers to prevent a repeat of the attacks. It's already working on new anti-terror measures, including making it a crime to visit a terrorist training camp or glorify an act of violence.
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:00 am
by RinglingRingling
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
While I do agree it was tragic, please don't get me wrong on that note, it was fairly successful in that it shook up the thinking of those using the Tube; and it got international coverage for several days.
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:05 am
by PHBeerman
RinglingRingling wrote:SchoolGirlHeart wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
While I do agree it was tragic, please don't get me wrong on that note, it was fairly successful in that it shook up the thinking of those using the Tube; and it got international coverage for several days.
But it did not get the response that they were probably looking for. They probably wanted the English to roll over like the Spanish did.
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:06 am
by SchoolGirlHeart
PHBeerman wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:SchoolGirlHeart wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
While I do agree it was tragic, please don't get me wrong on that note, it was fairly successful in that it shook up the thinking of those using the Tube; and it got international coverage for several days.
But it did not get the response that they were probably looking for. They probably wanted the English to roll over like the Spanish did.
How scary.... I find myself in agreement with both RR and Beerman.....
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:08 am
by PHBeerman
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:PHBeerman wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:SchoolGirlHeart wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
While I do agree it was tragic, please don't get me wrong on that note, it was fairly successful in that it shook up the thinking of those using the Tube; and it got international coverage for several days.
But it did not get the response that they were probably looking for. They probably wanted the English to roll over like the Spanish did.
How scary.... I find myself in agreement with both RR and Beerman.....
That is impossible. As always I was contradicting the hippie.
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:10 am
by SchoolGirlHeart
PHBeerman wrote:SchoolGirlHeart wrote:PHBeerman wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:SchoolGirlHeart wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:I gotta ask:
does this sound like a "copy-cat" or wannabee group doing this round to anyone else? The last attack was (depending on how you want to assess it based on the goal and outcome) fairly successful. This one doesn't sound nearly so. Did they get the bomb-maker from the last attack, or is he/she still out there?
Successful in that bombs went off and people were killed, but killing "only" 56 people at rush hour in downtown London, as tragic as that is, isn't terribly successful in the grand scheme of things.
From initial reports, sounds to me like (THANKFULLY) today's bombmaker screwed up.....
While I do agree it was tragic, please don't get me wrong on that note, it was fairly successful in that it shook up the thinking of those using the Tube; and it got international coverage for several days.
But it did not get the response that they were probably looking for. They probably wanted the English to roll over like the Spanish did.
How scary.... I find myself in agreement with both RR and Beerman.....
That is impossible. As always I was contradicting the hippie.
Sorta.... Kinda.....
As RR noted, it did generate fear in London, and got plenty of coverage, but as you also correctly note, probably not on the scale that the terrorists had hoped for.
Posted: July 21, 2005 11:17 am
by Sam
No doubt it generate some fear.... just any of the bombings that the IRA did over the years... I do not think it was very wide scale or such a scale the terrs hoped to accomplish...HOWSOEVER... it also accomplished something else....it united people in their resolve, to show the sons of fornicating pigs and rodents that they will stand strong to such cowardly acts.
I refer you to a previous post that I made on the way the U.K reacted.