6 Bomb blasts in London.

Post by **Barracuda** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:59 am

I presume you've all seen or listened to this o the news.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/home

Difficult to see on the net as everyone is trying to watch it, I rekon its al- Qaeda, they have been waiting to strike and tried in the past and failing, so this time they have got through.

That bus is ripped apart, a sad sight to see.

Post by **Rascal** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:23 pm

All mine are safe and well, so is Badgers.

glad I no longer work in Central.

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:21 pm

Speaking in Singapore, the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, had this message for the terrorists suspected of carrying out this morning's blasts:

"I know that you personally do not fear to give your own life in exchange for taking others. That is why you are so dangerous. But I know you do fear that you will fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society. I can show you why you will fail. In the days that follow, look at our airports, look at our seaports and look at our railway stations. And even after your cowardly attack you will see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to become Londoners, to fulfil their dreams and achieve their potential. They choose to come to London as many have come before because they come to be free. They come to live the life they choose, they come to be themselves. They flee you, because you tell them how they should live."

/Proud to be British

Post by **JiBeRjAbEr** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:04 pm

I've seen some horrific scenes today of the events, a lot of dead or near dead persons.

I felt numb after the twin towers (watched that in a hotel lobby with a load of crying Americans). I feel even number now.

Not being "down south" during the IRA campaigns this is my first experiance of something like this so close to home...

I am so glad I am this side of the river... though there are reports of Sutton and East Croydon (stations) being closed due to bomb reports at present.

Post by **1000 Badgers** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:54 pm

Hi Folks,

At home after a 2 hour walk. I work in Kings Cross about 3mins from the station. Has been a very scary day, we heard one of the blasts and had a guy come in to use our phones that was on the bus behind the one that went up, reports of people flying through the air.

Thankfully, no-one I know (so far) was injured or involved, and even more thankful that my missus is in portugal with the her mates.

Been a long day and I've already cracked open the hard stuff.

One thing I will say. I was expecting to leave work and see the people of London zombie like in the streets. Instead they were like nothing had happened. Buying kebabs and drinking stella in the streets like a normal day. Heh maybe it had changed, people were actually being civil to each other.

Anyway, take care everyone. I think the UK is going to wake up VERY pissed off tomorrow.

Post by **Worm** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:54 pm

Glad your ok pal

W.D.Piss · Post by **W.D.Piss** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:23 pm

Yeah glad to hear you Southerners are ok.

Escapologist · Post by **Escapologist** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:26 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4660391.stm

Post by **EagleEye** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:35 pm

I think the people who apose the invasion of Iraq and Afganistan will turn the other cheek now. And this will fuel our goverment to do more now to track these people down.

The heroic mujahideen have carried out a blessed raid in London.

Blowing up morning comuters to work and school kids on the underground and bus's is not my idea of heroism and it certainley ain't blessed.

The US had their Sep 11th now we have had ours on the 7th of July

Post by **DE-G@vnor** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:58 am

I don't think you can compare this to Sept 11th at all. This was far more conventional and (more importantly) EXPECTED by all in our security services.

Firstly, our security is absolutely top class, shown (In my belief) by the fact the T's were forced to use really small bombs (prob due to not being able to get anything larger through our security).

The emergency services were well prepped and saved loads of lives , without it getting much of a mention. (most bomb fatalities are within 2 hours of impact, instantly or through bleed out) - Buses with blood ready were a big saver. I remember the hoo-hah when they practiced 2 years ago - they took a lot of critisim and got accused of propoganda, but how right they were.

Deepest sympathy to all involved (thankfully no one here) but as a whole I think that this has been a sucess story - a bombing of London was bound to happen and to save most people from death, keep people calm, avoid racial retaliation (most places but Leeds) and identify and catch the bombers within a week is amazing.

The only thing those idiots have done is made Al'Q far less credible in the eyes of a nation that was starting to soften to their cause (I mean that in the terms that we have/ had a strong anti america / war movement going).

Galloway is still being a nob head though - personally I agree with his recent comments but to say it within 2 days of the bombings was just callous.

Post by **Woz** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:13 pm

DE-G@vnor wrote:I don't think you can compare this to Sept 11th at all. This was far more conventional and (more importantly) EXPECTED by all in our security services.

And, however awful, the UK have dealt with attacks of this scope repeatedly during the 'Troubles' in NI. You're probably too young to remember the Troubles at their height Si, it's a hazy memory for me, but I knew a squaddie who survived an attack, but saw one of his mates blown in half.

911 was something beyond the scale the world has seen for terrorism. It's up there with the losses in battles during all out warfare and although I hate to admit it, I thought the US were amazingly restrained in their response to that attack. The continuing 'war' on terrorism though, I'm not convinced by.

To paraphrase the lying big brother scumbag we have in power over here at the moment, we should be tough on the causes of terrorism, because the only way to stop this sort of thing is to stop people wanting to do it.

Post by **DE-G@vnor** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:24 am

Another "troubles" story, going a bit off topic but it stuck in my mind.

An uncle of mine was maimed in what was a routine day at work.

The IRA and its supporters would raise flags on telegraph poles etc (this still happens in the orange march) in British controlled areas.

The soilders would have to go and pull them down - knowing that more often than not it is booby trapped. This would result in all kinds of hell, civilians wounded and soilders blown all over the road / houses.

He said "every flag they put up we would take down, you can't be seen to be weak" - I think that still counts today and thankfully, the UK seems committed to rising to the challenge.

InnerCitySumo · Post by **InnerCitySumo** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:21 pm

DE-G@vnor wrote:The emergency services were well prepped and saved loads of lives , without it getting much of a mention. (most bomb fatalities are within 2 hours of impact, instantly or through bleed out) - Buses with blood ready were a big saver. I remember the hoo-hah when they practiced 2 years ago - they took a lot of critisim and got accused of propoganda, but how right they were.

Apparently the Tavistock Square Bus bomb was supposed to have been going north on the Northern Line, but because of the other explosions he was forced to take a bus. By lucky coincidence, it exploded right outside the British Medical Association, where a number of highly-trained doctors set up a field casualty unit on the pavement. This must have saved lots of lives.

I split my time working between Epsom and the city. I could easily have been on one of those tubes near Liverpool Street at that time had it been a day later. Makes you think.

And re: Galloway - the fact that he's sometimes right makes him far more infuriating. He's like a Scottish Robert Kilroy-Silk.

Seal1 · Post by **Seal1** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:20 am

DE-G@vnor wrote:

He said "every flag they put up we would take down, you can't be seen to be weak"

well said!

Post by **-=Alex=-** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:12 pm

seems there have been more but only using the detonators, looks like they've run out of plastic explosives

but not funny really, guess is that it was designed to scare the people and just keep making people believe that they can be attacked at any time.

ooPSeH · Post by **ooPSeH** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:21 am

or alternatively they didn't know that their home made explosives go off once made after a shorter period of time. This is the same for fireworks if not kept in a dry atmosphere.

I for one am glad that this happened as it appears the only people injured are the bombers themselves, which means they should be caught quickly as some will need medical help.

/warms up genital electrodes

Post by **Bob_The_Engineer** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:00 am

ooPSeH wrote:
/warms up genital electrodes

Is it Friday again?

Bullet · Post by **Bullet** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:19 am

Bob_The_Engineer wrote:
ooPSeH wrote:
/warms up genital electrodes
Is it Friday again?

Yes.

Post by **jamie** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:07 pm

The bombs in egypt were not far from where i stayed a few weeks ago.